Another NASCAR team scales back

JTG Daughterty Racing co-owner Tad Geschickter said Wednesday that the team’s No. 47 NASCAR Nationwide Series team for driver Kelly Bires will run at least 12 races in 2009 as sponsorship issues will likely force the team to cut back to part-time status.

Geschickter has run full-time teams in the series since the mid-1990s, running two cars since 2004. But JTG Daugherty likely will have two part-time teams in 2009.

“The nature of most of our sponsorship is a pay-as-you-go, business-to business relationship," Geschickter said. “I can tell you we’re going to go to Daytona and Bristol. I can tell you that relationship’s going to continue to provide money to the operation. I would anticipate 12 [races] would be the least we would run, but you may see us run a lot more than that. We’re going to make the money from the sponsorship before we spend it rather than go ahead spend it and bet on how much it’s going to turn into."