BAM Racing withdraws No. 49 Toyota entry for Texas
One week after announcing a sponsorship program with Microsoft Small Business and qualifying seventh at Martinsville, BAM Racing's No. 49 Toyota was withdrawn from this weekend's Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
No details were available as to the reasons behind the decision by owner Beth Ann Morgenthau, who has operated a team in NASCAR's premier series since 2002.
The No. 49 was 42nd in owner points following a 37th-place finish at Martinsville, having made three of six races this season. Driver Ken Schrader finished 21st at Las Vegas and 41st at Bristol earlier in 2008. (From Nascar.com)
Update: The BAM Racing No. 49 will sit out both the Texas and Phoenix races due to the switch from Dodge to Toyota last week.
"Switching manufacturers was a taller order than we initially realized," co-owner Tony Morgenthau said of the decision to change from Dodge to Toyota as of Martinsville. "While BAM Racing has a very strong short track program, our intermediate track program needs some work.
"Since we haven't had time to adequately test the cars on shaker rigs and pull-down rigs, since historically we don't run that well at either Texas or Phoenix -- even with a proven, tested racecar -- since we intend to improve our on-track performance and not to take a step backwards, our organization has decided to take the next three weeks to focus on the remainder of the racing season."
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