Richard Childress Racing apparently compacting to three cars

2009 was an ugly year for Richard Childress Racing, no two ways about it. Nobody on the team made the Chase, and the most significant news out of the team came from the will-he-stay-or-will-he-go saga of Kevin Harvick. (He stayed, at least for one more year.)

Unfortunately, though, it's a rough world, and sometimes bad news carries over for more than one season. Such is the case with Casey Mears, who will apparently lose his RCR ride. There had been stories circulating that Jack Daniels would sponsor Mears in the Daytona 500, but even if that's the case, it doesn't look like there's a home for Casey at RCR after that:

"I'm hoping to try to find him something (at another team)," said team owner Richard Childress. "He hasn't landed anything yet. He's a great guy and did a great job for us at the end of the year and I just wish there was something we could do with him but right now, I don't want to do anything with a fourth team that's going to take away from our other three teams."

Casey's had a tough go of it, having been the odd man out a couple times now. He's talented enough to run at the Sprint Cup level, but at this point, the question is, does anybody want to give him a seat?