Hearing that Morgan Dollar Motorsports has a deal in place for one truck with an ‘all-star Cup driver line-up’ and that they are working on a deal to put Ted Musgrave in a second truck with the ASE sponsorship.(1-3-2008)
UPDATE: Ted Musgrave does not have a full-time Craftsman Truck Series ride for 2008, but he’s testing at Daytona this weekend. The 2005 series champion is driving the #59 HT Motorsports entry in what he deems a helping-out role. He received a call from team owner Jim Harris a couple of days ago about driving the truck. Musgrave said that the team wanted a veteran to shake down the new truck and provide some insight. Musgrave says that he’s still considering his options for 2008. He admits he’s talked with Morgan-Dollar Motorsports about driving one of that team’s trucks. He says that his longtime sponsor, ASE, is going to help fund his effort wherever he goes, but that he still needs a little more sponsorship to run the full season. Musgrave does not seem inclined to start the season with partial funding and the hopes of picking up additional sponsorship in the coming weeks. For now, he seems more interested in trying to put together a full-season slate.(SceneDaily.com)(1-12-2008)
UPDATE 2: Hearing Ted Musgrave will be the driver of the #59 HT Motorsports Toyota with sponsorship from ASE.(1-23-2008)
UPDATE 3: Musgrave and Team ASE team up with HT Motorsports: Team ASE (Automotive Service Excellence), the longest running team sponsor in Craftsman Truck Series history and veteran NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion driver Ted Musgrave will join forces once again in 2008. Musgrave will pilot the #59 Team ASE Toyota Tundra fielded by HT Motorsports and led by champion crew chief Danny Rollins. Rollins led the late Bobby Hamilton to a Truck Series Championship in 2004. Musgrave won the NCTS title in 2005 with former series’ team Ultra Motorsports. Last season, Musgrave finished seventh in the driver standings behind the wheel of the #9 Team ASE Toyota. HT Motorsports is owned by Jim Harris, who has been involved in motorsports for many years. Harris, a Virginia resident, is CEO of Harris Trucking Co. and operates the team in a state-of-the-art facility in Martinsville, Virginia.(HT Motorsports PR)(1-23-2008)
