Rudd frustrated with team changes as career comes to a close

Rudd frustrated with team changes as career comes to a close

Ricky Rudd only has three races remaining in his NASCAR Nextel Cup Series career, but as he heads into those he sees a lot of changes within his Robert Yates Racing team. Rudd recently united with crew chief Cully Barraclough. Raymond Fox moved over from teammate David Gilliland to become Rudd’s car chief this past week. “It’s a little bit disappointing because the team itself is going through a lot of changes,” Rudd said. “A couple of weeks ago I got a new crew chief, and now I’ve got a new car chief. They’re good guys, but it wasn’t like we were really clicking as a group and doing great things, but the communication still takes a little while to build, so it’s kind of like starting the season all over right now. “Even though we’ve got just three races to go, it’s like going to the race track with a new team, and it tends to change. In two weeks it’s a different team than it was two weeks earlier, and it’s just a major realignment going on right now to get ready for next year. So from that standpoint of it, it kind of keeps you off balance, and I haven’t had too much time to reflect that this is my last three races that I’m going to run.” More at SceneDaily.com Bookmark to:

Date: October / 31 / 2007
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