Ron Mertz Racing was anticipated to duke it out with the top AAERS teams coming into 2010. Several DNQ's had Ron scratching his head, so he hopped out of the car, to let Jake Bauffard drive. Several DNQ's led to 2 straight races the #3 team made, then several more. Chad Solarzano recently stepped into the 3 and made the show for this weekends race, unknown if a contract will be inked.