hearing the U.S. Navy will sponsor a Winston Cup team in some capacity and an announcement will come soon. The Navy sponsors Jon Wood in the #50 Roush Racing Ford in the Truck Series.(5-13-2003)
UPDATE: Roush Racing announced today that the U.S. Navy will not continue its sponsorship of driver Jon Wood and the #50 Truck Series team. We are extremely disappointed that the Navy elected to withdraw from the Craftsman Truck Series in the middle of the year, said Jon Wood. Our team has really jelled this year, and I hope that someone will step in to help keep us going.
The Navy, through General Motors lead agency, Campbell-Ewald, submitted bid criteria to us only two weeks ago, that had no chance of being fulfilled by the Jon Woods Craftsman Truck team, said John Miller, director of sponsor development for Roush Racing. The criteria were clearly targeted to allow the winning bidder to be only by a Winston Cup or Busch team.(Roush Racing), looks like maybe a GM Cup or Busch team?(5-13-2003)
