With the resignation of Dan Ford Jr. as a driver of his ARCA car, owner John Bailey faced the agonizing possibility of parking the car that he had built as a tribute to a late friend. But Bailey announced Thursday that the #70 Bailey Excavating/R.W. Mercer Co. machine that carries the same colors that it did when the company sponsored the late J.D. McDuffie, will run the remainder of the ARCA season in the hands of Jeff Finley. “We, more than anything, just want to win one for JD (McDuffie) and keep his memory alive,” Bailey said. “He was a good friend of mine, a great man, full of guts and gusto, and someone I really admired.”(SpeedVision) McDuffie started 653 Winston Cup races, as an independent owner driver, such as Dave Marcis is doing now. McDuffie was killed in 1991 in an accident at Watkins Glen. For more info on McDuffie, see my Driver Tribute page, there is a link to a McDuffie tribute page there(8-4-2000)
