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Mergers may be good, but not for all

By Jerry Bonkowski
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 9, 2004

Felix Sabates joins forces with Chip Ganassi. Jim Smith forms an alliance with Ray Evernham. Jasper Motorsports becomes a minority partner in Penske Racing South. On the horizon, Robert Yates Racing and Jack Roush Racing merge to form, say, Roush-Yates Racing? Do you see a trend here? With costs increasing and corporate budgets getting tighter, coupled with shrinking advertising and sponsorship dollars (ask Jack Roush how hard it has been to put together a full-season sponsorship package fo ...

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