[Racer Duck]

#22 team looking for sponsors: California businessman Mike Held recently bought out Bill Davis Racing, which has been in NASCAR since 1988. Its flagship car — the #22 that won the Daytona 500 in 2002 with Ward Burton behind the wheel — doesn’t yet have sponsorship in place for the upcoming season. “It’s difficult, there’s no doubt about that,” Held said. “If you think we’re sitting here with something in our back pocket that we’re just not ready to announce yet, I can assure you that’s not the case. ... We’ll keep trying and we’ll keep looking, and we know it’s not going to be easy.” He and BDR Vice President Marty Gaunt have “made the decision, having owned our own teams before, the one thing we both made a pact to do was we would not attempt to do something that is short of funding — it always ends in disaster,” he added. “If we come out onto the track (in 2009 with a Cup team) it’s because it makes good business sense and nothing more.”(Rocky Mount Telegram)(1-1-2009)

[trollmc08]

As many sponsors out there you would think they would have one or more.
Or do they need another name behind the wheel?

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by trollmc08

As many sponsors out there you would think they would have one or more.
Or do they need another name behind the wheel?

I think they have a driver (Blaney) if they can find the bucks to run.

[trollmc08]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

I think they have a driver (Blaney) if they can find the bucks to run.

What I meant is it sames the driver name directly relates to the money put up for the car.

[oncea3fan]

WONDER IF THIS COULD BE A PLACE FOR SADLER TO LAND,
does sadler have bestbuy with him , or are they staying with gem

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by oncea3fan

WONDER IF THIS COULD BE A PLACE FOR SADLER TO LAND,
does sadler have bestbuy with him , or are they staying with gem

Haven't seen anything yet that gives any indication what Best Buy is doing. Jayski shows Best Buy, Stanley Tools, McDonald's, Garmin and Seimens as sponsors with a "?" which means there's been no announcement or other positive event. Jayski also says

sources have Allmendinger replacing Salder in the car, even thou Sadler was signed thru 2010, one of the sponsors could be leaving if so (12-27-2008).

which further muddies the situation.