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Looks like UPS will announce this weekend that it will stay with Dale Jarrett and move to the Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota that Jarrett will drive in 2007 and leave the No. 88 Robert Yates Racing Ford.
-- jayski.com
 
ummm, interesting

i'm sure the yates didn't expect that.
 
Yeh what happened to the Ward rumor with UPS? Guess that died out quickly? Mikey is really getting his stuff together.
 
^ lol you mean dale jarret.

he is the only one that could use the champion provisional if he misses a race on time.
 
Mopardh9 said:
Yeh what happened to the Ward rumor with UPS? Guess that died out quickly? Mikey is really getting his stuff together.
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It's not died yet. :) I just read something two days ago. I didn't post it.
 
reck said:
^ lol you mean dale jarret.

he is the only one that could use the champion provisional if he misses a race on time.
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The rumor about Ward going to Yates to drive the 88, that was in the news last week or the week before and UPS was going to stay with the 88. True Ward wouldn't get a champions' provisional, but he would bring a lot of experience to the 88 team. I still feel that Yates is just a puppet for Jack and just a way for Jack to increase the amount of teams he has on the track.
 
Mopardh9 said:
Yeh what happened to the Ward rumor with UPS? Guess that died out quickly? Mikey is really getting his stuff together.
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Actually the rumor was Ward to an eatblished team that has been struggling (ie: RYR, Chip Ganassi). Also, Ward said he has one sponser to bring to the table for the car and it makes sense it would be RYR with the announcement of UPS since Ganassi has not said Texaco/Havoline was going anywhere.
 
I'd like to think its taken so long because UPS was going to go with DJ all along and the sticking point was how much money Robert Yates was asking to release the use of the number 88. Nothing better for me (and my kids bedding) for that to go down.
 
N2racin88 said:
I'd like to think its taken so long because UPS was going to go with DJ all along and the sticking point was how much money Robert Yates was asking to release the use of the number 88. Nothing better for me (and my kids bedding) for that to go down.
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HAs the number 88 ever been rumored to be going with the sponser?? I was under the impression it was going to a new number and RYR would keep it but I can see your point.
 
Mopardh9 said:
I still feel that Yates is just a puppet for Jack and just a way for Jack to increase the amount of teams he has on the track.
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but jack roush doesn't get anything from it..or am i wrong? if lets say iether sadler or dale jarret wins a race or something, would robert yates have to pay him or something?
 
what he means is because of the 4 car cap, rousch is going to "sell" one of his teams to yates, so that roush will have 4 teams, and yates will have 2, 3 if they get somebody in the 88. And 4 if Boris' deal doesn't work out financially.
 
wolfcub said:
HAs the number 88 ever been rumored to be going with the sponser?? I was under the impression it was going to a new number and RYR would keep it but I can see your point.
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No. Just my wishful thinking. :)
 
UPDATE: there is a scheduled UPS Racing Announcement on Friday, July 7, 2006 at Chicagoland Speedway.(PR)(7-6-2006)

Could this be the announcement for Ward Burton's return to Cup Racing????

Also, not that we did not know this but thought it made the point. This is from Trcak Smack on NASCAR.com:

Marty Smith: It's kind of surprising the Burton is having such a tough time getting a seat.

Ryan Smithson: He is talking pretty much exclusively to Yates. Trying to land them a sponsor.
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Man I was just there before I posted, LOL I must have just missed it.
 
Now Micheal Waltrip has UPS, NAPA, Burger King, Daminos, Aaron's, and Best Western in his pocket. Along with Toyota's resources he should be the top dog in the Toyota camp and I am very excited with what the future holds at MWR. Can't even imagine what next year's UPS commericials are going to be like with Mikey possibly in them.
 
Wonder who his driver will be for the 00?? Here's my thoughts:

Bill Elliott
Kenny Wallace
David Reutimann
 
Elliott. Gotta be, He'll run the third car like Terry did for Hall of Fame Racing.
 
N2racin88 said:
Now Micheal Waltrip has UPS, NAPA, Burger King, Daminos, Aaron's, and Best Western in his pocket. Along with Toyota's resources he should be the top dog in the Toyota camp and I am very excited with what the future holds at MWR. Can't even imagine what next year's UPS commericials are going to be like with Mikey possibly in them.
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makes me want to :bleh:
 
N2racin88 said:
Elliott. Gotta be, He'll run the third car like Terry did for Hall of Fame Racing.
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Yeah but Terry was only part-time. Elliott has said he is leaving driving full-time open so I guess he could go with Dominos/Burger King. Not sure that is the best idea but what do I know.
 
