BACE/Little plans change: The upcoming Michigan Winston Cup race has been removed from the BACE’ Chad Little schedule. “We planned on Michigan all along,” said BACE team owner Bill Baumgardner. “We even tested there. However, the sponsor we had planned on for that event didnt happen and the purse just doesnt justify the expense without one (sponsor). Our emphasis has been and will continue to be to build a competitive Winston Cup team for Chad, but the numbers for Michigan just dont make it feasible. Our superspeedway cars are not yet completed and rushing into Daytona with an untested car is not a smart thing to do. For that reason we are also dropping that race from the schedule.” Little’ next race will be in Chicago for the Tropicana 400 on July 14th, 2002. Chad will be piloting the same cars run at Dover with new engines. Several major aero changes are being made to both these cars at this time. Also two complete and brand new cars have been ordered from Ronnie Hopkins. Hopkins is one of the top car builders on the Winston Cup Circuit, building cars for such names as Dale Jarrett, Robby Gordon and many more. These cars will sport engines from the Pro-Motors shop. Both cars will be tested and ready for the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis on August 4th, 2002.(Chad Little Site)(6-14-2002)
