[Germn Quiroga] The 31-year-old native of Mexico City won 15 races and three consecutive championships in the Mexico Series, and is trying to use that success as a springboard into the Truck Series ranks with Kyle Busch Motorsports, for whom he ran two races in the #51 last season. As with everything these days, the quest for sponsorship is a never-ending headache, and Quiroga and KBM hope to have the driver’s 2012 plans firmed up sometime next week. In the meantime, the work continues for a savvy and personable driver who wants to become the latest from NASCAR’s international ventures to make it at the sport’s national division in America. KBM general manager Rick Ren said this week that Quiroga has been approved by NASCAR to run Daytona, and that the team is trying to make that happen. Everything, though, hinges on funding. “It is still a possibility. Our negotiations have gone a lot more in-depth,” Ren said. “Right now he’s got some verbal commitments, but we all understand in this industry what a verbal commitment means — it doesn’t mean a lot. He’s trying to finalize himself down there, and we told him that the clock is ticking. We drew a line in the sand, so to speak — we have to have an answer by such-and-such a day, or it’s just going to be impossible for us to make Daytona. But he’s got a verbal commitment to do most of the season, not enough to do the whole season.”(NASCAR.com)(1-9-2012)
