Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Some News From MWR and a Baby Born

Jess

It was announced on Monday that AJ Allmendinger will drive the #00 at Charlotte this weekend, making this this second race in a row Michael McDowell will not be in that car. Personally I love AJ's spunk, not to mention his talent! It's absolutely ridiculous that he wasn't part of Team Red Bull's future, but that is a decision no doubt they'll regret as time goes on. Anyway, I can't wait to see how AJ will do this weekend - so far there are forty-seven on the entry list so it will be a tough field to make. Go AJ go! He's tabbed to run the rest of the races in GEM's #10 (don't even get me started on Patrick Carpentier's release - kind of like AJ not being re-signed, this is freaking unbelievable!), so unfortunately Michael will have to keep looking for other drivers to pilot the #00 for the rest of the season.

That brings up McD again - what's going on? Like I've said before, even though I wouldn't call myself a fan of his, I don't want to see him yanked around. I hope Michael makes a choice on whether or not he'll be back soon.

In other news, Casey Mears and his girlfriend Trisha are now the proud parents of Samantha Mae Mears (Casey's grandmother's name is Mae)! I'm so thrilled for them - according to Casey's Mom, Carol, Sam has dark, wavy hair and I'll bet she's going to be such a cute little thing! Congratulations to Casey, Trish and their families!!