The legendary #21-Wood Brothers organization will run only 12 Sprint Cup races next season. Eddie Wood, co-owner of Wood Brothers Racing, said tough economic times have forced the organization to enter only the season-opening Daytona 500 and mile-and-a-half tracks with Bill Elliott, the 1985 Cup champion. The mile-and-a-half tracks were picked because Ford's program is strongest there. "We could run up to 20 but we decided to do 12 and do it right," Wood said Saturday. "We're going back to doing it the way we did it years ago." The organization used to pick and choose races in the early years. It ran only 18 races in 1973, with David Pearson, who won 11 of them. Wood said the organization, which lost Air Force as a sponsor to Gillett Evernham Motorsports, had to let 22 employees go to reduce the team to about 40.(ESPN.com)(12-6-2008)

 

well...Hopefully Bill can win all 12 of them!

 

Maybe they should get David Pearson back.

Heck, he's 73, but he's still better than current team's drivers.

 

That stinks!

 

Man that just plain sucks.. Maybe they should seel stock in the team, we could all buy some and pump some cash into the team and we could all be part of the rebirth of the 21.......I would buy a couple of hundred worth, not much I know but think if they got hundreds of fans to buy in...

 

This is just more signs of the times. Small organizations like this cannot possibly compete with the likes of Roush and Hendrick. It's a shame, but more than ever NASCAR is a rich mans sport. You either have the cavernous pockets or you don't. Its nice to think they will perform well in the 12 they've picked, and honestly those are my favorites but the Wood Brothers haven't really been in contention to win races in quite some time. They aren't alone really. Winners are Roush, Hendrick, Childris, and Gibbs. No one else really is a threat at all. What a coincidence, they're also the richest teams on the circuit.