If Will wins the championship and RP has to cut down to two cars…I’d say it’s a toss-up between Helio and Ryan as to ‘who to keep’…Helio with 3 “500″ wins and a long, loyal history, but Ryan for sure having the promise of more years and still (on paper, at least) coming into his own as a driver in terms of the wins. If Ryan had a bit more consistency in “oomph” in his results, my hunch would be he’d get the nod. Helio has somewhat spent quite a bit of himself and used up a lot of his “latitude” as far as no championships and the dramatics that have followed him, or spun off of him. But he’s a fan friendly, sponsor friendly guy…moreso than Ryan on camera. That’s a hard call.

If Roger DID ditch one (or both) of them, who would he put in a second car? NO to Danica. Completly unlikely to TK. VERY LIKELY to Justin Wilson, imo.

Problem for both Helio and Ryan is that Will is just killing ‘em both, and I don’t see Roger dumping him…not for a long, long time – if ever.

Oh man… no Road Atlanta either? Forgot that on my 1st “bucket list”. Go to the Petite LeMans… a 10 hour/ 1000 mile race makes your road trip worth it