Morgan-McClure Owners Not Happy Over Losing Their Number In NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

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Joe Gibbs Nationwide Series Teams…..
Published 8/17/2008 by Richard Ginn at The Pit Stop
... Morgan-McClure Motorsports owner is not happy that he is loosing the #4 car number.  The article says they have workers ready and cars ready if they find the right sponsorship. ...

Stewart Changes Ryan Newman to No. 39
Published 8/19/2008 at FanHouse
... Nationwide Series starts with Penske Racing over the past few years. The second reason Stewart gives, though, seems more like the real reason for the switch after Tim Morgan voiced his displeasure to a Bristol, Tenn. newspaper last Friday about the SHR number selection. Morgan is a co-owner in Morgan-McClure Motorsports, a team that has suspended operations in 2008 but made history with the yellow No. 4 car with back-to-back Daytona 500 wins in the mid-1990s. "There's some sweat and history in that number 4. We feel like it ours," MMM co-owner Tim Morgan ...

Quick Hits: Bristol Motor Speedway
Published 8/20/2008 by Chris Leone at On Pit Row
... After an abysmal 2007 with Ward Burton, however, the long-struggling team decided to go on hiatus instead of, as owner Larry McClure stated, “just sliding by.” The team intends to return to the track once proper sponsorship is found. “With the right sponsorship, I have no doubt that we can be a top-15 car within a year or two. And then we could be a top-five car within 2-3 years. We know what it takes to be successful,” McClure said in this Bristol Herald Courier report. ...