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Why the battle for the top 35 might not matter
It doesn't look like Bill Davis will have a Sprint Cup operation next year. That means the 7, 47, or the 84, whoever ends up out side the top 35, will bump up a spot to 35th for next year's Daytona 500. Here is the article.
AVONDALE, Ariz. - NASCAR team owner Bill Davis took a couple of weeks off to attend his cattle sale back home in Arkansas. When he returned to the track, the situation for his organization wasn't much better than before he left.
Although talks of a merger or sale of Davis' Sprint Cup operation, Bill Davis Racing, heated up in September, negotiations cooled with the economy.
"We don't know what we're doing next year," Davis said. "Pretty much we'll race trucks."
Davis doesn't want to see the company he started in 1983 become "piecemealed out." But when sponsor Caterpillar announced in July it was moving to Richard Childress Racing, Davis was put in a sponsorship bind. And Davis had been there before.
When he attempted to run two Cup programs with 360 OTC on the second car in 2007, the sponsorship never panned out. After a 10-year relationship that included wins in the Daytona 500 and Southern 500, he has experienced a similar situation with Caterpillar because of a performance clause in the contract that has cost him payment for the final five races. That's why Dave Blaney is currently carrying the Bad Boy Mowers sponsorship on the No. 22 Toyota.
"It's put us in a precarious financial situation," Davis said. "These are very uncertain times for all the teams on this side of the garage.
"We'll survive. We're survivors. It's hard times right now. There's a lot still up in the air right now. But you have to remember racing is a business and you have to make tough business decisions."
Davis, the owner of the championship leading team in the Craftsman Truck Series, expects to field four teams next season in that series. He added that his driver, Johnny Benson, told him two weeks ago that he was retiring at the end of the year. There have been reports that Benson, who leads Ron Hornaday Jr. by just three points, will drive for a different owner next year.
AVONDALE, Ariz. - NASCAR team owner Bill Davis took a couple of weeks off to attend his cattle sale back home in Arkansas. When he returned to the track, the situation for his organization wasn't much better than before he left.
Although talks of a merger or sale of Davis' Sprint Cup operation, Bill Davis Racing, heated up in September, negotiations cooled with the economy.
"We don't know what we're doing next year," Davis said. "Pretty much we'll race trucks."
Davis doesn't want to see the company he started in 1983 become "piecemealed out." But when sponsor Caterpillar announced in July it was moving to Richard Childress Racing, Davis was put in a sponsorship bind. And Davis had been there before.
When he attempted to run two Cup programs with 360 OTC on the second car in 2007, the sponsorship never panned out. After a 10-year relationship that included wins in the Daytona 500 and Southern 500, he has experienced a similar situation with Caterpillar because of a performance clause in the contract that has cost him payment for the final five races. That's why Dave Blaney is currently carrying the Bad Boy Mowers sponsorship on the No. 22 Toyota.
"It's put us in a precarious financial situation," Davis said. "These are very uncertain times for all the teams on this side of the garage.
"We'll survive. We're survivors. It's hard times right now. There's a lot still up in the air right now. But you have to remember racing is a business and you have to make tough business decisions."
Davis, the owner of the championship leading team in the Craftsman Truck Series, expects to field four teams next season in that series. He added that his driver, Johnny Benson, told him two weeks ago that he was retiring at the end of the year. There have been reports that Benson, who leads Ron Hornaday Jr. by just three points, will drive for a different owner next year.
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Permalink Reply by Racingwench on
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or he could sell it to a new team. RCR is starting the new team for Bowyer that has no points.
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Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on
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Yup. Someone will just "buy" the #22 and renumer it. Business as usual.
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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on
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Not to mention, if Ganassi and DEI, Inc merge they have 6 cars together in the Top 35. If they keep the #1, #8 and merge the #41 and #42, then the #01 and #15 points would be out. Unless they keep all 6 and run Ganassi as a sattlite team. I highly doubt it since they only have sponsor for 2 cars of the 6.
I know mnay have said RCR or Yates would buy those teams & points, but I doubt Nascar will allow that anymore. When Ganassi closed shop on the #40 ...Nascar wouldn't allow them to sell points.
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Permalink Reply by Keith on
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Jayski is reporting that the DEI/CGR is all but a done deal now. Also projecting that this will end up in the net loss of two cars showing up on Sundays. Truex in the #1 BPS, Juablo in the #? Target, and Almirola in the #8 with partial sponsorship from Wrigleys.
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Permalink Reply by JoCo on
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But Paul Menard is driving a third Yates car, so that means the #15 is a wash
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Permalink Reply by Pathfinder7 on
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Thanks for that, cow, I kind of wondered where it came from.
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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on
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Somebody will not let those top 35 points go away into thin air.
And somebody who is say 36th-39th will not throw away those rain points either.
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Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on
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absolutely. RCR will get a set of those 2 or 3 extra ones left over from the DEI/CGRwFS merger for Clint Bowyer. I do not see Chevy allowing any other points to be sold to a Toyota team..if they are not letting Martin drive one race..they certainly are not going to lock a Toyota team in.
The #22 will be gobbled up by either TRB or JTG, as I think MWR is scaling down to 2 cars? and they are both locked in....unless GEM steps in but that seems dead in the water.
So there could be a bump up of one car in Owners Points..but liek Fly said..someone will someway gobble them up.
But I would think no matter what if you have locked in owners points you will field a car for the Dayona 500 for the 6 figure payday..so the top 35 WILL matter for Daytona I think
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