Stricklin and Jarrett: Rayovac Maximum Batteries will be two for one at Michigan Speedway this weekend. Jarrett / Favre Motorsports announced today that veteran wheelman Hut Stricklin will run the #88 Rayovac Maximum Pontiac during the NAPA Online.com 250 as teammate to Jason Jarrett’s #11 Rayovac Maximum Chevrolet. According to crew chief Ricky Bowman, the reason for the dual entries is two-fold. First, this team made great technical strides during Hut’s first race at Pike’s Peak, then continued to improve with Jason’s solid run at Indianapolis, Bowman said.Second, is the fact that Rayovac has been incredibly supportive during our building process this season, and we wanted to thank them by putting two cars on the track. According to Bowman, Jarrett and Stricklin, the Pike’s Peak run provided a tremendous amount of information regarding chassis and set up questions, as well as driving insight for Jarrett.I saw a lot of things from a different vantage point that I don’t get to see from behind the wheel, and I believe that helped me in the way I communicated with the team in Indy, he said. Even the car selection has accommodated the preference of each driver. After starting from the pole in Daytona in a Pontiac, Stricklin selected that make from the Jarrett / Favre stable, while Jarrett chose the Chevrolet he ran in Charlotte(Mach One Marketing PR)(8-15-2000)
