Tyler Jet Motorsports is ramping up to return to the Winston Cup circuit. They announced today that Ron Hornaday will pilot the famed #17 at the Save Mart/Kragen 350 at Sears Point Raceway on June 28. Phil Hammer, formerly a chassis specialist with Jeff Gordon’s team was named crew chief for Tyler Jet Motorsports. Chris Hetreed and Jim Plyler have been added to their engineering staff bringing the number of personnel to 37 from a low of 22. More additions are anticipated. They have also added a high tech system for digitizing chassis and other equipment as well as purchasing new chassis to meet their goal of having 13 complete cars ready by August 1.(Stock Car Racing Magazine/Tom Hintz)(6-13-98)
