Team Rensi will run remaining ’08 Nationwide race

Team Rensi Motorsports will run the rest of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season after driver Bobby Hamilton Jr. put up the money for the team to compete in the final three races, team president Ronnie Russell said Thursday afternoon.

The team’s sponsorship had run out for this year, and Smithfield Foods has already indicated it would not return next year.

“He’s actually funding this out of his own pocket," Russell said in the Texas Motor Speedway garage. “We’ve got several things going on and he’s taking the chance to where we keep racing long enough to where we can seal something up here for next year."