Curtis W. Key has announced that former driver and now Crew Chief Lance Hooper has been hired to assume that position with the Key Motorsports organization. Hooper succeeds veteran Gary Showalter who had held the Crew Chief’s position at Key Motorsports and the team’s #40 Chevy race trucks since May of last season. Hooper had been Crew Chief for the #13 ThorSport Motorsports team before being released just before the Martinsville race late last month. The first race for the Lance Hooper-led #40 Chevrolet will be the NCTS event at the Kansas Speedway on Saturday, April 26.(Key Motorsports PR)(4-16-2008)
