Scott Wimmer, who combined with Jeff Burton to give Richard Childress Racing the 2007 Nationwide Series owners’ title, isn’t part of the team’s plans for ‘09, he said Thursday.
Despite his status as a part-timer, the 32-year-old from Wausau [Wisconsin] has won as many races as the rest of the Childress drivers so far this season - one - but his chances presumably were hurt by his inability to take a checkered flag last year in a car with which Burton won five times. Wimmer was a candidate for Childress’ fourth Sprint Cup team but wasn’t the choice of sponsors.
- Wimmer to run 4th Childress car at Richmond
- Wimmer to attempt Dover for RCR
- Wimmer to drive Busch car for KHI at California
- Wimmer to run Busch Series for RCR
- Scott Wimmer to attempt first race of season at Indy
Well jeez, I sorta thought he would end up in the #33 next year! Wonder where he’ll end up? I can’t see him being out completely yet… Maybe replacing Newman at Penske?
Oh whoops… Forgot about Mears! If I had remembered that, I wouldn’t have seemed so surprised about that. I still wonder where Wimmer will end up?
He should be in the truck series. He just doesn’t have what it takes in Cup and couldn’t get the job done at RCR either. He is a better stock car driver than Mears when you consider the junk he’s driven compared to Mears. But sponsors want a big or successful name behind the wheel. Too bad Uncle Rick was the only one with really talent in that family and now Casey gets rewarded for being a relative. That’s wrong.