Spencer out?

[MountaineerTom]

From Jayski's

 

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Spencer on the Move?  Spencer leaving: Dodge is making a run at Jimmy Spencer, who could be moving from Travis Carter's #26 team to Chip Ganassi's next season, according to sources close to the situation(Winston Salem Journal)(9-29-2001)

UPDATE: Car owner [#26 and #66] Travis Carter says Jimmy Spencer has told him he won't be back next season, after five years together, a move that caught Carter by surprise and that has him scrambling for a new driver as teammate with Todd Bodine next season. "Jimmy just told me he's going to drive for somebody else next season," Carter said yesterday. "But I intend on having two teams again next season. So now I need a new driver." Spencer's apparently will move to Chip Ganassi's operation [#01 and #40] as teammate to Sterling Marlin(Winston Salem Journal)

AND Jimmy Spencer says this is his last season in the #26 Ford. Those moves will launch discussions about other drivers -- Joe Nemechek, Jeremy Mayfield, Kevin Lepage and Hut Stricklin among them(Sporting News)(10-1-2001)

UPDATE 2: Although there is no official word, Spencer has been rumored to be interested in either the #12 Ford currently driven by Jeremy Mayfield or the #33 Chevrolet piloted by Joe Nemechek(NASCAR.com)(10-1-2001)

[Elwood]

Man I hope Spencer doesn't go to Penske.  I'd hate for Rusty to have a teammate that I can't stand.  Harvick already has two of them.