#75 Sponsor/Crew Chief News UPDATE 4: #75 Galaxy Motorsports owner Darwin Oordt has his fingers crossed for a very merry Christmas. He is confident that a meeting this week will produce the signed sponsorship contract with Pizza Hut that will keep the team rolling for somewhere between three and five years. The Galaxy team has also signed an Internet-related associate sponsor whose debut on the #75 Fords is scheduled for midseason 2001(FoxSports)(12-22-2000) UPDATE: hearing that Pizza Hut did indeed sign with Oordt last week and that the team has hired a new General Manager to replace Mike Beam (who went to PPI Motorsports): former Cup crew chief – Brad Noffsinger(12-29-2000) UPDATE 2: Holidays stall Pizza Hut deal. Galaxy Motorsports will have to wait until after the holidays to get final approval on the Pizza Hut sponsorship agreement. Team spokesman, Gus Larkin said, “We had a great meeting with Pizza Hut in late December but we were unable to iron out some details before entering into holiday scheduling conflicts. We have agreed to address some issues after the first of the year in a meeting that will hopefully bring closure to the deal”. Larkin added, “If we are not able to secure Pizza Hut as a full time primary sponsor Galaxy is prepared to continue the sponsorship strategy we successfully launched last year in which a number of marketing partners rotate as the primary sponsor. We feel the Galaxy program offers a cost effective opportunity for sponsors to utilize a NASCAR Winston Cup marketing platform with a Primary role on our racecar”. Galaxy Team Update: Jim Long replaces Newt Moore as Crew Chief for Team 75. Galaxy Motorsports announced today that Jim Long will take over the Crew Chief duties for the 2001 season. Team owner Darwin Oordt said, “We feel that Jim will give Galaxy the ability to satisfy certain performance expectations I have established for the team”. When asked about the status of Newt Moore, Oordt said, “Newt added stability to our race package during a difficult rookie season but I’m looking to improve the chemistry of the Galaxy team so we agreed that was best that Newt explore his options elsewhere.”(Galaxy PR) (12-30-2000) UPDATE 3: Noffsinger has been hired to replace Mike Beam as GM. Moore will help get Jim Long up to speed and then leave the team(1-2-2001) UPDATE 4: Darwin Oordt, owner of the #75 Galaxy Motorsports team, has yet to secure a sponsor for the upcoming season and yesterday said time is running out. Oordt said he remains optimistic that something will develop, and is making plans to go to Daytona soon to begin testing. Wally Dallenbach will return as Oordts driver if a sponsor is secured. Oordt says they have some prospects and a possible sponsor who is interested in joining the team for a half-season, the 2nd half. There have been reports that Oordt is close to securing a sponsorship with Pizza Hut. Oordt said his immediate objective is to secure at least a temporary sponsor which will allow his team to start the season next month at Daytona(Tennessean)(1-3-2001)
