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I don’t see it.

Media writers and broadcasters have gone on record in 2011 to boast of Red Bull Racing’s expected rise in competitive nature. I am going against the grain and saying they won’t rise very far into the 20-something ranked teams.

I used to work there.

Don’t expect a disgruntled, ex-employer-bashing rant based on spite here. But I have an honest assessment of the race team from my time spent and it is negative.

There is a story line that has become increasingly common on NASCAR’s Cup tour in 2010. Teammates racing each other hard, having an on-track incident, and not being happy about it after the fact.

The lack of love lost between drivers in the same stable has boiled over and the public has seen the steam.

Jimmie Johnson did not raise his status on Jeff Gordon’s Christmas card list after the pair rubbed each other the wrong way during the April race in Texas.  The Hendrick Motorsports duo ran each other close causing a tire problem on the Johnson machine.

A few weeks later at Talladega Johnson put a block on Gordon. The following traffic jam and accordion effect of slowing cars caused a crash with Gordon being collected. Gordon was upset after the race and let it be known during his broadcast interview.

“His wife wears the firesuit in the family and tells him what to do. It’s probably not his fault,” said Joey Logano about Kevin Harvick.

“I hardly talk to A.J. anyway. I don’t think I’ll talk to him about this,” said Kasey Kahne about A.J. Allmendinger.

Logano and Kahne were two angry drivers over what happened in the final stages of Pocono’s NASCAR Cup Series race.

One week ago at Daytona, Richard Petty Motorsports was the toast of the NASCAR world. Yeah, well, that was then ...