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Leicht not moving to Cup in 2007:

[#38/88 Team Owner] Doug Yates says that 19-year-old Stephen Leicht will remain in the Busch series next season. Leicht made his Cup debut for Robert Yates Racing at Pocono, finishing 36th. He failed to qualify at Indianapolis. He's competed in 12 Busch series races...
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Pitts out as Crew Chief at RYR:

Officials at Robert Yates Racing confirmed Wednesday that Jerry Pitts, crew chief on the Busch Series #90 Ford, has left the team. Skip Eyler has joined RYR to oversee the team until a permanent crew chief for driver Stephen Leicht and the #90 is found. Eyler comes...
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Ford Re-evaluating their plans:

Roush Racing and Ford officials say they are re-evaluating their plans in the face of a) the Toyota challenge, b) the debacle at Robert Yates Racing, and c) the failure of some young recruits to pan out, thus leaving holes open at Yates's and, possibly, Roush's. Sources...
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Ramblings / Qualifying Notes – Indianapolis

When you start qualifying at 10AM, oft times it's not how but when. Jeff Burton once again proved that truism today.... Jeff Burton went out second and took the Bud Pole for tomorrow's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard with a time of 48.240 (182.778 mph)....barely edging...
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Fox to crew chief Leicht:

Raymond Fox will be handling the crew chief duties this weekend for the #90 CitiFinancial Ford. Drover Stephen Leicht and Fox first paired up in 2005 when Leicht made his NASCAR Busch Series debut at Memphis Motorsports Park, where he finished 13th. Butch Hylton had...
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Crew Chiefs out at Yates?: UPDATE 4:

Hearing that Robert Yates Racing has released crew chiefs Tommy Baldwin and Slugger Labbe.(7-30-2006) UPDATE:Baldwin supposedly is headed back to Bill Davis Racing (nothing about Ward Burton) and Labbe is looking at options.(7-31-2006) UPDATE 2: Robert Yates Racing...
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Gilliland to Drive for Yates at IRP:

David Gilliland has been signed to a one-race deal to pilot the #90 CitiFinancial Ford on August 5th at OReilly Raceway Park. Robert Yates Racing selected Gilliland to substitute for driver Stephen Leicht as he will be attempting to qualify the #90 CitiFinancial Ford...
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RYR Looking to put Leicht in Cup in 2007:

Robert Yates Racing is trying to put 19-year-old Stephen Leicht in a Nextel Cup car in 2007, team co-owner Doug Yates confirmed Monday. Yates said that if CitiFinancial agrees to sponsor the team's #88 Nextel Cup car next season, Leicht will be the driver. If the company...
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Ramblings – Qualifying Notes – Pocono:

Denny Hamlin returned to Pocono Raceway today and it was like he never left. When we were here six weeks ago, Hamlin won the pole and won the race....well, he's halfway home again. He took the Bud Pole today for Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 with a time 52.995 (169.827...
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Sadler to the #19? Mayfield to Toyota? UPDATE 6 Official – Sadler to leave:

Elliott Sadler has until Saturday to tell Robert Yates whether he plans to drive the #38 M&M's Ford next year. With Dale Jarrett leaving at the end of the year, Yates might have to fill two seats. Two drivers reportedly on Yates' short list are Ward Burton and ...
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Labonte denies RYR rumor:

#43-Bobby Labonte said quite emphatically to scratch reports he may be on car owner Robert Yates' list of drivers to try to sign for 2007. Labonte called the Yates' report "a stupid rumor." Yates is in the market for a high-profile driver to run for his two-car team...
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Leicht to make Cup debut at Indy? UPDATE 2 at Pocono:

hearing the RYR Busch Series driver Stephen Leicht, will attempt to make the Brickyard 400 at Indy in a third RYR Ford.(7-10-2006) UPDATE: Robert Yates Racing hopes to get development driver Stephen Leicht approved for the Allstate 400 next month at Indianapolis Motor...
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Sadler deadline – Saturday? Sadler to the #19? Mayfield to Toyota? UPDATE 3:

Elliott Sadler has until Saturday to tell Robert Yates whether he plans to drive the #38 M&M's Ford next year. With Dale Jarrett leaving at the end of the year, Yates might have to fill two seats. Two drivers reportedly on Yates' short list are Ward Burton and ...
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Indy Testing Day 1 is over:

Fifty eight cars took to the track in the morning session of testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Fastest was #8-Earnhardt Jr. with a speed of 177.518mph, followed by #20-Stewart 177.319, #21-Schrader 177.186, #31b-Burton 177.103 and #99b-Edwards 176.599. Slowest...
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WIth the loss of UPS, what is up with RYR? Leicht? Ward? Tide? UPDATE Tide gone?:

[#88 Team Owner Robert] Yates made it clear he has no ill feelings toward the UPS executives who opted to make the move [to Waltrip and leaving RYR]. He placed blame on himself for allowing the team's performance to decline the past few years. Yates, though, is optimistic...
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Yates gets a Roush Chassis, to run Roush cars; ‘big-name’ driver ready to sign?

The team [Robert Yates Racing] has been heavily involved with youngsters Matt McCall and Stephen Leicht, who have been running a combination of Busch and ARCA races in trying to get them ready for the Cup level. But with neither driver ready to step in to replace Jarrett...
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Pitts Is New Crew Chief For RYR; Elliot Sadler Returns to Drivers Seat:

Robert Yates Racing announced today that, effective immediately, Jerry Pitts will assume the role of crew chief for the #90 CitiFinancial Ford. In addition, Elliott Sadler will return as the driver of the #90 CitiFinancial Ford and will run a limited number of Busch...
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RYR Hopes to hear from UPS on decision soon; 4 Cup teams? UPDATE 2 Mears? Vickers?:

Robert Yates Racing hopes to hear in the next two to three weeks whether UPS will return as a sponsor [on the #88 team], team general manager Eddie D'Hondt said Friday at Lowe's Motor Speedway. UPS is trying to decide whether to stay with RYR, move with current RYR...
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UPS Undecided on future, either RYR or MWR; Bill Elliott to Yates?:

With sponsor UPS suddenly NASCAR's top free agent, at least two teams' immediate futures appear to hang in the balance. Robert Yates Racing, which loses Jarrett's services at season's end, can't pick a replacement until it learns if UPS will remain. And if UPS opts...
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Sadler Stepping Out of #90 to Give Development Drivers More Races: UPDATE

A source with Robert Yates Racing said Tuesday during the test session at the Lowe's Motor Speedway, that the team has been informed that Elliott Sadler is stepping out from behind the wheel of the #90 for a while to allow the development drivers, Stephen Leict and...