Davin Scites Getting Ready For
the
2009 Season
MOORESVILLE,
NC – As ’08 transitioned
into ’09, the driver of the no.
06 was moving out of the
sprawling, 66,000-square-foot
facility on Cayuga Drive in
Mooresville, NC. And although
the severance from JR
Motorsports had some setbacks,
it also left Davin Scites eyeing
new opportunities.
In his first official year
racing under the JR Motorsports
banner, Scites scored the best
season of his career in 2008.
For the second straight year, a
three-win season at Motor Mile
Speedway resulted in a
career-best third place finish
in the track standings. The
racer’s efforts were reflected
in the WHELEN All-American
Series state and national
standings, where the Wayne, WV,
native produced personal bests,
posting finishes of second and
thirteenth, respectively.
On the strength of a
record-setting season, Scites
and the no. 06 team put their
dominance on display at
Martinsville. Shattering his old
track record, Scites posted a
20.316-second pole run while
qualifying for the Bailey’s 300.
But not even two months later,
in the wake of an economic
downturn, JR Motorsports
downsized, dropping three cars
from its five-car Late Model
fleet.
“It’s real tough to get
sponsorships,” Scites says. “You
know if Dale Earnhardt Jr. can’t
get ‘em, then that makes it even
harder on the little guys.”
Devoid of a sponsor and a shop,
Scites set about searching for
other opportunities. And things
began to look up. Literally.
“We are in sponsorship
negotiations to run in the
Camping World Truck Series and
the Nationwide Series along with
continuing our late model
program,” Scites stated on his
website in late January.