#36-DCT Motorsports has put its organization into “catching-up” mode, and will skip Saturday’s NASCAR Busch Series race at Texas Motor Speedway in order to fully prepare for races at Nashville, Tenn., and Talladega, Ala. “Since we were running a partial schedule anyway and we were a little behind on where we wanted to be with cars prepared and engines ready, we felt the best thing to do would be to concentrate on Nashville and Talladega,” said John McGill, who co-owns the team with Carl Natale. Both are from the Cleveland, Ohio, area. “We had a nice, solid run at Bristol and that’s what we’re looking for on a consistent basis,” he said, referring to driver Steve Grissom’s 15th-place finish in last week’s Sharpie Professional 250 at the demanding Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Taking some extra time to concentrate on our pre-race preparation will help along those lines.” The team had originally scheduled 25-29 events for the season. They will run Nashville and Talladega, then skip California, which had
already been planned, before returning to race at Gateway, Richmond, Nazareth and Lowe’s. “This one additional week will help us in the shop,” said crew chief Ricky Pearson, considered one of the top mechanical minds in the NASCAR Busch Series. “We take this week off, then run Nashville. There is a week off between there and Talladega. Then we have the California week off before running four straight weeks. That extra time can help us a lot on the race track,” Pearson said. DCT Motorsports is led by championship veterans Grissom and Pearson. Named for the idea “Dreams Come True,” owners McGill and Natale – “two guys from Cleveland building a future in motorsports,” as they refer to themselves – have developed the sport’s most cost-efficient, sponsor-friendly marketing setup. It is based on giving full value to sponsors, and utilizing the many business-to-business contacts McGill, a developer, and Natale, a major earthwork contractor, have in place. DCT Motorsports, seeking sponsorship for next year and the remainder of this season, plans on running a 25-29 race schedule in 2004, hitting all of the major NASCAR Busch Grand National events and markets. One of the most comprehensive sponsorship packages in any form of motorsports, DCT offers a complete package of top racing equipment, hospitality, public relations, publicity, appearances and show cars.(Williams Company PR)(3-30-2004)
