#98 Team Done? MacPherson Motorsports won’t field a Winston Cup team this year from the building it has had under construction in Concord. Instead, the 54,000-square-foot building will be leased or sold when it’s complete. The building is to be completed in the summer, construction has been halted for a week, however, with only the concrete slab complete. MacPherson, an Atlanta developer, couldn’t find a sponsor. In September, MacPherson Motorsports brought 4 acres in West Winds Business Park with plans to move the race team from a former Cale Yarborough facility near Harrisburg, NC. The $3 million building was to have been finished by spring, in time for part of the NASCAR season. Last season, MacPherson drivers raced in three events with temporary sponsors. Driver Jeff Fuller was to have raced the #98 car in Winston Cup races, beginning with this month’s Daytona 500. But a permanent sponsor couldn’t be signed. An operation that builds engines for other teams is profitable and will remain in the former Yarborough shop(Charlotte Business Journal)(2-12-2001)
