Jamie Mosley, a former dirt late model competitor, announced he will compete in the remainder of this year’s Busch Series races with Jay Robinson Racing of Monroe, NC. Mosley will race the team’s #39 Ford full-time beginning with the Cabela’s 250 at Michigan Speedway (August 16th). I’ll be real busy now with all three jobs, but I’m really excited about the opportunity that Jay has given me,” said Mosley, who has finished no worse than 26th in his first three Busch Series races with the team this year. “It’s a big accomplishment and I’m really proud of it. I try to keep it in perspective. It’s still just a car and I’m just a driver and I’m still like everybody else – a regular person who just happens to drive a race car.” A veteran of late model, modified and sportsman division competition at short tracks in Kentucky, Mosley was planning to make his Busch Series debut at his home track of Kentucky Motor Speedway in June driving for Robinson, but was called into action a week earlier at Nashville Superspeedway to sub for Dan Pardus. With limited track time, Mosley brought the #39 home in 21st spot, the best run for the team all year long on non-restrictor plate tracks. Mosley has made starts at Nashville, Chicagoland Speedway and Pikes Peak International Raceway this season. Mosley, who also serves as a Kentucky State Police Dispatcher, is planning to bring over part of his ARCA operation to the Busch Series. The unique part of that is the fact that his “over the wall” crew will be comprised mostly of his law enforcement friends, including Kentucky State Troopers, Deputies and local Kentucky Police Officers. The team will start crewing the #39 Busch car at Michigan. Mosley also plans to incorporate the legions of NASCAR fans into his Busch Series career. He started a new practice in Chicago that he hopes to make a tradition by visiting with the fans in the campgrounds and signing autographs between Busch Series qualifying and “Happy Hour” sessions and then again at the end of the day. More info on Mosley see his site at www.jamiemosley.com.(51 Sports)(8-6-2003)
