Maybe making a deal with the owners of the Boston Red Sox changed where the Curse of the Bambino takes form.AmeriQuest Mortgage, a new sponsor for Greg Biffle on the Cup Series side for Jack Roush's Roush-Fenway Racing told the team last week that they wanted out of the role. The mortgage company has suffered significant losses recently and is also pulling out of a deal with the Texas Rangers to name their ballpark.
Essentially, the revolving door of sponsors on the side of Biffle's car has just been pushed again. The National Guard left last year for Hendrick Motorsports and other names such as Pennzoil, Post-It Notes, Charter Bank, and Subway have been on the hood since 2004.
Roush Racing team president Geoff Smith was optimistic about the upcoming sponsor search.
"We have the full selling season. Greg Biffle is a fantastic driver. And the economy is still very good, and there's a lot of sponsorship interest right now. There was a period a couple of years ago when it was really, really tight. But we've got lots of time, and there's lots of sponsor interest, so I think we'll be able to work it out just fine."It's tough not to be optimistic. NAPA has got to have a growing resent for Michael Waltrip not making 4 of 5 races so far and Dominoes has got to find it tough promoting a driver that isn't in the race. There's going to be several openings next year for a high-caliber team to get a yearlong sponsor -- especially if Toyota's struggles continue through November and over 5 teams continue to go home each week.
The news comes on the heels of an announcement from NASCAR that Roush had to get to the NASCAR-mandated team limit of four in the Cup Series by the 2010 season, in addition to Biffle's car being impounded by NASCAR after the Food City 500 for being too low.
Conspiracy theorists (yeah, you too, Jack.) take note. And Jamie McMurray better take note, as well. Roush has got to get rid of one driver somehow.
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I would just like to comment on Roush's statement that the economy is going good.He thinks like the big boys that head up nascar. Companies that are struggeling to survive, cannot spend that kind of money to sponsor a car. They have to pass that expense on to the consumer, so in the end, we end up paying twice, once in the store and again at the race. Roush has known for a long time that he had to get down to 4 cars, maybe he thought he'd be given a buy and keep all his cars. Trying to find a major sponsor is getting harder for all the teams, but I agree that Napa and Dominoes will be available soon.
a good finish for jamie