Only 42 on Kentucky Entry List

So it's a no on the 77 & 95, and the Wood Bros. aren't really even an option (not a field filler type team, money not as much as a barrier as the back of the field teams). So, might we see one of the following teams enter a backup car that is already sitting on the hauler:

Nemco turns backup 66 to 87
Front Row turns a 34 or 38 into a 35
HScott turns a 51 into a 52
BK Racing turns a 23, 26 or 83 into a 73
Baldwin turns a 36 into a 37 (or whichever number they choose. TBR used to run the 35 on occasion but Front Row has that number now after TBR switched from 35 to the 7)

Obviously any team could enter a backup car, but I listed those teams specifically because they've used those car numbers before when they've entered an extra car. Stoddard could enter the backup 32, Falk the backup 33 or 40, Germain the backup 13 etc, but those teams have never entered a car beyond the cars that they already have entered.

Perhaps the team that needs an S & P entry the most would be Cohen's Xxxtreme Motorsports team. Yeley is finally getting into some races in the 44 after taking over the 30. To me that's the team that could benefit most from a late entry. Slap a 30 on the backup car and go!

I know some people could care less about the topic, but it's fun to speculate...and I have nothing better to do!
 
KevinWI said:
Everybody's favorite pot stirrer Bob Pockrass says that NASCAR is in BIG TROUBLE and that the short field is only the start.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/...ce-fans?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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A little sensational, but I generally agree that NASCAR needs to address the financial struggles of teams, especially with cost-cutting. It shouldn't cost $5 million per year to run a pair of 20th-place Truck entries (no wonder the car counts in that series are in the 20s now). For a sport where there's no technological innovation, there shouldn't be this little parity, and there certainly shouldn't be the influx of pay drivers that we're seeing.

Here's to hoping NASCAR goes about it better than F1 is, or else our Dear Leader will be saying they'll "be happy" to see fewer teams in the sport.
 
FLRacingFan said:
A little sensational, but I generally agree that NASCAR needs to address the financial struggles of teams, especially with cost-cutting. It shouldn't cost $5 million per year to run a pair of 20th-place Truck entries (no wonder the car counts in that series are in the 20s now). For a sport where there's no technological innovation, there shouldn't be this little parity, and there certainly shouldn't be the influx of pay drivers that we're seeing.

Here's to hoping NASCAR goes about it better than F1 is, or else our Dear Leader will be saying they'll "be happy" to see fewer teams in the sport.
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The trucks are the "bell cow" to watch. They will be the first to go as an indicator of our sagging economy. If the money isn't there it will be phased out. There will always be harpy's dancing around predicting the worst, but hopefully with good management, rule changes focused on cost cutting, it will survive. Techno is a double edged sword, some of it has improved racing, and the best has improved it for closer competition and cost cutting. Some of it has made the driver closer to a robot controlled by others.
 
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