[LSC9901]

Gee ... we can't even imagine why !!!!!

[Team Yates]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

Gee ... we can't even imagine why !!!!!

LSC, let me refresh your memory:
Parrott is back!

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Team Yates

LSC, let me refresh your memory:
Parrott is back!

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[Team Yates]

Yates: No. 38 car could be Gilliland's next week

Driver would lose '07 rookie-of-the-year eligibility if move happens

By Ryan Smithson, NASCAR.COM
August 11, 2006
12:05 PM EDT (16:05 GMT)

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- With Jeremy Mayfield officially out of the No. 19 Dodge, it could clear the way for Elliott Sadler to take his seat. It might also mean the Robert Yates Racing debut of David Gilliland as soon as next week. Team co-owner Doug Yates said on Friday at Watkins Glen that it will be up to Gilliland whether he wants to lose his 2007 rookie status by stepping into the seat early. Carl Edwards lost his rookie status in 2004 by competing in the final 13 races. Gilliland has been in the mix to replace Sadler in the No. 38 Ford, and an announcement on his hiring is expected later this month. Gilliland, 30, has just one Nextel Cup start but entered the Silly Season mix after a shocking Busch Series win at Kentucky in June. "David and I talked about that. It is really up to him," said Yates. "He feels right now that he wants to be in the car as much as he could. That is the most important thing." Yates said he did not speak with No. 19 owner Ray Evernham on Friday but did acknowledge that his team's outlook was coming into shape quickly. "I have not met with Ray, but I think that things will unfold," said Yates. "If that's going to happen, it will happen. That is not something we are focused on this week."

Robert Yates Racing has not revealed a full driver or a sponsor lineup for 2007, but Yates said that announcements were pending. "We are getting really close on both and should know something in the next week or so," said Yates. A major piece of the puzzle was filled this week when longtime Robert Yates Racing employee Todd Parrott left Petty Enterprises to return to RYR. It is Parrott's third tenure with RYR; in the past, he had served both as a crew chief and competition director. "I think we are going to announce next week exactly where he is going to fit into the company," said Yates. "We need to make sure he is part of our future for a long time to come. He gives people confidence."

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Team Yates

LSC, let me refresh your memory:
Parrott is back!

May I quote a post I made in this thread on June 17th? (or at least that's when I believe I said this)

"Actually I believe it goes deeper than simply a driver. I think it's a matter of leadership. Here are some things to contemplate:

1999, 2000 and 2001 Todd Parrott is crew chief for Dale Jarrett. Dale wins the title in 1999 and has a good 2000 and 2001. Parrott leaves in 2001 and within six months dale goes into a tailspin.

2004 and 2005 Parrott returns to RYR and is chief wrench for Elliott Sadler. Sadler is in the playoff both years.
2006 Parrott leaves to go to Petty and suddenly Elliott Sadler starts looking like Mikey Waltrip (including the hairdo?)

Gee. Do you think the problem just MIGHT be the leadership Todd Parrott provided? Well, at least it's something to think about.
__________________
Bob"

I still believe that Todd Parrott is the answer to a majority of Yates' problems. Methinks Elliott Sadler will be mucho sorry he left Robert. (And the lad really should do something about that hair! He's beginning to look like an extra in the bar room scene in Star Wars)

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

May I quote a post I made in this thread on June 17th? (or at least that's when I believe I said this)

"Actually I believe it goes deeper than simply a driver. I think it's a matter of leadership. Here are some things to contemplate:

1999, 2000 and 2001 Todd Parrott is crew chief for Dale Jarrett. Dale wins the title in 1999 and has a good 2000 and 2001. Parrott leaves in 2001 and within six months dale goes into a tailspin.

2004 and 2005 Parrott returns to RYR and is chief wrench for Elliott Sadler. Sadler is in the playoff both years.
2006 Parrott leaves to go to Petty and suddenly Elliott Sadler starts looking like Mikey Waltrip (including the hairdo?)

Gee. Do you think the problem just MIGHT be the leadership Todd Parrott provided? Well, at least it's something to think about.
__________________
Bob"

I still believe that Todd Parrott is the answer to a majority of Yates' problems. Methinks Elliott Sadler will be mucho sorry he left Robert. (And the lad really should do something about that hair! He's beginning to look like an extra in the bar room scene in Star Wars)

Woohoo..... Bob's back

[Team Yates]

Richmond Times-Dispatch


Sadler out at RYR now?
Emporia driver could join Evernham Motorsports as early as race on Sunday

BY RALPH N. PAULK
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Aug 14, 2006

