A new week means a new round of 2013 Sprint Cup team previews and today we will be previewing the 2013 efforts of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, which will be fielding the No.1 Chevrolet SS, driven by Jamie McMurray and the No.42 Chevrolet SS, driven by Juan Pablo Montoya.
After a tumultuous 2012 season in which neither Jamie McMurray nor Juan Pablo Montoya won a race or made it into the Chase for the Sprint Cup and finished a dismal 21st and 22nd in points, respectively, the team will undergo two big changes heading into the 2013 season, but will remain virtually intact otherwise.
The first change will be under the hood of the Chevrolet SS cars that Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will field. The team will switch from Earnhardt Childress Racing engines, which was a joint venture between Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and Richard Childress Racing, to engines provided by Hendrick Motorsports.
The second change will be on the sponsorship side. Bass Pro Shops, which sponsored Jamie McMurray from 2010 through 2012, will be moving over to Stewart Haas Racing to become primary sponsor for Tony Stewart. Reports indicate that McDonalds will step up and become full time primary sponsor for McMurray in 2013. Target will return as primary sponsor for Juan Pablo Montoya in 2013.
Both McMurray and Montoya have the skills to win races, but only time will tell if these changes will help these drivers get back into their winning form that we saw back in 2010.
