Since Front Row Motorsports runs a start-and-park entry for #26-Josh Wise. FRMs Jerry Freeze was asked how he felt about Bruton Smiths comments that the practice is bad for the sport. Freeze says that FRM uses Wises #26 team, which often runs a third or half of the races, to give FRM an opportunity to a.) fund the other two cars better, b.) give Wise, a driver they really like, some seat time, and c.) develop other team members that they can move to the #34 and #38 teams. Freeze and Gilliland both say that no team wants to show up to a race and not run competitively, but they have to sometimes. Freeze also says that as long as there are more spots to fill in a race than funded cars, the practice will happen – if NASCAR wants to ban start-and-parks he says they should decrease the number of cars allowed in races. Freeze does say they plan to run Wise in eight to 15 full races this season, up from the single race the #26 finished in 2012.( WSB Radio )