In the weeks since Elliott Sadler severed his business relationship with Robert Yates Racing, there have been whispers and rumors aplenty in the Nextel Cup garage area.
Those whispers have evolved into shouts of discontent for Sadler, who finds himself embroiled in yet another rumor.
This time, the word in the garage area is that the Emporia native likely will be replaced in the No. 38 Ford by David Gilliland on Sunday at the GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Or could it be Jeremy Mayfield?
With Mayfield and Gilliland suppos- edly in line to replace Sadler, it's been widely speculated that Evernham Motorsports is in the process of negotiating a deal that will put Sadler in the No.19 Dodge vacated by Mayfield as soon as this week.
That report surfaced again yesterday before Sadler put together his best performance at Watkins Glen with an eighth-place finish in the AMD at the Glen.
According to NASCAR.com, sources close to Evernham Motorsports said Sadler may be in the No. 19 Dodge before season's end. However, the parties will have to resolve various contractual points.
"We should know something in the next week or so," Doug Yates told reporters Friday.
The Times-Dispatch could not reach Sadler for comment yesterday. But his spokesperson, Rhonda King, neither confirmed nor denied reports that Sadler had competed in his last race with RYR.
Yates said the decision on who drives the No.38 Ford could be determined by Gilliland.
"David and I talked about that. It is really up to him," Yates said. "He feels right now that he wants to be in the car as much as he could. That is the most important thing."
Veteran Bill Elliott was in the No.19 car yesterday for Evernham Motorsports, finishing 27th.
"It was a tough day out there," Elliott told reporters. "We were pretty competitive at times, but we could have been better."
Of course, Mayfield and Sadler have made similar statements for much of this Nextel Cup season.
"It's been tough personally because of the decision I have made to leave Robert Yates Racing," Sadler said Saturday. "Was it a good decision? I don't know.
"It's definitely coming around the corner, and I've made my decision, but I want to do it all in the right way and in a timely manner."
Apparently, that time has come sooner than Sadler imagined.
According to multiple reports, Sadler and Yates parted company for good yesterday when the two departed Watkins Glen International moments after the race.
"I've been sleeping about two hours a night now just tossing and turning and wondering," Sadler said.
Now, most everyone in the garage area is wondering if he'll replace Elliott in the No. 19 Dodge at Michigan International Speedway. He left Watkins Glen without confirming his immediate plans.
Despite the rumors, Sadler was at his best in the AMD at the Glen, where he finished in the top 10 for the first time. He overcame a near-disastrous start to fight his way back into contention.
Sadler refueled with 38 laps to go in the 90-lap race. The gamble paid off unlike most he has taken this Cup season.
"The guys did a good job on strategy," Sadler told reporters after the race. "It's the same strategy we used at Sears Point. We came in and put four tires on under caution, and then come in and get gas only, and that brought us out third.
"I just got a little too loose at the end. But it was a great job and a great run. It's one of the best cars I've had on a road course, and it was fun."

More fun than Sadler's had the past month. His seventh-place finish broke a string of four races in which he finished outside the top 20.
Contact staff writer Ralph N. Paulk at rpaulk@timesdispatch.com or (804) 649-6851.
I think not!!!!!! But he made his bed.................

[Team Yates]

I wanted to post this small article, but I didn't want to start a new thread for it, so I brought this thread back from the past:

RYR gets engineer back, forming test team:
Long-time team engineer Kevin Buskirk returned to the Robert Yates Racing [#38, #88] fold last week after a stint at Richard Childress Racing and will play a key role in getting the team back up to speed. Also in the works is a dedicated RYR test team, which should be especially beneficial in helping the team catch up in Car of Tomorrow races.(SPEEDtv.com)(5-20-2007)

Good, we need all that we can get!!

[LSC9901]

I think it is great that you are so loyal to the team versus drivers.

[Team Yates]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I think it is great that you are so loyal to the team versus drivers.

I have a big comment for you, but I'm leaving for work in a few minutes. If I stay and put in my comment, I better call off!!!! LOL

[Team Yates]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I think it is great that you are so loyal to the team versus drivers.

