CTS driver [#75] David Starr plans to make his Winston Cup debut in the race at Texas Motor Speedway on March 30. “I can’t wait,” Starr said. “We are going to do a lot of testing at the track to make sure we’ll be ready to go when it comes time to qualify.” Starr will race a new Chevrolet Monte Carlo that was purchased by his uncle, Mike Starr, who owns the Team Texas Driving School at TMS. “We are going to do this the right way,” Mike Starr said. “We are going to have the best engines and the best equipment possible. And I can tell you the pit crew won’t be a bunch of guys from the driving school. It will be veteran NASCAR people.” David Starr is the driver of the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet in the CTS . Starr has raced many times at TMS in truck and Busch Series events, but this will be his first attempt at a Winston Cup race. He said TMS officials plan to help them secure sponsorship for the event. TMS plans to have a news conference to announce Starr’s plans.( Dallas Morning News – need to register to read)(1-22-2003) UPDATE: CTS driver, David Starr, will attempt to qualify for his first Winston Cup Series race, the Samsung/RadioShack 500 (March 30) at Texas Motor Speedway. “Wayne and Connie Spears gave me an opportunity of a lifetime to drive for a racing team that is well funded and that has all the great pieces to a championship caliber team,” Starr says of his truck team. “We look to have a better year than we had last year. That being said, I think, if you ask every driver out there who is not part of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, what their dreams and aspirations are, they would be lying to you if they didn’t tell you they wanted to be in Winston Cup.” Starr makes no bones about it. That is where he wants to be some day full time. So, with the truck series off the weekend of March 28-30, Starr is trying to make personal history. It marks the first time he is attempting to qualify for a Winston Cup race. As has been the case so many times in the past in the truck series, it is David’s uncle, Mike Starr, who operates the Team Texas High Performance Driving School, who is prepping David’s ride for his Winston Cup qualifying bid. “Ever since I was a kid and wanted to be a race car driver, I have thought of being a Winston Cup driver,” Starr says. “Having the opportunity to participate among the 43 best race car drivers in the United States, or even the world, is just hard to describe what it means to me. It is a dream come true.”( TMS PR )(3-14-2003)
