# Ppc Racing

ppc Racing is a former NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Greg Pollex. ppc Racing came about from a merger of Pollex's Busch Series team with a car owned by Steve DeSouza and Ted Campbell in 1999. The team won the 2000 Busch Series championship with driver Jeff Green and they finished second in the standings four times. The team shut down during the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series season due to a lack of funding. Pollex later joined CJM Racing as a shop foreman before departing late in the season.

## NEXTEL Cup Series

ppc made its Winston Cup Series racing debut in 1993 at the Mello Yello 500. Chad Little was the driver of the No. 19 Kleenex Ford, and finished 33rd. They would also run the 1994 Daytona 500 in the No. 97 Ford with sponsorship from Tracy Lawrence, where they finished 29th. In 1995, they had their best finish at Talladega Superspeedway, their second of two races. After making five 1996 races in the Sterling Cowboy Pontiac Grand Prix, ppc moved to the Cup Series full-time with Little in the John Deere car. Despite an eighth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway, the team had trouble qualifying for races, and Pollex would sell the operation to Jack Roush in the final weeks of the season. (The team would eventually become Kurt Busch's 2004 Nextel Cup winning team, only to be sold to Latitude 43 Motorsports six years later and then folded.)
In 2004, ppc Racing return to the Cup series with John Andretti driving the No. 14 Ford to attempt five of the last six races with sponsorship from Victory Brand Tobacco and APlus at Sunoco with Dave Charpentier as the crew chief. The 14 team made its debut in that year's UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, after qualifying 20th, they finished 22nd, four laps down.
After taking the next race off at Martinsville, the team returned to run the final four races, but missed the field at Darlington. The team's best finish was a 20th in the finale at Homestead.
Andretti, Charpentier, Victory Brand and APlus returned to the 14 team in 2005 with the plan that they will run the full season. The team made the first three races at Daytona, Fontana, and Las Vegas, with their best finishing being a 28th-place effort in the 2005 UAW Daimler-Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas, but they missed the field at Atlanta. Then VB Brand shut down, culminating in the team being forced to dissolve, as there was no other sponsorship to be found.

## Busch Series
### Car No. 10 History

ppc debuted at Darlington Speedway in 1993. It was No. 23 Ford sponsored by If Its Paper and driven by Chad Little. At the time, Pollex co-owned the team with NFL quarterback Mark Rypien. Little competed in 12 races with the team that season, posting three top-ten finishes. Going full-time with Bayer Select sponsoring in 1994, Little finished third in the Busch Series points, finishing in the top-ten in half of the races run that season. The next season was even better, as Little collected six victories and a runner-up finish in the points. When Pollex moved Little and the team up to the Cup Series in 1997, the team did not run the Busch Series.
Pollex returned in 1999 with a new operation. This time it was the No. 32 Kleenex Chevy driven by Jeff Green. Despite failing to qualify for the spring Rockingham race, Green won three races and finished second in the points in what was a comeback season for both Green and the team. For 2000, the team underwent some changes, as it bought the No. 57 car driven by Jason Keller, and Green's car was now No. 10 and sponsored by NesQuik. Green won six races and the championship by a then-record 616 points over Keller. After yet another successful 2001 season where Green visited Victory Lane four times and wound up second in the points in the team's new Fords, he departed for Richard Childress Racing's Winston Cup team. His replacement was Scott Riggs, an up-and-coming driver from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Riggs won twice and finished 10th on his way to winning the Busch Series Rookie of the Year standings. After two more wins and a sixth-place finish in points, Riggs left for MB2/MBV Motorsports, and the team disappeared briefly, before coming back in 2005. Rookie driver Michel Jourdain Jr. was tabbed the car's pilot, and he posted one-top ten finish before being replaced by Brent Sherman with sponsor Serta Mattresses midway through the season.
In 2006, Sherman left ppc and went to the Nextel Cup Series with BAM Racing, being replaced by John Andretti. Andretti had limited success in his rookie season and came into the season finale tied with Danny O'Quinn in rookie points. Although Andretti finished 16th and O'Quinn 36th, O'Quinn still edged Andretti by 1 point to win Rookie of the Year.
For the 2007 season, ppc Racing announced an alliance with Biagi Brothers Racing and Braun Racing. The No. 10 would become part of the Braun stable keeping the No. 10's owner points and running equipment from the recently shut down Biagi Brothers team, switching from Ford to Toyota. The sponsorship, number, and driver were to remain the same however Andretti would leave the team following the first race of the 2007 season When funding for the team became questionable. Dave Blaney's No. 32 team for Braun would switch to the number No. 10 that following week at Fontana.

