After almost a two year absence from the NASCAR Busch Series, Conyers, Georgia native Ron Young returns to action in the series this weekend. He will pilot his family owned #71 RB1 Motorsports Chevrolet in the running of the Wallace Family Tribute 250 on Saturday night at the Gateway International Raceway. Young was back behind the wheel of his car two weeks ago when he tested his #71 Chevrolet at Gateway in preparation for Saturday night’s race. The test went very well for the RB1 Motorsports team which provides them with great expectations even though it has been such a long time since they last competed in the Busch Series. Also providing great expectations is the addition of crew chief Greg Tester this week for the Gateway event. Tester is a veteran in the NASCAR circuit and was last the crew chief for Ryan Hemphill in his impressive ARCA season last year as well as a handful of Busch races with Ryan earlier this season.
Young will be making his 30th career start in the NASCAR Busch Series since his debut in the series at the end of the 2000 season. He has to his credit 15 top-25 finishes in his first 29 starts. Young will be making his third career start at the Gateway International Raceway and he earned his career best finish at the track back in the 2002 season when he came home with a 14th place finish. Young and his RB1 Motorsports team look to run a handful of races during the second half of the 2005 season and then possibly embark on a full schedule for the 2006 season if the proper sponsorship can be secured. The team will be carrying associate sponsorship at Gateway from the WS Hotel & Spa located in downtown St. Louis.(Integrity Sports Marketing PR)(7-27-2005)
