April 2 – Today in Jayski’s NASCAR history

April 2, 2003

• Talladega Rules: The aerodynamic rules package that was used for the Daytona 500 remains in place for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, the season’s second restrictor-plate race. Those rules (for 2003 model cars): rear spoilers must by 6¼ inches tall and 57 inches wide; rear spoiler angles must be minimum of 55 degrees and maximum of 65 degrees; restrictor plate openings must be 7/8 inch. There is one slight modification: rear spoilers must have a minimum thickness of 3/16 inch. Also, the approximate 13.5-gallon fuel cell will again be used.(NASCAR PR)(4-2-2003)

• Darrell Waltrip Shares Martinsville Speedway Experience and Wednesday Testing: FOX broadcaster Darrell Waltrip [DW]was back in the infield and behind the wheel at Martinsville Speedway Tuesday. Waltrip, a 11-time Martinsville Speedway winner, made the trip to prep for the Advance Auto Parts 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville, and it wasn’t his on-camera work he was honing. For the second straight year Waltrip will be attempting to make the Advance Auto Parts 250, which will be held the day before the Virginia 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race at Martinsville Speedway. Last year Waltrip qualified 17th for the event and wound up 34th after losing an engine. Waltrip wasn’t in a Craftsman Truck Series truck Wednesday; there’s no testing in that series. Through an odd arrangement, Waltrip was in a Busch Grand National car owned by Winston Cup team owner Andy Petree. Petree also dabbles in the truck series as a driver. He, too was looking for Martinsville seat time, so he brought a Busch car to Martinsville and on Wednesday shared driving duties with Waltrip. Waltrip’s first run was quickly short-circuited Wednesday. Two laps into it, the engine exploded and he was sidelined for a couple hours while a new power plant was installed. Kyle Petty asked Waltrip to take a laps in his Winston Cup car to get a little extra input. By 1:00pm he was back in Petree’s car, logging valuable laps in preparation for the Advance Auto Parts 250. “This is a lot of fun, but it’s also great for my other job. Just walking back into the garage like this helps me know what they are doing, if they are doing the same things they were doing when I was racing. It helps me know if things have changed.” And getting behind the wheel is even more valuable to Waltrip and his job with FOX. “How can I talk about the track if I’ve not been on it. How can I talk about what’s been done to the track if I’ve not been on it,” said Waltrip. But as important as these forays into the truck series may be to Waltrip’s current fulltime job, he likes to be thought of as a driver first. “The guys told me today it was like a flashback, seeing me in the Tide uniform,” said Waltrip, who will be sponsored by Tide, his longtime Winston Cup sponsor, in the Advance Auto Parts 250. “Days like to day give me an opportunity to come back and I want to come back in here as a driver first as long as I can.”
  There were also eight Winston Cup teams on hand Wednesday closing out the two-day test session. Rookie #41-Casey Mears posted the best time of the day, 92.597mph.
  #0-Jack Sprague 92.461
  #32-Ricky Craven 92.101
  #25-Joe Nemechek 91.967
  #74-Tony Raines 91.567
  #45-David Hyder 91.258
  #16-Greg Biffle 91.346
  #1-Steve Park 89.659. All times were provided by teams.(Martinsville Speedway PR)(4-2-2003)

• Rusty Testing by his ‘Lonesome’? UPDATE: hearing #2-Rusty Wallace tested at Lonesome Pine Speedway in VA on Tuesday.
  UPDATE: Rusty Wallace and the #2 Miller Lite Dodge team took to Lonesome Pine Raceway Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Wallace used the 3/8 mile NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series track as a platform to test and tune the #2 Dodge he will pilot in the April 13th Winston Cup race. The crew tested numerous shocks and different setups to find a winning combination to use at Martinsville. Wallace, who has not won the spring race at Martinsville since 1996, looks to combine yesterdays test session with past notes and tests to find victory lane once again. Overall, the team says the test was very beneficial.(Lonesome Pine Raceway PR) Lonesome Pine Raceway, in Coeburn, VA, kicks off its weekly racing season with the Reno’s Roadhouse 260 on Saturday, April 19th. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Racing will begin at 7 p.m. The evening schedule includes the Morgan-McClure Late Model Stock Cars, Honda of Prestonsburg Limiteds, Grand Stock, Vic’s Decorating Modified 4’s, Community Trust Bank Pure Stock 4’s and Legends. The evening will conclude with a fireworks show.(4-2-2003)

