Rumors
Germain Racing and Todd Bodine, without sponsorship, will switch to a race to race decision whether or not they'll run after the Atlanta race on March 7.
More amazingly their win at Daytona. translated into no phone calls. The team was able to make it to Fontana after winning the race and to the Atlanta race due to Geico being on the No. 30 as sponsor at Fontana.
Ashamed to see, since they have a team that's fully capable of competing for the 2009 Championship.
Kevin Harvick Inc. Updates
The first is that it looks like Ricky Carmichael will be racing in the Atlanta race on March 7. He is scheduled to run in 14 races, but due to his contract he can only run with Monster Energy Drink as sponsor on the No. 4. It looks like Kevin & Delana Harvick will be running the Goat out of pocket at Atlanta and will have Monster Energy Drink on the truck.
The second update is that KHI and Georgia Boot have extended their partnership in 2009 continuing as the official boot sponsor for the team.
They'll be an associate sponsor on Ron Hornaday's No. 33 Silverado and be his primary sponsor for the August 19 race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Stringer Motorsports has released the rest of Gabi's DiCarlo's 2009 schedule and it's as follows: Atlanta Motor Speedway, March 7; Martinsville Speedway, March 28; Milwaukee Mile, June 9; Iowa Speedway, Sept. 5; New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sept. 19; and Phoenix International Raceway, Sept. 19.
Hornaday's Corner
Horn headed home to race on his home track and he finished sixth at Fontana.
"I don't think the fans got their money out of that race," said a frustrated Hornaday after the race. "It was a pretty boring race for the fans. The No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet didn't handle very well, we struggled with not being in the race track all day, but we'll take a top 10 out of it and go on. We just have to figure out how to strategize better, and we are going to have to take a few more risks. It is just a tough call. It's the second race with these new rules and we'll just have to sit down with NASCAR and see what we can do to make this thing a little better".
Horn qualified well at Fontana, starting in fourth and did get as high as second. But the handle in his truck went away after suffering lack of grip in both the front and rear. The 33 would be slipping and sliding around the track.
On the first caution on Lap 25, Horn's crew would put on new tires with an air pressure adjustment on Lap 26.
Then the team came back for fuel, put tape on the nose and restarted in sixth.
Following the adjustments, Horn's truck worked best when he sailed through the middle of the corners and drifted to the high side.
On the second caution, on lap 44, KHI teammates Horn and the Goat, were running fourth and fifth respectively.
On the pit stop, the 33 crew would only make a fuel stop and make a track bar adjustment—hoping to conserve track position and save a set of tires for the end of the race.
At the halfway point, Horn was sitting in fourth, but the race took on a green flag look and with 11 laps to go the team made a finally pit stop.
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