One year ago, this weekend, Tony Stewart announced he as leaving Joe Gibbs Racing to become a co-owner at Stewart-Haas Racing, in that time Stewart has created a successful blue print on how a satellite Cup organization should be run.
This seems to be a lesson Yates Racing Co-owners Doug Yates and Max Jones have failed to learn. After cutting David Gilliland and Travis Kvapil from their driver lineup due to lack of sponsorship, this team went out and signed Bobby Labonte, and Paul Menard and new sponsors Ask.com and Menards.
To say the least these are moves that had not exactly worked.