Skinner back in the #4 in 2003? UPDATE: Although he signed a three-year contract with Morgan-McClure Motorsports, Mike Skinner’ future in the #4 Kodak car isnt a given. The contract is for one year with two, one-year options. Were in the process of talking with Mike about next season, team owner Larry McClure said Aug. 3.(Winston Cup Scene – need subscription to read)(8-8-2002) UPDATE: Mike Skinner has struggled with the rest of Morgan-McClure Motorsports, but says he made the right move when he joined the Winston Cup team. Skinner felt overshadowed at Richard Childress Racing and was let go last year after six seasons and no wins with the elite team. Morgan-McClure offered what Skinner wanted, a one-car team where Skinner is at the center of attention. It has not been a winning combination. Skinner is 30th in the series points standings, as the Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester-sponsored team has not recaptured the success it had during the mid-1990s. There are rumors that Skinner and the team could part before 2003. Skinner said, however, that if his two-year contract with an option year was up now, he would stay with the team. “It’s hard to turn something around if you don’t give it enough time to turn it around,” he said. “I don’t think we can say, ‘OK, we’ve been racing together for six months, we haven’t got a top-10 finish or won race so we need to part directions. That’s unfair to both them and me. We’re going to stick it out for awhile. If I had to make that decision right now, it would have to be an awfully sweet deal.”(Democrat and Chronicle)(8-10-2002)
