Xpress Motorsports, the team which fielded the #61 IWX Motor Freight Truck Series Chevrolet, and Doug Taylor Motorsports, which fields the Channellock Chevrolet in the BGN have joined together for this weekends All Pro Auto Parts Bumper to Bumper 300 Race at Charlotte. Kerry Earnhardt, son of seven-time Winston Cup Champion Dale Earnhardt, will drive the second Channellock entry. The Xpress Motorsports team will be handling car preparations, maintenance, and pit stops for the third-generation driver. The effort will use Xpress Motorsports equipment throughout the week. Doug Taylor Motorsports will be fielding the Channellock #40 for Kevin Lepage as it usually does and Earnhardt’s car will carry the traditional Channellock colors and the #04. Earnhardt has two BGN starts this season (23rd-place finish at Myrtle Beach, 26th-place finish at South Boston). Xpress Motorsports has announced that the 1999 season will have it fielding a BGN team for Winston Cup driver Derrike Cope on a limited (15 – 20 races) basis. The team also has plans to run a limited Winston Cup schedule (driver and races to be determined).(PR)(9-30-98)
