John Andretti, who accepted a two-race deal this week to drive Haas CNC Racing’s #0 Pontiacs for the next two races, has also agreed to drive a Dale Earnhardt Inc. entry in the Aug. 3 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Andretti tested a DEI car at Indy last week with good results. The Indy race replaces one originally scheduled for Chicagoland, in which Busch driver Jason Keller failed to qualify. “We are really confident he can qualify in the top 10 or 15 and run competitively all day,” said Ty Norris, DEI’s executive vice president for motorsports. “John wanted to be sure we were committed because he thinks he can go up there and be a factor in that race with that car. That gave us a lot of confidence.”( ThatsRacin.com )(7-18-2003)
