Washington-Erving still on hold

Noticed: During Ford testing, still no Rich Bickle in the #12 Washington-Erving Ford. I hear they have a few Tbirds purchased from TriStar Motorsports(who ran the #19 Ford in early 1997). I also hear 7up was to be the sponsor but some kind of snag has slowed or killed the deal. During the truck race on Sunday, Dave Despain was talking about Bickle during the race(Bickle ran the #78 truck) and he mentioned that Bickles deal was questionable(?)(1-19-98)