#### Car No. 10 History

Ppc Racing No. 10 :
| NASCAR Busch Series results ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | Owners | Pts |
| 1993 | Chad Little | 23 | Ford | DAY | CAR | RCH | DAR 33 | BRI | HCY | ROU | MAR | NZH | CLT 7 | DOV 2 | MYB | GLN | MLW | TAL 29 | IRP 37 | MCH 33 | NHA 37 | BRI 22 | DAR 3 | RCH | DOV | ROU | CLT 14 | MAR | CAR 41 | HCY | ATL 23 | | | | | | | | 32nd | 1171 |
| 1994 | Chad Little | 23 | Ford | DAY 3 | CAR 15 | RCH 22 | ATL 14 | MAR 27 | DAR 18 | HCY 22 | BRI 24 | ROU 15 | NHA 5 | NZH 11 | CLT 34 | DOV 17 | MYB 5 | GLN 8 | MLW 7 | SBO 5 | TAL 6 | HCY 8 | IRP 5 | MCH 2 | BRI 12 | DAR 5 | RCH 14 | DOV 15 | CLT 4 | MAR 5 | CAR 5 | | | | | | | | 3rd | 3662 |
| 1995 | Chad Little | 23 | Ford | DAY 1 | CAR 1* | RCH 32 | ATL 29* | NSV 2 | DAR 4 | BRI 3 | HCY 23* | NHA 1 | NZH 19 | CLT 1 | DOV 9 | MYB 32 | GLN 2* | MLW 8 | TAL 1 | SBO 1* | IRP 20 | MCH 21 | BRI 4 | DAR 40 | RCH 16 | DOV 13 | CLT 34 | CAR 35 | HOM 26 | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 3284 |
| 1996 | Chad Little | 23 | Pontiac | DAY 19 | CAR 33 | RCH 20 | ATL 15 | NSV 15 | DAR 37 | BRI 12 | HCY 11 | NZH 11 | CLT 13 | DOV 29 | SBO 8 | MYB 16 | GLN 8 | MLW 21 | NHA 32 | TAL 21 | IRP 27 | MCH 11 | BRI 25 | DAR 12 | RCH 3 | DOV 9 | CLT 4 | CAR 10 | HOM 7 | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 2984 |
| 1999 | Jeff Green | 32 | Chevy | DAY 2 | CAR DNQ | LVS 8 | ATL 17 | DAR 25 | TEX 3 | NSV 1* | BRI 23 | TAL 17 | CAL 32 | NHA 2* | RCH 5* | NZH 7* | CLT 10 | DOV 7 | SBO 2 | GLN 40 | MLW 2 | MYB 1 | PPR 4* | GTY 4 | IRP 3 | MCH 16 | BRI 12 | DAR 17 | RCH 29 | DOV 3 | CLT 15 | CAR 2 | MEM 1 | PHO 11 | HOM 5 | | | | 2nd | 4367 |
| 2000 | Jeff Green | 10 | Chevy | DAY 42 | CAR 2 | LVS 6 | ATL 13 | DAR 4 | BRI 2 | TEX 5 | NSV 12* | TAL 5 | CAL 3 | RCH 1 | NHA 2 | CLT 3 | DOV 4 | SBO 1* | MYB 1* | GLN 10 | MLW 1* | NZH 4 | PPR 1* | GTY 5 | IRP 3* | MCH 14 | BRI 3 | DAR 4 | RCH 2 | DOV 42 | CLT 4 | CAR 1 | MEM 3* | PHO 4 | HOM 3 | | | | 1st | 5005 |
