NASCAR report: Mayfield-Evernham split not a pretty one (USA Today)

Posted 8/16/2006 12:00 PM ET E-mail | Save | Print | By Seth Livingstone, USA TODAY Ray Evernham didn't mince words when it came to reasons for firing Jeremy Mayfield. "I feel like on a bad day — on a bad day — that car should be able to run in the top 25, and it hasn't been," said Evernham, who put Bill Elliott behind the wheel of his No. 19 at Watkins Glen. Mayfield's car had fallen to 36th in owner points. "Our hope is to have Bill Elliott help identify where we are performance-wise ...