Bobby Hamilton comments on his Allstate 400 at the Brickyard attempt, “We have been working on some chassis stuff for my trucks and ended up building a cup car. We tested it in Indy and ran pretty fast with it. When I got it back home, I had the guys tear it down to see why we were so fast. It surprised me, but made me aware that my teams can compete. It’s our first in-house car. We built it ourselves; we bought the chassis from PPI (Motorsports) and then put on our front and rear clips. We have a very good truck organization, but I’m smart enough to know that experience is what counts, and running a Cup team week in and week out is huge. We know we’re against all odds going to Indy for the race. We’d like to run good but we don’t want to get in the way of the guys running for the Chase. But, we buy our pit passes just like they do so we’re going to have some fun if we make it.” Hamilton raced in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from 1989-2002 winning four races and finishing a career high of ninth in points in 1996.(BHR PR)(8-2-2005)
