BACE Still Looking for a sponsor, has a new crew chief:
January 13, 2004 at 12:00 AM
Tony Raines has a new crew chief to replace the departed Larry Carter, and BACE Motorsports looked inside its own team to find him. Buddy Sisco was promoted from car chief, the position he held under Carter last year, and recently began serving as Raines’ crew chief. “He’s the crew chief as we speak,” Raines said Tuesday during NASCAR Preseason Thunder at Daytona International Speedway. “He’s been around. I’m thinking he’ll be more than capable of doing a good job. We’ve just got a lot of work to do, like we did last year. It’s never easy.” Raines finished the 2003 season 33rd in points as BACE completed the year without a full-time sponsor. The team wants a backer, of course, but it’s not easy finding sponsorship these days. “We’re looking to finalize something or put something on there,” Raines said. “It’s a hard road to hoe like that.” And they’ll try it again this year, Raines said. Car owner Bill Baumgardner has promised to run the full season again, with or without sponsorship.(NASCAR.com) Raines was originally scheduled to begin testing last week, but was granted permission by NASCAR to switch testing weeks to this week.(1-13-2004)
