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Note: By popular demand, The Answer Man is back at SPEEDtv.com. I will be answering questions during every race week and look forward to hearing from you as the season goes on.
If you have a question, please e-mail it to – Tom Jensen
Why is Roush Fenway Racing still allowed seven teams in Sprint Cup, including two with his circumvented subsidiary, Yates Racing, when the rest of the teams are restricted to four? How long will he be able continue operating as such? — Bob Skeen
Thanks for question, Bob. Roush Fenway Racing does not operate seven teams, it operates five and will have to go down to four in 2010. Yates Racing buys partially finished cars from Roush Fenway Racing, but does its own final prep work, has its own employees and pit crew, etc. NASCAR has examined the relationship between the two teams and concluded that it meets the spirit and the letter of their rulebook. And by the way, these aren’t the only two teams with similar relationships. Hall of Fame Racing buys engines and cars and gets tech support from Joe Gibbs Racing, and
Do you know if they will use rain tires this weekend? If qualifying is rained out which road course ringers would still make the race? Thanks — John Deans
Curiously, John, the Nationwide Series has rain tires again at Watkins Glen, but the Sprint Cup Series does not — the Cup boys will only run on a dry track. As for the go-or-go-homers, if qualifying is rained out, Boris Said and Brian Simo will miss the race, while Michael McDowell, Patrick Carpentier, Marcos Ambrose, Kyle Petty, Max Papis, Joe Nemechek, AJ Allmendinger and P.J. Jones will make the race.
If NASCAR is so fan friendly, why would they consider racing in the rain? It can't get much more miserable than sitting in the stands soaking wet, watching cars struggle to go half speed. Please use any influence to get racing back on track. — Pat McGinnis, Bolingbrook, IL
Pat, I thought the race was interesting with the rain. Granted, I wouldn’t like to watch 35 rainy road-course races a year, but the Montreal NASCAR Nationwide Series race was an interesting change of pace.
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