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- Barrett to run at Infineon: Pro30 Racing, which is based in Novato, will run a partial NASCAR Nextel Cup schedule for the 2007 season, including the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway on June 22-24. Stanton Barrett, a native of Bishop in Southern California, will drive the #30 Bad Boy Power Drink/Pro 30 Chevy in the Sonoma Valley. He has six top-10 finishes in his Busch Series career and is also a top Hollywood stunt man. For more information, visit www.pro30racing.com.(The Reporter)(3-12-2007)
- Ware teams up with Barrett for a few races: Ware Racing Enterprises has purchased equipment from #95-Stanton Barrett Motorsports, and Barrett has begun competing on the Nextel Cup level under the Ware banner. Barrett, who failed to qualify for today's Pennsylvania 500, will also attempt to qualify for races at Bristol, Loudon and Phoenix, team owner Rick Ware said Friday. The team also is hoping to add Charlotte, Texas and Homestead as it works on finalizing a sponsor and a program for 2007.. The team ran the #52 at Pocono but would like to run the #30 in races later this year, Ware said. Ware also plans on entering the Dover race in September with driver Donnie Neuenberger.(Scene Daily.com)(7-23-2006)
- Ware Racing Plans more races: Ware Racing has entered [and will start 26th] a #30 Dodge with driver Mike Wallace in Saturday's Nextel Open at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The number coincides with sponsor pro30.com, a loan service. "We're hoping to make [Wallace] happy here and convince him to drive some more for us," team owner Rick Ware said. "We'll see how it plays out."
Wallace said he anticipates continuing to race for Phoenix Racing in the Busch Series at least through the Daytona race in July and will see what happens with Ware Racing. The Ware Racing team will not compete next weekend in the Coca-Cola 600 but has plans to run both Cup races at Dover with driver Donnie Neuenberger and both Cup races at New Hampshire with Ted Christopher. Christopher, a well-known Busch North and Modified driver, will bring sponsorship from QualityMetric. Neuenberger will bring sponsorship from Plan B Technologies.(SceneDaily.com), the team also used the #52 in two race attempts.(5-20-2006)
- #09 to skip Richmond; Wallace tests #52 at LMS: James Finch's #09 Phoenix Racing Team has decided to not compete in this weekend's Nextel Cup Series race at Richmond [they tested there] so they can pool all their efforts towards their #1 Miccosukee Gaming Dodge entry in the Busch Series race the day before at the same track. Mike Wallace will continue as the driver of the #1 car this weekend. Also, today Wallace tested the #52 car for Rick Ware at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Wallace will drive the #52 [ended up being #30] in the Nextel Open race later this month [May 20].(motorsportslounge.com)(5-3-2006)
- Portenga to attempt Phoneix: former Truck Series driver Steve Potenga will attempt to make the Subwy Fresh 500 at Phoenix International Raceway in the #52 Ware Racing Dodge.(4-18-2006)
- Neuenberger plans to attempt 8 Cup races in 2006: Donnie Neuenberger and Austin Cox, Jr. announce the creation of their new company AD Motorsports, Inc. AD Motorsports is based in Salisbury Maryland. Donnie Neuenberger takes his Maryland base operations to join those of Austin Cox to form AD Motorsports. Donnie has managed his 13 year race career from Maryland and will continue to do so in this next chapter of NASCAR racing. In 2000 Neuenberger stepped up to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series working with Rick Ware of Ware Racing of Thomasville, NC. 2006 has Neuenberger and Ware together again in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Cup Series. Ware Racing has been participating in the Nextel Cup level racing over the past two years [#52 car, 4 attempts failed to qualify and in 2004 made a race]. Neuenberger will begin the 2006 schedule participating in the Daytona speed weeks activities including the Twin 150's as part of the Daytona 500 race events. An eight (8) race schedule in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series will include 2 races at Daytona, Dover, Texas and Talladega. Super speedways are where Neuenberger has had his best results while participating in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series and most recently the NASCAR Busch series. Neuenberger has competed in the NASCAR Busch series the past three (3) years. Stepping up into the Nextel Cup series will include three long time sponsors of Neuenberger's. Bay Area Goodyear Tires owned by Craig Arch will continue support. BG Products Maryland distributor owned by Corky Crovato will also continue to support the Nextel Cup team as an associate. Plan B Technologies owned by Donnie Downs and Curtis Eshelman continue associate sponsorship. For more information about Donnie Neuenberger and AD Motorsports visit their website www.ad-motorsports.com[coming soon, just contact info].(DGNRacing.com)(12-13-2005)
- Cope at Pocono in the #52: Cope said: "As for the Cup car, I really felt good about getting the Pro30.com Dodge in the race, but unfortunately we just missed making the race. I just could not get the car to turn in the middle of the corner the way I needed to in order to get back on the gas. But it was a good first effort for us as a team. The guys did a really good job getting a number of changes done on the car to find the speed that we did. We learned a lot about this car and I think we will be better the next time out. We will be going to Pocono to try again. Hopefully we will have more success."(Derrikecope.com)(7-18-2005)