| 2001 | Jeff Green | 10 | Ford | DAY 4 | CAR 8 | LVS 5 | ATL 4 | DAR 1 | BRI 38 | TEX 32 | NSH 8 | TAL 3 | CAL 3 | RCH 6 | NHA 4 | NZH 3 | CLT 1 | DOV 29 | KEN 31 | MLW 9 | GLN 31 | CHI 6 | GTY 5 | PPR 2 | IRP 6 | MCH 36 | BRI 2 | DAR 9 | RCH 22 | DOV 1 | KAN 1 | CLT 10 | MEM 2* | PHO 2 | CAR 9* | HOM 9 | | | 2nd | 4689 |
| 2002 | Scott Riggs | 10 | Ford | DAY 6 | CAR 4 | LVS 34 | DAR 20 | BRI 9 | TEX 4 | NSH 1 | TAL 19 | CAL 1 | RCH 27 | NHA 7 | NZH 2 | CLT 3 | DOV 11 | NSH 20 | KEN 4* | MLW 37 | DAY 15 | CHI 30 | GTY 27 | PPR 16 | IRP 11* | MCH 6 | BRI 18 | DAR 10 | RCH 34 | DOV 14 | KAN 23* | CLT 39 | MEM 36 | ATL 4 | CAR 18 | PHO 40 | HOM 17 | | 10th | 4023 |
| 2003 | Scott Riggs | 10 | Ford | DAY 31 | CAR 17 | LVS 20 | DAR 3 | BRI 23 | TEX 2 | TAL 24 | NSH 11 | CAL 20 | RCH 2* | GTY 1 | NZH 15 | CLT 3 | DOV 2 | NSH 1* | KEN 30 | MLW 7* | DAY 6 | CHI 7 | NHA 14 | PPR 3 | IRP 5 | MCH 5 | BRI 9 | DAR 17 | RCH 29 | DOV 3 | KAN 13 | CLT 13 | MEM 12 | ATL 6 | PHO 6 | CAR 38 | HOM 41 | | 6th | 4462 |
| 2005 | Michael Jourdain Jr. | 10 | Ford | DAY 25 | CAL 25 | MXC 37 | LVS 40 | ATL 10 | NSH 22 | BRI 32 | TEX 20 | PHO 37 | TAL 30 | DAR 41 | RCH 21 | CLT 15 | DOV 41 | NSH 40 | KEN 23 | MLW 30 | DAY 39 | CHI DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26th | 2015 |
| 2005 | Brent Sherman | 10 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NHA 23 | PPR 27 | GTY 30 | IRP 18 | GLN 29 | MCH 29 | BRI DNQ | CAL 24 | RCH DNQ | DOV DNQ | KAN 22 | CLT 13 | MEM 27 | TEX DNQ | PHO 26 | | 26th | 2015 |
| 2005 | John Andretti | 10 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM DNQ | 26th | 2015 |
| 2006 | John Andretti | 10 | Ford | DAY 34 | CAL 19 | MXC 23 | LVS 42 | ATL 20 | BRI 9 | TEX 19 | NSH 28 | PHO 34 | TAL 16 | RCH 19 | DAR 15 | CLT 17 | DOV 19 | NSH 18 | KEN 15 | MLW 12 | DAY 10 | CHI 25 | NHA 18 | MAR 7 | GTY 26 | IRP 27 | GLN 5 | MCH 30 | BRI 14 | CAL 29 | RCH 16 | DOV 19 | KAN 23 | CLT 25 | MEM 35 | TEX 15 | PHO 25 | HOM 16 | 12th | 3562 |
| 2007 | John Andretti | 10 | Toyota | DAY 39 | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 147th | 46 |

