Yates releases Leicht from Busch team after 2007
Quote selected text Published October 2nd, 2007 in NASCAR News
Robert Yates Racing released Stephen Leicht, driver of the No. 90 CitiFinancial Ford Fusion, effective as of the end of the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series season. Leicht remains under contract with RYR through the conclusion of the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series season.
Leicht, who is currently in 9th place in the Busch Series driver standings, will continue to drive the No. 90 CitiFinancial Ford for the final five races of the season.
“CitiFinancial has been behind me since I started my career in the NASCAR Busch Series and I feel it is important to them, to the fans, and to my team to finish out this great season,” Leicht said.
Leicht has two top 5 and five top 10 finishes with his best finish coming in Kentucky where he won the Meijer 300.
“I have had a great run with RYR. Robert and Doug gave me my start in NASCAR and I have learned a lot from them. I wish them nothing but the best in 2008,” Leicht said.
Leicht will pursue other opportunities within NASCAR for the 2008 season.
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what does a young driver have to do in the busch series to at least keep a ride there?
Is a win and some decent finishes not enough? Granted he is young but the guy did
something hard to do with all the buschwakers and actually win a race.
Everyone except the people running the Yates organization gets it. The cars suck, so quit blaming the drivers.
I think he’d be a good choice at JR Motorsports next year!
PWNED!!!
Stephen will land on his feet, without a doubt. He’s a great young driver who’s very marketable, and one of the best I’ve ever seen with fans.
What? Why are they doing this? This kid has the potential to bring Yates back to being competitive, and they get rid of him?
IDIOTS!
This kid is worth a look to anyone that appreciates talent. He’s young but he’s mature. I hope he gets a ride, a quality ride, next year. They put a stooge like Gilligan in a Cup car and gave this kid a release. That’s stupid.