No Decision from Wells yet AND – UPDATE: #32 car owner Cal Wells insisted he still hasn’t signed a deal with Pontiac, although insiders say that deal is all but completed. Will Wells have two teams? He’s still hopeful, and talking with three potential sponsors. “One sponsor is driver-specific, the other two aren’t,” Wells said. “One sponsor says he wants to get things wrapped up in the next two to three weeks … but they told me the same thing two or three weeks ago.”(Winston Salem Journal) AND Ricky Craven said Saturday it was “very, very reasonable and realistic” that he would get a teammate at his Cal Wells-owned PPI Motorsports organization next season. Wells originally field two cars in 2000, but scaled back to a one-car operation in the middle of last season. “The whole program at PPI was built around the concept of two cars or perhaps three, but Cal’ done a wonderful job this year scaling down and re-budgeting,” Craven said. “Weve become much more efficient and I think the results show that. In the long-run we certainly need to be part of a multi-car team.” PPI has also had discussions this season about switching from Ford to Pontiac next season but Craven said he is playing no role in those discussions. “Im completely removed from it,” Craven said. “Ive been doing this for several years. Ive built equity with the people from General Motors, the people from Ford. Ive built friendships.”(ThatsRacin.com)(7-20-2002) UPDATE – Nadeau? Cal Wells switch from Ford to Pontiac is probably going to be announced in Indianapolis during the Brickyard 400 weekend in August. What that probably means is that Ricky Craven will have a teammate in 2003. Jerry Nadeau, perhaps?(Gaston Gazette)(7-21-2002)
