I am still trying to figure out why DEI/Ginn would just eliminate the #13 points. I am sure a lot of teams would have spent good hard cash to garauntee themselves a spot into the top 35.
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Money wouldn’t be the reason with all the dough in the game, just a hard business move.
Oops I made a mistake — it is not the Bill Davis 22 of Blaney -— it is the WOOD BROTHERS #21 and Bill Elliott who will take over the 35th spot in the owners standing.
NASCAR.Com reported that NASCAR would not allow the #78 to buy the #13 points.
Personally, I think that is the only sour note to the merger.
I hate to see Nemecheck (and Marlin) without rides, but that actually happened before the merger. I have not been a fan of Regan Smith, so that is not a big deal to me.
One thing people are not talking about is that DEI is restarting Ginn's Truck Series and Busch Series rides. Regan Smith will be in a now-DEI Truck this Friday. This merger is making DEI BIG.
RYR to merge with Newman-Haas: Robert Yates Racing and Newman-Haas Racing will reveal on Friday its plans to merge, a source close to the situation confirmed to ESPN.com. A formal news conference has been set for that afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Actor Paul Newman, an avid racer and long-time team owner in open-wheel racing, and partner Carl Haas own the team currently leading the Champ Car series with driver Sebastien Bourdais, a three-time champion in the series. Yates last month at New Hampshire International said he had personally abandoned pursuit of a business partner, saying he had no debts and didn't need to get into a more pressure-packed situation answering to a partner's business demands. He did, however, say he would allow a head-hunting firm continue to look in that area. Like Robert Yates Racing, Newman-Haas has had deep ties with Ford