David Stremme news?

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I heard that he won't be driving for James Finch in the Yellow Frieght #1 this coming Busch season and there is supposed to be an announcement in the next few days regarding his plans. If anyone catches wind of the announcemnt, can you let me know where to find it? Thkx.
 
David Stremme is going to the #30 Braun /Chip Ganassi Motorsports Race Team base out of Mooresville, North Carolina... He is team mates with Casey Mears and Jamie McMurray in the #19 Entry...

Sponser to be Target or Havoline for both 19 and 30 cars...
 
Originally posted by KaseyKahne_9_38@Jan 14 2004, 02:41 PM
David Stremme is going to the #30 Braun /Chip Ganassi Motorsports Race Team base out of Mooresville, North Carolina... He is team mates with Casey Mears and Jamie McMurray in the #19 Entry...

Sponser to be Target or Havoline for both 19 and 30 cars...
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I'm assuming that is his Busch ride? He was already under a development contract with Ganassi & that was the reason he was driving for Phoenix Racing & James Finch in the Busch series. When I talked with him at the bowling alley, he told me that he was going to run some cup races to gain experience, when I asked about cup racing, but he wasn't sure which cup races they were going to be in. At the time, he was talking about the testing they did on the new 2004 body style at Talladega & I know that testing he did was in the #1 Busch ride.
 
From Jayski:

UPDATE 4: Days before he was expected in Daytona to begin testing for the upcoming season, David Stremme found himself at odds with Phoenix Racing, for whom he drove the #1 Yellow car in 18 Busch races last season. When the curtain closed on 2003, Stremme had been promised by Phoenix a full Busch schedule of 36 races in 2004. He then learned that the future of a race car driver can change off the track just as quickly as it can while pushing 200 mph down the backstretch. As testing day for Daytona drew closer, Phoenix wavered on its commitment. Without full support, Stremme went in search of a new employer. He officially found a new home Friday, thanks to an old friend from Northern Indiana. The 26-year-old Stremme has signed to run full-time with Braun Racing, formerly of Winamac and now based in Mooresville, NC. "I've been impressed with David for years," said company owner Todd Braun, who first met Stremme when the two raced as teenagers at New Paris and Plymouth speedways. "Right now, David's got the ride." When the car owner first heard last week that there might be problems regarding Stremme's deal with Phoenix, he delayed final negotiations with Casey Mears to drive his #19 Dodge in the Busch Series. If the 2003 rookie of the year was available, Braun knew it would make little sense for any car owner not to be interested. By early Thursday afternoon, Mears was out of a job, and Friday, the one-year deal with a full-time sponsor was in place for Stremme. Several additional details needed to be finalized before Braun would officially name a sponsor. Why Phoenix racing wavered on its support of Stremme -- who earned over $378,000 in prize money with seven Top 10 finishes last season -- nobody will say. A story that appeared Thursday on NASCAR's official web site, www.NASCAR.com, said that Phoenix dropped Stremme because he no longer had the financial support from racing heavyweight Chip Ganassi. That is not true. "He is still part of our driver development program," Ganassi public relations representative Jason Wise said of Stremme. "That's never changed."(in part from the South Bend Tribune)(1-17-2004)
 
Todd Braun... Chairman of Braun Motorsports Inc... Annonced that...


David Stremme will drive the 19 BGN car with Sponserships from TrimSPA....
 
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