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VAR scaling back; official announcement: UPDATE Crew chief Doug George & VAR part ways:

Vision Aviation Racing has announced they will be scaling back their NASCAR Camping World Truck Series racing schedule. The team will compete in select events for the remainder on the 2011 season. VAR General Manger Tom Davis commented, “The goal from day one with Vision has been to build this into a long term venture. Our original plan was to run a limited schedule and use 2011 as a building year….We’ll scale back our current efforts in order to get a head start on 2012.” The owners of Vision Aviation Racing are committed to racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and look toward to many years of competition. [For previous news on VAR, visit the May NCWTS News Archives page.](VAR PR)(5-15-2011)
UPDATE: Have been informed that Doug George and VAR have parted ways due to the team’s economic uncertainty. Doug enjoyed working with Justin Johnson who had his best qualifying place of third at Nashville Motor Speedway and one top 10 in 4 starts.(5-17-2011)