The sponsor’s decals have, for the moment, been removed from the #90 Ford of driver Mike Harmon, pending arrival of the funds. Junie Donlavey said he would give his new sponsor another week. Don’t be surprised to find Morgan Shepherd in Donlavey’s car by Thursday’s Daytona 500 qualifying races( SpeedNet/Monte Dutton ) — sources tell me the check has cleared and Big Daddy’s will be on the car as the sponsor, hope to have more details on Tuesday — Also Harmon was interviewed on a Richmond TV News station and showed no indication he was out of the ride – ANOTHER UPDATE: hope to get some answers on this situation, no later then Wednesday morning — After waiting patiently for a $1.5 million installment on a Big Daddy’s BBQ Racing sponsorship, Junie Donlavey has found a different sponsor to fund his car for the Daytona 500. AcuTurn, a brake-and-tire company in Hanover County, Va., will be featured on the car in the season-opener. Big Daddy’s had given Donlavey a partial payment on the yearlong sponsorship in January but the check failed to clear. Therefore, Donlavey did not place the company’s decals on the car for practice and qualifying runs at Daytona. Daniel Lloyd, president of Big Daddy’s, said as late as yesterday morning that the company was waiting on money from the sale of stock to fund the Winston Cup effort(Times-Dispatch). Sources tell me that Mike Harmon is out and Morgan Shepherd will assume driving duties at least for Daytona – add more to this saga, Mike Wallace practiced the car today and I hear he will replace Harmon, not Shepherd, who is still running the #81. — announced on NASCAR Online: Junie Donlavey announced on Wednesday that Mike Wallace has replaced Raybestos Rookie candidate Mike Harmon as his driver for the Daytona 500; and that he has signed a primary sponsor for his blank-sided #90 Ford. Wallace will drive in the Twin 125’s and the 500 if he qualifies, but who will drive the car after that is still uncertain. AcuTurn Industries out of Richmond, VA will sponsor the #90 Ford for the rest of Speedweeks in Daytona. Donlavey did not rule out the possibility of Harmon coming back to the team after Daytona, but said a lot depends on the status of proposed sponsor Big Daddy’s BBQ Sauce & Spices
