I am constantly reminded of Jim Jones and his 900 fellow Kool Aid drinkers as a pilot for the series now playing on a screen near you...
I passed that one on.
Now from Ocean’s Eleven....You;re in or you’re out [8]
CONCORD, N.C. – Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will field full-time Sprint Cup teams for Juan Pablo Montoya, Martin Truex Jr. and Aric Almirola, team president Steve Lauletta said Tuesday.
Montoya will have sponsorship from Target on the No. 42 and Truex will have most races sponsored by Bass Pro Shops in the No.1, Lauletta said. Sponsorship for Almirola in the No. 8 will be announced at a later date. The team also plans a fourth car, with driver and sponsor to be announced, for at least the Daytona 500 and possibly for additional races.
The team originally had hoped to run four full-time cars this year following the merger of Dale Earnhardt Inc. and Chip Ganassi Racing....
“We’re still facing a very difficult sponsorship environment and a very difficult economic environment,” Lauletta said. “And so the decision-making takes longer. … We took on this partnership and had about a year’s worth of work to do in two months and it’s taken us until today to get to the point of where we’re ready to say, ‘This is what we’re doing.’
“The reason it has taken us until today is because it’s a lot of hard decisions and it’s a lot of work and a lot of moving parts.”
Lauletta stressed that Almriola, whose status seemed questionable without sponsorship, will run the full season and never was in danger of losing his ride. He said Almirola’s sponsorship would come from multiple sponsors.....