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James Finch's Phoenix Racing, the little team which provided second chances for Kurt Busch and A.J. Allmendinger, may itself get a second chance at survival.
Florida businessman, Finch, has been running the primarily Sprint Cup team out of his own pocket and said that he could not continue after the running of the Brickyard 400 at the end of July.
Finch told his local newspaper, the Panama City Herald Finch said Thursday that he expects to announce the sale of his team on July 15. He told the newspaper the purchaser is already in the Nationwide Series and has run in Sprint Cup.
“He's somebody who's got money,” Finch said.
Rumors in the garage area at Sunday's race in Kentucky say that one of the owners of the Turner Scott Motorsports team is the interested party.
Already this year Phoenix Racing has run five different drivers including Jacques Villeneuve, at Sonoma, Austin Dillon in Kentucky.
Phoenix Racing first raced at the Cup level in 1990 but has only one victory in 244 races when Brad Keselowski won at Talladega Super Speedway.
In the Nationwide Series Phoenix has 13 wins in 538 races.
Finch gets his equipment from Hendrick Motorsports and prepares its' cars in Spartanburg, South Carolina which is not too far from NASCAR team's hub in Charlotte, NC. And he told a local television station that if the sale goes through it would include the land, the shop, all the equipment, including up to 24 race cars and haulers.
And under NASCAR rules the purchaser would get the owner's points which go to guaranteed starting positions.
Florida businessman, Finch, has been running the primarily Sprint Cup team out of his own pocket and said that he could not continue after the running of the Brickyard 400 at the end of July.
Finch told his local newspaper, the Panama City Herald Finch said Thursday that he expects to announce the sale of his team on July 15. He told the newspaper the purchaser is already in the Nationwide Series and has run in Sprint Cup.
“He's somebody who's got money,” Finch said.
Rumors in the garage area at Sunday's race in Kentucky say that one of the owners of the Turner Scott Motorsports team is the interested party.
Already this year Phoenix Racing has run five different drivers including Jacques Villeneuve, at Sonoma, Austin Dillon in Kentucky.
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| Jacques Villeneuve, Chevrolet SS. (Photo: NASCAR) |
Phoenix Racing first raced at the Cup level in 1990 but has only one victory in 244 races when Brad Keselowski won at Talladega Super Speedway.
In the Nationwide Series Phoenix has 13 wins in 538 races.
Finch gets his equipment from Hendrick Motorsports and prepares its' cars in Spartanburg, South Carolina which is not too far from NASCAR team's hub in Charlotte, NC. And he told a local television station that if the sale goes through it would include the land, the shop, all the equipment, including up to 24 race cars and haulers.
And under NASCAR rules the purchaser would get the owner's points which go to guaranteed starting positions.