A.J. Foyt Racing
A.J. Foyt's incredible career is a tough act to follow and no one knows that more than he does. His focus these days isn't on his own success but rather to help his progeny achieve success in their own right. Larry Foyt, his 26-year-old son, made his 2003 debut in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series driving the #14 Harrah's Dodge Intrepid. Foyt's return to Dodge comes nearly 30 years after he won the first ever NASCAR race for Dodge in July, 1964 in the Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway. That victory was also the first in NASCAR for Foyt, who had two Indianapolis 500 twice by then.
Bill Davis Racing
Arkansas native Bill Davis had a successful trucking business before he ever thought of throwing his hat into the world of racing. Racing was supposed to be a hobby for Davis. The idea was that racing would be a way to get away from the daily stresses that escalate from owning a business. Ironically, it was Davis' interest in the trucking business that bridged his path into a career in racing. Eventually, the sport became his number one priority.
Brett Bodine Racing
A former Modified champion and member of the Modified Hall of Fame, Brett Bodine began a stock car racing career in the NASCAR Busch Series in 1986 and was named most popular driver in that series in 1987. He made his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut in 1986 and began driving full time in that series in 1988. Victory came in his 80th career start in the 1990 race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Brett Bodine became a NASCAR Winston Cup car owner when he purchased Junior Johnson's team at the end of the 1995 season. As the only full-time owner/driver, securing steady sponsorship is his never-ending battle.
Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi first branched out into the world of stock car racing in 2000, when he partnered with Felix Sabates and Team SABCO. Ganassi renamed the organization Chip Ganassi Racing. Veteran driver Sterling Marlin gave Ganassi's team its first victory in the first race of the 2001 season, the Gatorade 125 qualifier in Daytona, Fla. Since then, the team has remained competitive, and Marlin led the NASCAR points race for a portion of the 2002 season.
Dale Earnhardt Incorporated
Formed by Dale and Teresa Earnhardt in February of 1980, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. has certainly grown from its humble beginnings. The first "corporate headquarters" was a three-bay garage where Dale had an office. Little more than two decades later, DEI has garnered a pair of Busch Series championships and two Craftsman Truck Series championships. The office/race-shop is now housed on 14 acres of land and utilizing 200,000 sq. feet of building space
Evernham Motorsports
A former modified driver who used to draw crowds to Wall Stadium in New Jersey, Ray Evernham now heads a premier racing organization in NASCAR's Winston Cup Series. The road that led to his lucrative partnership with Dodge began with an encounter outside the Winston Cup garage at Daytona International Speedway. It was there that Evernham forged one of the most winning partnerships in racing with a young hotshot named Jeff Gordon. Under Evernham's leadership and meticulous attention to detail, the duo won 47 Winston Cup races while building a new model for the modern day pit crew and began to establish himself in the role of a respected and envied leader. Like every driven leader, however, Evernham yearned for more challenges. In 1999, Dodge asked Evernham to lead their return to Winston Cup racing after a 20-year absence. Within two short years, Evernham has brought the storied manufacturer back into a sport they had once dominated.
Haas CNC Racing
Racing has long been a passion of Gene Haas, president of Haas Automation. He most recently competed in the Best of the Desert Off-Road Truck Series, where he and co-driver Joe Custer clinched the championship in their class. His enthusiasm about the future is obvious. "I'm excited about putting our race experience to the test in the NASCAR series," he said. "It's a chance to show the racing world what the Haas team can do." The Haas CNC Racing team has a 40,000-square-foot building in Harrisburg, North Carolina.
Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports was born in 1984, actually as All-Star Racing. The team fielded a single entry in the Winston Cup Series with driver Geoff Bodine. In that opening year, the team earned three pole positions and three victories. Today, the organization is headquartered at a 62-acre, state-of-the-art facility in Charlotte, N.C., and fields five NASCAR teams in two different divisions.
Joe Gibbs Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing is is now a two-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion, thanks to Tony Stewart's title run in 2002 and teammate Bobby Labonte's crown in 2000. The championship rings that read "20" and "18" fit nicely with the three maroon and gold rings Gibbs earned as coach of the NFL's Washington Redskins, where he led the Redskins to four Super Bowl appearances and three championships, while garnering Associated Press Coach of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons in 1982 and 1983. Gibbs ventured into NASCAR in 1991, formally founding Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) in 1992. Winston Cup racing isn't the only form of motorsports where Gibbs is involved. During the later stages of the 1999 racing season, Gibbs acquired the assets of Diamond Ridge Motorsports, a typically front-running Busch Series team. Gibbs' youngest son, Coy, runs in the Busch Series after two successful seasons of Truck competition.
MBV Motorsports
James V. Rocco joined Ashland Inc., Valvoline's parent company, in 1963 and has held a variety of manufacturing, administrative and sales positions throughout his career. Currently senior vice president, operations, his present duties include worldwide oversight of production, distribution, engineering and original equipment manufacturing sales. Domestically, Rocco oversees Zerex Antifreeze sales group as well as credit and customer service departments. In December 2000 shortly after Valvoline announced it would be a 50 percent equity partner in the #10 NASCAR Winston Cup Pontiac driven by Johnny Benson, motorsports marketing was added to his long list of executive responsibilities.
