Bobby Labonte Out At Yates ?

Looks like Jack Roush put Erik Darnell in the #96 for 7 races ( obviously to protect rookie status ) and now Bobby Labonte is looking for a ride. His PCP will probably get him something .

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Permalink Reply by JoCo on September 3, 2009 at 2:13am

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Permalink Reply by Keith on September 3, 2009 at 10:37am

Settled... Per Lee Spencer and the team... Bobby will race in the TRG Motorsports #71 in the 7 races he is displaced at Yates.

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on September 3, 2009 at 11:43am

It was made official a little bit ago. Bobby will drive the #71 for seven races and Gillian will still drive the rest. Good move for TRG as this should give the teams some extra feed back and hopefully make them a stronger team.

Personally I think if this team was not having to Start and Park some of their races due to budget issues that they would be higher in the points then RGM. This team only has something like 7 employees and a CC Slugger Labbe who is part time as he works for NW team too. Last I heard this team only had 4 cars. They are doing a ton with very, very little.

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Permalink Reply by Matt on September 3, 2009 at 12:26pm

Yea. When they do not start and park, they usually end up having a faster car than the #7. TRG is a really cool group, and I am glad to see their business model is working for the most part. If they got sponsorship, I think they could make some waves.

The small association with RCR does help though...