The 2000 Busch Series championship team of driver Jeff Green and crew chief Harold Holly may once again work together at Team Amick Motorsports if the organization can land sponsorship for a limited Busch Series Schedule. (Winston Cup Scene via BGN Racing.com)(3-20-2003)
UPDATE: Bill Amick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Amick Farms and owner of Team Amick Engine Development, announced today the formation of Team Amick Motorsports, a Busch Series team with plans to compete this season. Team Amick Motorsports will run a partial 2003 schedule in preparation for a run for the NASCAR Busch Series Championship in 2004. Amick and veteran Crew Chief Harold Holly, who won the NASCAR Busch Series Championship in 2000 with driver Jeff Green, have been assembling a team to take on the challenges that lay before them. Twenty-five year old NASCAR “Young Gun” Lyndon Amick will drive the #32 Chevy Monte Carlo for the planned partial season. Amick, while young, isn’t inexperienced. Winner of the 1996 NASCAR Goody’s Dash Series Championship, Amick has competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck and Busch Series. Bill Amick, who established Team Amick Engine Development in 1998, one of the premier independent engine builders in NASCAR, has set his sights on a Busch Series championship. “Putting together a world class motorsports team has always been my goal,” stated Amick. “I know we have a lot of hard work ahead of us but I feel confident in the crew we’re putting together. With Harold, our experienced personnel and Lyndon’s youth, I feel we’re on our way to fielding a very competitive team now and for the future. Team Amick Motorsports’ goals are to win poles, win races and contend for the NASCAR Busch Series championship in 2004.” Team Amick Motorsports will field the #32 Chevy while utilizing engines provided by Team Amick Engine Development. The Engine Development division is responsible for the horsepower under the hoods of several NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Busch and Winston Cup teams including Morgan Dollar Motorsports, BACE Motorsports and Herzog Jackson Motorsports. The team, who hopes to run five to 10 events this season, is working on sponsorship. “In such a tight economy, finding a sponsor won’t be easy,” explained Bill Amick. “But this team has more to offer than your average team. We have Harold [Holly] who is a proven champion, Bo [Montgomery] who in my opinion is the best engine man in motorsports and a team that is so dedicated it amazes me each day.”(Eclipse Management/Team Amick PR)(3-26-2003)
UPDATE 2: Team Amick Motorsports (TAM), home of the #32 Busch Series Chevy, makes its debut this Saturday in the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway. The newly formed Team Amick Motorsports, which is based in the same shop as its sister company, Team Amick Engine Development, features 2000 Busch Series Champion crew chief Harold Holly with Lyndon Amick behind the wheel. While the team is brand new, this weekend does not mark the first time Holly and Amick have worked together. Holly teamed up with Lyndon Amick for one race last season acting as co-owner of the #15 ppc Racing entry that Amick drove to a ninth-place finish at Kansas Speedway. In their short time together (Holly joined Team Amick in February of 2003 after Angela’s Motorsports closed its shop), the duo have established a chemistry that will hopefully propel them to a top finish. Pit stops will be handled by the #77 Jasper Engines and Transmissions pit crew(Eclipse Management/Team Amick PR)(4-1-2003)
