no real details, but on the Holidayinn.com site, it shows [bottom right corner] a #29 Holiday Inn Chevy [which has been raced by Jeff Burton for Richard Childress Racing (RCR) in the Busch Series] but it has a driver ‘greened’ out and says “November 19: The Last Race, A Cup Debut, A New Teammate”, the teammate could be Scott Wimmer, who has been testing for RCR lately and has been rumored to be running a partial Busch/Cup scheduled for RCR in 2007, possibly in the #33 4th RCR Chevy.(11-8-2006)
UPDATE: Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts will expand its winning Busch Series program with Richard Childress Racing (RCR) in 2007 to a full season of competition with co-drivers Jeff Burton and Scott Wimmer. The program is the next step of this seasons 10-race program with Burton behind the wheel of the #29 Holiday Inn Chevy. In those ten starts, Burton earned one victory (June 3 at Dover International Speedway in Delaware), five top-five and seven top-10 finishes. Wimmer is also scheduled to drive RCRs #33 Chevy with sponsorship from Holiday Inn, in this seasons Nextel Cup Series season finale, Nov. 19 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Its an honor to be able to continue and grow our relationship with an American icon like Holiday Inn, said Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing. Jeff Burton, Pat Smith (crew chief) and the entire team have done a solid job on the competition side and the folks at Holiday Inn have done a great job in promoting their program to their customers. Weve had pretty good success the past couple of years running a two-driver program and we think that will only continue with the Holiday Inn team in 2007. Burton and Wimmer will split the 35-race season down the middle, though which driver runs an 18th race is yet to be determined. Plans for 2007 also call for Wimmer to compete in two still-to-be-determined Nextel Cup Series events in RCRs #33 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS with primary sponsorship from Holiday Inn. Im really excited about the opportunity to drive for Richard Childress and his Busch Series program, said Wimmer. Being teamed up with Jeff Burton, and having Kevin and Clint (Bowyer) to draw from, is one of the big reasons why I decided to drive for RCR. Ive raced in NASCAR for almost six years and have never had a teammate. Its something Ive always been missing in my career so Im really looking forward to it, especially with someone the caliber of Jeff Burton. Growing up in the Midwest, I think I had every birthday party from the time I can remember until I was 14 or so at a Holiday Inn Holidome so its great to be driving for them. We had a lot of fun in those Holidomes and Im looking forward to having just as much fun in their race cars. Call 1-800-HOLIDAY or log onto www.holidayinn.com for more information or to book a reservation.(Richard Childress Racing PR)(11-9-2006)
