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Some have said here that Christian Fittipaldi was a failure in NASCAR. IMO, he never had a decent chance to succeed in NASCAR. He was never promised a full season ride and it came and went weekly with Petty Enterprises. He didn't get much testing in those cars. The Petty car he drove hasn't been at the front of a NASCAR pack since Richard was driving.
So Jourdain, with both feet on the ground and a full-season Busch deal supposedly in his pocket, is apparently following the path of a Jeff Gordon or a Tony Stewart. The difference is that Gordon and Stewart came from open-wheel short tracks and Jourdain comes from a road racing background. Will he be like a Boris Said or Ron Fellows when the series gets to the road courses and at the same time learn the ovals in a stock car? Time will tell.
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