NASCAR BGN: Buckshot Jones looks forward to return to Gateway
26 July 2000
Posted By Terry CallahanMotorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
"I'm looking forward to getting back to
Gateway. We tested there earlier this month and had good results,
particularly on our set-up for longer runs. I'm a lot more confident
about
the package we're taking to race this year than I was last year."
Back in 1998
* Buckshot led the race for 43 laps at Gateway International Raceway
and with 25 laps remaining an oil line came loose that relegated Buckshot
to
a 31st-place finish. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. went on to eventually win the
race
and the 1998 NASCAR Busch Series Championship.
Last Weekend at Pikes Peak
* Buckshot Jones and the Buckshot Racing team experienced there best
qualifying effort (12th) since New Hampshire in May, where they qualified
second. The team also put together a solid run, finishing 19th.
Saturday's
finish was the best for Buckshot and company since Charlotte in May
(17th).
Plenty of Buckshot Fans in Illinois
* Illinois serves as the home state for the two largest sponsors of
the Buckshot Racing team. Primary sponsor Cheez-It snack crackers, a
brand
of Keebler Foods Company, is headquartered in Elmhurst, Ill. Cheez-It has
become the number one cheese cracker in America. Associate sponsor
Brunswick Indoor Recreation, a division of Brunswick Corporation, is the
world's largest manufacturer and marketer of bowling products and is
headquartered in Lake Forest, Ill.
Text provided by Chris Haid
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--Buckshot Jones, driver of
the No. 00 Cheez-It Chevrolet