OHGOD !
HERE IT COMES !
Say Hello to mister Fleet Crews in his owner/driver owned entry running under the "Fleet Crews Racing" Banner.
Fleet has had a turbulent few months leading up to the start of the season, first BBE approached him letting him know they had taken the #11 for 2003 before he could get the letter into nascar re-applying for the number, which has severly soured things between him and the BBE team and affiliates. Not only that, but Hooters wanted to be on the #11 for the history behind the number on his team and what came before it, meaning they went with BBE to the pontiac organization, of course though Hooters would not get signed to the team, leaving both FCR and Hooters without anything for this year.
In conclusion, this team is unknown for this year. We know they have some backing from some of the smaller sponsors in their area and from what stayed with the team, but not much besides that meaning if things go wrong enough for fleet and his crew this team may not make it through the year.
The former cup champion and several time winner of the most popular driver, Griddaeus Beere is in the twilight of his career by now, starting off in the early 80s, he's spent most of his career towards the front of the field, and his recent escapes in cup have saldy been a departure from that. Apart from the occasional good run, Beere is a normal sight about 15th on back, and with his recent turn of bad luck last season, it makes you wonder when the champion will be hanging up the helmet.
In conclusion, the aging Beere with 1 Winston Cup Championship to their name and 43 wins across the top three national series' When he has a flash of speed you know he'll be a force to be reckoned with, but until then? Hold your horses on placing bets on the Aging Veteran.
Staying with Mopar Motorsports, here we have the recent addition to the team, Elara Jupiter in the #19 for the team.
Elara is a wildcard in the sense that she wasn't meant to move up to cup yet, but was working out deals to run in a few races this year. Jupiter is going on 31, and with no wins many people wonder why Mopar Motorsports chose a winless driver over their former pick for the car(Dean Koontz, the 45 year old with 17 BGN wins to his record) but MM feels confident in their pick, even saying this in a recent interview
"Elara is a much better driver than people give her credit for, and with her background in sportscar racing, we can tell you all right now to look out for the 19 team on road courses."
In conclusion, watch out for Elara on Road Courses, and who knows, maybe she'll be good in ovals!
Say Hello to mister Ryan Adema of Holifeld-Kane Racing, returning back to his ride in the #66 ford, now with Publix backing instead of Kmart funding like before, as they moved over to FW2 racing. Ryan is one of the drivers who is a mixed bag, as we know they're incredibly talented on short tracks due to his background in pavement sprint cars, but he has yet to show that talent in the cup series with the only exception being when he filled in for an unavailible Murdoch Mercy at Martinsville where he finished 2nd after leading over 70% of the laps that day.
In conclusion, with so much backing from his local Store chain Publix you can bet to see the #66 in the mid pack most of the races, and especially on those short tracks!
Now this beautifully happy car belongs to Joe Shmovid, who is returning to his seat in the Mo Nunn Racing #55 for 2003. Joe now has backing from Sam's Club/Walmart, which is supposedly also going to the #33(?) but we'll have to see if that deal gets through as the #33 hasn't ran the greatest in recent years. But nonetheless Joe is looking up going into 2003, as he finally managed to qualify for every single race in 2002, a feat he hadn't completed since 1996 during his tenure at the #12 team. Along with all of that, Joe has also been rumored to be working out a deal to buy stake in Mo Nunn Racing, meaning if that deal and rumors are true? We could see another Owner/Driver team on the grid again.
In Conclusion, lookout for the Sam's Club Wal-Mart machine on track, as there's a great chance we see this car running good!
This, is an interesting story to look into, This here is Ray Davis now joining Caleb Fitzgerald Racing for the 2003 season with a brand new team as well, reviving the old #16 for CFR as well.
You see, Ray is an interesting case due to his cup history, he has 16 wins across the WCS, BGN with most of the them coming in the Busch Series, with only 3 coming in the Winston Cup Series. Ray started his cup tenure doing part-time starts for a short lived team in 1996, before taking over the #30 car full time, but oddly enough he was then snatched from the #30 team right to Kavinsor Speed for 1998, where he would last up until 2002 with the team as his performance had declined while the rest of the teams had risen(besides the #5 team, which was consistently the worst car on the team) So now in 2003 he's signed a 2 year deal meaning he's supposedly safe until 2005 with CFR, so we'll have to see what comes of this partnership besides a real chilly car!
In conclusion, Ray is a wildcard driver, so your bet is going to be a 50/50 payout anywhere you go!
Keeping with the Caleb Fitzgerald trend we have, this is Darien Arnsdorff in the #97 Sharpie/Rubbermaid Ford
Darien is...well definitely a driver of all time. All time in what you may ask? Inconsistency, as he has always rivaled "Mr Inconsistent" Al Grimstead, as in his two year tenure across the Winston Cup Series and Busch Grand National Series, he has just been downright all over the place, running good some weeks, not even qualifying and having to ride buy some weeks, But, luckily they have earned enough points to where they are guaranteed entry into the first 16 races on the schedule, but past that it's good luck and sayonara!
In Conclusion, Darien is either going to finally have his breakout year(if they can have normal equipment for once) or they will be horrible and he'll get fired!
HERE COMES CANNONBALL!
This is Candace "Cannonball" Cannon, and she? Is very very good, and is pretty much safe from being "evicted" from her ride so to speak as not only is she one of the most marketable drivers in the whole sport considering her nickname is Cannonball, and she's just that damn good? It's easy to understand why CFR has stated multiple times why she will not be in jeapordy of losing her spot anytime soon.
In Conclusion, with 21 Wins across the top three national series? You can expect to see this car pretty much always up front!
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okay there we go
as you can tell i was in pure painting mode here lately, and also i think i've put out some pure bangers here soon, my favorite of the bunch is the #55, mainly due to the helmet he wears(it's a massive smiley face on his helmet and it's so stupid.) but anyways, i'm currently working on what i have nicknamed "the slimer" so here's a sneakpeak of that
okay anyways bye again!
Oh and I Swear I am still doing stuff with the track im trying to make, it's just taken a backseat since i have the motivation for this right now, but once the motivation for this series wanes i'll move over n post in the track thread
okay bye for real this time
!!!! anyways time to forget how to paint for a while oopsies.
