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JTG Daugherty Racing-Michael Waltrip Racing alliance to continue
By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Saturday, October 24, 2009
JTG Daugherty Racing's Marcos Ambrose is 17th in the Chase For The Sprint Cup standings heading into Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. – JTG Daugherty Racing has extended its technical alliance with Michael Waltrip Racing for another season, JTG Daugherty co-owner Tad Geschickter confirmed Saturday at Martinsville Speedway.
The two organizations began a technical alliance this year with the JTG Daugherty crew working out of the MWR shop. MWR builds the cars, and then the JTG Daugherty team works on them there. Officials from both teams have been saying for weeks that they wanted the alliance to continue.
“Being a single-car team without a strong technical alliance is next to impossible,” Geschickter said. “This one is working, so why fix it?”
JTG Daugherty driver Marcos Ambrose, in his first full season, is 17th in the Sprint Cup standings.
“Toyota’s influence and the support they give us is big,” Geschickter said. “The personalities of the people involved – everyone gets along. We’ve imbedded our folks into their shop, so every meeting that goes on, we’re a part of and has made it more seamless than most.”
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| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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rspweaver55 said:
Oct 24, 2009 at 6:40 PMThis is one fan, that is very happy that Marcos and his team is going to continue their allience with MWR. I am a big fan of MWR and also that makes me a fan of Marcos Ambrose. Good luck in 2010 Guys!!!
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Oct 24, 2009 at 7:12 PMIt also helps that Marcos has more talent then any of the mWR drivers until Truex gets there at least.
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Oct 25, 2009 at 1:25 PMGlad to see that the alliance will continue. It's great to see MWR being the flagship Toyota team everyone's going to for cars and support.
Report as AbuseAs for Marcos having more talent than Reutimann or Waltrip, that remains to be seen. On road courses, sure, but on the ovals I think Reutimann still has the upper hand.
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Oct 25, 2009 at 5:35 PMI was sorry to see Marcos get involved in the crash early in the race. I think he will be in the Chase next year!
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