Hut and the #96? UPDATE: #90-Donlavey Racing plans to continue running next season but has not announced sponsorship or driver. Driver Hut Stricklin, team advisor Philippe Lopez and sponsor Hills Brothers are looking for a Charlotte team to work with. They could land with Cal Wells, whose second team ran its last race of the season last week(Richmond Times Dispatch)(10-5-2001) UPDATE: #32 Team Owner Cal Wells is trying to revive his second team [#96], with a possible Hills Brothers’ sponsorship. Now at least he’ll have a tour win to promote [#32-Craven’s win]. Wells said, “The good thing about (a second team with) the Hills Brothers’ deal with Hut (Stricklin) is he’s got experience and he can do some testing. But Andy is a rookie and we couldn’t benefit that much. My total focus is this, and hopefully getting back to running two cars. The only thing we’ve got cooking is that Hills Brothers deal. It does look like they’re playing the field. I think they’re still talking to Bill Davis and Andy Petree. I don’t know if they’ll pick us or not. I don’t know if I’m competitive, price-point-wise. I try to be.” Of course if it comes down to price alone – and the Sara Lee brand sponsorship is worth over $6 million – Petree would likely win, because he’s vowed to beat any rival’s price. “We were talking to Hills a couple of months ago about becoming an associate on the McDonald’s car (with Houston), because they were thinking about doing some coffee business with McDonald’s,” Wells said. “Then at Dover I thought it was all dead, but someone walked into my trailer and said they wanted to talk about it again. I don’t know if it will happen.”(in part from a column about Wells at the Winston Salem Journal)(10-21-2001)
