Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Friday that his JR Motorsports team could move from the Nationwide Series up to the Sprint Cup level as soon as 2009 if the right opportunity presented itself.
He knows that the first year is going to be tough, as most new teams discover.
He notes that it's now almost as expensive to run in the Nationwide series as in Cup and with the Nationwide Series going to a COT, it would be pretty expensive to switch over so in a nutshell, the costs being the same, he might as well just move up to Cup with his shop.
Source: SceneDaily
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Bobby Labonte is no longer pondering over his contract with Petty Enterprises.
Before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pit Crew Challenge, Labonte said he is likely within two or three weeks of having final answers concerning his driving career beyond this season.
"We're trying to get things squared away at Pettys, like I've always said," Labonte said. "But obviously we have to get that done. In a couple of weeks, three weeks maybe, we'll have a lot more answers. … Right now, I'm pretty much at ease.
Source: SceneDaily
And, I'm sure that Kyle Busch is going to take quite the following with him over to F1 when that day comes.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though, it sounds a bit premature to me to already be making retirement plans.
Hmmm ... I thought that the media already informed us that the LaBonte thing was a done deal?
ReplyDeletePremature as always! lol