Skinner said that he didn't feel it was going to work out, but you never know until the final hour. He also said it was hard for him to see the 31 car struggling with Robby Gordon in the car as Gordon has never worked with the team before and vise-versa. Wally Dallenbach may jump out of the broadcast booth and into a car full time next season. Cracker Barrell is really pissed they didn't pay the extra money for on air mentions during the the race at Atlanta. FOX TV still mentioned the race by name 3 times during the broadcast.
Good things are never free people.
They have done horrible since Daytona in July it seems. Rudd has came close but has had those enigine problems. Jarrett is losing his concentration it seems, and Gordon just probably won the championship thanks to this race. In the midst of all the rumors, Lowes has dropped out of their contract with the 31 Richard Childress owned Chevrolet only to see Cingular Wireless sign on to the car for 4 years starting in 2002. The driver is yet to be announced, but rumors are that Robby Gordon will be in the car for the next 3 years.