Canadian businessman Steve Meehan purchased Bake Curb Racing in a deal that closed on March 19th, according to Toronto’s Globe and Mail. Meehan bought the team with plans to make it an all-Canadian NASCAR team with aspirations to make it to the Sprint Cup Series.
Roush Fenway Racing announced that Rick Viers has been named crew chief for the team’s No. 16 Nationwide Ford Fusion beginning with this weekend’s Bucyrus 200 at Road America. Colin Braun will be behind the wheel this weekend. He has been splitting seat time with Brian Ickler in the No. 16. Viers said: Just being here [...]
Baker Curb Racing announced that it has teamed with O’Connell Racing, a road racing team, and driver Kevin O’Connell for the NASCAR Nationwide Series’ Bucyrus 200 presented by Menards. O’Connell will drive BCR’s No. 43 Taleo Grill Chevy. O’Connell has raced in the NASCAR Ultra Wheels Super Truck series and the NASCAR Superlate Model series [...]
Baker Curb Racing announced that G2 Gemini Custom Apparel will be a primary sponsor on Scott Wimmer’s No. 27 Ford for this weekend’s Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. BCR will lose Red Man Moist Snuff as a sponsor later this month when a new rule restricting smokeless tobacco sponsorships takes effect.
Red Man and Longhorn could remain as sponsors of Baker Curb Racing and Kevin Harvick Inc, respectively, after an FDA rule that restricts tobacco company sponsorships. But, it is unlikely.
Baker Curb Racing announced that Scott Lagasse Jr’s No. 43 Nationwide Series Ford Fusion will run an American Red Cross paint scheme during the Royal Purple 200 at Darlington Raceway on Friday night to assist with relief efforts for the flooding in Nashville. Greg Biffle’s No. 27 Ford Fusion will feature a Red Cross logo on its [...]
A new FDA rule that goes into effect on June 22nd prohibits “tobacco brand name sponsorship of any athletic, musical or other social or cultural events.” This could mean that Red Man Moist Snuff will have to leave the Baker Curb Racing’s No. 27 in the Nationwide Series, and Longhorn Moist Snuff will have to leave Kevin Harvick [...]
Baker Curb Racing announced that Johnny Sauter will drive the No. 37 Red Man Moist Snuff Ford in the Nationwide Series’ Nashville 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Greg Biffle has made three starts in the car and has posted two top 10′s and one top 5.
Baker Curb Racing announced that Brad Parrott has joined the team to serve as crew chief for its No. 27 Red Man Moist Snuff Ford Fusion that will be driven in the Nationwide Series in 2010. This move reunites driver Greg Biffle and crew chief Parrott, who together in 2004 won five Nationwide races and [...]
Baker Curb Racing announced that Greg Biffle will drive its No. 27 Red Man Moist Snuff Ford in the Nationwide Series in 2010. No word on which races he will run, with the exception of the season opener at Daytona.