NASCAR allows points transfer of No. 26 from Roush Fenway Racing to new team
By Bob Pockrass
Thursday, January 14, 2010
NASCAR has approved a one-time exception to its rules to allow Roush Fenway Racing to transfer the points of its former No. 26 team without remaining an owner, sanctioning body spokesman Ramsey Poston said Thursday.
NASCAR typically allows point transfers but only if the original owner remains part of the ownership group. Because Roush Fenway is dropping a team to meet the NASCAR-mandated four-car limit on teams, it was given an exception to sell the entire assets of the team that included the points without having any piece of the new ownership, Poston said.
The new team, which reportedly is owned by a Vermont businessman, will be locked into the first five races of 2010 thanks to those owner points. The No. 26 team, which had Jamie McMurray behind the wheel, finished 22nd in the owner standings in 2009.
“NASCAR doesn’t allow points sales,” Roush Fenway Racing President Geoff Smith said in a statement. “They did permit the transfer of the heritage of the 26 as part of a comprehensive service agreement.”
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