Burton says RCR ‘likely’ to add fourth team next season

Jeff Burton thinks Richard Childress Racing will add a fourth Nextel Cup Series team in 2008, citing much recent discussion about the subject as partial evidence. "I think it's likely," Burton said of adding a fourth full-time team to the RCR stable. "Obviously we can't divulge what's on our minds but we have some exciting things that could happen." Burton wouldn't divulge details, rather said "there's a lot up in the air right now that we don't 100 percent know what's going to happen." The addition isn't a no-brainer, Burton said. He was quick to point out the negatives of adding another program: 25 percent more challenges, 25 percent more problems. The chief benefit of adding a fourth team is the additional knowledge added to the resource pool. ESPN.com

[Editor's Note: Is there really any doubt whatsoever that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive for RCR? All this speculation about Ginn, Joe Gibbs, Hendricks, is all just a smokescreen. We expect Jr. to drive for the same team his father drove for and would not be surprised at all if they bring back his father's black No. 3, the number being owned by RCR. Jr. is NASCAR's biggest star and with falling TV ratings and attendance, the series needs this big story to get the media in a frenzy.]