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Rollo75

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No.
I reckon that it's probably been bought by either Spire or 23XI.

If the former, then it's the revolving #77 door. If the latter, it's for Kurt Busch.
 
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I reckon that it's probably been bought by either Spire or 23XI.

If the former, then it's the revolving #77 door. If the latter, it's for Kurt Busch.
Spire is the name being said. 23XI apparently are getting the #38 charter which, whether it was 23XI or someone else, was probably the fate of that charter the moment Anthony Alfredo was signed to drive it
 

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Isn't Bristol also a short track? Or am I missing something...
Martinsville, Bristol and Richmond are all short tracks. What I was comparing them to was traditional local yocal short tracks like Riverhead, Stafford, Oswego, etc. These facilities are far too small to house even a truck series race, but they are rooted in NASCAR's beginnings, and most drivers that race in the top series have cut their teeth on tracks like these. My point was that maybe racing at the LA Coliseum will bring that classic true short track racing while still having the grandeur of a top series.
 

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I thought we might actually get more full fields next season with all the new teams, lol. Silly me?

Trackhouse Racing (+1)
23XI Racing (+1)
GMS Racing (+1) - still no details on this one
Kaulig Racing (+2)
Chip Ganassi Racing (-2)
JTG-Daugherty Racing (-1)
StarCom Racing (-1)

Net gain of 1 full-time car, assuming GMS runs the full season. But now we're talking about Front Row possibly contracting, and we don't know what RWR and Spire are doing next year either.
 

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Net gain of 1 full-time car, assuming GMS runs the full season. But now we're talking about Front Row possibly contracting, and we don't know what RWR and Spire are doing next year either.
Don't quote me on this but I think GMS said they were going to run part time for a season to then step up in 2023.

Spire are buying a second charter - they're where the Starcom one is going from what we hear. The inbalance in the numbers is because JTG are contracting an unchartered car - so there's no charter going from there.

RWR won't sell unless there's another interested buyer or NASCAR makes them. We may hate it but it's also undeniably a clever business model.
 

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No.
2022 Xfinity teams are a mess at this point....
- Highbank (via Shoutbox), 22nd Oct 2021.

Oh my goodness...
1 - Martins Motorsports
1 - Big Machine
4 - JR Motorsports
2 - Kaulig
2 - Joe Gibbs
1 - McLeod?
1 - Iwuji?

12 cars?
That's not exactly enough to make plans for.

Also, what the heck happens to all of those ex-Cup cars that are being junked? In Australia, Super 1 cars become Super 2 and then Super 3. I don't see that cycle through in 'murica.
 
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2022 Xfinity teams are a mess at this point....
- Highbank (via Shoutbox), 22nd Oct 2021.

Oh my goodness...
1 - Martins Motorsports
1 - Big Machine
4 - JR Motorsports
2 - Kaulig
2 - Joe Gibbs
1 - McLeod?
1 - Iwuji?

12 cars?
That's not exactly enough to make plans for.

Also, what the heck happens to all of those ex-Cup cars that are being junked? In Australia, Super 1 cars become Super 2 and then Super 3. I don't see that cycle through in 'murica.
That's not a lot of cars... and most ex-cup cars in up in the ARCA series.
 

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More cars are confirmed. RCR with Creed, RSS and Bassetts I think have all confirmed they're in. Plus we're only in October.

And then you can probably likely count on the family teams like Clements, RSS Racing, and Brandonbuilt returning unless something catastrophic happens, as well as other mainstays like JD Motorsports and MBM fielding at least 2 cars if not more funding depending.
 
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Rick Ware is looking to run only 2 full time cars next year. That's a good decision on his part with the new car and the start-up costs associated with it. It gives his team a chance (whether they capitalize on it or not) to be more focused and spend more time getting those 2 cars faster rather than just repairing extra damaged cars and stretching that Cup budget across 4 entries.
Rumors that Petty might be resurrecting the 44 are interesting but I don't personally feel like it's happening. I still think MBM leases a charter through RWR
Still not entirely sure what's going down at Front Row. Especially since they withdrew from the deal with 23XI. Had heard they were going to scale back to 1 car in Cup and run 1 or possibly 2 full time Xfinity cars with factory support from Ford but who the hell knows now?

I can see a number of the Cup chassis being converted to Xfinity and/or ARCA.
 
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Rick Ware is looking to run only 2 full time cars next year. That's a good decision on his part with the new car and the start-up costs associated with it. It gives his team a chance (whether they capitalize on it or not) to be more focused and spend more time getting those 2 cars faster rather than just repairing extra damaged cars and stretching that Cup budget across 4 entries.
Rumors that Petty might be resurrecting the 44 are interesting but I don't personally feel like it's happening. I still think MBM leases a charter through RWR
Still not entirely sure what's going down at Front Row. Especially since they withdrew from the deal with 23XI. Had heard they were going to scale back to 1 car in Cup and run 1 or possibly 2 full time Xfinity cars with factory support from Ford but who the hell knows now?

I can see a number of the Cup chassis being converted to Xfinity and/or ARCA.
Haven't heard rumors about the 44 yet. If RPM does that, it'll probably be a pay driver.
 
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