#55- Michahel Waltrip, team owners and part-time driver, discussed many things with the media on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway, one thing was the future of the #55 team: Q) When will you announce the driver of the No. 55 Camry for next season? Waltrip: ‘Well, were “ obviously I said weve raced with Aarons for 14 years and we hope that we can sign something that will put that deal together for the near foreseeable future to come “ three years or so. And, were working hard with Aarons. Weve targeted Brian Vickers as the guy that we want to drive our car. We think that Brian is a future champion of the Cup Series so we want Brian to drive it and we want Aarons to sponsor it. Thats the news and thats where its at. I think both Aarons and Brian are very into making that happen. It would just be a matter of getting the details worked out in order to be able to announce it soon. So, when it happens it wont be a surprise because thats what were after. I think Aarons growth in the business world, the amount of stores that they had when we started together and the amount they have now “ I used to kid people all of the time, I said I dont believe they think I had anything to do with that, but just in case Ive been there the whole time and lets just keep him around. That was sort of the way that it started with Aarons and now with the ‘Aarons Dream Weekend and everything that they do in NASCAR, theyve committed to this sport and hopefully that commitment will continue with Michael Waltrip Racing into the future.”(Toyota Racing transcript in part)
