Notes: Ginn Racing looking for sponsorship for 13, 14

LOUDON, N.H. -- Far from being a black mark on a pretty significant 2007 racing record, Ginn Racing's appearance at New Hampshire International Speedway this weekend with a pair of plain, jet black racecars was an explanation mark, Ginn general manager Jay Frye explained on Saturday.

While doing that, Frye also went into his team's plans for next season, largely hinging on available sponsorship, in Nextel Cup and Busch; as well as the status of the team's four current full-time drivers in those two divisions.

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Frye just laughed when asked about Ginn Racing's interest in Kyle Busch -- seen as the most desirable driver in the "free-agent" market -- saying he "absolutely" would be interested in talking to Busch, but that he had not yet done so.

Frye said that while the No. 01 Chevrolet, driven primarily by the veteran Mark Martin in conjunction with this weekend's pilot Regan Smith, is fully sponsored by the U.S. Army, the team's other two Chevrolets, Joe Nemechek's No. 13 and Sterling Marlin's No. 14, both lack full season sponsorship programs -- and both are dressed in black at NHIS.

"It gets the word out that we do have some inventory left, and what better way to display it than to say 'we have some [blank] cars?'" Frye said. "We have two good teams [that aren't fully sponsored] and we want to get the word out.

"Hopefully, we've got something that's going to happen Monday that will change that quite substantially, but there's a handful on each of the other cars right now."

Frye said Ginn Racing, owned by real estate developer Bobby Ginn, was not in any financial trouble.

"Obviously, if you don't have sponsors that's not a good thing, but there's no financial crisis or trouble or anything like that [but] we've got to get these cars funded," Frye said. "Last fall we decided to expand and we did, and it's a chicken and egg thing. (Continued)