Thread: Penske Nabs Shell/Penzoil

Penske Racing is making some big changes next year. They lured Shell/Penzoil away from RCR for sponsorship, meaning Kurt Busch is going to drive the new #22 car with that sponsorship. Brad Keselowski will take over the Miller Lite #2 car.

That leaves RCR looking for a big sponsor and still trying to resign Kevin Harvick. Penske has no such worries as they also resigned Kurt for a multi-year extension of his contract.

I am sure they will have no trouble finding sponsorships especially with the economy slowly but surely getting better. I hate when everyone starts changing cars and sponsors because I forget and when I see them in the new car I don't know who it is lol!

Ah, but that's part of racing. People change positions all the time. I read something the other day that said 'whatever happened to silly season?'. It's gone away because of the frequency of changes now.

It's just a mirror image of life. Sports wise, baseball is the same thing. Guys used to spend lifetimes with a team until free agency came along. Every day folks used to work entire careers with the same company; I saw that slip to 7 years per company. I think now it's down to 3 years or something and that's considered acceptable.