It's going to be Joe Gibbs' problem, or Richard Childress' problem, or Robert Yates' problem. It was 3,000 miles, or 2,850. It took me 48 hours to do it it should have been 44, but I broke down for four hours. I got two hours sleep, and I was on pins and needles the whole way. The solution, many say, is for a team to run two fully-equipped rigs so that one can load and launch for, say, Sonoma, while the other is returning from Pocono.
Some teams already have a team hauler and a test hauler.
Teams shouldn't have to go to two trucks. Now, the truck's on a deal, the trailer deal, some parts. Sure, these top-10 teams might get it, but it ain't going to help Dave Marcis out, it ain't going to help Brett Bodine out. Yes, in legal and liability terms, transportation is the team owner's cross to bear. We hope that never happens.