ppc Racing Limits Cup Program with John Andretti
Written by John Davison · March 31, 2005
John Andretti, driver for ppc Racing’s No. 14 Ford, found out today that he will not be running every race for the remainder of the 2005 season. Greg Pollex, owner of ppc Racing announced that the team will be cutting back its schedule in NEXTEL Cup racing.
ppc Racing officials announced today its No. 14 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series program with driver John Andretti will cut back its full-time operations to a part-time schedule effective immediately. The team made five starts last year with Andretti and the first three races in the 2005 season, including the Daytona 500. Car Owner, Greg Pollex, talked about today’s announcement:
“We started our cup program last year with the No. 14 car with the intent of being competitive and we want to continue that initiative in 2005,” said Pollex. “We did not anticipate the major shift in the qualifying rules which force a non-locked-in team to qualify for a race or to go home, as it happened to us in Atlanta. The combination of the new qualifying rules and the fact that most events are impound races is a combination that does not work when you are forced to use a qualifying setup just to make the field. A qualifying set up will not race competitively. We have decided to turn our efforts to improving down force on our bodies to assist in the qualifying effort. This will also allow our primary cup sponsor to regroup their sponsorship package for the remainder of the year. In the near future we will announce a part-time schedule for this year and return stronger than ever full time in 2006.”
In addition, Pollex noted ppc Racing’s NASCAR Busch and Craftsman Truck Series programs will continue in their championship form in 2005 with no direct affect from today’s announcement.
About ppc Racing LLC . . .
ppc Racing enters its sixth year of competition in 2005 under ownership from Greg Pollex. His NASCAR Busch Series teams alone have amassed 32 wins and more than 150 top-five and 250 top-10 finishes in just five seasons. In its inaugural year, ppc Racing won the 2000 NASCAR Busch Series driver and owner’s championship, finishing 1-2 in the standings. This year ppc Racing fields full-time entries in NASCAR’s Busch and Craftsman Truck Series and a part-time schedule in the NEXTEL Cup Series. Pollex has hired recognizable and successful drivers John Andretti, Michel Jourdain Jr., Kenny Wallace and Terry Cook to compete for the series’ championships.
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