“Why was engine master Doug Yates working on an air filter housing in the David Blair Motorsports garage stall? Consider it a returned favor. Rick Wilson will drive the #27 at CMS, and he’ll have plenty of thunder under his right foot as Yates was tuning one of his engines in the bay of the Blair car.”(TNN-Country.com), Blair/Yates are teaming by running Kenny Irwin, Jr in the #27 Ford at selected races in 1997 in preparation for Irwin driving the #28 Texaco Ford in 1998 for Yates(10-2-97)
