Is Michael Waltrip an idiot?

You don't seem to know every much about Nascar behind the scenes. Mikey is the team owner but he's not the only one who gets to make decisions. I'm not even going to get into the TBayne debate because that's old by now and has various standpoints but to sum it up, Michael didn't just decide to let him go. There was A LOT more that went into it. As far as Ryan goes, he didn't have sponsorship. Do you know how much money it costs to run a car for one race, let alone an entire season? This economy is hard and it's effecting Nascar too. To make it clear, Ryan was not "fired" in fact, he's still with Pastrana-Waltrip Racing. He just needs to find some sponsorship so he and Mikey can afford to get him out there on the track.