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Carter gives Japanese driver Cup test run
By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive September 1, 2002
2:44 PM EDT (1844 GMT)
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Former Japanese GT champion Hideo Fukuyama, who was hooked by stock car racing when NASCAR staged a series of exhibition races in Japan in the late 1990s, has tested a Haas Carter Motorsports Ford in hopes of making his Winston Cup debut this fall.
Travis Carter
Fukuyama, 47, was able to test one day last week at Dover International Speedway before rain interrupted the test. Owner Travis Carter has hired young crew chief Teddy Brown, who at the beginning of the season worked on the turnaround by BAM Racing with Shawna Robinson, to engineer Fukuyama's program.
In the meantime, Carter said he has been in discussions with executives from Discover Card in hopes the company would extend the sponsorship program with his No. 26 Ford driven by Todd Bodine. That deal began about a third of the way through this season, then was extended through the end of 2002.
The team owner said he hoped to retain Bodine's services for 2003, but that retaining Discover was critical to that aim.
Carter, who was planning a trip this week to Japan, would like to test Fukuyama again at Dover and at Rockingham before he attempts Winston Cup races at the one-mile Dover concrete oval; the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway short track and Rockingham, also a mile oval.
Fukuyama, a sports car driver who has competed internationally 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 Carter at the first NASCAR exhibition race in Japan, at the 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
shouldnt he be in the minority project car not in haas carter car?
By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive September 1, 2002
2:44 PM EDT (1844 GMT)
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Former Japanese GT champion Hideo Fukuyama, who was hooked by stock car racing when NASCAR staged a series of exhibition races in Japan in the late 1990s, has tested a Haas Carter Motorsports Ford in hopes of making his Winston Cup debut this fall.
Travis Carter
Fukuyama, 47, was able to test one day last week at Dover International Speedway before rain interrupted the test. Owner Travis Carter has hired young crew chief Teddy Brown, who at the beginning of the season worked on the turnaround by BAM Racing with Shawna Robinson, to engineer Fukuyama's program.
In the meantime, Carter said he has been in discussions with executives from Discover Card in hopes the company would extend the sponsorship program with his No. 26 Ford driven by Todd Bodine. That deal began about a third of the way through this season, then was extended through the end of 2002.
The team owner said he hoped to retain Bodine's services for 2003, but that retaining Discover was critical to that aim.
Carter, who was planning a trip this week to Japan, would like to test Fukuyama again at Dover and at Rockingham before he attempts Winston Cup races at the one-mile Dover concrete oval; the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway short track and Rockingham, also a mile oval.
Fukuyama, a sports car driver who has competed internationally 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 Carter at the first NASCAR exhibition race in Japan, at the 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
shouldnt he be in the minority project car not in haas carter car?