Dale Jr. made more money than all of them.
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Dale Jr. made more money than all of them.
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I would assume he's including endorsements.
The report – published by Spanish newspaper El Mundo and citing information compiled by Business Book GP – revealed that Alonso remains on a retainer of €30 million, although this will of course be supplemented by external endorsements.
Forbes listed him at $26 with endorsements. A bit above what Button and Hamilton made just in salary.
Orly?
Sorry brah, but even the Hendrick stable is well compensated:
#4 Jimmie Johnson
$21 million
Hendrick Motorsports
#3 is Tony Stewart - not associated with Hendrick.
#2 Jeff Gordon
$24 million
Hendrick Motorsports
#1 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
$28 million
Hendrick Motorsports
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45hemf/nascars-highest-paid-drivers/#gallerycontent
Add to that, their "other income".
Read it again, Gary. Those are total earning numbers. Earnhardt isn't far off the $4M salary and $22M endorsements for a total of $26M (probably 11 figures) I quoted above.
Anybody remember when Nigel Mansell got bored with McLaren being off the pace in F1, walked away and picked up a ride in Indy car, wins the series championship in his rookie season and declares the cars just no fun, goes home and play golf at a professional level?
Thats whats missing from motorsport. GP record of 31 wins and 32 crashes.
Who cares who can fuel up a 185ft boat with the coffee money in the console. Send me a driver that will live in his van in order to be at the track.
Thats whats missing from motorsport. GP record of 31 wins and 32 crashes.
Who cares who can fuel up a 185ft boat with the coffee money in the console. Send me a driver that will live in his van in order to be at the track.
I race regularly at Lake Norman, 30 min north of Charlotte NC, home to many Nascar teams. A lot of the drivers and owners have houses on the Lake. The mansions and cars in the drive and heliocopters coming and going would lead me to believe these rednecks are not poor folk.
There was a special on the other night about Richard Petty and his "simple" life, by other drivers standards its simple, but he didn't get the nickname King Richard just because of his driving record.
There was a special on the other night about Richard Petty and his "simple" life, by other drivers standards its simple, but he didn't get the nickname King Richard just because of his driving record.
I guess that Forbes article didn't sink in.
I can't read it again. No time
. In any event, those so called "hicks" have little to worry about.Out of interest (because it bores me to death)........how many passes are made (on average) in any given F1 race?
From the bits & pieces I've watched - it appears the pole sitter usually wins, uncontested (unless something mechanical ****s up).
I can't read it again. No time
Out of interest (because it bores me to death)........how many passes are made (on average) in any given F1 race?
From the bits & pieces I've watched - it appears the pole sitter usually wins, uncontested (unless something mechanical ****s up).
I guess you haven't watched since they instituted the DRS systems and switched to Pirelli as a tire supplier. Plenty of passing in F1 now.
Pirelli made passing possible? Who woulda thunk?
I've watched a bit. I see the in car camera(s). The driver sure has his work cut out for him. Pushing buttons to shift? Maybe I watched my children play too many video games. It all looks the same to me. I suppose several of them actually know how to drive a car with a manual gear box though.
Now you're just messin' with me. Paybacks are a beotch, old man.
Here's a typical F1 steering wheel. 7 speed sequential MANUAL gearbox. Clutch is a lever behind the wheel (no room in the foot-well for a clutch pedal). Shifters are the paddles behind the wheel. R is up, L is down.
They added a few extra buttons on Kimi's wheel. MUTE, SAT NAV, OPEN GATE, TRANSLATE (anti mumble), SMILE...........
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Now you're just messin' with me. Paybacks are a beotch, old man.
Here's a typical F1 steering wheel. 7 speed sequential MANUAL gearbox. Clutch is a lever behind the wheel (no room in the foot-well for a clutch pedal). Shifters are the paddles behind the wheel. R is up, L is down.
Similar to the crap I saw the kids using:
Here's a REAL steering wheel (from a REAL race car)
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