Mark Petty made his first Truck Series start in August and, despite driving a borrowed Petty Enterprises truck that is several years old, has qualified for six consecutive races. He finished 10th in last Friday's O'Reilly 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. The makeshift team has no primary sponsor. Ritchie Petty, the middle brother, serves as the crew chief. Timmy, the oldest brother, helps Mark drive the transport hauler to and from the races.
Sponsorship is scant.
Timmy Petty said Adam's death, as well as the loss of family patriarch Lee Petty a few months earlier, hit the brothers hard. Plans call for Mark Petty to run the full Truck Series in 2001, with partial backing from Dodge. 200-mph driver's test Denton native Brandon Erwin and Chris Bingham of Seattle passed their Indy Racing Northern Light Series driver's tests Wednesday at Texas Motor Speedway. Bingham is a former Formula 2000 driver. Erwin drove a car owned by Rockwall's TeamXtreme.