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Matco Tools, Bazemore's sponsor for eight years that included his Funny Car stretch with Don Schumacher Racing, issued the same type of polite statement Wednesday, despite company President Tom Willis' reassurance as recently as late July that he was pleased with the association.
"He came to Sonoma [for the Fram-Autolite Nationals at California's Infineon Raceway], and I had a discussion with him about my performance, " Bazemore said."I asked him, 'Is there anything I can do that would translate to better representing Matco Tools?' And he said no, that I'm doing everything just fine."
In a prepared statement Wednesday, Willis didn't indicate why another driver is expected to drive the Matco Tools Dragster at the Oct. 26-28 ACDelco Nationals at Las Vegas and the Nov. 1-4 Auto Club Finals at Pomona, California.
"We have had an eight-year relationship with Whit Bazemore and he has been a fantastic spokesman for the Matco Tools Racing program and our distributors," Matco Tools President Tom Willis added.