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Mears+Kelloggs=5
Topic Started: Sep 4 2007, 12:35 PM (73 Views)
Orangesmoke20
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Too hot to handle.. too cold to hold... ohhhhhh yeahhhhh!!!
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Mears to the #5 in 2008; DaleJr to #25 team [new number]: Casey Mears will drive the #5 Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports in the 2008 Sprint Cup Series, joining a team that secured its second consecutive Chase for the Championship berth Sunday at California Speedway. In his first season with Hendrick Motorsports, Mears has notched one victory, a pole position, four top-five finishes and six top-10s through 25 races. The Bakersfield, Calif., native will complete the current schedule in the organization's #25 Chevys before transitioning to the Kellogg's/CARQUEST team. The effort will be led by Alan Gustafson, 32, who has earned four wins, two poles, 25 top-five finishes and 45 top-10s since his first season as crew chief of the #5 Chevy in 2005. "My goal is to meet the high standard the drivers before me helped established with the #5 Chevrolet, both on and off the track," said the 29-year-old Mears. "I'm looking forward to working with Alan and the team to continue the winning tradition for Kellogg's, CARQUEST and Hendrick Motorsports." Since its inception in 1984, the #5 Hendrick Motorsports team has posted 27 victories and 35 pole positions with just four different drivers -- Geoff Bodine, Ricky Rudd, Terry Labonte and Kyle Busch. It has finished among the top 12 in Cup points in 17 of the past 23 seasons (1984-2006), including a championship in 1996. "The #5 was our first car (at Hendrick Motorsports), so, for me, there's a lot of personal history in that team," said Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports. "Casey has proven capable of winning and running up front, which is what the #5 has always been about. The goal is more victory lanes and championships for the team, and for Kellogg's and CARQUEST." The relationship between Kellogg Co. and the #5 Hendrick Motorsports team is one of the most enduring in NASCAR. Kellogg's debuted as primary sponsor of the #5 Chevys in 1994 and has since earned a Cup Series title, 16 race wins, 89 top-five finishes and 170 top-10s.(Hendrick Motorsports PR)(9-4-2007)
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num1hendrickfan
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I can finally breathe a sigh of relief knowing that Rick Hendrick is not getting rid of or changing the #5. I've still got a little gripe about them possibly changing #25, which has an equal history to the #5. I'd honestly say they should keep #25 as well, it would in essence be a fitting tribute to Tim Richmond. Yet there's part of me who thinks that team could use a fresh start to escape it's shadows, as #25 has rarely seen victory lane. A fresh start to escape the constant rumors about it being Hendrick's so called R&D team.



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Nate
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if I was Jr I would rather be with the 5 team. but I guess it isn't his decision lol
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Junianus Justinus
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Good...I had hoped they'd get read of the 25 before the 5 before it came down to it.
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Nate
Sep 4 2007, 02:17 PM
if I was Jr I would rather be with the 5 team. but I guess it isn't his decision lol

The only difference is the crew chief and he's bringing his own anyway, so it won't really matter.

Casey Mears is like a tumbleweed. 4 different teams in a span of 4 seasons. lol
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Sep 4 2007, 03:40 PM


Casey Mears is like a tumbleweed. 4 different teams in a span of 4 seasons. lol

I wouldn't go as far to say that Casey Mears has been with 4 teams in the span of 4 years. A change in teams requires a change in organizations, and by that definition he's only been with two teams in his short Cup career. He's swapped teams within his respective organizations 4 times in 4 years, but that's no different from what Jack Roush does when he shakes up his crews.
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