#77 Crew Member wins All-Pro Championship: Jeff Fultz, a full-time member of the #77 Jasper Engines and Transmissions Ford Team with driver Dave Blaney, won the NASCAR All-Pro Series championship in the rain-delayed season-finale in Memphis Sunday, starting second and leading all 125 laps of the race. Fultz, who entered the race five points behind David Reutimann, was assured the title when the leader suffered engine failure on Lap 44. In his quest for the 2002 NASCAR All-Pro title, Fultz enjoyed a 101-point lead two weeks ago before finishing 13th and 11th, respectively, in races at Greenville-Pickens, S.C. and Kenley, N.C., while new leader Reutimann won both events and moved ahead of Fultzwho had finished in the top-five in the All-Pro points in each of the past three seasons including second in 2000with his slight advatnage entering the season-finale at Memphis Motorsports Park. A Cincinnati, OH. native, Fultz, a fabricator and wind-tunnel specialist, brought 179 overall career wins and seven series championships into 2002 and added All-Pro wins at Nashville and Myrtle Beach (as well as an ARCA Series win in May at Charlotte) this season, but the All-Pro championship had eluded him until Sunday, despite several close calls. Fultz will receive the All-Pro Series championship trophy and champion’ checks next Saturday night in ceremonies at the Atlanta Airport Hilton, part of a busy NASCAR weekend in the city that includes the Winston Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.(Jasper Racing PR)(10-21-2002)