- Cope with another team, #52, at Loudon: per the Derrikecope.com site: Derrike Cope will be driving a Cup car in Loudon [NHIS} and possibly Pocono which is the #52 Dodge Intrepid for Rick Ware Racing. The sponsor is Pro30.com. The crew chief, Ken Glenn, is someone Cope has worked with before at Cale Yarborough Motorsports. If things go well at Loudon they will probably go on to Pocono [July 24th]. Rick Ware and Cope have discussed some further plans for events in the future as well. Cope has also made Cup race attempts with the #55/#60 S.W.A.T. team and #79 John Conely team this season but has not qualified for a race.(7-12-2005)
- Mexican driver looks to make first Cup start at Sonoma: At Infineon Raceway, José Luis Ramírez will attempt to become only the second Mexican-born driver to compete in a NASCAR Nextel Cup race. Sponsored by Bay Area-based mortgage company Pro30.com, he will try to qualify the #52 Dodge for the Dodge/Save Mart 350, to be held at the Sonoma track June 26. Ramírez was among the nine Latino drivers showcased in NASCAR's Busch race h-eld in Mexico City in March - the sport's first foray onto foreign soil. In the field of 43, he finished 31st, ahead of such Cup regulars as Jamie McMurray and Robby Gordon. Ramírez, 26, started his career in karting and Trans-Am road racing in his hometown of Mexico City before switching to stock cars. Now a regular in NASCAR's Grand National West Series, Ramírez has made 17 starts. He finished 10th in the series standings in 2004. In April, he crashed his Cup car during testing at Infineon Raceway, hitting the foam barriers at Turn 4. He suffered minor injuries to his right eye, right foot and back, but drove to an eighth-place finish two days later in a Grand National race at Phoenix International Raceway. Other than that late-day mishap, Ramírez came away statisfied with his performance on Sonoma's notoriously tricky 10-turn track. The only previous Mexican-born Cup driver retired before Ramírez was born. Mexican racing legend Pedro Rodríguez, who drove in six Cup races between 1959 and 1971, was NASCAR's Latino pioneer. A regular in sports car events at Daytona International Speedway, Rodríguez finished fifth in NASCAR's 1965 World 600 at Charlotte - his best Cup result. Sponsor Pro30.com - a major mortgage lender in the Latino community - chose Ramírez as its driver specifically because of his heritag/e, chief executive officer Bill Coleman said.(Sacramento Bee)(6-11-2005)
- Geoffrey Bodine to attempt some Cup races: Geoffrey Bodine said he plans on driving in three to five Nextel Cup events this year with Rick Ware's #52 Dodge, starting with next month's Nextel Cup All-Star Challenge at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC.(Elmira Star Gazette) NOTE: Bodine was not eligible as the rules were changed to only include past winners from the past 10 years. Jose Luis Ramirez recently tested for Ware at Infineon Raceway, but crashed, supposedly will still try to attempt to make the June race.(4-28-2005)
- Kahne Fastest During First Day at Infineon Raceway: #9-Kasey Kahne (Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge) posted the fastest time on Tuesday during a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup test session at Infineon Raceway. Kahne, who placed 31st in his first visit to Infineon Raceway in 2004, turned the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course in 1 minute, 17.25 seconds [92.738mph]. Jeff Gordon (DuPont Chevrolet) holds the track qualifying record of 1:15.968 [94.303], set in 2004. The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series will visit the Sonoma Valley, June 24-26, for the Dodge/Save Mart 350 weekend. Kahne was one of three NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers testing the course on Tuesday. #99-Carl Edwards (Office Depot Ford) was second-fast at 1:17.50 [92.439], with #52-Jose Luis Ramirez (Pro30.com) third at 1:20.54 [88.950]. #77-Travis Kvapil (Kodak EasyShare Dodge) is scheduled to test on Wednesday and Todd Souza also tested, no speeds announounced. Ramirez was involved in a single-car accident late in the day at Turn 4 on the raceway and was transported to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek for precautionary reasons, according to a family member. Testing resumes on Wednesday with a full day scheduled from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (PDT). Great tickets are still available for the Dodge/Save Mart 350 by calling 800-870-RACE or visiting www.infineonraceway.com.(Infineon Raceway)(4-20-2005)
UPDATE: Jose Luis Ramirez was released from John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek on Wednesday, one day after being involved in a late-day accident during a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup test session at Infineon Raceway. Ramirez said he sustained minor injuries to his right foot, right eye and back. He was held overnight on Tuesday at John Muir Medical Center for observation. The #52 Pro30.com car Ramirez was driving impacted the foam barriers at Turn 4 on the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course in a single-car accident late in the day. "I'm a little sore but I'll be OK," Ramirez said. "It could have been worse but the fire safety team did a great job. I'm hoping they will clear me to race on Thursday." Ramirez is scheduled to compete on Thursday in a NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series race, at Phoenix International Raceway.(Infineon Raceway)(4-20-2005)
