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It's the most interesting debate in NASCAR. What driver will Jack Roush move to Yates Racing in 2010, when NASCAR forces Jack to trim a team.

The whole "Trimming Team" thing is very bias anyway. Punishing Jack Roush for playing by the rules. Punishing Jack Roush for NASCAR's mistakes is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in my 15 years of watching NASCAR. To me, Jack should have been grandfathered in. All his hard work and determination has propelled his organization to five teams. If he lost the fifth team and wanted to expand, and you put your foot down, That's fine. But having a guy lose a team is unfair. In my opinion, every owner should trim down their teams.

It's ridiculous.

However, rules are rules. Unfortuatly, Jack has to trim down to four teams starting in 2010. The big debate is who? Who will it be? Let's examine the situation.

Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, and Greg Biffle all signed multi-year deals to keep themselves at Roush Fenway Racing for years to come.

That leaves two drivers. Jamie McMurray, who is in his final year of his contract at Roush Fenway, and David Ragan, who is in the same boat.

McMurray came over to Roush Fenway with high expectations. Many so called "experts" thought that McMurray would really come into his own with excellent equiptment behind him, after leaving Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates in 2005 where he finished 12th in the points. All looked great for McMurray. However, things haven't panned out as well as everyone thought.

McMurray has struggled in his three and a half year stint with Jack, and only has one win, the 2007 Pepsi 400, to his resume. In three years, McMurray hasn't made the chase and this year was looking to be another "break out year" for Jamie when he got reunited with former crew chief Donnie Wingo. 2009 hasn't been horrible for McMurray but it hasn't been great either. He sits 19th in the points and looks to miss the chase for the fourth time at Roush.

David Ragan is another issue. When Ragan got to Roush in 2006 at Martinsville, Tony Stewart called him "a dart without feathers." In 2007, Stewart was right. Ragan struggled, trying to find himself, when he finished 23rd in the points. However, 2008 David Ragan found himself. He finished 13th in the points and had 14 top tens. He looked to be on his way up and the 22 year old finally looked to have some poise and control.

Veteran crew chief Jimmy Fennig and David seemed to really click, and Tony Stewart, yes the same Tony Stewart who once called him "a dart without feathers" thought David should have been named Driver of the Year for his growth in the Cup Series. Big money sponser UPS signed on to sponsor Ragan with a three year deal and all signs pointed to David having another nice season for Roush in 2009.

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