Atwood and Spencer News: Casey Atwood’ future in NASCAR remains somewhat muddled and doesnt promise to get much clearer anytime soon. The former cant-miss Busch Series star had two poor years in Ray Evernham’ Cup organization. He ended 2002 in an Evernham-owned Dodge while Jason Leffler took his seat in the primary #7 Evernham- Jim Smith Dodge. It’ unclear whether there is a place for Atwood in Cup next year since Evernham seems set with Bill Elliott and Jeremy Mayfield. Jimmy Spencer will join new crew chief Tommy Baldwin in Smith’ #7 Dodge.(Autoweek), supposedly Atwood will end up in the #37 Brewco BGN car.(11-28-2002)
