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Evernham Motorsports owner Ray Evernham has an ace in the hole to get red-hot Kasey Kahne ready for the upcoming NASCAR Nextel Cup road course races: Boris Said. Said, a veteran road racer and occasional NASCAR Cup competitor, is working as a consultant to help Evernham's drivers - Kahne, Jeremy Mayfield and Scott Riggs - get ready for those winding tracks that can be tough on younger drivers.(SceneDaily.com)
 
I think that's OLD news. It was announced earlier this year, (at Daytona I Think), that Boris would be working with and helping with the road courses and he'd get a couple rides in exchange. Nothing more was ever said about it and now we hear Boris is helping Jack Roush drivers and a rumor that he may be startiung his own team.

UPDATE:

Boris Said and veteran crew chief Frank Stoddard have formed their own Nextel Cup team, Yahoo! Sports has learned. They are partnering with long-time Said associate and former driver and team owner Mark Simo. The team, which is slated to run four or five races this season, will work with Roush Racing, which has offered to supply the team with cars, engines and technical expertise. Stoddard recently left MB2 Motorsports and speculation was that he was set to rejoin Roush. But Stoddard, who used to be crew chief for Roush's #99 car when Jeff Burton was behind the wheel, instead has been working with Roush officials on forming the new team. Said has been frustrated with his inability to find a regular Cup ride this season after running nine races with MB2 in 2005 with Stoddard as his crew chief. After Simo's No Fear clothing company purchased a building adjacent to Roush Racing headquarters in Concord, N.C., for a planned East Coast distribution center, Said, who has been working as a consultant for Roush's teams, began talking with Roush about possibly starting a team. The current plan is for the new team to run the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at the Infineon Raceway road course in June, the Pepsi 400 at Daytona in July, the Brickyard in August and the Watkins Glen road course, also in August. The team has secured sponsorship for at least four races, with an announcement regarding sponsorship details to come.


(Yahoo Sports)(4-5-2006): Jayski.com
 
As protective as manufacturers are about thier drivers, I find it very odd that Said and Stoddard will be using Rousch backing (Ford) but are helping Evernham (Dodge). Anyone else see this as odd?
 
i don't think the manufacturers care about him as of yet. I think that as of now, he's helped pretty much every team except maybe hendrick or gibbs. Remember, nascar drivers, especially (and maybe only) in Boris' case, can do whatever they want with whatever team they want. He's not really under a contract with anybody.
 
wolfcub said:
As protective as manufacturers are about thier drivers, I find it very odd that Said and Stoddard will be using Rousch backing (Ford) but are helping Evernham (Dodge). Anyone else see this as odd?
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Wolf, that's why I said I think the Said/ evernham thing is old news. Said wants a full time ride real bad and I think he's agreed to help anyone that will promise to give him a ride.
 
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