Wayne County Outlook
Monticello
April 29, 2008 04:15 pm
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Even though there are still kinks to be worked out on the Car of
Tomorrow that is being used in the Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR officials have
begun readying a new car for the Nationwide Series. It is scheduled to be
introduced sometime in 2009.
³It will probably be in the middle of next year,² said NASCAR V-P of
Competition Robin Pemberton. ³We will try to do something that is more
user-friendly than the schedule they had in the Cup Series.²
Teams will need all the help they can get, because Nationwide teams do
not have the size of budgets that the larger Cup teams do. Some team owners
are worried about costs, and some say they will need an entire yearıs notice
in phasing out the inventory of current cars while building new ones.
Cup teams are still trying to figure out the new car. Some of the best
Cup teams have not been consistent, and given their smaller budgets, this
has some Nationwide teams worried.
³I think the teams that run only Nationwide races are going to struggle
the most,² said Kertus Davis, driver of the No. 01 Davis Motorsports
Chevrolet. ³Small teams donıt have engineering and technical facilities to
deal with new setups and handling characteristics.
Weekend Racing: The Sprint Cup and Nationwide teams have night races at
the 0.75-mile Richmond Raceway. The Craftsman Trucks donıt see action again
until May 16.
Fri., May 2, Nationwide Series Lipton 250; Starting time: 7 p.m. (EST);
TV: ESPN2.
Sat., May 3, Sprint Cup Crown Royal 400; Starting time: 7 p.m. (EST);
TV: Fox; Defending champion: Jimmie Johnson.
Racing Trivia Question: Jeremy Mayfield is out as the driver of the No.
70 Cup car. Who replaced him?
Last Weekıs Question: What was Harry Gantıs nickname? Answer: Gant was
often referred to as the ³Skoal Bandit.²
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