UPDATE 2: Next season, Gumout will leave the #30 Bahari Pontiac of Derrike Cope. Associate sponsor Sara Lee is expected to step up to the main role.(Times-Dispatch)(9-13-98) — I am hearing Derrike Cope will not return to the team in 1999 and may leave before the 1998 season is over(9-16-98) — FALSE: Have heard from good sources that this rumor concerning Derrike Cope leaving the #30 team before the season ends or during the offseason are untrue. All indications are Derrike will be back with Chuck Rider’s Pontiac team next season. Derrike plans to be back with Bahari’ Racing in 1999, also hearing Sara Lee is close to a done deal as a sponsor for the team in 99.(9-16-98)
