Wood Brothers Racing is teaming up with Billy Ballew Motorsports to enter Jon Wood in the April 7 CTS race at the Martinsville Speedway. Jon Wood and Billy Ballew Motorsports will also have some marketing help through the Wood Brothers relationship with Roush Racing. Billy Ballew Motorsports has been active in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series since 1996. Many notable drivers have piloted the No. 15 Ford F-150 truck, including Geoff Bodine, Rich Bickle, and Joe Ruttman to name a few. Wood will also be participating in his second Winston West race at the California Speedway on April 28. He qualified fourth and finished 11th in his first outing in Phoenix earlier this month.(Roush Racing/Wood Brothers Racing PR)(3-1-2001) UPDATE: There will be a press conference on Thursday at 1:00pm/et in Roanoke, Virginia regarding the sponsorship of the #15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Ford driven by Jon Wood. A very unique sponsor will be announced for the #15 truck for the April 7th CTS race being held at the Martinsville Speedway. The announcement will take place at Buck Mountain Outfitters, adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway and Highway 220 interchange. A sponsor representative as well as driver, Jon Wood will speak before unveiling the #15 Truck with the new sponsor colors “I’m looking forward to my first truck race at the home track,” commented Wood. “And we’ve got a really neat sponsor for the race on Saturday. They have made it possible for us to run this race and we’d like to see them come on board for a couple more. I’m praying for good weather so that we have a chance at qualifying well and running a decent race.” Wood will also be participating in his second Winston West race at the California Speedway on April 28. He qualified fourth and finished 11th in his first outing in Phoenix earlier this month.(Wood Brothers Racing PR)(4-3-2001) UPDATE 2: The campaign for gubernatorial candidate Mark Warner and the Wood Brothers Racing Team announced Wednesday that they’ve struck a deal that will allow Wood to compete in Saturday’s CTS race at Martinsville as scheduled. Details of the sponsorship will be outlined at a news conference this afternoon(Thursday). “The way it’s worded right now, it’s just for this race,” said Wood, 19, a third-generation member of the Stuart-based racing family. “Depending on how things go, they could jump on board for the South Boston race and the Richmond race.” After a tentative agreement with a different sponsor fell through last week, the Wood Brothers began an intense search for funding. Wood has been preparing for the truck race for weeks, but said sponsorship negotiations were not fruitful until last Friday(Roanoke Times)(4-5-2001)
