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Lepage to replace Musgrave?

Rookie Kevin Lepage and car owner Joe Falk might be splitting in the next few days, now that Lepage has signed a contract with Ford’s Jack Roush. Speculation is that Roush might put Lepage in one of his current cars, possibly Ted Musgrave’s, as early as next week at Daytona. Roush declined to discuss the situation in detail, offering only a press release confirming that he had ”secured an option” to sign Lepage and that he planned to put Lepage in either one of his five current cars or in a new car owned by the Woods. ”Whatever Jack says,” Len Wood said when asked if his team would have a second car at Daytona.(JournalNow)(6-27-98)