Steve Park, a former NASCAR Cup competitor, has dabbled in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the Busch Series this year. He placed second in the Sunoco 150 Busch East Series race at Dover on Friday. “We’re looking to get back full time in ’07 or ’08 and hopefully we’ll be able to make an announcement in a month,” said Park, who has 181 Cup starts in his career. “We’re not looking at Cup because of the money factor. “Trucks is what we originally looked at but now they’re contemplating going to the Busch Series.” Park has run in only 10 truck events and six Busch events this year. “I have kind of enjoyed the time off,” he said.(SceneDaily.com)(9-24-2006)
UPDATE: Steve Park speaks with great calculation, negotiates each word carefully in his mind, errs well on the cautionary side of every statement. This opportunity is a full year in the making, and the last thing he wants to do is jeopardize it with an inadvertent admission. Next week we should all know his secret. Oct. 15, he says, is the proposed moment of truth, when the detail of his destiny is to be divulged. That is his hope, anyway. “We’re on the cusp of getting something pretty exciting done, to possibly get back in the Busch Series full time, or the Truck Series,” Park said Wednesday.(NASCAR.com)(10-5-2006)
