Mayfield Motorsports’ #41 Toyota hasn’t been on the race track since the May 24 Coca-Cola 600. One week after that race, the Mayfields were forced to lay off their team members, including crew chief Tony Furr. Gaining sponsorship money to revive the team is their primary goal. Furr, who was at Daytona working as a consultant with owner Larry Gunselman’s #64-Sprint Cup team — which was sent home Friday when qualifying was rained out — said he had a meeting set with Mayfield for Monday and that he saw no problem being ready for Chicagoland or anywhere else. “I want to figure out what he wants to do, because all the stuff is still there at the shop,” Furr said. “We’re a day-and-a-half away from having [a car] ready to go to wherever. The full crew worked for a week after the Charlotte 600 — everyone worked together and left together.” Furr said he’d continued to speak to his former Mayfield Motorsports co-workers and that getting them back together wouldn’t be difficult. “I could have a team in place in less than an hour,” Furr said. “There are a lot of people out on the street right now and most of the guys that were there to start with will come back — I’ve talked to every one of them and been in touch with them since this [judge’s] ruling.(NASCAR.com)(7-5-2009)
