Following years of struggle in the Sprint Cup Series, Michael McDowell has finally been able to say the word progress, as he and the #95 Circle Sport Leavine Family Racing team have topped their career-best numbers in the latter half of 2016.
Q: The charter is the big story within your team right now [obtaining a charter from Tommy Baldwin Racing], so what is set in stone for next year?
McDowell: The charters stuff is way out of my pay-grade, I have no idea how that all looks and works. I read the press release like you all did and I know they have been working on it. But, I really have stayed out of that. But I’ll be back next year with LFR and we’ll continue to grow this program. Hopefully, we can continue to move the pendulum in the right direction. We’ve made good gains and we want to continue that.
Q: There [were two cars for Leavine at Homestead]. Is that something the team may be interested in for next year? Or just the one car?
McDowell: The plan next year for us is to run full-time in the #95 and I’ll be in it in all the races. If a second car came along, it would be only an opportunity here and there. Really, we’re just focused on getting the one car funded and sured-up enough that we can keep it at the level that we are at.
Q: You’re not the owner, but Ty Dillon has been doing well in the #95, so would someone like him be on board for the second car or does it just depend on availability?
McDowell: I think Ty has his plans all sorted out. I’ll let them make their own announcements. He will not be in the #95 next year, I know that for sure. Obviously, with our RCR alliance and our affiliation with them, he’ll be in the family. As far as I know, the #95 is spoken for.(Frontstretch)