• DW testing too UPDATE: Three-time Winston Cup champ Darrell Waltrip will be testing at Martinsville Wednesday in an Andy Petree Winston Cup car to prepare for his run in the Truck Series at Martinsville.
  UPDATE: Waltrip tested in a Petree Busch Series car and the #45 Petty Enterprises Dodge at Martinsville today.(FSN’s Totally NASCAR Show see a picture at Allwaltrip.com)(4-2-2003)

• Robby Gordon’s Pit Crew Finishes First in Texas: The crew of Robby Gordon’s #31 Cingular Wireless Chevy was the Round 7 winner of the McDonald’s Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade during Sunday’s (March 30) NASCAR Winston Cup race – Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Gordon’s team, owned by Richard Childress Racing, was declared the winner and the recipient of the $20,000 first prize money for spending the least amount of time (202 seconds) on pit road. Coming in second was another Richard Childress Racing entry – the #30 crew of Jeff Green’s AOL Chevy. Green’s car had a total time of 234 seconds on pit road. The win lifted Gordon’s team into third place in the season point standings for the McDonald’s Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade. During each 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup points event, the participating team whose car spends the least amount of aggregate time off the race track will be named the weekly winner provided the team’s driver takes the green flag at the beginning of the event and the checkered flag at the conclusion of the event. A timing line at the entrance and exit of pit road triggers the car’s transponder and records the total time spent off the race track. The team that records the most standing points during the season will receive a $200,000 bonus at the end of the year. The point distribution per race is: 43 points for first place, descending in increments of one. In order to obtain points at each race, a team must take the opening green flag and the closing checkered flag. The McDonald’s Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade is the largest monetary contingency program in NASCAR history and the first to reward pit crews for performance at each race.
  Top 10 Pit Crews For Participating Teams At Texas:
  1. Robby Gordon, 202 seconds
  2. Jeff Green, 234
  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.,. 238
  4. John Andretti, 251
  5. Jamie McMurray, 262
  6. Jerry Nadeau, 270
  7. Michael Waltrip, 309
  8. Todd Bodine, 342
  9. Jack Sprague, 372
  10. Kurt Busch, 379
  (DMF Communications PR)(4-2-2003)

• Sadler to Pull Double Duty: The #02 GoTeamVa.com Winston Cup car normally driven by Hermie Sadler will be practiced and qualified at Martinsville by Dennis Setzer while Sadler competes in the Busch Series race in Nashville, TN on April 12 the team announced today. Sadler, who qualified in the top 10 for last fall’s Martinsville Winston Cup race, knows his car is in good hands. “Dennis Setzer is one of the best race car drivers around. I am honored that he can step in and help us out. His record speaks for itself.” GoTeamVa.com is the Motorsports Club website for Go Team Virginia, a program that includes The University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, James Madison University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. The site hosts a fantasy racing league for its members and also gives them chances to win pit passes, race tickets and other special promotions. For more information, visit www.goteamva.com.(The Patterson Group)(4-2-2002)

