Hillman leaves Foyt

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Crew chief, Mike Hillman, who worked most of the 2002 season at #14 A.J. Foyt Racing, left the team Monday. Team engineer Craig "Butch" Lamoreux, who had moved from Lewis Motorsports in the BGN [#46] at the end of last season, will assume the crew chief's role Tuesday at Daytona International Speedway when rookie Winston Cup driver Larry Foyt opens a three-day test. Hillman, 45, made the decision to leave and his future plans are unknown, a team spokesman said. The Foyt team has been busy engineering a switch from Pontiacs to Dodge Intrepids for this season and will use engines from Evernham Motorsports. The team has scheduled a news conference at Daytona, where it is expected Foyt will announce his son's plans to run for Rookie of the Year in 2003
 
I wonder how this will affect Foyt this up coming season
 
I don't see it making much of a difference. That team still needs a quality driver to make their program work,bringing up Foyt from the Busch series was way too quick. He needed more experience there,they will struggle again this year and will have a tough time making all the races and might even miss the 500.
 
With sponsers getting harder & harder to get for the single car teams, and performance being a major factor I don't expect the Foyt team to be around much longer.
Larry doesn't want to be in Cup. He said he don't think he's ready, but he buckled to presure from AJ.
 
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