### Car No. 22 History

The No. 22 car debuted in 1991 as the No. 14 at Lanier Speedway as the No. 54 Air Products and Chemicals Buick owned by driver Jason Keller and his father. Keller started eighth but finished 29th after a crash. The next year, Keller ran five races, but only finished one. In 1993, the team switched to No. 57 and ran 12 races. Despite the abbreviated schedule, Keller had one top-ten finish and finished 33rd in points. In 1994, Keller and his team signed Budget Gourmet to sponsor his Chevrolets, and posted three poles and had a seventeenth-place finish in the points. In 1995, Keller won his first race at the Kroger 200 and finished fourth in points. Despite not visiting victory lane again in 1996, Keller drove his Slim Jim-sponsored Chevy into a sixth-place points finish. Keller struggled the next two seasons, as he did not finish in the top-ten in points, and was forced to run 1998 without major sponsorship. After that year, owner Steve DeSouza bought his operation, and signed IGA as sponsor. It was the right combination, as Keller won at Bristol and IRP, and climbed to eighth in points.
In 2000, the team merged with ppc and got new sponsorship from Excedrin. While Keller's teammate Jeff Green dominated the Busch Series that year, Keller quietly had a strong season, winning one race and finishing a career-best second in points. Albertsons was the next sponsor to climb on board, and Keller won another race and finished third in points while switching to Fords, before winning four more races and returning to second in points in 2002. After a respectable 2003 season, the team switched to No. 22 and brought Miller High Life on board to sponsor. Keller went winless for the first time since 1998, and departed for Team Rensi Motorsports at the end of the year. He was replaced by Kenny Wallace and sponsor Stacker 2. Wallace had five top-fives and finished seventh in points. He continued to run with ppc with AutoZone backing the car in 2006, but AutoZone departed at the end of the season and Wallace took a full-time Cup ride with Furniture Row Racing. After a number switch with Fitz Motorsports, the team was merged with Carl A. Haas Motorsports in order to run Kyle Krisiloff in the No. 14 Clabber Girl car.

