Ins and Outs

Ladies and gentlemen, it appears we have a few changes to the scorecards for the race at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. Reports are still awaiting confirmation, but we have reason to suspect the following driver switches will be made:

In the #14: Paul Tracy is OUT, AJ Foyt IV is IN. According to Tracy, "A.J. called and said, ‘Look, I’m embarrassed about the car we gave you in Milwaukee. I can’t afford to be putting you in my equipment until we’ve got ourselves up to par. Having you in the car puts our team under the microscope, and I want to get our team better before we do that again’."

In the #23: Tomas Scheckter is OUT, Milka Duno is IN. What better way for Milka to celebrate her recent literary achievement. Her "Go, Milka, Go!" book was just recognized as the best young adult sports/recreation book of 2009 at the 11th Annual International Latino Book Awards. Now, if we can just get EJ Viso to write a children's book about snakes called "Give Daddy a Kiss".

In the #98: Stanton Barret is OUT, Jaques Lazier is IN. Maybe Stanton is weary of trying to set up a car he's hardly ever raced. Maybe he's seen footage of what happened to Davey Hamilton at TMS in 2001. Maybe he just wants to go fishing. Regardless, by handing over the virtual keys Stuntman Stanton has for at least one race done what Marty Roth could never bring himself to do.