Could we have another version of Fenway Vs Steinbrenner

In Major League Baseball, there is that ageless rivalry of the Redsox and Yankees.  Now in NASCAR it is appearing that we’re going to have something very similar to the huge rivalry in baseball.  Rick Hendrick is trying to take in all the big names of NASCAR, but just as in baseball; you can’t have them all and standing on the other side of this rivalry is Jack Roush.

This has been spurring rivalry for the last 15 years.  From what started back in the late 90s, when the 24 car was winning on a well hated consistent basis, Jack Roush has not been afraidto share his opinion on Hendrick’s dominance in the past.  Yesterday, ESPN was the first to report that Kasey Kahne had signed on with Hendrick Motorsports for the 2011 season; however, there was one issue.  Mark Martin still had one year left on his contract and it would seem at no surprise that reports sprung that Kahne would drive one season for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2011, and then move to the 5 in 12′. 

I look back at a change in the off-season.  Richard Petty Motorsports, the team that Kahne currently is part of, moved to the Ford Racing family; under a merger with Yates Racing.  While at the time it did not seem to be a deal of the same making as Stewart and Hendricks, it could possibly be on that path now.  Roush has had five teams in the sport for quite a while, and last season NASCAR forced him to shut down one of his operations and go to 4 cars. 

Roush could be taking RPM and using it as its second block as Hendrick is Stewart’s operation.  In the off-season several people from RPM moved over to RFR and teams were mixed up.  Doug Yates, who owned Yates Racing went back to being over the Roush-Yates Engine program and putting total focus on the FR9 engine for this season.  While there are a lot of fans that feel as if the Ford teams are struggling the same as they were in 2009, I have seen improvement in them.

As the Yankees and Redsox Rivalry has seen a lot of the Yankees win, just remember in the last few years the Redsox came to life and have began to pick up momentum after being quiet for a while.  Roush may have that same plan in line for this rivalry soon.