Silly Season!

[MJ_N_09]

There are quite a few, so I will try to type one sentence on each.

1) Not a rumor, but confirmed; The 08 of Carter/Simo racing will run full time starting next week at Indy. Drivers are Boris Said and Terry Labonte (Past championship provisional). Will run Fords and Toyotas.

2) Yates racing may fire BOTH of their drivers at season's end!!!!!

3) Keselowski could replace Stremme in the 12.

4) A forth JGR Toyota will run 4 races at season's end. Driver rumored to be David Gilliland.

5) The 78 of Furniture Row with driver Regan Smith plan to return to a full season next year.

6) This has been around for a while, but Red Bull has considered switching to Chevy.

Some of these rumors are just crazy it seems. I wonder how many will be true?

All from Jayski.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

1) Not a rumor, but confirmed; The 08 of Carter/Simo racing will run full time starting next week at Indy. Drivers are Boris Said and Terry Labonte (Past championship provisional). Will run Fords and Toyotas.

lost interest after this....
Boris and Terry...never thought i'd here that driver combination.
got a nice ring to it, though.

[MJ_N_09]

^ Really? You should at least read the Regan Smith/Furniture Row bit, or the Yates bit.

[johntt]

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

2) Yates racing may fire BOTH of their drivers at season's end!!!!!

Kvapil is far more deserving than Menard, we all know that. Labonte however is employed by Hall of Fame whose cars are run by Yates, so i'm not sure how that would work.

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

3) Keselowski could replace Stremme in the 12.

Doesn't surprise me, if Hendrick doesn't find a place for Brad soon he'll be snapped up by someone like Penske

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

4) A forth JGR Toyota will run 4 races at season's end. Driver rumored to be David Gilliland.

A #02 Toyota with State Farm Insurance has been scheduled for some races near the end of the season with a driver unannounced. Believed to be JGR expanding to 4 teams next year

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

5) The 78 of Furniture Row with driver Regan Smith plan to return to a full season next year.

Would be great to see a small team and a good driver be able to run a whole season

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

6) This has been around for a while, but Red Bull has considered switching to Chevy.

Becoming a customer of Hendrick Chevrolets. Would mean that Hendrick have effectively 7 top end cars (2x Red Bull, 2x Stewart-Hass, #5, #24 and #48) plus a big sponsor puller in the form of Jr in the #88

[FIRE]

I would like to see Keselowski in a 3rd Stewart-Haas car.

[MJ_N_09]

^I honestly would be surprised if Brad took the 12.

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I seem to remember hearing Marc Davis and Brad Coleman were contenders for the 4th JGR car

[MJ_N_09]

^ Me too, but I don't know what happened since then....

[Aloysius]

Interesting rumors. I hope yates doesn't fire Paul, hes really been improving. They need to run him in more Natiowide races to get him track time and confidence.

I think Keselowski does deserve a ride, but I don't see him in the 12. think they'll want to promote Justin Allgaier at the end of the year. I think Junior Motorsports will move up to the cup series, with the help of Hendrick, and Keselowski will drive that.

[MJ_N_09]

I really think that the JRMotorsports to cup option is the most plausible, seeing that SHR's 2nd car only has half sponsorship from ARMY. Maybe even *gulp* Finch.

[MJ_N_09]

I guess we now need to pay attention to rumors 3 and 6. Drop rumor 3 and only focus on #6.

Is Red Bull goes Chevy, That's where he's going for sure. I guess that's it for Scott Speed's Nascar career.

"AND: Brad Keselowski wasn't kidding when he said he had "options" for next season. In addition to being close to re-signing a deal with JR Motorsports to run in the Nationwide Series, the latest buzz has Special K paired with Red Bull Racing. If Keselowski indeed stays with JRM, the only scenario that would work on the Cup side would be with a Chevy team. Maybe Red Bull is closer to inking a Chevy deal. Rick Hendrick said on Saturday that HMS has the resources to include Red Bull in its engine program."

-Jayski


In addition, Earnhardt said that there was almost no way he could bring JRM to cup.

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Strange that Speed's (potential) release should coincide with USF1's F1 entry...

[MJ_N_09]

Hell, maybe it isn't a coincidence...who knows?

[FIRE]

Has Vickers re-signed?

[Racenut7]

no.

[FIRE]

So maybe Keselowski replaces Vickers instead of Speed?

[MJ_N_09]

I should also mention that RCR is in deep youknowwhat. Not only is at least 1 sponsor leaving them, but Kevin Harvick has openly stated that he is trying to leave them.

If he does, I can't imagine him not going to SHR.

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

I should also mention that RCR is in deep youknowwhat. Not only is at least 1 sponsor leaving them, but Kevin Harvick has openly stated that he is trying to leave them.

If he does, I can't imagine him not going to SHR.

In 3 seasons from 3 to 4 to 2 cars?

[MJ_N_09]

Theres a lesson in all that, more isn't always better.


Jack Daniels and/or Shell/Pennzoil are the rumored potential sponsors leaving.

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Any chance of KHI stepping up? It has been mooted in the past

[MJ_N_09]

They seem to have no plans of that. Besides, RCR has the #33, the flagship number for KHI.

[FIRE]

DeWalt leaves Roush!

[MJ_N_09]

Also, it looks like it could be David Ragan that gets kicked out of Roush.

[jab]

Seems to be swinging back towards a McMurray departure, with him potentially returning to drive for his former boss Ganassi

McMurray told he is free to 'look around' for a ride; to #1 car?: Roush Fenway Racing has informed #26=Jamie McMurray he is free to talk to other organizations about next season, team president Geoff Smith said on Sunday. But Smith said that is not an indication Roush doesn't want the driver of the #26 Ford associated with the organization in 2010. Smith said Roush is willing to move any of its five drivers with sponsorship to partner Yates Racing next season if that would maintain the current Ford stable. He said most of the drivers are willing to do that, understanding they will be in same equipment with the same technology. The problem is convincing sponsors to move to what is perceived as the "B'' team. UPS, for example, is committed to keeping David Ragan at Roush. "It's not moving apples to apples,'' Smith said from the garage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
NASCAR has mandated that Roush be at the four-car cap by 2010. Roush currently has five drivers, McMurray, Ragan, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth. Although Edwards, Kenseth and Biffle signed extensions last season, Smith is not opposed to moving one if that keeps all within the Roush/Yates umbrella. "We would be open to any combination to keep them,'' he said. McMurray is considered the most likely to be moved because his contract expires after this season. Smith said it did not make sense in this economic climate to re-sign him to a long-term deal without sponsorship commitment. Crown Royal, which sponsors a portion of races on McMurray's car, has two years left on its contract. Smith didn't rule out that could be moved to Kenseth's car if necessary.
Roush announced earlier this week that DeWalt, Kenseth's long-term sponsor, will not return in 2010. Smith said sponsorship for that car would be cleared up soon. McMurray avoided conversations with the media on Friday and Saturday. He reportedly has been contacted by Earnhardt Ganassi Racing as a candidate to fill the spot being vacated by Martin Truex Jr. in the #1 Chevy.(ESPN)(7-26-2009)

[Jacques Rabbit]

I'm going to guess that Ask.com moves to the 17 and the 26 becomes the 96.