One of the popular rumors blanketing the Texas Motorplex surrounded Melanie Troxel and her plans for 2007 and beyond. Scuttlebutt suggests her sponsor Evan Knoll will withdraw his program from DSR and possibly head in a new direction with his driver intact. While no one close to the issue will discuss anything at this point in time, Troxel has tuned out the rumors.

“We get caught up in that as a team and we try to ignore all of it,” Troxel said. “It’s really something that we’re not that involved in. It’s stuff that other people are involved with and it’s our guess as to whether any of it is true. It would be a big mistake for us to get caught up in that while we still have a chance at winning this championship. These opportunities don’t come around that often.

One of the popular rumors blanketing the Texas Motorplex surrounded Melanie Troxel and her plans for 2007 and beyond. Scuttlebutt suggests her sponsor Evan Knoll will withdraw his program from DSR and possibly head in a new direction with his driver intact. While no one close to the issue will discuss anything at this point in time, Troxel has tuned out the rumors.

“We get caught up in that as a team and we try to ignore all of it,” Troxel said. “It’s really something that we’re not that involved in. It’s stuff that other people are involved with and it’s our guess as to whether any of it is true. It would be a big mistake for us to get caught up in that while we still have a chance at winning this championship. These opportunities don’t come around that often.

“At this point, we are just trying to focus on the shot at the championship that we have. It’s kind of a long shot and if we get a few lucky breaks, we can make it happen. Other than that I think everything is up in the air. I haven’t heard from Don Schumacher or anyone else. As far as I am concerned, I haven’t heard anything definite.

“We are going to focus on what we have happening now and what happens next year happens next year."