Hmm, a little more to stir the pot: This is from the UPS announcement today.

The deal with UPS means Waltrip's team will have three cars next year. Waltrip will drive a NAPA-sponsored Toyota Camry and another driver will be in a car sponsored by Burger King and Domino's.

"We don't have it done yet, but we're thinking within the next week or two we can announce who that driver is," Waltrip said. Asked whether he'll go with a younger driver, Waltrip quipped that "he'll probably be young compared to me and Dale."

Waltrip is 43 and Jarrett is 49.
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That kind of leaves Bill Elliott out of the mix, eh??
 
If it weren't for ward sayin no to any toyota, i'd say it's him. Who else is there between 35 and 42?
 
I called this like a month ago that Mikey would have a great chance at a win next year and you all thought i was way off! Now what do you think of Mikeys' chances at a win in a Toyota?
 
Bill will probably drive for Bill Davis, so he will have the champions provisional.
 
Bill davis will be running yotas. Ward already declared that no amount of money would ever put him in a yota.
 
I think Mikey is going to talk Bill in to coming back full time next year, and then put Reutimann in it in "08".
 
Mikey is sure building a nice foundation for future success. Seems like everything is falling in place for him. he has accomplished a lot within a year.
 
I think Jeremy Mayfield could also end up with Mikey as well. I guess we'll see soon enough.
 
Yeh i was thinking maybe Mayfield would get out after this year and jump into Toyota, even though he is still under contract.
 
wasn't toyota having only 3 teams? what's all this fuss about?
 
toyota WAS going to have 4-6 teams (1 or 2 BDR, 2 MWR, 2 red bull). now it looks like 7, if not more.
 
Ward Burton...MWR? "Is it a coup for our team? I guess it's fair to say it is," Michael Waltrip said of the new two-year UPS sponsorship, which he said now sets the stage for a three-car, Nextel Cup operation. "We don't have it done yet, but we think we'll be able to announce in the next week or two who the driver will be," Waltrip said of Team Three, which will be jointly sponsored by Burger King and Pizza Hut. And it could very well be Ward Burton, the 2002 Daytona 500 winner, idle this season, Waltrip said.(Winston Salem Journal)(7-8-2006)

Okay I am not sure if this is Jayski's twist on words or if this was said by Mikey b/c as of yesterday I ahd not seen this statement but then there is this:

WIth the loss of UPS, what is up with RYR? Leicht? Ward? Tide? [#88 Team Owner Robert] Yates made it clear he has no ill feelings toward the UPS executives who opted to make the move [to Waltrip and leaving RYR]. He placed blame on himself for allowing the team's performance to decline the past few years. Yates, though, is optimistic things will turn around soon and still envisions a scenario in which Robert Yates Racing fields four Cup teams next year. First, though, he must find a driver and sponsor for Jarrett's #88 Ford. A leading candidate on the sponsorship front is CitiFinancial, which sponsors RYR's Busch Series team. Stephen Leicht could move into that seat as well. "We think enough of him and we feel like with enough effort this year and energy put forth, I think he'll be able to drive this Cup car very easily," said Yates, adding that Leicht could make a few Nextel Cup starts later this season. Ward Burton's name has also been linked to RYR and the owner said that's a possibility. If CitiFinancial were to move up to replace UPS, and Burton brought a sponsor with him, that would give Yates at least a three-car program for next year. "We certainly have room. He's talking to some really good sponsors and if they want to jump in and do something, I think that's a good package," Yates said of Burton. "If somebody believes in Ward, and Ward believes in them and he believes in us, I think that that would fill out 25 percent of our deal." While there is still speculation #38-Elliott Sadler [the other Yates driver] could opt to move elsewhere for next year, Yates said his goal is to make the team so attractive that Sadler wouldn't consider leaving.(SceneDaily.com)
AND Citi Financial, which sponsors Yates's Busch efforts, may be ready for a major role, Doug Yates said. He also noted that Tide, which has backed Cal Wells's team since 2000, will be contractually free after this season and may be available.(Speed Channel)(7-8-006)
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