M&M’s gone from the #36? UPDATE 2: the LTN Radio show reports [June 2nd show] that M&M’s is rumored to be leaving the #36 MB2 team and that Ken Schrader may be heading to the #43 Petty Racing team AND that M&M’s is rethinking their position with NASCAR and may not sponsor a car/team in 2003 but could be involved in NASCAR in a similar way as Coca Cola is.(6-3-2002) UPDATE: M&M Mars is looking to move on at the end of the season, according to team sources. But the company doesn’t plan to leave the Winston Cup series, just move to another team. That lucrative sponsorship may be the one behind that proposed third Robert Yates team and that proposed second Cal Wells team and that proposed fifth Rick Hendrick team. All three operations are pushing hard to add another team, and it seems unlikely that there are three companies in these woods willing to write long term contracts for $12 million to $14 million a year. Meanwhile, General Motors executives are starting to wonder if Wells’ plans to jump to Pontiac {currently run the #32 Ford] next season might simply be a ploy to get more technical help and wind tunnel time from Ford.(Winston Salem Journal)(6-9-2002) UPDATE 2: The fate of the M&M Mars sponsorship may be up in the air, according to NASCAR sources who say that the sanctioning body itself is trying to persuade the company to become “the official candy of NASCAR.”(Winston Salem Journal)(6-10-2002)
