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Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:01 am EDT

Richard Childress Racing could toss whole No. 7 team

By Mark Miller

“RichardThings are rough all over when it comes to the economy and it appears that Richard Childress Racing is feeling it.

Driver Kevin Harvick's contract comes due at the end of next year and looks like the team is fully expecting to lose him, according to SceneDaily. "We're using these last races to get prepared for 2010. We know we have to be better," owner Richard Childress said.

But one of those plans may be to lose car No. 7 due to a lack of sponsorship since Jack Daniel's doesn't want to be that involved in NASCAR at this point. This leaves driver Casey Mears without a sponsor for next season. "Right now we're meeting with companies. We've had several meetings," Childress said. "We've got interest in it. We're wanting to run it." The car apparently has some sponsorship for some races next year but not enough to run the full schedule.

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  1. Jake
    1. Posted by Jake Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:46 am EDT

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    Casey Mears drives & Jack Daniels sponsors the 07 car - #7 belongs to Robby Gordon, who had Freightliner on board as sponsor for Charlotte. Seems the liquor makers aren't getting what they consider their money's worth, as not only is Jack Daniels leaving the # 07 team, Crown Royal is leaving the Roush #26 team & driver Jamie McMurray is looking for a ride. It's real simple - if the sponsor doesn't see their product sales go up enough to pay for the sponsorship, they're not going to keep it up.
  2. tarheel u
    2. Posted by tarheel u Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:00 pm EDT

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    crown royal is going to the 17!
  3. wopp22
    3. Posted by wopp22 Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:29 pm EDT

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    unless nascar get rid of that junk they call a car and go back to real ford ,chevy's,and other real manefactured cars,their ratings and fans will keep on droping and the sponsorship will keep leaveing. they don't want to admit it but they never should have messed with a good thing.all their problems started when the they developed that freak called th COT to save money,now you have 90% fo the teams can't get that junk to compete on a weekly bases with the the other 1 or 2 teams,and if you also look at when a lot of the good drivers started having all their problems and not winning it been in the last 2 yrs when they started racing that COT full time .ive been a nascar fan for well over 30 yrs am i'm tell them if they don't get rid of that junk and go back to stock they will go back to being minor players in the racing world
  4. mattwartick
    4. Posted by mattwartick Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:08 pm EDT

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    jack daniels biggest down fall was when clint bowyer left as the driver. since then that car has done nothing
  5. Mark & Tara
    5. Posted by Mark & Tara Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:01 pm EDT

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    wopp22,
    Let me know how the Coke 600 ends in Charlotte with V6 front wheel drive stock, "grocery getters." I'll be asleep after 7 hours.
    That would be good for Dodge though. A stock Charger R/T would own a front-drive Fusion and Impala.
    Maybe you are right though. They would have to shorten races because of time constraints or start the races at 7:30 AM.
    Like Harry said in Days of Thunder, "There ain't nothin', "Stock," about a stock car!"

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