MB2 Motorsports
Nelson Bowers is a successful entrepreneur with diverse interests surrounding the retail automotive industry. Presently, he is a principal in Presidio Strategies LLC, a San Francisco-based investment banking firm specializing in advisory services to auto dealers. He also owns and operates successful automobile dealerships and collision centers in Chattanooga, Tenn. From the mid-1980s to 1997, Bowers formed an industry-leading organization of 14 franchises in eight locations in Chattanooga and Nashville, with annual revenue of over $250 million. In 1997, Bowers' primary dealership group was acquired by Charlotte-based Sonic Automotive. At which time Bowers became a charter member of Sonic Automotive's senior management team. In January 1999, he left Sonic to focus on investment banking opportunities resulting from the auto industry's consolidation trend. A University of Georgia graduate, Bowers and his wife Pam have two children, Courtney and Rick.
Morgan-McClure Motorsports
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2003, many changes have occurred in the #4 Kodak Film Racing camp. The facility which currently houses the veteran race team is a sprawling building complete with a truck bay large enough to hold a handful of team transporters, an engine dyno with a price tag of $250,000, set-up rooms, engine prep rooms, engine tear-down rooms, a complete paint shop, a fab shop and a museum and gift shop next door. The impressive race shop located in the rolling hills of Abingdon, Va., employees approximately 60 people dedicated to placing the familiar Kodak-yellow race car into Victory Lane.
Penske Racing
With over 35 years of racing experience and 225 major race wins, Roger Penske has built one of the most successful dynasties in the sports world while setting almost every racing record in existence. His achievements were capped in 2001 when he earned the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series title and record 11th Indy Car National Championship as well and his record 11th Indianapolis 500 victory. Penske Racing holds Indy car records for most race wins (110), poles (135), and 500-mile race wins (22), Indy Car National Championships (11), Indianapolis 500 poles (11) and Indianapolis 500 wins (11). Penske Racing also has more than 30 victories in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
Petty Enterprises
Known to many simply as "The King," Richard Petty is the most decorated driver in the history of NASCAR, winning a record number 200 career victories and seven Winston Cup championships in his illustrious career. After his retirement, Petty had other things on his mind, mainly overseeing the operation of the famed #43 car that he made famous. In 1996, Petty proved that he could be a champion both as a driver and car owner when he won his first race as an owner in the Dura Lube 500 with driver Bobby Hamilton at the Phoenix International Raceway.
Quest Motor Racing
Friendly Ice Cream sponsors Quest Motor Racing and the #37 Chevrolet of driver Derrike Cope in 2003. Friendly's, a family restaurant company, will sponsor Cope for the majority of NASCAR Winston Cup races this season, continuing a sponsorship which began in 2002.
Richard Childress Racing
Richard Childress is the first owner to win championships in the NASCAR Winston Cup (Dale Earnhardt -- 1986, '87, '90, '91, '93 and '94), Busch Grand National (Kevin Harvick -- 2001) and Truck Series (Mike Skinner -- 1995), earning more than 100 victories. Childress drove his own NASCAR Winston Cup car 1969 to '81, recording six top-five and 76 top-10 finishes. He finished fifth in point standings in 1975 and earned top-10 point finishes in five of the eight full seasons he competed as a driver. He retired as a driver in mid-1981, naming a young Dale Earnhardt to finish the season in his car. Childress formed a second Winston Cup team in 1996, added two Busch teams in 2000 and a third Winston Cup team in 2001.
Robert Yates Racing
Long considered one of NASCAR's leading minds in horsepower, Robert Yates has also made a name for himself as one of NASCAR's top team owners. Yates has been one of the circuit's premier engine builders for more than 30 years, providing engines for legendary drivers like Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip. After years of hard work under the hoods of these powerful machines, Yates took his career to the next level in 1988 when he purchased his own race team. Since Robert Yates Racing was born, the now two-car team has posted more than 50 victories in addition to the 1999 Winston Cup title, won by Dale Jarrett.
Roush Racing
Roush Racing has claimed 24 national championships and titles in the two series. In 1988, owner Jack Roush, a former Ford Motor Company executive and road-racing specialist, moved south and expanded his racing business to include a NASCAR Winston Cup team with driver Mark Martin. Martin won a pole and earned 10 top-10 finishes in that first year. In 1989, Roush and Martin claimed their first NASCAR Winston Cup victory at North Carolina Speedway. Roush Racing's best season was unquestionably 2002. Greg Biffle earned the Busch Series title and the Winston Cup team found Victory Lane a dozen times.
Ultra Motorsports
NASCAR veteran Jimmy Spencer will drive the #7 Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge Intrepids for the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup season for team owner Jim Smith. Smith's hiring of Spencer completes a total revamping of the Ultra Motorsports team, which included the addition of esteemed crew chief Tommy Baldwin in November 2002. "We're excited about Jimmy coming on board, because he's one of the finest competitors in our sport," Smith said. "The excitement he brings on and off the track is something our sport thrives on, and having Spencer as the driver and Tommy Baldwin as the crew chief will make for a good combination for Ultra Motorsports and Sirius Satellite Radio. We're certainly looking forward to the 2003 season." Smith also fields two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams.
Wood Brothers Racing
Wood Brothers Racing, the oldest continuously operating team in NASCAR Winston Cup, was founded by Glen Wood, who along with his brother, Leonard guided its growth and success into the 1980's. The Wood Brothers (Glen's) sons Eddie and Len and daughter Kim are team co-owners and now manage the business. Wood Brothers Racing has 97 Winston Cup wins in more than 1,100 starts.
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