Jeff Green will be behind the wheel of the #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge again this week when the NASCAR Winston Cup Series heads to the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. And he will be in the car on a race-to-race basis the rest of the season. Following two steady runs in the #43, Green has been named driver of the Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge on a race-to-race basis. Kyle Petty, CEO of Petty Enterprises, made the announcement. Christian Fittipaldi will drive the #44 Bugles Dodge in the races already scheduled for 2003. Jeff has done a good job for us the past few weeks, and we are excited to have him in the car at Kansas, Petty said. His winning attitude, the way he has quickly adapted to Petty Enterprises and the way he has been readily accepted by the guys on the team has already shown on the race track. Jeffs history as a winner is already showing. Christian also has some good results this year, including qualifying seventh at Michigan and running well in several races, Petty continued. He has done an amazing job jumping in for us this year earlier than we had planned. Christian is a big part of our program going forward. We already had Christian scheduled for a few more #44 Bugles races the remainder of this season, and keeping the #43 team together with one driver should help us finish strong, Petty added. I am really excited to be able to continue what weve started, said Green. Ive started to get to know the Helping Hand crew some over the past two weeks, and theyve gotten to know me. Were starting to get a pretty good relationship going, and thats going to help us as we move on to Kansas and, hopefully, on down the line.(Williams Company PR)(10-2-2003)