• Car Chief tests for Petty: David Hyder has been Kyle Petty’s car chief for a couple of years. Tuesday morning, though, Hyder moved from outside the car to inside the car. Petty’s team was set to test at Martinsville Speedway Tuesday and Wednesday, but the driver of the Georgia Pacific Dodge is still nursing sore ribs from a hard crash at Bristol International Raceway two weeks ago. When Petty went looking for a sub for testing, he never left his shop. He just asked Hyder to change uniforms for a couple of days to help the team to prepare for the Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, April 13. “Kyle asked me Saturday night at Texas if I would do this for him. It makes me feel really good they had the confidence in me and would ask me to do this,” said Hyder. It’s not like Petty threw a raw rookie into his Dodge, though. Although Hyder isn’t a household name to race fans from coast-to-coast, Late Model Stock fans throughout Virginia and the Carolinas are familiar with him. The 35-year-old Hyder won 103 Late Model races in that area during the early and mid 1990s. And Martinsville Speedway was the site of his most important Late Model Stock win, the 1997 Miller 300. He set a track Late Model qualifying record for that race, a record that still stands, and won the race. He took home a record payout of $27,500 that day, another Martinsville Late Model mark that still stands. Hyder said his Martinsville experience certainly came into play when Petty was looking for a testing substitute. “I’ve run a lot of laps here and I think Kyle knew that,” said Hyder, who stepped out of fulltime Late Model racing three years ago to pursue a more stable career. “I think he knew I’d run enough laps here that I could give them some good data. I know this isn’t a simple race track by no means.” Hyder was solid in testing all day Tuesday as the team worked on short runs. He said his best time was 20.70 seconds (91.478mph) around the .526-mile oval. Hyder and the Petty team weren’t looking for pole-winning times Tuesday, though. They had a new car at the track, and Hyder spent most of the day shaking it down. “Tomorrow we’ll build on what we learned today and we learned a lot of things today,” said Hyder. “We only ran a hundred or so laps today and they were all short runs. We just wanted to get laps on the car. It’s a brand new car. “We’ve still got a ways to go. We made some gains late today. I think we’ll be right there with everyone else. We’ll talk about everything we learned tonight and we’ll come back and apply it all tomorrow.” Hyder will be back as car chief this week when Petty returns behind the wheel at Talledega, but he admits it would be nice to return to driving full time one of these days. “I’ve always told Kyle I’d like to drive again. But Kyle has been great to me and it would take a really, really good deal to go back to driving,” said Hyder. “I like to drive cars, but I’m perfectly satisfied with what I’m doing with this team.” Hyder said right now, his goal is simple. “Nothing would suit me better than for us to take what we learn up here this week and come back and help KP run better here next week. That’s our goal and that’s what I want us to do,” said Hyder. Hyder said he felt comfortable with his return to driving on Tuesday, but there was one point in the day when he did get a bit edgy. “I came out of the hauler after lunch and both of them … Kyle and Richard (Petty) were standing there. That showed me they had confidence in me, both of them coming up here. “But anytime you walk out of the truck and see the King standing there …I mean he’s won 200 Winston Cup races. I didn’t know whether to get in the car or go back up in the truck. Testing will resume at Martinsville at 9 a.m. on Wednesday with the same group of teams. Testing is open to the public at no charge.(Martinsville Speedway PR)(4-2-2003)

• Petty to skip Talladega? denied: The black box data recorder in Kyle Petty’s car registered an incredible 80-Gs in his Bristol crash last week. No wonder he has two broken ribs. Petty’s car hit on the driver’s side, and it was very close to being a flush hit – the most dangerous type. Petty may also sit out this week’s Talladega race. Christian Fittipaldi subbed for Petty on Sunday but crashed midway through the race. “The last 10 or 15 laps I was out there I think I was running out of brakes,” Fittipaldi said. “When I came out of turn two, Dale Jarrett was right next to me, and I guess I forgot to pump the brake pedal. When I went into three, it was way, way low, like almost on the floor of the car. But considering I hopped in at the last minute, I was having a pretty good time out there.”(Winston Salem Journal)
  BUT was sent this Tuesday: Please note Kyle Petty should be listed as the driver of the #45 Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge for the NASCAR Winston Cup event this weekend at Talladega, Ala., and is planning on.participating in practice, as well as qualifying,.and racing the car.(Williams Company PR)(4-2-2003)

• Team Ganassi Tested: Chip Ganassi Racing’s Winston Cup drivers #40-Sterling Marlin, #42-Jamie McMurray and #41-Casey Mears joined IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Tomas Scheckter in getting baseline assessment tests at the Center for Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The drivers had comprehensive physical fitness testing, sports performance training and other specialty consultation by UPMC’s sports medicine and sports performance team. The exams included assessment of vision and hearing, pulmonary function, cardiac stress, oxygen consumption and physiologic response to exercise. They also got blood screening and tests for balance and rotator-cuff strength. They were tested for strength, flexibility and agility.(ThatsRacin.com)(4-2-2003)

