Aikman plans to stay involved with HOF Racing: Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach didn't get into NASCAR to watch their car cross the finish line 25th. You don't win Super Bowl rings – five between them – by accepting mediocrity. These guys are winners. And their Nextel Cup #96 team – Hall of Fame Racing – isn't winning. In its second season, it's not even finishing high enough to make NASCAR's version of the playoffs, the Chase for the Nextel Cup. "I want to watch a race and know that we have a chance to be where Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are," Staubach said. "Everyone associated with our team wants that. We had gone as far as we could go, and it was time to figure out a way to get better." Aikman, Staubach and their partners didn't think they could do that on their own, explaining why they have sold controlling interest in Hall of Fame Racing, leaving them as minority owners. Does that mean the two Hall of Famers are completely easing out of the NASCAR scene? "I'm an old man, so we'll see," said Staubach, 65. "Troy's young. He should do this for awhile." Aikman, 40, said he expects to stay involved in the team long term, though in what capacity is to be determined. Staubach said he's keeping his interest in the team for at least next season and will decide what he wants to do after that. The desire to improve Hall of Fame Racing led Aikman to call an old friend, Jeff Moorad, the CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Aikman has known Moorad since he was a 22-year-old fresh out of UCLA. He has enough trust and respect for Moorad that he mentioned him in his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech. Moorad and a partner, Tom Garfinkel, who spent five years in management at Chip Ganassi Racing before joining Moorad in the Diamondbacks' front office last year, bought controlling interesting in Hall of Fame Racing. The deal became official last weekend. What Aikman and Staubach see in Moorad's group, West Coast Racing, is knowledge about how to organize a bigger team, contacts to lure more sponsors and the long-term commitment and resources to build the team into a winner. The next move, which may not occur until 2009, is to build Hall of Fame Racing into a multi-car operation. To have sustained success and win championships in NASCAR, an organization needs several cars – preferably four, which is the most NASCAR will allow one organization to own. (Dallas Morning News)