the fate of Ford’s lucrative Quality Care sponsorship seems up in the air. Robert Yates is apparently planning to change Dale Jarrett’s colors to UPS brown for 2001. That leaves Ford officials scrambling to find a car for Quality Care.(PitNow) for more on this rumor, see the #88 Team News and Links page(5-27-2000) UPDATE: Word is that Robert Yates has decided to accept a top-dollar sponsorship offer from United Parcel Service for his #88(Dale Jarrett) team, replacing Ford Credit/Quality Care(FC/QC). Some say FC/QC does not want a full car at present prices and might end up distributed among both Yates teams(as an assoc sponsor)(SpeedVision). Jayski Note: I hear the colors will be Next Day Air red, not the UPS brown and yellow(5-28-2000) UPDATE 2: It appears now that deal is all but signed. The team and sponsor already are talking about possible paint schemes, sources say(That’s Racin’)(5-29-2000) UPDATE 3: hearing Dale Jarrett’s UPS car in 2001 will be a UPS/paper bag brown color not the next day air red as speculated(11-3-2000)
