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- McClure to Premiere #64 UPDATE: Eric McClure will be dividing his driving duties between the #60 in the ARCA Seriers, The Premier Motorsports #64 NASCAR Nextel Cup and the #85 Busch Series teams. McClure will participate in select NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series races in 2006 for The Premier Motorsports team.(Premier Motorsports site)(2-2-2006)
UPDATE: Eric McClure, a former Late Model division regular at Lonesome Pine Raceway, announced Monday he has signed to drive the full 2006 ARCA season with the Owensboro, Ky.-based Premier Motorsports Racing Team driving the unsponsored #60 Chevy.
McClure's Busch and Cup schedule hasn't been finalized but he knows he'll run about five races in each series, with the Daytona 500 and the March 12 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway definitely on the Cup schedule. His Busch and Cup runs will mostly occur when ARCA is sharing a venue such as Michigan in the Cup series and Nashville in the Busch Series. "We're going without sponsorship, but Dan is committed to doing it, so I'm going with him," McClure said.(Kingsport Times-News)(2-7-2006)
- Lepage to new #64 team? hearing Kevin Lepage, who ened up the 2005 season driving for the #66 Peak Performance Motorsports team [now #61] could be headed to the new #64 Premier Motorsports team as their driver.(12-22-2005)
UPDATE: been told that while the team is down to three choices for their driver, Lepage is not one of those drivers and he will run full time in the #61 Peak Performance Motorsports team [was #66] in 2006.(12-22-2005)
- Another New Cup Team? UPDATE: not much info on this team, but their site states: The Premier Motorsports is expanding to the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series in 2006. The team looks to be based in Kentucky and shows a car #85 but lists the Cup team as #64 on the Partners page. No drivers listed and most of the site states 'coming soon'.(thepremiermotorsports.com.(12-13-2005)
UPDATE: The Premier Motorpsorts is owned by Daniel Kinney and located in Owensboro, KY. Kinney developed his #85 Busch team in 2000 and ran selected races for five years. The team is developing a cup team #64 for the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season and planning to run a full season. The team has a partial sponsorship "Speedway Fuel" for the 2006 season and is looking for additional sponsors. The team also plans to run selected Busch races as well in the 2006 season but will consider a full season if full sponsorship is obtained. They are expanding their race shop and should be completed by mid January 2006. The team is also looking to hire personnel and crew chiefs. More info at their site or on my Racing Schools/Jobs page.(12-16-2005)
