Hearing Brad Keselowski could be the new driver of the #88 Chevy fielded by JR Motorsports. [Shane Huffman is out as driver of the #88-Navy Chevy; Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be the driver at Daytona.] (7-5-2007)
UPDATE: Officials with JR Motorsports aren’t saying whether Shane Huffman will return to drive the team’s #88 this season. Huffman has been replaced by team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. for this weekend’s Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona. When Steve Crisp, director of motorsports, was asked if Huffman would return, he said he didn’t know. “We’re working on that now,” Crisp said Thursday at Daytona. “There’s a couple different things that as a company, JR Motorsports is looking at.”(SceneDaily.com)(7-5-2007)
UPDATE 2: Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Friday that he probably will put Brad Keselowski in his #88-Chevy Busch car for three races, starting next weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. Keselowski would race at Chicago, Gateway and O’Reilly Raceway Park. Earnhardt said he is looking to put a road-racing specialist in the JR Motorsports entry for the inaugural road course event at Montreal.(ESPN.com)(7-6-2007)
