3rd RCR Driver? ESPN2’s RPM 2Night reports that the scheduled press conference to announce the Richard Childress Racing 3rd driver for the #30 AOL Chevy has been postponed until next week at Texas. Jeff Green is rumored to be the driver for it’s limited 5-7 race schedule. And what about 2002? (see below for one story and…) AutoRacing1 is reporting: According to our sources, Austin Cameron was seen wearing an AOL shirt and cap at a store. When our sources asked him “what’s the deal with you wearing AOL stuff” Austin replied “It’s something in the works between me AOL and a big named Cup Owner.” When asked if is is with RCR he said “Possibly…. we’re working on a deal right now.” When asked if you do come too an agreement will you go straight to Cup, Austin said “Probably not…….will probably run a double weekend.” Then from the NASCAR press conference yesterday… What are your plans for a third team? Richard Childress: “We took a step back because that’s where we originally had Kevin lined up to do those races, and Atlanta was actually going to be his first race with the America Online car. So now, what we’ve done is we’re going to make the announcement of the driver this weekend. We’re going to run seven races and we’ll give that schedule out at Bristol as well. We’re excited about it. It’s a great company and great people to be with. I feel you need the third team. That’s one thing that Dale and I had talked about in depth this past winter, about what we needed to do at RCR to keep these teams stronger.”(3-24-2001)
