From Chaz Hinkle: “Spent the morning yesterday at the #97 shop producing some video with Chad Little for an NBC affiliate… While poking around the shop floor, two things caught my eye: A #97 John Deere T-BIRD, and, under a cover in the back part of the shop, a #99 Exide car… Looks like they are sharing info already… The #97
T-bird was kinda suspicious looking though… It looked like sheetmetal from about a ’95 template, with the real high nose on it, not the current, much sleeker hoodline that’s currently on the Fords… I suspect this car could just be a show car… Oh, and Mary, the receptionist, is now answering the phone as “Rousch Racing…”(9-13-97)
