Truck series driver David Starr parts ways with Red Horse Racing
David Starr’s reunion with Red Horse Racing ended up lasting just as long as his first stay with the organization: one season.
Starr, who rejoined the NASCAR Truck Series team for 2008 after leaving the group at the end of 2006, confirmed Friday that he has parted ways with the team and hopes to have another ride in place as early as next week.
Starr says he and Red Horse co-owner Tom DeLoach mutually agreed to part ways after a sponsor that came on board Starr's No. 11 Toyota for six races near the end of last season indicated it could provide primary backing on Starr’s truck for fewer than 10 races in 2009.
Starr says he will carry the sponsorship with him to another team, where he hopes another backer can pick up the remaining races so that he can run the full season.
“Hopefully, we’ll be racing full time with a good team, but right now I have options,” Starr said in a phone interview on Friday afternoon. “I haven’t chosen which way we’re going to go yet.”
Starr said he has spoken with four Truck teams and hopes to remain in the Toyota camp, although he has talked to at least one team tied to another manufacturer.
In his two seasons at Red Horse, Starr won one race – at Martinsville in spring 2006. The Houston, Texas, native placed a career-best fourth in points during his first stint with Red Horse but fell to 12th this past season.
“I’m disappointed,” Starr said of his most recent breakup with the team. “I really thought I found a home for a long time at Red Horse, but it’s just the turn in the economy, you know. It’s just the way the economy is. It changes things.”
