Heard this on the Winston Cup Today Radio show by PRN and went hunting, found the story in the St Louis Business Journal : Track Star Jackie Joyner-Kersee is roaring into auto racing with an $8 million NASCAR team that might be backed by local corporate sponsors. Joyner-Kersee and her husband, trainer Bob Kersee, have been negotiating for months with potential sponsors, including Ralston Purina Co. and World Wide Technology Inc. They hope to announce a driver and car manufacturer soon and to have the team in place by Sept. 1st. The couple’s race for a NASCAR team comes amid efforts by Gateway International Raceway to attract a Winston Cup by increasing its seating — UPDATE: On RPM2Nite Thursday, John Kernan mentioned that an announcement would be made about the team on next Thursday at Daytona — UPDATE 2: The car make, driver and sponsors will be announced next week( That’s Racin’ ) — UPDATE 2: Olympic track and field star, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and her husband, Bob Kersee, have scheduled a press conference to announce the formation of Joyner-Kersee Racing on July 1, 1999 at 1:00pm EST at the Benny Kahn Media Center, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL( Motorsport News International ) — UPDATE 3: Jackie Joyner-Kersee and husband Bob Kersee announced today they have teamed with Kurt Roehrig(#19) to form a NASCAR team hopeful of competing in either the Winston Cup or Busch Series in 2000. They plan to run a Pontiac Grand Prix. A driver and sponsor will be announced at a later date. See the rest of the TNN Motorsports story at: From One Track To Another . Roehrig will run the #19 Bradford-White Pontiac at the August Michigan race with Tom Hubert driving, who is under consideration for the ride in 2000(TNN) also see the SpeedVision story at: Joyner-Kersee becomes car owner
