Blog: Richard Childress Racing Has No Plans For Expanding Into Four Teams In 2008 Season
Sep 27, 2007
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It has been rumored for several months now that Richard Childress Racing would expand into a four-car operation in 2008. Throughout the year, some of the rumored drivers have been Dale Earnhardt Jr (signed with Hendrick), Kyle Busch (signed with Gibbs), Ryan Newman, Scott Wimmer, Jeremy Mayfield, J.J. Yeley (signed with Hall of Fame Racing), and most recently David Reutimann.
Childress recently returned from his 10-day hunting trip in Mongolia, and hinted that the expansion may have to wait at least another season. Jeremy Dunn, Suite101.com
Richard Childress recently spent 10 days in the mountains of Mongolia, stalking the biggest wild sheep in the world. The he returned home to chase another quarry—a fourth car for his Nextel Cup organization.
Both will have to wait. Childress, a renowned hunter who has several of his kills on display in the museum of his Welcome, N.C., shop, never got a shot at the trophy sheep he wanted, and plans to return to Mongolia to try again. He hasn’t quite found the right combination for a fourth car, either, so any expansion will likely be on hold until 2009.
“We’re working on it, but right now we’re about at the point of no return [for next season],” said Childress, who has all three of his current drivers—Jeff Burton, Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick—competing in NASCAR’s championship Chase. David Caraviello, NASCAR.COM
