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Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:07 am EST

Layoffs coming throughout NASCAR

By Mark J. Miller

Once the 2009 season ends at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, it is apparently expected that many teams will be laying off more employees than they did after last season, according to FOXSports.

Roush Fenway Racing is losing a car's worth of workers and Yates Racing does as well. Yates is actually rumored to be merging with Richard Petty Motorsports. So any way you slice it, two teams will not exist next season.

Also, the #96 Hall of Fame Racing team has been working with the use of services of Yates, which it apparently won't need next season, meaning more jobs could be lost.

It's not going to be pretty. But, then again, it's not pretty economically anywhere right now.

Source: FOXSportsNew Window

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  1. Cardinals
    1. Posted by Cardinals Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:22 am EST

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    Left Left Left Left One Lap!!! Wow isn't this FUN?
    Nascar is a JOKE!!!
  2. Steve T
    2. Posted by Steve T Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:45 am EST

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    To post #1: If you don't like NASCAR, don't watch the races. Is anyone forcing you to watch? Ever heard of the On-Off switch?
  3. Debby M
    3. Posted by Debby M Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:30 pm EST

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    "Cardinals" who asked you watch NASCAR? Please do the fans a favor and aim you opinions at the "Cardinals" ha! ha!
  4. James
    4. Posted by James Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:52 pm EST

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    NASCAR isn't the joke, guys. "Cardinals" is the joke.
  5. SGT
    5. Posted by SGT Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:04 pm EST

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    To post #1: If you think NASCAR is such a joke, what are you doing "Wasting your time" on a NASCAR website?? Go hang out on the WNBA or Canadian Curling League websites where you belong.
  6. derek g
    6. Posted by derek g Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:35 pm EST

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    nascar was good one yime now its afraid to let them race the ceos are people who never drove a car but yet they think they know eveything i use to love it now nascar has turn to people who dont know [profane] about it they suck
  7. Adyshe
    7. Posted by Adyshe Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:54 pm EST

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    NASCAR is my favorite sport ever........ I hope that articles above are real rumors, we wait and see next season then!! and "Cardinals"...........get out here!!
  8. woody-g
    8. Posted by woody-g Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:16 pm EST

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    The only thing better than Jr. & Dannica is to add Kyle Busch to the team. What a draw, I would LOVE it !!!!!!!!
  9. woody-g
    9. Posted by woody-g Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:18 pm EST

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    Just add Kyle Busch to the Jr. and Dannica team, now that is a Dream team. I love it ! ! !
  10. Gary T
    10. Posted by Gary T Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:52 pm EST

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    I have been a die hard nascar fan for many many years but I have to agree with many of the others....NASCAR has become boring and drab. Don't know if I'll be tuning in after the end of this season. Let's go back to real racing even with the all the safety features in place racing can become worth watching again. MIS Speedway SK
  11. Russell
    11. Posted by Russell Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:26 am EST

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    Did anyone else not see the 77 hit JJ if that was not staged ill kiss your **** .who's going to tune in for 2 races that mean anything.and to top it off a former open wheel guy to boot.let the hating begin. Nascar as we knew it is gone never to return. HOW BOUT THEM COWBOY'S
  12. JOHNNY R H
    12. Posted by JOHNNY R H Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:08 pm EST

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    Russel you had one too many Miller lites! The 77 got bumped and got loose and went up the track and bumped JJ. Just racin'!
  13. Bad Bob
    13. Posted by Bad Bob Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:03 pm EST

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    Sounds like Yates and Petty will be start and park in 2010, Very soon, there will be no need to have more than 10 cars on the track. That will eliminate a lot of the accidents that happen now. I can vision seeing teams such as Steward/Haas, Hendrick, Roush, Childress and not many more. I can also see a bunch of teams leaving Nascar and Nascar falling apart in 2012. This will be all caused by the lack of trust toward Nascar, the economy, the high cost of maintaining teams and driver greediness along with the loss of interest in the sport. Over the last few years, the sport has grown to fast and the fans are getting bored with the racing and Nascar is trying to get fans involved with other activites at the track that the fans do not want and do not want to pay for. Years ago when you went to race tracks, they were all different. Now days, the tracks are all the same and so are the cars. I think it it about over.
  14. Bad Bob
    14. Posted by Bad Bob Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:03 pm EST

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    Sounds like Yates and Petty will be start and park in 2010, Very soon, there will be no need to have more than 10 cars on the track. That will eliminate a lot of the accidents that happen now. I can vision seeing teams such as Steward/Haas, Hendrick, Roush, Childress and not many more. I can also see a bunch of teams leaving Nascar and Nascar falling apart in 2012. This will be all caused by the lack of trust toward Nascar, the economy, the high cost of maintaining teams and driver greediness along with the loss of interest in the sport. Over the last few years, the sport has grown to fast and the fans are getting bored with the racing and Nascar is trying to get fans involved with other activites at the track that the fans do not want and do not want to pay for. Years ago when you went to race tracks, they were all different. Now days, the tracks are all the same and so are the cars. I think it it about over.
  15. hopsing
    15. Posted by hopsing Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:39 pm EST

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    i hope jj gets killed

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