Mears returns to TBR

After being released from Red Bull Racing this week, Casey Mears will return to Tommy Baldwin Racing's #36 Toyota for the Sprint Cup Series race on June 27 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Team owner Tommy Baldwin said the decision was finalized Wednesday afternoon. "Casey is going to come back and we are excited. We hope to rebuild on some of the momentum created before he left." This weekend at Sonoma, road course specialist Brian Simo will pilot the #36 at Infineon Raceway. Steve Park will slide behind the wheel on July 3 at Daytona and drive the Richie Evans tribute car for TBR. Baldwin said Mears and TBR parted on good terms after Darlington, which left the door open for Mears to return. "We knew there was a possibility of something like that happening; he put us in a bind, but we understood it was something he needed to do," Baldwin said. "But now we are glad to have him back and turn this into a positive." NASCAR.com