hearing that Hideo Fukuyama is testing Monday and Tuesday [Feb 10-11] at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the #66 Travis Carter Ford and that Gary Cogswell is the crew chief. UPDATE: using a Japanese online translator and some help from a reader, converted a PR from a Japanese Hideo Fukuyama site announcing that Fukuyama will run 23 (but has since cancelled Rockingham as he didn’t get to test so it is 22) Cup races, 7 BGN and 6 ARCA races (or games as they call it) in the #66 Travis Carter Ford (or as Penske Racing made famous with Newman a few years ago, the ABC – ARCA, BGN and Cup). Mentions “Corporation HFRP” or “Hideo Fukuyama Racing Project. The translation was rough to say the least, check this out “we would like to convey the charm of the most radical American stock car race to also the Japanese motor sport fan in the world”. A 2nd PR on the site , mentions that the Las Vegas Cup would be attempted.(2-11-2003) UPDATE 2: hearing Kikkoman Soy Sauce will be the sponsor on the car at Las Vegas, see an image of the car on my Paint Scheme Gallery .(2-23-2003)
