After finishing a strong second-place finish in The Winston Open last weekend at Lowes Motor Speedway with the teams new car and black paint scheme, Dave Blaney and the #77 Jasper Motorsports crew decided to bring the “Panther Power” carfirst intended to run only during The Winston weekendback for this weekends Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Blaney will also compete in Saturdays Busch Series event in the #31 Whelen Motorsports entry, which will make its first start as a Ford with Penske-Jasper Engines from the potent production line that generated power for Ryan Newman during his outstanding split Busch Series/ARCA Series season in 2001 prior to his WC debut last year.(Jasper Racing PR)(5-21-2003)
