Driver to Attempt the Coca Cola 600 UPDATE: Jeff Fultz will attempt to qualify for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte next month. Fultz, 30, said Thursday he has landed a one-race deal with car owners Gene DeHart and Mike Clark for the Coca-Cola 600, May 27 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. DeHart’s father, Gary, is crew chief for Winston Cup driver Terry Labonte. I’ve been waiting for this all my life, said Fultz, NASCAR approved me this week, so we’ll give it a good shot. Fultz is a star on the NASCAR Gatorade All-Pro regional circuit, having finished second in the 2000 points race. He stands third this year. Fultz lives in Mooresville, N.C., where he works as a fabricator in the race shop of Winston Cup driver Robert Pressley. He will drive a Ford Taurus and get some help from Pressley’s main sponsor, Jasper Engines. But his main support will come from two other sponsors, whom he did not name(Cincinnati Enquirer)(4-28-2001) UPDATE: Jeff Fultz, 30, will make his first career Winston attempt at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., site of the Coca-Cola 600 next Sunday. We tested last week at Charlotte, and I was running with Dale Jarrett and Ward Burton, Fultz said. In race terms, we were as good as them. I was right in the middle of ’em, not gaining much but not losing much. Fultz didn’t want to risk much. He has only one car, the #54 Ford Taurus he will try to qualify this week. Fultz also might attempt to run in the Busch race at Kentucky Speedway next month(Cincinnati Enquirer)(5-22-2001)
