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Double Cars for Morgan-McClure at NHIS: The Morgan-McClure team has two cars entered in the New England 300 at New Hampshire this weekend. Johnny Sauter will drive the #4 Kodak Pontiac and David Reutimann [who is testing for the team at Inmdy this week] will attempt to get the #04 Kodak Pontiac in the race.(Fox Sports Net's Totally NASCAR Show)(7-15-2003)


They should be worried about getting 1 car in the race, not 2.
 
Originally posted by park30fan@Jul 15 2003, 09:04 PM



They should be worried about getting 1 car in the race, not 2.
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my thoughts exactly
 
2 cars = more information.

this team needs 2 cars to survive
 
Originally posted by BudNapa815@Jul 15 2003, 10:42 PM
2 cars = more information.

this team needs 2 cars to survive
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Two cars don't seem to be helping Petty enterprises.
 
Petty would be doing a lot worse (is that possible) with one car.

the reason the 4 car is in this situation is because they are still a one car operation
 
Originally posted by BudNapa815@Jul 15 2003, 10:51 PM
Petty would be doing a lot worse (is that possible) with one car.

the reason the 4 car is in this situation is because they are still a one car operation
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It just isn't smart for a team struggling as bad as Morgan-McClure to be running 2 cars when they have trouble getting one in the show. Morgan McClure is just another team about to die off. They should have expanded to 2 cars when they had Bobby Hamilton, but it's too late now. There's no way Morgan McClure will be able to survive, as soon as they lose Kodak they're done. Petty Enterprises did pretty good when they were a one car team and had Bobby Hamilton. Aside from 1997, Petty Enterprises has not been too good as a multi-car team and that's because they aren't spending their money.
 
the whole point of them running two cars is to gain information.........more information means better results......its not too late....they can still fix the problem....its highly unlikely......but they it cant hurt them to run two cars....it'll only help them
 
Originally posted by BudNapa815@Jul 15 2003, 11:03 PM
the whole point of them running two cars is to gain information.........more information means better results......its not too late....they can still fix the problem....its highly unlikely......but they it cant hurt them to run two cars....it'll only help them
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I just don't see it helping much. And when they have 2 cars in the back of the pack instead of 1, Their chance of attracting a sponsor when Kodak leaves goes down. And it can hurt them if they both wreck or DNQ. Bill Davis Racing is another team that has dropped way off since expanding to 2 cars.
 
Originally posted by ward22@Jul 15 2003, 11:10 PM
Having 2 cars always helps atleast.
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Not always. If you're running as badly as they are you shouldn't be running 2. Other one car teams or able to do better than them. Tony Raines has been running an unsponsored car all year and has done better than the #4 team. Other one car teams with less solid financial backing are able to at least equal the #4s performance.
 
Tony has a sponsored car, but its small...

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Staff America
 
Staff America is just an associate sponsor, I think. When Kerry Earnhardt DNQ'd at a race earlier this year they moved their sponsorship to Tony's car for that one race.
 
So now they'll have 2 cars missing the race?? Hmm, interesting.
 
The same problem MM has is the same problem PE has. Both are intent on having multi-car operations when they dont have enough resources allocated to support more than one car.

43 is struggling to make races, 44 cant make a race, the 45 is a consistent backmarker. Close up two of the teams and focus on getting one car back in order, then they can re-expand.

Huge mistake by Morgan McClure. Huge.
 
I think this is smart on MM part. What I read today Kodak is supporting this effort and also seem to be staying around for awhile. They have 2 good young drivers, Sauter and Reuterman. My guess would be that they might put another driver in teh cars from time to time when either one of them can't race that weekend but I would not be shocked if that is the driver lineup next year.
Johnny did pretty good last week, he just had that blown tire that destroyed the car during the race. Johnny made the race on time I belive. I think both cars will make the race this weekend. I would liek to know for sure if this is a permant 2nd car or just a couple race deals!
 
It is nothing but a myth that multi-car teams are required to win/dominate at the cup level anyway.A properly financed and competent team could still compete at the top level.Penske could,in example only,possibly fold the #2 car and Ryan should in theory hardly be affected.It IS the popular line right now that more than one car is needed to contend...but I just dont buy it.
 
Originally posted by 97forever@Jul 16 2003, 08:04 PM
It is nothing but a myth that multi-car teams are required to win/dominate at the cup level anyway.A properly financed and competent team could still compete at the top level.Penske could,in example only,possibly fold the #2 car and Ryan should in theory hardly be affected.It IS the popular line right now that more than one car is needed to contend...but I just dont buy it.
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well you should !!
if what you say was true Ricky Craven would have a lot more wins, Cal Wells has some deep pockets.
 
The ONLY advantage a multi car team really has is test dates.Personel is dependent on money,not number of cars.Possibly Cal has deep pockets...but he has actually done better as a single car team than when he ran two cars,remember.
 
I can see possibly doing the 2 car deal if they had a veteran driver in at least one of the rides. Reuterman has very little experience at the Busch level never mind Cup, can't see how he can pass on valuable info on to the team, when he will be experiencing this for the first time. Sauter isn't exactly the most experienced either, to me both moves make no sense....desperate move if you ask me. In theory i can see it , but not with those 2 drivers. ;)
 
Originally posted by toddgee24@Jul 16 2003, 08:26 PM
andy houston wasnt it?
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sure was, remember when wells first came in people were not very happy about someone new taking sponsor $$$ from established teams ie: tide, Mcdonalds andy drove the Mdonalds car the last year they were a primary sponsor
 
Originally posted by 97forever@Jul 16 2003, 02:04 PM
It is nothing but a myth that multi-car teams are required to win/dominate at the cup level anyway.A properly financed and competent team could still compete at the top level.Penske could,in example only,possibly fold the #2 car and Ryan should in theory hardly be affected.It IS the popular line right now that more than one car is needed to contend...but I just dont buy it.
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Well said 97, I for one belive that with the right driver, the right crew cheif, the right crew and the right car, which is the same thing a multi-car team has to have, a single car operation could be mullti-race winners every season.
 
I agree...there are plenty of multi-car teams that haven't had fantastic success or haven't had all their cars be equally successful, so it can't be a cure-all.

The other thing I agree with is that if one of the drivers was more experienced, this might be a better idea for MMC, but I don't think that they are going to get nearly enough useful data.
 
Originally posted by PettyBenson4510@Jul 16 2003, 10:07 AM
I would liek to know for sure if this is a permant 2nd car or just a couple race deals!
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Beginning this weekend at New Hampshire, Morgan-McClure Motorsports will begin fielding two Winston Cup teams for most of the remainder of the 2003 season. Both teams will compete for most of the rest of the season, but the drivers may change.(ThatsRacin.com)
 
Ricky Craven Should have a Teammate

I can Picture it now the # 34 Hooters Pontiac driven by :dual9mm: Mike Skinner

Of COurse thats just my imagination but Really he should have a teammate
 
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