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Originally Posted by anthony81901
Quite, Mark Skaife was never quite the same driver after he became HRT team owner, ditto Todd Kelly. Sure drivers like Brock, Johnson, Moffat & Seton managed to juggle both, but this was in far simpler times.
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Skaife I think would still be racing full time in V8SC if not being diverted into running that full time business. His career took a sharp decline from then on.
Back in the day I don't think drivers had anywhere near the amount of PR, media and sponsor commitments, not to mention a driver managing his own affairs and fitness. Driving I think is a full time job and I can't imagine running a large race team on top of that. I think it's too much going on to deal with and then have the focus to find tens of a second on a track.