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Red Bull Racing won't expand to three Cup teams in 2010
By SceneDaily Staff
Friday, August 21, 2009
Red Bull Racing general manager Jay Frye told reporters Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway that the two-car NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team will not be adding an additional entry in 2010.
LaDon George
NASCAR Scene
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Red Bull Racing general manager Jay Frye says there are no plans as of now for the organization to expand to three NASCAR Sprint Cup teams next season.
Red Bull, in its third season in NASCAR’s top series, currently fields entries for driver Brian Vickers and rookie Scott Speed.
“There’s really no goal to have a third team at this point, in my opinion,” Frye said on Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway. “We have to get our two teams both competing in the high levels every week before you would think about expanding. We’ve got one team [Vickers’ No. 83 team] that’s competing at a high level every week. Scott, obviously part of his development now, we’re getting into phase two of that where we’re going to race tracks for a second time, and obviously we need to see an improvement from the first races.”
While Vickers, who gave the organization its first win last Sunday at Michigan, is 13th in the Cup standings and just 12 points outside of contention for a spot in the Chase For The Sprint Cup, Speed and his team aren’t in the top 35 in owner points.
Speed has just one top-10 finish – a fifth at Talladega – in 22 starts this season and has failed to qualify three times.
Frye hopes Speed’s results will improve as he gains more seat time and revisits tracks, such as last weekend at Michigan, where he had only competed once before.
Speed finished 34th last weekend, up only three spots from where he finished at MIS in June.
“Although the finish was relatively the same, the performance was better throughout the course of the race,” Frye said. “Obviously, the second race needs to be an improvement from the first race. That’s kind of where we’re at with him.”
As for Red Bull’s widely rumored switch from Toyotas to Chevrolets next season, Frye said negotiations are ongoing and didn’t rule anything out.
“Manufacturer-wise we’re working really hard to get that done,” he said. “That is the next step in our progression to lock that down for a few years. Again, Toyota has been a great partner, and we are working through a lot of different scenarios with them.
“I would anticipate everything being shored up at some point in the near future with them.”
Mentioned Drivers: Brian Vickers
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6492 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -108 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -169 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | -211 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -285 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -289 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -321 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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JGR_P1 said:
Aug 21, 2009 at 2:33 PMIf they would have kept AJ they probably have 2 top 20 teams right now. Maybe two top 15 teams.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportSS396Chevelle said:
Aug 21, 2009 at 6:58 PMWhy hasn't Red Bull confirming they are staying with Toyota? Are they waiting for the chase to make up their mind?
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» Confirm Abuse ReportJGRFan4Life said:
Aug 21, 2009 at 10:57 PM#1 is absolutely correct. Last season was the key time to make the move to a 3 car team instead of putting Speed in Allmendiger's ride which was a very bad decision.
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Aug 21, 2009 at 11:24 PMThey are wanna bee x2 now.Why become a wanna be x3?
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