NASCAR: A.J. Allmendinger Done At Red Bull Racing

AJ Allmendinger will not finish out the season with Red Bull Racing. It had already been announced Allmendinger wouldn’t be returning to the Number 84 Toyota for the 2009 season and the team is letting him go early to pursue another job. Mike Skinner and Scott Speed will share the seat for the final seven races of the year.

AP
Published: September 30, 2008

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - AJ Allmendinger will not finish out the season with Red Bull Racing. It had already been announced Allmendinger wouldn’t be returning to the Number 84 Toyota for the 2009 season and the team is letting him go early to pursue another job.

Mike Skinner and Scott Speed will share the seat for the final seven races of the year.

Allmendinger finished a career-high ninth in his Red Bull finale Sunday at Kansas Speedway.

Skinner, who drove the car for five races earlier this season, will drive the car the next two weeks at Talladega and Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Speed, who is making the transition from Formula One to NASCAR under Red Bull’s guidance, will make his Sprint Cup Series debut at Lowe’s in a third Red Bull entry. He’ll then finish the year in the Number 84 by driving at Martinsville, Atlanta, Texas, Phoenix and Homestead.

Speed is believed to be in line to drive the Number 84 full time next season.