Bill Jenkins, the owner of #26 Latitude 43 Motorsports, says that hes happy with the teams progress this year and has enough sponsorship to run full events the rest of the 2010 season. Jenkins, a Massachusetts businessman involved in selling environmental friendly soaps and cleaners, bought the #26 team (points and some equipment) from Roush Fenway Racing before the season started. NASCAR allowed a rare sell of points because it was forcing Roush Fenway to cut from five teams to the recently implemented four-team cap. The organization had Boris Said in the car for the first four races, and David Stremme has driven the remainder of the races with the exception of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, where Said was back behind the wheel. The team is 36th in owner points after Stremmes 31st-place finish Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Jenkins, whose home sits on latitude 43, has sponsorship from Air National Guard (a sponsorship that Jenkins called ‘humbling’Â) and GlobeTrack Wireless GPS. The team fell outside the top 35 after not running full races early in the year. Jenkins said the key to his team has been having an experienced crew chief in Frank Stoddard. He also has been pleased with Stremme, who has driven Cup cars for Penske Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing. ‘David is an incredible young man,’Â Jenkins said. ‘He works so hard. He has the natural talent.’Â(Scene Daily)(6-28-2010)
