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RYR hopes to hear soon from UPS
By Bob Pockrass
Friday, May 19, 2006
DAVID GRIFFIN / NASCAR SCENE
CONCORD, N.C. -- Robert Yates Racing hopes to hear in the next two to three weeks whether UPS will return as a sponsor, team general manager Eddie D'Hondt said Friday at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
UPS is trying to decide whether to stay with RYR, move with current RYR driver Dale Jarrett over to Michael Waltirp Racing, where Jarrett will run a Toyota starting in 2007. or go to another team.
"We're still talking with them," said D'Hondt, who added that there is no timeline for UPS to decide. "In three weeks time, I think we'll all know what we're all doing."
The team is still in the early stages of looking for a replacement. It has two development drivers - Stephen Leicht and Matt McCall - currently running part-time Busch schedules.
"There is a chance you may see them in a Cup car to get a race under their belt as the year goes on," D'Hondt said. "That's not written in stone, but it has been talked about. We're not going to rush them beyond what they are capable of. ... A year from now, I think Matt and Stephen will be ready."
D'Hondt said eventually RYR would like to have four Nextel Cup teams and two Busch Series teams.
"We're setting ourselves for a good future; we just have to live with what we're going through now," D'Hondt said.
Mentioned Drivers: Stephen Leicht
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