#38, #88 team owners, Robert Yates has replaced himself as G.M. of Robert Yates Racing with Eddie D’Hondt. Both RYR teams finished last season in the top 10 in points and they combined for three wins. This year, Dale Jarrett and Elliott Sadler have struggled to stay in the top 25 in points. “I left Eddie a big mess to clean up, but I feel we have found someone who can organize and motivate the team without being a yes man.’ It was time for a change,” Yates says. D’Hondt, 44, previously worked for Bill Elliott and Ray Evernham in Winston Cup and most recently oversaw Damon Lusk’s Busch team, whose crew chief is Tommy Baldwin Jr.( Yahoo Sports/Sporting News )(11-3-2003)