• Aikman/Staubach sponsors? UPDATE 2: the two rumors I am hearing for the Hall of Fame Racing team with Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach is Pizza Hut [always seems to be a rumored sponsor] and/or Radio Shack will be the primary sponsor of the team, supposedly Pizza Hut has signed and that Acme Brick signed as an associate sponsor.(3-11-2003)
  UPDATE: Hall of Fame Racing, the new Winston Cup team being started by Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman, is talking with several Dallas-Fort Worth companies about sponsoring the team. One of those companies is Fort Worth-based RadioShack. Staubach is directly involved in the negotiations with several corporations in an attempt to cut through the red tape and go directly to the CEOs and the board of directors. “With the amount of money involved and the high-profile nature of this, we felt it was better for Roger to use his contacts and speak with the top executives,” said Hall of Fame Racing spokesman Starke Taylor. “We have a handful of companies that are genuinely interested.” Taylor and Staubach have some impressive figures to show corporate executives what their investment in Winston Cup is worth.(Dallas Morning News – need to register to read)(3-13-2003)
  UPDATE 2: Roger Staubach says he is again [again??] trying to put together a NASCAR team, with Troy Aikman. The next moves depend on attracting sponsorship. One of the companies the two are talking with is Radio Shack, the electronics firm headquartered in Fort Worth [TX].(Winston Salem Journal)(4-2-2003)

• They’ll be back UPDATE 3: hearing that #42-Jamie McMurray in Cup and #99-Michael Waltrip in the Busch Series will run Terminator 3 movies schemes, not sure when.(2-28-2003)
  UPDATE: hearing this will be for Daytona in July.(3-1-2003)
  IMAGES got images of both cars, see my 2003 Busch and 2003 Cup pages for the images.(3-27-2003)
  UPDATE 3: Call it the summer of blockbuster action. For a third time, movie fans can enjoy another round of Terminator mayhem when Arnold Schwarzenegger reprises his robotic role for T3: Rise of the Machines, debuting nationwide on July 2, 2003. However, Terminator robots will not be the only mean machines battling this summer. Action Performance, in conjunction with Warner Bros. and C-2 Pictures, will bring T3: Rise of the Machines to the high banks of Daytona International Speedway on July 5, 2003. T3: Rise of the Machines will share top billing with NASCAR Winston Cup rookie Jamie McMurray aboard the No. 42 Havoline Dodge for the running of the Pepsi 400. As part of the program, Action Performance will produce a replica die-cast of McMurray’s No. 42 Havoline/T3 Dodge, as well as other related memorabilia featuring the T3-themed racecar design. “I’m extremely excited to have this opportunity to be associated with a movie of this caliber,” McMurray said. “I’ve seen both the first two Terminator movies and can’t wait to see the new one. This is the first time in my racing career that I’ve had an opportunity like this to run a special paint scheme, and I can’t think of a better fit than with this movie. The car design also looks pretty cool,” McMurray added. “Hopefully our Havoline Dodge will be the machine at Daytona that will rise into victory lane.” A press conference will be held April 26 at California Speedway in Fontana, Ca. to unveil the paint scheme and to talk about the promotion.(Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates site)(4-2-2003)
• Talladega Notes: The winners of each of the last three NASCAR Busch Series races at Talladega are entered in the Aaron’s 312: #87-Joe Nemechek, #34-Mike McLaughlin and #57-Jason Keller. Three of the four rookies (#18-Coy Gibbs, #19-Chad Blount and #27-Chase Montgomery) entered in the race have previous experience at Talladega [ARCA]. The lowest starting position of any winner at Talladega is 35th (Nemechek, 2000) and is the third lowest of any winner in NASCAR Busch Series history. Three of the series’ top 10 drivers did not race last year at Talladega (#20-Mike Bliss, #37-David Green and #38-Kasey Kahne).(NASCAR PR)(4-2-2003)

