RGM & BAM Racing Form An Alliance for 2010

Lets all take a listen to racetalkradio.com at 8:00 pm/et and see if there is anything interesting being announced tonight.

ANNOUNCED: BAM racing will align with RGM for the 2010 season.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 19, 2010 at 5:26pm

Its getting warm in here ! lol

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Permalink Reply by vak7 on January 19, 2010 at 5:42pm

The initial press release from BAM stated "Agreements have been reached with a driver and for an alliance with a top 35 team. Attorneys are working feverishly to complete the necessary documents in time for both announcements to be made on BAM Spirit, Wed., 8 PM Eastern, 1.6.2010 on RaceTalkRadio.com...."

We heard about the alliance first, and only today hearing about one race for a driver. Sounds to me like they couldn't reach an accord with driver #1, or talks may still be ongoing for a full time. Guess we gotta stay tuned folks.

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Permalink Reply by Blues on January 19, 2010 at 7:53pm

I hope that if Robby drives for someone else, it would be a more established team. But, cash is king...

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Permalink Reply by WJM on January 19, 2010 at 6:06pm

That almost makes too much sense. Let's follow the other dart just to keep the thread active.

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Permalink Reply by Saint Yukon on January 19, 2010 at 5:55pm

From:

http://www.cbssports.com/autoracing/story/10817811

Robby Gordon Motorsports 7 Toyota

(Updated Jan. 19)
Just the facts: Robby Gordon is the owner/driver of the single-car operation. Jim Beam will not return as a
primary sponsor in 2010. An alliance has been formed with BAM Racing, with RGM providing technical support, race cars and personnel for BAM's 49 car.

Rumblings: It seems a rather odd partnership considering Gordon is struggling himself, saying he had sponsorship for just eight races in 2010 at last report. Perhaps Gordon will eventually jump into the 49 car, but it won't be at Daytona as David Gilliland will qualify the BAM's car for the season opener. But Gilliland is set to drive most of the season for Front Row Motorsports, so BAM still is on the hunt for a full-time driver.

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Permalink Reply by Scott B on January 19, 2010 at 8:34pm

Yup, I still think RG will be in the 49 at some point. I said this in the other thread, but I don't think anyone actually thought I was serious.

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Permalink Reply by Bryan Dudley on January 19, 2010 at 6:03pm

So if that happens, will robby drive the #7 for owners points and have bam using their sponsor?

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 19, 2010 at 8:28pm

Is that all ? No sweat ! could be worse....they could have godzilla chasing them !

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Permalink Reply by Slider316 on January 20, 2010 at 2:12pm

repeat after me..it'll be OK, it'll be OK....

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Permalink Reply by Blues on January 20, 2010 at 2:26pm

It's weird, I hear you saying "it'll be OK", but your mouth looks like you're saying 'oh crap here we go again fellas' really really fast...

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Permalink Reply by Blain on January 19, 2010 at 8:50pm

Robby should try to get IKEA to sponsor him. His colors would not be so cool (Blue and Yellow), but they are worldwide. It would also probably bring a lot of Nascar fans who have no clue what IKEA is to a store near them to check it out. A Win/Win situation for both. Just a thought?

IKEA info:
IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad made headlines in early 2004 when Swedish business magazine Veckans Affarer reported that he had surpassed Bill Gates as the world's wealthiest person. While IKEA's unconventional ownership structure makes this the matter of some debate, there is no doubt that IKEA is still one of the largest, most successful privately held companies in the world, with over 200 stores in 31 countries, employing over 75,000 people and generating over 12 billion in sales annually.