#### Car No. 22 History

Ppc Racing No. 22 :
| NASCAR Busch Series results ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | Owners | Pts |
| 1998 | Jason Keller | 57 | Chevy | DAY 16 | CAR 10 | LVS 33 | NSV 5 | DAR 33 | BRI 5 | TEX 26 | HCY 10 | TAL 11 | NHA 12 | NZH 7 | CLT 38 | DOV 9 | RCH 6 | PPR 33 | GLN 10 | MLW 36 | MYB 33 | CAL 27 | SBO 33 | IRP 16 | MCH 28 | BRI 38 | DAR 41 | RCH 20 | DOV 20 | CLT 33 | GTY 37 | CAR 22 | ATL 22 | HOM 35 | | | | | 16th | 2971 |
| 1999 | Jason Keller | 57 | Chevy | DAY 22 | CAR 33 | LVS 10 | ATL 15 | DAR 12 | TEX 6 | NSV 3 | BRI 1* | TAL 40 | CAL 29 | NHA 6 | RCH 30 | NZH 16 | CLT 11 | DOV 10 | SBO 28 | GLN 5 | MLW 36 | MYB 8 | PPR 33 | GTY 5 | IRP 1* | MCH 27 | BRI 21 | DAR 23 | RCH 10 | DOV 28 | CLT 29 | CAR 8 | MEM 29 | PHO 40 | HOM 26 | | | | 8th | 3537 |
| 2000 | Jason Keller | 57 | Chevy | DAY 12 | CAR 4 | LVS 34 | ATL 43 | DAR 14 | BRI 9 | TEX 11 | NSV 22 | TAL 22 | CAL 7 | RCH 5 | NHA 3 | CLT 19 | DOV 1 | SBO 7 | MYB 4 | GLN 11 | MLW 5 | NZH 3 | PPR 12 | GTY 4 | IRP 5 | MCH 23 | BRI 2 | DAR 6 | RCH 11 | DOV 2 | CLT 6 | CAR 3 | MEM 15 | PHO 8 | HOM 4 | | | | 2nd | 4389 |
| 2001 | Jason Keller | 57 | Ford | DAY 7 | CAR 10 | LVS 3 | ATL 7 | DAR 3 | BRI 11 | TEX 24 | NSH 2 | TAL 25 | CAL 15 | RCH 18 | NHA 1 | NZH 4 | CLT 3 | DOV 13 | KEN 14 | MLW 5 | GLN 9 | CHI 5 | GTY 2 | PPR 4 | IRP 5 | MCH 8 | BRI 29 | DAR 6 | RCH 13 | DOV 25 | KAN 5 | CLT 2 | MEM 7 | PHO 6 | CAR 4 | HOM 19 | | | 3rd | 4642 |
| 2002 | Jason Keller | 57 | Ford | DAY 4 | CAR 1 | LVS 22 | DAR 4 | BRI 29 | TEX 13 | NSH 5* | TAL 1* | CAL 5 | RCH 1 | NHA 32 | NZH 1* | CLT 13 | DOV 28 | NSH 5 | KEN 34 | MLW 2 | DAY 4 | CHI 10 | GTY 6 | PPR 3 | IRP 2 | MCH 35 | BRI 9 | DAR 2 | RCH 5 | DOV 5 | KAN 30 | CLT 18 | MEM 10 | ATL 7 | CAR 27 | PHO 4 | HOM 15* | | 2nd | 4644 |
| 2003 | Jason Keller | 57 | Ford | DAY 27 | CAR 5 | LVS 5 | DAR 10 | BRI 3 | TEX 18 | TAL 28 | NSH 27 | CAL 7 | RCH 21 | GTY 3 | NZH 11 | CLT 17 | DOV 11 | NSH 14 | KEN 2 | MLW 1 | DAY 14 | CHI 6 | NHA 7 | PPR 2 | IRP 2 | MCH 23 | BRI 11 | DAR 7 | RCH 21 | DOV 8 | KAN 4 | CLT 10 | MEM 2 | ATL 15 | PHO 17 | CAR 13 | HOM 24 | | 5th | 4528 |
| 2004 | Jason Keller | 22 | Ford | DAY 9 | CAR 12 | LVS 8 | DAR 13 | BRI 8 | TEX 12 | NSH 13 | TAL 12 | CAL 19 | GTY 3 | RCH 5 | NZH 4 | CLT 31 | DOV 13 | NSH 33 | KEN 5 | MLW 3 | DAY 18 | CHI 2 | NHA 26 | PPR 13 | IRP 19 | MCH 16 | BRI 8 | CAL 22 | RCH 39 | DOV 12 | KAN 7 | CLT 30 | MEM 6 | ATL 35 | PHO 29 | DAR 16 | HOM 13 | | 6th | 4088 |
| 2005 | Kenny Wallace | 22 | Ford | DAY 37 | CAL 13 | MXC 8 | LVS 23 | ATL 12 | NSH 2 | BRI 14 | TEX 9 | PHO 16 | TAL 35 | DAR 2 | RCH 20 | CLT 9 | DOV 9 | NSH 2 | KEN 14 | MLW 8 | DAY 4 | CHI 29 | NHA 11 | PPR 3 | GTY 24 | IRP 11 | GLN 28 | MCH 18 | BRI 35 | CAL 8 | RCH 31 | DOV 11 | KAN 24 | CLT 26 | MEM 18 | TEX 20 | PHO 14 | HOM 29 | 7th | 4068 |
| 2006 | Kenny Wallace | 22 | Ford | DAY 13 | CAL 34 | MXC 19 | LVS 32 | ATL 19 | BRI 8 | TEX 27 | NSH 8 | PHO 28 | TAL 13 | RCH 23 | DAR 16 | CLT 13 | DOV 16 | NSH 11 | KEN 20 | MLW 8 | DAY 14 | CHI 29 | NHA 27 | MAR 13 | GTY 9 | IRP 20 | GLN 31 | MCH 18 | BRI 29 | CAL 36 | RCH 24 | DOV 14 | KAN 22 | CLT 19 | MEM 14 | TEX 16 | PHO 31 | HOM 26 | 11th | 3626 |

## Craftsman Truck Series

The No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International truck is driven by Terry Cook in the Craftsman Truck Series. Cook joined the team in 2003 leaving K Automotive Racing with 4 wins, 9 top 5s, 17 top 10s, and an 8th-place points finish. During the first 3 years with ppc, Cook would go on a winless slump, like the one he suffered from 1998 to 2002. Between the 2003 and 2005 seasons, Cook would amass a total of 3 poles, 4 top 5s, and 28 top 10s. Although the 10 team's first year together was slightly successful, 2004 and 2005 would be complete disasters for the team, with 2 consecutive years finishing outside the top 10 in points.
In 2006, Cook would receive his first victory in 4 years at Kansas Speedway and finish 8th in the points. He would leave for HT Motorsports at season's end. The following year, ppc's truck equipment was purchased by Circle Bar Racing with International's Maxx Diesel sponsoring David Starr in the No. 10 truck.