RCR back to TWO teams?

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RCR to scale back to two teams? There is speculation that Chevy team owner Richard Childress may have to cut back to a two-car operation next season, if the Shell [#29-Harvick]and Jack Daniels [#07-Casey Mears] sponsorships are not renewed. Childress says he intends to have four Cup teams again next year, but conceded sponsorship issues remain to be resolved. Childress, through the Winston-Salem law firm Womble, Carlyle, has filed legal papers over what he says is GM's non-payment of a bill of $2,538,750. Childress insists he's not suing GM over its failure to make that payment due June 15th. That bill would apparently be a scheduled quarterly payment, part of a $10 million a year Chevrolet sponsorship for Childress' four-team operation.(mikemulhern.net)(6-22-2009)

Ouch... that would be a hard fall ... 4 to 2 teams. They might need to merge with EGR... they could at least have 3 cars next year.

YIKES that is bad news

Wow!!!

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RCR to scale back to two teams? UPDATE - Statement: There is speculation that Chevy team owner Richard Childress may have to cut back to a two-car operation next season, if the Shell [#29-Harvick] and Jack Daniels [#07-Casey Mears] sponsorships are not renewed. Childress says he intends to have four Cup teams again next year, but conceded sponsorship issues remain to be resolved. Childress, through the Winston-Salem law firm Womble, Carlyle, has filed legal papers over what he says is GM's non-payment of a bill of $2,538,750. Childress insists he's not suing GM over its failure to make that payment due June 15th. That bill would apparently be a scheduled quarterly payment, part of a $10 million a year Chevrolet sponsorship for Childress' four-team operation.(mikemulhern.net)(6-22-2009) UPDATE: The following is a statement from Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing regarding allegations that RCR has filed a lawsuit against General Motors: “I would like to set the record straight that RCR has NOT filed a lawsuit against General Motors and I do not appreciate anyone suggesting otherwise. As is standard practice in bankruptcy proceedings, RCR has made a filing which is common among creditors in these situations. As previously stated as recently as this past weekend in Sonoma, RCR is proud to be associated with General Motors and we are working closely with them during these difficult economic times.”(RCR)(6-23-2009)

No denial of cutting back to 2 teams, though...

Even with the cuts of GM, I find it hard to believe they would cut to two teams. Harvick has had an awful year, and Mears isn't doing well. They've all been off, but especially those two. And those are the two sponsors in question of leaving.

Not solely because of the GM cuts, but with the sponsors potentially leaving, I don't see RC footing the bill for 2 unsponsored cars.

I could see the 07 leaving, but I think they would try to keep Harvick and the 29 on the track at all costs.

I don't know. Childress has been keeping Harvick around for a while, and he really hasn't done all that much...

I agree about Harvick. Since Bowyer and Burton have come over, he has been outran by them most of the time. The 29 car though, whoever the driver, I think Childress would do whatever he could to keep on. Or at the worst case, give it to Burton or Bowyer.

Since the 29 replaced the 3, you're probably right about that. Wouldn't be surprised to see Bowyer move again to the 29 next year...

Silly Season is in full swing and it's only June!

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Unfortunately, Kevin Harvick is running the worst that he has in his entire Sprint Cup career. I don't know for sure, but I could maybe predict some changes coming down the road there. Who knows what might happen, but it's possible Kevin could opt to go somewhere else in 2010.

-Larry Mac, on who has a chance of winning a race soon

http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/9720626/Futures-in-question-and-surprises-to-come

TeamBlueOval wrote:

Since the 29 replaced the 3, you're probably right about that. Wouldn't be surprised to see Bowyer move again to the 29 next year...

Silly Season is in full swing and it's only June!

didn't that start back in February?