Car# could be the holdup for Sadler/M&M’s announcement/Stricklin could stay in the #23 if a sponsor is found: Sources said that ‘a roadblock’ had sprung up in the negotiations and that it was unclear if the problem was squabbling over car numbers or if the problem was related to contract problems between Yates and incoming sponsor M&M Mars. Mike Brown, general manager for Bill Davis, said, “We’re the holdup. The guy at M&Ms likes number 27, but that’s our number, for Scott Wimmer. Let them use number 89 or something.” Brown and Davis, of course, have to worry about Hut Stricklin’s place next season with the High Point team. Brown said that Hills Brothers may leave the Stricklin team next year as the primary sponsor, and the team would have to find a sponsor to keep Stricklin with the team. “We’re not opposed to that,” Brown said, “but it’s a question of whether the pieces will come together.”(Winston Salem Journal)(8-3-2002)