• Cicci pushes back 2003 plans UPDATE 3 McLaughlin to run a few races: Frank Cicci and his partner, former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly, had hoped to debut their new Busch Series team at the Darlingtonraceway.com 200 at Darlington Raceway this weekend. However, with only three weeks to get the team ready, Cicci decided to postpone the start of the team’s season. Cicci’s only asset before securing a sponsor was a 10,000-square foot race shop in Mooresville, NC. “I want to do the job right and do what is good for our sponsor,” Cicci said Wednesday from his Mooresville, N.C., home. Several factors led the team to push back its 2003 plans, such as trying to buy race cars, hiring personnel and finding time to test its young driver, Clay Rogers. “It’s been a rush to get things done,” said Cicci, who signed sponsor LesCare Kitchens on Feb. 24. “We only had a few weeks and we just couldn’t do it.” Cicci and Kelly, who announced their partnership last October, signed a minimum 10-race deal with the Connecticut-based kitchen-cabinet manufacturer. Cicci, who had hoped to run a full season, said they could run as many as 14 to 18 additional races in 2003. But the team will also miss its next scheduled race, next weekend’s Channellock 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. “We didn’t want to take a chance of bringing him there cold,” said Cicci, who wasn’t able to schedule a test session there first. Rogers last competed in the Busch Series in 2001, running nine races. Last year he ran in the Hooters Cup series, finishing seventh in the series points. Cicci will meet with his sponsor on Friday to discuss which tracks they will compete at to make up for the two races they’re going to miss. The team’s next scheduled race is the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 5. Cicci said it’s possible the team will compete in the O’Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on March 29. Cicci has bought five cars and taken delivery on four of them. Among the Chevy Monte Carlos he’s purchased are two from the AP Motorsports team that finished 13th in the 2002 point standings with Tim Sauter, and three that Jimmy Spencer drove for James Finch Racing last year. Cicci won’t get his hands on one of the Finch cars until after the Bristol race. Finch has switched over to Dodge cars and driver Jim McMurray this year, but the team hasn’t built enough Dodges yet and wants to use one of the Chevys at Bristol. Cicci said he also intends to build a sixth car. He’s hired five people, including former longtime chief Clyde McLeod, who will be the team manager. The team plans to run the #34 Chevy in the Busch North Series race at Watkins Glen International during the Sirius at the Glen weekend in August.(Elmira Star Gazette), see past news on the team on myFeb 2003 Busch Series Archive page.(3-13-2003)
  UPDATE: Fox Sports Net’s Totally NASCAR [also seen on Speed Channel at 6:30pm/et] reports that Mike McLaughlin will drive a few races for Frank Cicci and Jim Kelly, with the first race being at Talladega on April 5th.(3-24-2003)
  UPDATE 2: Plans are for McLaughlin to run at Talladega and Richmond so far, with LesCare Kitchens as the sponsor.(XM Satellite- NASCAR Radio – Subscription Required)(3-25-2003)
  UPDATE 3: Frank Cicci Racing with Jim Kelly has announced a 10-race Busch Series scheduled for Mike McLaughlin in the team’s #34 Chevy. The team expects to debut in Saturday’s Aaron’s Rents 312 at Talladega Superspeedway and return to action for the May 2 race at Richmond International Raceway.(Winston Cup Scene Daily Newsletter – free) AND With Mike McLaughlin now signed to drive the #34 Frank Cicci Racing with Jim Kelly Chevrolets in the NASCAR Busch Series in 2003, the team and sponsor LesCare Kitchens have announced the group’s initial race schedule for the partnership’s first 11-race program. Connecticut-based LesCare Kitchens, which recently opened a new, 330,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Statesville, NC, is America’s largest, privately-held frame-less cabinet manufacturer. The company’s sponsorship with Frank Cicci Racing with Jim Kelly and McLaughlin is the first for the company in a national racing touring series. LesCare sponsored Busch North Series champion Andy Santerre last year, the ninth straight season in which the company supported a team in that series. Following this weekend’s debut at Talladega Superspeedway in the Aaron’s Rents 312, McLaughlin will pilot the LesCare Kitchens Chevrolet in nine more Busch Series and one Busch North Series events. McLaughlin will next appear in the LesCare Kitchens machine at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, VA on May 2 and again take on the ¾-mile RIR tri-oval on September 5.. McLaughlin will also drive the Frank Cicci Racing with Jim Kelly entry at both races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC on May 24 and October 10;. Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, IL on July 12;. Loudon, NH on July 19; Daytona International Speedway in Florida on July 4; Bristol, TN on August 22, and the season finale in Homestead, FL on November 15. The team will also enter the Busch North Series event at Watkins Glen, NY on August 9 under the LesCare banner. “LesCare has mentioned the possibility of expanding the schedule, but that will be determined at a later date,” Cicci explained. “Our primary focus now, however, is to develop the team and be competitive in order to benefit LesCare Kitchens with media attention and in support of their overall marketing efforts. We are hoping to announce additions to the current race schedule shortly,” Cicci ended.(Frank Cicci Racing with Jim Kelly PR)(4-2-2003)

