The next step in the project is finding a driver. [Roger] Staubach said the owners want a high-profile driver but will be happy with a Busch Series driver who is “ready to make the move.”
“It’s a team effort of getting the car and the driver,” said Staubach, who expects to be joined soon by [Troy] Aikman in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “We’ve got some drivers talking to us. There are some people who want to switch teams, kind of like free agency. … We’ve got to get that Troy Aikman to get in there to drive it.” Native Texans Terry and Bobby Labonte would be perfect fits. But Texas Terry, a two-time Cup champ and big-time Cowboys fan, is semi-retired. Bobby, the 2000 Cup champ, is signed with JGR through 2008 and has strong ties with the big-wigs of Dallas-based sponsor Interstate Batteries. Saunders said HOF has pared its list of candidates to four. He wants a JGR-built Chevy to be testing by October.(Fort Worth Star Telegram)(8-19-2005)
