Kahne to Hendrick in 2011

[$taton]

Just heard Kasey Kahne will drive for HMS next yr via Marty Smith on ESPNews

[turbojunker]

wut

[$taton]

I bs you not.  Its scrolling across the bottom of ESPNEWS right now.  I wonder what car?

[xX--TheLeader--Xx]

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=5082269

[Labonte71Fan]

But the bigger question is, who is going to be OUT at Hendrick? They have two 4-time champs, an old man, and a T-Shirt salesman. If Mark doesn't retire, would Hendrick have the stones to release Junior?

[Captain Slow]

Surprise Jeff Gordon retirement?

Surprise Mark Martin retirement?

Surprise Dale Jr. retirement?

Does the 5 have a sponsor for 2011?  Budweiser could go with Kahne to reunite with Hendrick.  Which would be interesting as they'd be sponsoring Dale's teammate.  Or maybe they could go sponsor Logano.

Though I really think if Hendrick needs a new driver he should go with Kelly Bires.  He has a legendary three top fives in Nationwide.

[$taton]

Im going out on a huge limb and I will say JG will hang it up after this year.  Mark said 3 weeks ago he wants to race for as long as he can and never wants to retire.

I just pray its not Jr, just for the fact I dont wanna go thru that bs we went through a few yrs ago.

[EricSturrock]

I'm hoping its Dale Jr. out. but it could be Martin.

I doubt Jeff or Jimmie

[Captain Slow]

Dale Jr. deserves to be out, but the only way they'd do it is if they felt they could make the money back by selling Mark Martin Retirement Tour merchandise year-after-year.

[Bhester]

In Marty Smith's tweet linking to his ESPN story he said to remember SHR.

[EricSturrock]

Ok news story just jumped the shark

Marty says its Heindrick through another team possibly Stewart/Haas. Nobody is going Anywhere from Hendrick, or Martin could be going to SHR

[$taton]

In Marty Smith's tweet linking to his ESPN story he said to remember SHR.

Good point.  I hope that happens just so I can brag and say I called that shot 2 yrs ago. 

[Captain Slow]

Blah that's boring.  I want him to go to real Hendrick not SHR.  candy reporting to say he's going to Hendrick and then have him go to a "satellite team."

[Bhester]

Blah that's boring.  I want him to go to real Hendrick not SHR.  candy reporting to say he's going to Hendrick and then have him go to a "satellite team."

If the contract is with Hendrick then it's not crap reporting.

[Labonte71Fan]

Kahne going to SHR would make sense. But don't tell that to the Labonte fans on facebook, they all think he is next in line for the 3rd SHR car