[TRG Motorsports owner Kevin] Buckler was hoping to run up to three Truck Series entries this season, but that was “before the economy took a dump.” The #7 truck has made only six starts this season, four with driver J.R. Fitzpatrick. There will likely be no TRG Motorsports truck next season because of sponsorship issues, but Buckler hopes to expand into a two-car Cup operation in 2010. Buckler’s plan is to find success by becoming the exact opposite of stock-car behemoth Hendrick Motorsports. “It’s very exciting,” Buckler said. “Everybody feels it. We got a little buzz going. We’re trying to position ourselves to be sort of the new, small, and efficient, lean, and mean business model. “We want to establish a new way of doing things. I’m not out to compete today with a Hendrick, but what I want to be the toughest dog in the fight.”(Daytona Beach News Journal)(8-27-2009)