• Innovative Motorsports still searching for primary sponsor: Innovative Motorsports fresh off its third place finish at Texas Motor Speedway, is still searching for a primary sponsor for the #48 driven by Shane Hmiel. Hmiel has finished in the top ten in two consecutive races (Texas and Bristol), and has finished in the top 13 in the last four races in a row. The team is currently seventh in points. “It’s a shame that we have not been able to land a primary sponsor for this car,” said CEO George deBidart. “We’ve got a super group of guys at the race shop and on this team, and they are fully capable of running for the Busch Championship and winning races. But to give them that opportunity, we desperately need a sponsor.” IMI currently has associate sponsorship from Goulds Pumps for 2003. “Goulds Pumps has been with me for three years now, and I sincerely appreciate everything they’ve done for us and everything they continue to do,” said deBidart. The team also shares a relationship with Dark Dog, a premium energy drink. “As it stands right now, our deal with Dark Dog is strictly tied to distribution,” explained deBidart. “We’ve got an entire broker network working the streets and we’re negotiating with retailers to take in the product, so in turn, the car can become funded. We put Dark Dog on the car for the first five races in a primary position to build brand awareness for them in the United States, and moving forward, Dark Dog will remain on the car as an associate sponsor.” More info at the Innovative Motorsports site.(4-2-2003)

• Burr Motorsports To Run In The Craftsman Truck Series April 12 In Martinsville: Burr Motorsports has announced plans to run in the Advance Auto Parts 250 on April 12, 2003 at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA.. The truck will be driven by Conrad Burr and sponsored by National Peening Inc. Conrad ran four Truck Series Races in 2001 and five in 2002; this will be his first race in 2003 with the second scheduled for the Hardee’s 200 event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on May 16. Team owner, James Burr, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of National Peening Inc.. National Peening Inc., is the United States’ second largest company performing shot peening, a cold working metal treatment process that increases resistance to fatigue and stress corrosion failures, thus preventing premature fatigue failures in metal parts.. The automotive industry and motorsports in particular are prime customers of the shot peening processes. Securing Sponsorship continues to be a main focus for Burr Motorsports.. If interested in Sponsorship opportunities with this exciting new team, please contact Joanne Hughes at (731) 267-0035 or [email protected] or visit www.burrmotorsports.com.(Burr Motorsports)(4-2-2003)

• Pistone hopes to run Martinsville: Tommy Pistone is working on a deal to run a truck at Martinsville and is looking for a sponsor, can be contacted at [email protected].(4-2-2003)

• Tony Price Named Interim Crew Chief For Jon Wood At Martinsville: Tony Price has been named the interim crew chief for Jon Wood and the #50 Navy Racing team for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway next weekend. Price will stand-in for John Monsam while he serves his two-month NASCAR suspension following a penalty at Mesa Marin Raceway last month. Price has been with Roush Racing since the 2002 season. He worked on Jeff Burton’s Busch Series team, which made five trips to Victory Lane and won two poles in 2002. Currently, Price is the truck shop foreman. His role is to oversee the construction of every truck for both Wood and Carl Edwards. Price also worked for Roush Racing in 1986 and won several races as part of the road racing team based in Livonia, Mich. “I was one of the original people Jack hired when he decided to start a Winston Cup team in the 80’s,” Price said. “He wasn’t quite ready then, so I went up to Michigan and worked with the road racing teams for a year. We won 13 races in Trans-Am and IMSA that year. I left at the end of the year to pursue other interests in Winston Cup racing, but came back to Roush last year and won five more races with Jeff Burton and his Busch team.(Roush Racing PR)(4-2-2003)

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