Rumor mill, Jan. 18 edition
So the story came out about a month ago that Indiana was interested in stealing away a N.C.-based NASCAR team.
DW said in not so many words that Evernham was interested: I was in Indy this past week on some business. There's a rumor going around that some big NASCAR team was thinking about moving to Indianapolis, and I was talking to some folks who may have given me an inside track on who it might be. It's a guy that's got three cars and no crew chiefs, if that helps you any.
Not true, says Ray Evernham, according to A.J. Foyt's girlfriend: "Nah, that's just a rumor Waltrip started," Evernham said.
The more troubling question is: Why is Evernham hanging with AJ Fore? Other than the fact that AJ is driving Kasey Kahne's old Busch car, I mean.
Doesn't Evernham remember Uncle Larry?
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"Doesn't Evernham remember Uncle Larry?"
Or more recent history and more to the point, Doesn't Evernham remember what an unmitigated disaster Foyt Four was in IRL? Can you say Buckshot Jones - The Sequel
Posted on January 18, 2006 5:15 PM
I'm not surprised that a team would think of relocating to Indy.
I haven't looked on a map of the country, but under the "new NASCAR" isn't Indy or some other mid-west city more of the center of the NASCAR universe based on the current schedule.
Watch when they do the pitcrew bios during a race, over half the teams are from New England and the west coast these days, not to mention how geographically diverse the drivers are. No one has an attachment to Charlotte.
Posted on January 19, 2006 12:28 PM