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Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:59 pm EDT

That'll be all for J.J. Yeley at Hall of Fame Motorsports

By Jay Busbee

Add J.J. Yeley to the line of guys at North Carolina Kinko's running off copies of their resumes. Hall of Fame Motorsports has announced that Yeley's services will no longer be required, effective immediately. Hall of Fame will go to the bullpen, bringing in P.J. Jones for this weekend's road course race at Watkins Glen. The team will then tap twenty-year-old hotshot (aren't all young racers "hotshots"?) Brad Coleman for his inaugural Sprint Cup race on Aug. 17 at Michigan.

Yeley hasn't exactly torn up the track this year; in 17 races, he's notched only a single top-five finish, and currently sits at that agonizing 36th position in the standings. Over his 95-race career, which included a couple years in the Joe Gibbs stable, Yeley has only managed seven top-10 finishes.

What will be interesting over the next few weeks is whether drivers like Yeley and Casey Mears, who have had more than their share of poor finishes this year, will get snapped up by teams with an eye on potential rather than performance.

And for Brad Coleman, we highly recommend you take out someone in the Chase hunt early in the race. The old-timers love it when you show that kind of moxie so early in your career.

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  1. CamShaft
    1. Posted by CamShaft Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:16 pm EDT

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    D..ead
    L..ast
    P..lace
    is usually where you find this car and driver
  2. CamShaft
    2. Posted by CamShaft Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:16 pm EDT

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    I bet if Shrub were in this car it would be leading the points standings
  3. mifan
    3. Posted by mifan Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    If a team that never has accomplished anything fires a driver, does anyone hear it?
  4. kinggeorge
    4. Posted by kinggeorge Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:21 pm EDT

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    There goes the unemployment rate. Why did it take so long?
  5. Reds24
    5. Posted by Reds24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    Stop - Hammer Time...
  6. mifan
    6. Posted by mifan Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    Reds! Funny. Been missing you all afternoon.
  7. mifan
    7. Posted by mifan Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    Who else would they have drive KG??
    Paging Mr. KG to the live golf blog!!
  8. CamShaft
    8. Posted by CamShaft Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:16 pm EDT

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    Between the J.J blog and the Martin Truex blog, I'd have to say that these two drivers are staring each other down.
    I think Truex could take him..easily
  9. mifan
    9. Posted by mifan Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    But JJ has the mirrors Cam. It's all about the mirrors!
  10. Reds24
    10. Posted by Reds24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    sorry mifan - I am actually really busy at work today... actually sitting on my brittney spears type headset right now chatting with my hoes in TX trying to get stuff to ship out of our plant down there. Luckily he is got an adorable southern accent so I let it slide...
    What's happening?? Sorry, I like trying in MC Hammer references when I see someone's career being flushed down the drain like all parachute pants should be.
  11. mifan
    11. Posted by mifan Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    And any of this years rookies
  12. kinggeorge
    12. Posted by kinggeorge Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:21 pm EDT

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    mifan--Don't know the first thing about golf, but do like to watch sometimes.
    Maybe Sybil could come out of retirement and drive...at least he'd be off of the TV.
  13. Jay Busbee
    13. Posted by Jay Busbee Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:33 pm EDT

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    DS--GREAT line there at #12.
  14. Reds24
    14. Posted by Reds24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    mifan - I would LOVE some vacation time right now. Its 83* and B-E-A-U-TIFUL outside here, but I am stuck in a windowless cubicle... so I entertain myself with NASCAR blogs. wooooo
  15. Reds24
    15. Posted by Reds24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    JJ looks like a major metrosexual. I bet he gets manicures.
  16. mifan
    16. Posted by mifan Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    With Jamie Mac.
    I am out of here Marbleheads. Have a good night
  17. mifan
    17. Posted by mifan Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    With Jamie Mac.
    I am out of here Marbleheads. Have a good night
  18. Grant
    18. Posted by Grant Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:07 pm EDT

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    J.J. Who? The only J.J. I know was on "Good Times" - Dy-no-mite!
  19. Willy Doer
    19. Posted by Willy Doer Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:29 pm EDT

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    Maybe DLP can get Hank Parker Jr to come out of retirement....Maybe even Buckshot Jones.
  20. TCM29
    20. Posted by TCM29 Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:21 pm EDT

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    I can't argue the fact that the #18 car has been strong all year, and am even more surprised Kyle Busch has been putting it up front. Fact is, he has done a great job, despite my opinion of him as part of the present day crop of zero talent rich kids (DEI has two) who couldn't drive a nail in their own a$$.
    Yeley is a great driver and most Nascar fans likely don't know what it takes to drive a real open wheel, non- winged car and win USAC series championships in three divisions in one year.
    Did you notice when Tony Stewart needed relief he called for JJ? Not the "Bandelero" champion Joey Logano- you can also bet that the racers at TSR will be real racers who have proven themselves in all highly competitive divisions- not some sissy sandlot series run by Humpy Wheeler.
  21. kinggeorge
    21. Posted by kinggeorge Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:21 pm EDT

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    TCM29--Stewart called for JJ for relief because he failed to make the race and was the only driver available in the pits.
  22. hugsx5
    22. Posted by hugsx5 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    Stewart called JJ, cause he didn't care who the heck was in his car as he was too concerned with the fact that he was about to spontaneously combust...or maybe he DID combust and that is why he had to go with Yeley..Sliced bread probably said 'forget that s**t"
  23. hugsx5
    23. Posted by hugsx5 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    Although Yeley is looking a little yummier than I remember him being...'scuse me while I do some 'research'
  24. Tiger
    24. Posted by Tiger Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:56 pm EDT

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    JJ Yeley will have to take a number at that Kinko's copier, I'm still using it....
    Well JJ. & the #96 car prove NOT ALL Toyotas are having a great year & super HP. As a driver , the guy has shown some sparkles His job prospects in cup seem cloudy. I can't think of too many rides open. There are some teams talking about add another car like Robby Gordon's.
  25. pumped_cobra
    25. Posted by pumped_cobra Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:22 pm EDT

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    Put Jeffy Gordon or Jimmy Johnson in the car and see how good they do. Once again we see another driver take the fall. I'm sure we'll see some open wheeler or foreigner get in it.
    NASCAR runs it's "Home Town Track" highlighting local drivers at small tracks when in reality we see buttholes like Penske play with the rules and put some sorry IRL driver behind the wheel and th influx of foreigners (especially californians) while these small track local drivers are getting crapped out of chances to move up.

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