Stanton Barrett is the first choice to replace Greg Biffle in the #60 Rosuh Racing Ford in 2003. Biffle will move up to full time Cup in 2003, running the #16 Grainger Ford. Barrett met with team owner Jack Roush at Dover in September.(Winston Cup Scene – need sub to read)(10-4-2002)
UPDATE: Roush Racing announced that Stanton Barrett will drive for the BGN championship-probable #60 Ford beginning in 2003. OdoBan, a product of Clean Control Corporation of Warner Robins, Ga., will sponsor Barrett and the team. “This is a tremendous opportunity for me, and Im grateful to Roush Racing and Clean Control for it,” said Barrett, who has driven in NASCAR Busch Grand National and NASCAR Winston Cup during his career. But this is something that I have worked so hard for, and something that I have given everything I know how to give to achieve,” he said. “The nights I have spent on planes going from one job to another, those days and nights that were spent on the movie set earning enough money so I could race, then working endlessly at night on proposals, all of that is paying off. My goal all along was to get recognition for what I could do as a race car driver and, today, were announcing it all has paid off.”
“Were excited with the prospect of Stanton Barrett carrying on the winning tradition of the Roush Racing Busch Series program,” said Jack Roush. “Weve had our eye on him, and hes proven that with the right equipment he can get the job done. Stanton is a very determined individual, and we feel confident that he will give 110 percent, not only behind the wheel, but representing Clean Control Corporation and Roush Racing.” Barrett is one of the best-known and most respected stunt men in Hollywood. Yet the 30-year-old winner of a World Stunt Award this Spring has had his eyes on the top echelon of NASCAR racing since his father, Stan, ran as the first “Skoal Bandit” in the Winston Cup ranks. While appearing in such films as Jurassic Park III, The Patriot and Spiderman, Barrett would often jet from coast to coast through the week, racing on weekends, and “working the phone” virtually every second he could. While filming Batman, for example, Barrett worked nights doing stunt work, then left the set to develop and send self-made proposals, make telephone calls to car owners and potential sponsors on the East Coast before sleeping for a few hours and returning to the set. It was that type of hard work and dedication, which stretched for 14 years, that led to his “overnight success.” Barretts first race in the #60 Roush Racing-owned OdoBan Ford will be Februarys season opening 300-mile race at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway.(Williams Company PR)(10-29-2002)