When I started watching races with my grandfather (when they showed them), I followed the likes of Bobby Allison and Cale Yarbough. And if I'm not mistaken, Robert Yates also did some driving, not much, but he did?!? I really liked Bobby, actually the whole Alabama Gang, but for some reason I also had a fascination with the 28 car (Cale). Robert went the route he knows best and became a well respected and awesome engine builder, he even built Chevy engines for Junior Johnson, who won with them, while working for Moody-Holman Ford. So, when he had the opportunity to buy the Moody-Holman 28 team, with Davey's input, I just stayed with that 28 car, I still followed his dad Bobby, for as long as he continued to race, but I was hooked by Robert, Davey and Larry Mac. Davey was my driver, and he is no longer with us, but I haven't found a driver that I like as I did Davey, I thought that I would no longer follow racing when he left us, I was totally heartbroken. But watch I did, "trying"
to like another driver, but nobody appeased me, even the drivers that Robert put in, at first, I didn't like anybody, but I grew to accept his choices as my respect for the man grew throughout the years. He put his heart, soul, sweat, hard work and life savings in the team to continue on throughout the years and has never given up through all the adversities. I can't walk away and jump on the "so and so" bandwagon, whoever it is at the time, just because the chips are down. All in all, it has made Robert that much stronger (in my eyes) and made me stronger in the long run. Always and forever I'll be a Yates fan, I don't know what I'll do if there is ever a time when there is no more Yates racing. I was a little beside myself when they said about a possible merger with DEI, several years ago that would have had me all up in arms, but I do try to see the big picture and what will/could be in the best interest of the team. For to many years, Robert gave Texaco fame and glory and got very little money backing from them, but he stuck with them, instead of jumping ship, and the end result has him behind the eight ball. This isn't the first time he has been there, hopefully that will all be changing in the near future.
If Robert didn't have all the adversities that he has had throughout the years, I believe that he would still on the top of the game with the likes of Hendricks, Roush and Childress. Not one of those teams have been totally rock bottom over and over again, yes they all have had some obstacles, but not even close to what Robert has had to face time and time again. He will bounce back as always, it is just a long, slow road, but I will still be there for him and the team when it does finally happen.
No band wagon jumper here!!!!

YATES WILL PREVAIL!!!!
U.S.S. YATES 3888

[LSC9901]

Excellent reasons and well explained.

Since I am not a fan of any driver I can better understand your loyalty to the team. I personally have no team either but I do follow and like some drivers and teams. Like you I challenge myself to remain on their side when the chips are down. RYR has seen it's share of problems, especially since Davey left us. I'm sure the total collapse of RYR wasn't due just to the death of Davey. Some of it is just the product of the times. The face of teams/drivers has changed over the years so that hasn't helped. RYR will return. It will be a slow process but it can and will be done.

[Team Yates]

RYR re-signs with Ford for 5 years UPDATE: Robert Yates has signed a five-year extension with the Ford, he told ESPN.com today. There will be a formal announcement on Friday at Dover International Raceway. "What it says to me is that Ford intends to win on Sundays and Mondays, and they're committed," Yates said. "We're happy they're happy with us. It's nice we have signed the thing." This ends any speculation that Robert Yates Racing was looking elsewhere [rumors with DEI/Chevy, and also Toyota]. What the five-year deal offers Yates is some stability and credibility as he continues talks with potential business partners. "The fact is, it's organizational racing now and not individual racing," Yates said. "We have been talking to different people and they ask, 'What manufacturer are you with? How strong is that? How long term is it?' [This contract] puts a lot to bed. We have a good relationship with Ford, and we continue to." Clearly, Yates is upbeat about the future. He said his team is financially healthy with "zero debt and quite a lot of money in the bank," he said. "I'm OK, but what I want to do is race and win," Yates said. There was a much-publicized flirtation between Robert Yates Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc., about a month ago, but there was an obvious conflict -- Yates had always been a Ford devotee, and DEI owner Teresa Earnhardt has made it clear she has deep Chevrolet ties she is unlikely to break.(ESPN.com)(5-31-2007)
UPDATE: Ford Racing Technology announced today that it has re-signed Robert Yates Racing to a contract that will keep the family-owned team sporting the blue oval for at least the next five years. “Robert Yates Racing is synonymous with Ford,” said Dan Davis, director, Ford Racing Technology. “We’ve celebrated the joy of winning races and championships with them, in addition to feeling the frustration that this sport can dish out. The main thing is that we’ve gone through all of those times together as loyal partners. We’re thrilled to have this deal behind us and now we can look forward to continuing getting Robert and his team back among the NASCAR elite.” The agreement continues a 19-year relationship that began when Yates became a car owner in 1988. Since then, his teams have won 57 Nextel Cup Series races, including the Daytona 500 three times, and one series championship in 1999. “We’re talking to sponsors and they want to know what product and what kind of support we get from our manufacturer, so this is huge. This deal is important because it plays a big role in what you’re doing to improve your operation,” said Robert Yates.(Ford Racing)(6-1-2007)

[Team Yates]

RYR site returns: after months of fielding questions about what happened to the Robert Yates Racing [#38, #88], have an answer....it's back...at ryr.com. Been told It should be fully functional in the next few days.(6-1-2007)

Good, I have been really bummed without it!! It is still not completely up and running, hope it will tonight when I get home!!

[LSC9901]

Just like you TY he has loyalty to his supporters.