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DOVER, Del. -- As expected, NASCAR Winston Cup team owner Travis Carter has entered former Japanese GT champion Hideo Fukuyama in this weekend's MBNA All-American Heroes 400 at Dover International Speedway.
Travis Carter
Fukuyama, 47, of Suzuka City, Japan, will drive a No. 66 Ford Taurus from the Haas Carter Motorsports shops. Fukuyama, who was hooked by stock car racing when NASCAR staged a series of exhibition races in his country in the late 1990s, hopes to make his Winston Cup debut in at least one of three races this fall.
Fukuyama has already tested at Dover with crew chief Teddy Brown. With 47 entries in the NASCAR Competition Department for the Dover race, they would more than likely have to qualify in the top 36 cars to make the race.
Since only three entrants, Cindy Shepherd, Kirk Shelmerdine and Bill Davis' car for Scott Wimmer, have fewer owner points than Haas Carter's No. 66 car, the team would have no provisional protection to make the field.
Fukuyama has Japanese backers that were interested in possibly attempting races at the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway short track and 1-mile North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham.
Fukuyama, a sports car driver, with several starts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has also raced in a couple NASCAR Winston West Series events, including one at the Twin Ring Motegi oval in Japan and another at Pikes Peak International Raceway.
He met owner Travis Carter at the first NASCAR exhibition race at Japan's Suzuka Circuit road course and drove his No. 23 Team Camel Ford.
Fukuyama competed in both Winston Cup style exhibitions at Suzuka and also drove in the Winston Cup race at the 1.5-mile Motegi oval in 1998 and the final NASCAR appearance in Japan, the Winston West finale in 1999.
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Travis Carter
Fukuyama, 47, of Suzuka City, Japan, will drive a No. 66 Ford Taurus from the Haas Carter Motorsports shops. Fukuyama, who was hooked by stock car racing when NASCAR staged a series of exhibition races in his country in the late 1990s, hopes to make his Winston Cup debut in at least one of three races this fall.
Fukuyama has already tested at Dover with crew chief Teddy Brown. With 47 entries in the NASCAR Competition Department for the Dover race, they would more than likely have to qualify in the top 36 cars to make the race.
Since only three entrants, Cindy Shepherd, Kirk Shelmerdine and Bill Davis' car for Scott Wimmer, have fewer owner points than Haas Carter's No. 66 car, the team would have no provisional protection to make the field.
Fukuyama has Japanese backers that were interested in possibly attempting races at the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway short track and 1-mile North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham.
Fukuyama, a sports car driver, with several starts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has also raced in a couple NASCAR Winston West Series events, including one at the Twin Ring Motegi oval in Japan and another at Pikes Peak International Raceway.
He met owner Travis Carter at the first NASCAR exhibition race at Japan's Suzuka Circuit road course and drove his No. 23 Team Camel Ford.
Fukuyama competed in both Winston Cup style exhibitions at Suzuka and also drove in the Winston Cup race at the 1.5-mile Motegi oval in 1998 and the final NASCAR appearance in Japan, the Winston West finale in 1999.
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