Petree Still Looking: #33 and #55 car owner Andy Petree has many leads but nothing solid yet in his quest to find sponsorship for both of his Winston Cup cars. Petree is hoping strong performances by his Chevrolets will attract the big bucks. Bobby Hamilton won for Petree at Talladega Superspeedway this season. “I’m very concerned about it,” Petree said. “This is a bad year for me to have both of my contracts up going into 2002. With the economy the way it’s been . . . I’m not an economist, but it looks like it’s turning around some. I feel pretty good about the prospects. We’ve got people out there that still want to be involved in Winston Cup. It’s probably one of the best sports marketing programs out there to get value for what you put in it.” Petree said maintaining personnel is the major culprit driving today’s Winston Cup budgets, which typically top $10 million(Richmond Times Dispatch)(6-17-2001)
