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NASCAR BUSCH SERIES NEWS & NOTES LAS VEGAS

NASCAR BUSCH SERIES NEWS & NOTES LAS VEGAS

March 2, 2004
Jason Keller (No. 22 Miller High Life Ford) is slated to make the 325th start of his NASCAR Busch Series career in the Sams Town 300. In doing so, Keller will move past Dale Jarrett into sole possession of third place on the all-time list of most NASCAR Busch Series

Two Houston’s with Ultra at Homestead:

Two Houston’s with Ultra at Homestead:

November 10, 2003
Ultra Motorsports and Team ASE/CARQUESTare using in this weekend's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway to run the Houston brothers. Andy Houston will make his sixth start of the year in the #2 Dodge and brother Marty Houston will make his

Close Race:

Close Race:

November 6, 2003
Only one other first-to-second margin in the history of the NASCAR Busch Series has been closer with two races to go in the season. Rob Moroso led Tommy Houston by nine points at that point in 1989. Houston reclaimed the lead in the standings with one race to go, but

Close…but been closer:

Close…but been closer:

October 15, 2003
David Greens 36-point cushion over Vickers is close, but amazingly enough, four others have been closer with five races to go in the season. Todd Bodine led Joe Nemechek by one point with five races left in 1992, before Nemechek was able to come back and capture the

#300 for Keller:

#300 for Keller:

May 13, 2003
When #57-Jason Keller takes the green flag at Nazareth Speedway on May 18th, he will not only be defending his race title, but making his 300th-career start as a Busch Series driver. Keller becomes only the fifth driver in NASCAR Busch Series history to reach the milestone

Nazareth Test Cut Short

Nazareth Test Cut Short

April 6, 2001
Monday's scheduled practice run at Nazareth Speedway for BGN drivers #98-Elton Sawyer and #38-Christian Elder was cut short due to an accident by the rookie Elder. Elder took nine runs on cold tires before his car spun out while coming around turn four. Elder sustained

Houston to try BGN:

Houston to try BGN:

October 19, 2000
Houston to try BGN: #75 CTS driver Marty Houston(Andy's brother) is set to attempt his BGN debut at North Carolina Speedway (Rockingham, NC) in the #82 Channellock Chevy as SABCO enter's the first of the final four events on the 2000 Busch Series schedule. The middle

PPI Crew Chief:

PPI Crew Chief:

October 12, 2000
After thorough evaluation and discussion, PPI Motorsports and Brad Parrott, crew chief for the #32 Tide Ford in Cup, have mutually agreed to part ways. Parrott has elected to pursue other opportunities outside of PPI Motorsports. PPI Motorsports has named Scott Houston

PPI Motorpsorts/McDonalds Announcement UPDATE 2:

PPI Motorpsorts/McDonalds Announcement UPDATE 2:

August 29, 2000
McDonald's Racing and PPI Motorsports will announce the team's NASCAR Winston Cup driver for the 2001 season, Tuesday, August 29th at Noon/et(McDonalds PR) UPDATE: hearing that Andy Houston will be named as the PPI driver and ESPN2's RPM 2Night is reporting the same

Elton 300:

Elton 300:

April 6, 1999
Elton Sawyer will make his 300th BGN start of his 16-year career at the Moore's Snacks 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway in the #98 LYSOL Racing Ford. Sawyer will join legends Tommy Houston(417) and Dale Jarrett (323) as the only men to start 300 NASCAR Busch Series races

Andy Houston to sub for Jimmy Foster

Andy Houston to sub for Jimmy Foster

April 10, 1998
Tommy Houston's son Andy Houston, a regular in the Truck Series, will sub for injured Jimmy Foster at the BGN race in Hickory in the #50 Dr. Pepper Ford. Hickory has received 47 entries for 31 starting positions in Saturday's race.(That's Racin')(4-10-98) (04-10-1998

7/2/1997

7/2/1997

July 2, 1997
Andy Houston, 26, the youngest of the sons in the Houston racing family, has been named to drive five races on the NASCAR truck series in a truck owned by Mike Addington, from Ashland, Kentucky. Houston's dad, former BGN driver Tommy Houston, will be the team

Tommy Houston to Cup?

Tommy Houston to Cup?

January 20, 1997
I hear Tommy Houston might attempt to the jump to Winston Cup(1-20-97), the team is called Victory Motorsports and is talking to sponsors(1-22-97). I did notice his name on the ARCA Daytona speed charts