“FINA Oil and Chemical Company announced its sponsorship of the 1998 FINA Transport Driver Championships. The series was created to spotlight the NASCAR Winston Cup transport drivers. A four-stop event schedule begins with Atlanta in March, followed by Fort Worth, Texas, in April, Talladega in October, and Phoenix in November of 1998. The Championships are open to any full-time Winston Cup transport driver and are designed to showcase the skill and talent of the drivers. Each competitor races against the clock while piloting a tractor-trailer through an obstacle course. Each driver is awarded points for their finishing position, which will be accumulated after each of the four events. The winner of each individual event will receive $1,000 in bonus money. The driver who has accumulated the most points after all four events will be crowned champion at the final NASCAR Winston Cup Series race in Atlanta and awarded $20,000 in championship awards money.”(Directly from NASCAR Online news)(10-30-97)
