2010 NASCAR Sprint Media Tour Tuesday (Day 2)

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(Left to right) Richard Childress Racing's Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, owner Richard Childress and Jeff Burton take part in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Media Tour Hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway Tuesday in Concord, N.C. via nascar-assets.americaneagle.com

A lot was covered on Tuesday so I'll break it down in point form:

Richard Childress Racing is looking to improve for 2010; "The whole company feels good coming off the season," said owner Richard Childress. "None of us wanted to end the season with the momentum we had going. That's the way it is when you get things going. It's equal for everybody starting over."

"We didn't have a typical RCR year. We didn't have a car in the Chase or running up front. This year, I feel really good with the opportunity with the changes that we made."

Roush/Fenway is also looking at an improved year in 2010; "We spent our time, and a disproportionate amount of it, trying to find that next breakthrough, that next steered rear axle that we introduced in 2008, which was part of the reason we were so dominant on the mile-and-a-half tracks, and the coil-bound front spring which we introduced in 2002 when the people with Greg Biffle found that," Roush said. "It didn't come. We didn't find it."

Kevin Harvick is in his final year of his contract at RCR and people want to know if he is staying or going and so would he; "They'll all talk and do their things behind the scenes. I just want to be the driver. I don't want to get in a big political war with anybody."

Let's just hope his contract negotiations don't overshadow what is happening with his team.

Penske will be the only Dodge operation on the Sprint Cup circuit this year; "I think we have a competitive advantage," Penske said. "The fact that all the resources, both technical and from a marketing standpoint, are supporting our drivers and our other sponsors, we have that benefit with Dodge.Believe me, this is just not putting your name on the side of a car or having your decal as a Dodge running around the race track. This is about selling cars, about selling product."

I can't say that I disagree with him on this at all, but now he doesn't have any other Dodge team to share technical info with either.

RPM and Yates make their merger official; "I'm here to announce the best kept secret in all of motorsports, which is that the merger between Yates Racing and Richard Petty Motorsports is officially completed," said Foster Gillette, managing partner of Richard Petty Motorsports, in a press conference Tuesday morning.

Certainly everyone is optimistic and I hope it works out for everyone involved, but is still going to be hard to see the number 43 on a Ford! Off the top of my head, I think the last time it was on a Ford was back in the 1960's.

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Jack Roush answers a question Tuesday in Concord, N.C. during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Media Tour Hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway via nascar-assets.americaneagle.com