Allmendinger to NASCAR?

[mountainstar]

Originally Posted by kingfloopy

He's been dropped from Forsythe for the final Champ Car race. Buddy Rice will be replacing him for the race. Not a huge surprise, kind of similar to what happened to Montoya in Formula 1 after he announced his move to Cup.

J.D.

Once they have decided to take another path there is no reason to hold them back. Once that decision is made it's best to let both parties look to the future.

[kingfloopy]

Yeah its probably best so each respective party can adjust and focus on their new positions. I wonder if Rice will get the ride next year. He drove in the Atlantic series a few years back right? So despite running mostly ovals he might adapt back to the road courses easily. Hopefully he will be back so that there will be at least one American driver in the series next year.

J.D.

[kingfloopy]

Doesn't Allmendinger have to go through the same process as Montoya in order to race in the Daytona 500? There's been no talk of this, but I can't see why he wouldn't have to also. If he misses Atlanta what other races is he going to run this year? I think this could be a problem and if he does have to have NASCAR approval he might not start in Cup until Bristol or Martinsville.

J.D.

[Erki]

Originally Posted by kingfloopy

Doesn't Allmendinger have to go through the same process as Montoya in order to race in the Daytona 500? There's been no talk of this, but I can't see why he wouldn't have to also. If he misses Atlanta what other races is he going to run this year? I think this could be a problem and if he does have to have NASCAR approval he might not start in Cup until Bristol or Martinsville.

J.D.

Allmendinger got his permission to race at Talladega basically straight away.

[kingfloopy]

Shoot I forgot he ran a couple truck races (I don't know how I forgot that, been working too hard I guess). I suppose that works for him getting the permision to run Daytona.

J.D.