Burton leaves No. 99, joins No. 30

Elwood · August 13, 2004

Burton leaves No. 99, joins No. 30

by Fanball Staff - Fanball.com

Thursday, August 12, 2004

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Jeff Burton will leave Jack Roush's No. 99 team and accept the No. 30 RCR ride beginning next week at Michigan.

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The long search for a brand name driver in the AOL car comes to an end. Childress now has experience to anchor 1/3rd of his organization.

Carl Edwards advance to Cup

by Fanball Staff - Fanball.com

Thursday, August 12, 2004

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Carl Edwards will assume the No. 99 ride vacated by Jeff Burton, (who will move to Richard Childress' No. 30 AOL Chevrolet).

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In the Craftsman Truck Series, Burton has five victories in 45 starts and 25 top-10s (54%).

Hecktorx · August 13, 2004

Boy, I bet Blaney feels like a fool right now. He left Bill Davis and Davis got mad. Now he has no ride.

antig24 · August 13, 2004

I feel bad for Blaney, he was doing the best anyone had done in the 30 for a long time

Hecktorx · August 13, 2004

I agree. I like Blaney too. I can understand why childress did it though. AOL has a popular driver now, so maybe they stick around.

General Lee 01 · August 19, 2004

It's gonna be interesting to see how Carl Edwards does in Cup. And if he is able to conjure up a sponsor.

He's not a hot-head like Kurt Busch. I like him. I hope he does well.

It will also be interesting to see how well Burton does in his endeavour with RCR.

Hecktorx · August 25, 2004

After 1 week, both guys did pretty good. A 10th and a 12th.

PharmZ71 · August 25, 2004

I guess I will have to change my sig. And my decal in my truck. I hope this works out for Jeff, I miss the days when he actually won races. But I hate AOL, I just always thought it was overpriced and ridiculous. But for families, and non computer savvy people, I suppose it's ok.