Precision Products Racing

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Precision Products Racing
Owner(s)Richard Jackson
Base Denver, North Carolina
Series Winston Cup, Busch Series, Automobile Racing Club of America
Race drivers Terry Labonte
Rick Mast
Morgan Shepherd
Jerry Nadeau
Lance Hooper
Sponsors Skoal Classic, Hooters
Manufacturer Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Ford
Opened1990
Closed2001
Career
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories0

Precision Products Racing (PPR) was a NASCAR team that competed regularly from 1990 to 1998. It was owned by Richard Jackson and based in Asheville, North Carolina. [1] The team officially closed after the 2001 season following a part-time schedule in the ARCA RE/MAX Series.

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Winston Cup

Precision Products Racing was formed by Jackson in 1990, following his departure from a team he co-owned with his brother Leo. [2] The team debuted at the 1990 Daytona 500 with the #1 Skoal Classic Oldsmobile driven by Terry Labonte. In the team's debut, Labonte led seven laps and finished 2nd. Labonte would go on to have eight additional top-ten finishes and ended the season fifteenth in the overall standings. PPR also fielded a second car on the Series' two road course races, the #0 driven by Irv Hoerr, who finished in the top-ten on both occasions.

Labonte departed the team at season's end and was replaced by Rick Mast for 1991. His best finish that season was a 4th at the Daytona 500, and he picked up two additional top-ten finishes, earning a twenty-first place points finish. In 1992, Mast had one top-ten finish and also won the team's first pole position at the season-ending Hooters 500. He was eliminated from competition after being involved in a Lap 1 wreck with Brett Bodine and Hut Stricklin. PPR also fielded a second car for the final time in its history at Sears Point Raceway, where Hoerr finished 41st following an engine failure. The team would switch to Ford in 1993, with Mast earning five top-ten finishes, his best finish being a 5th at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mast and PPR had a banner year in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, finishing in the top-ten a career-high ten times, and finishing 2nd at Rockingham Speedway, losing narrowly to Dale Earnhardt. Mast also won his second career pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the inaugural Brickyard 400, the first time stock cars ran at the historic speedway. PPR ended the season 18th in the championship standings. The team only finished in the top-ten 3 times in 1995, earning one pole at Dover Downs International Speedway and dropping to 21st in points.

In 1996, PPR began fielding Pontiacs for Mast and also signed Hooters as a primary sponsor, replacing Skoal. In his final season with the team, Mast had five top-ten finishes, three of which came in a row, and moved back up to 18th in the standings. Both he and Hooters left the team at season's end. Morgan Shepherd was signed as driver for 1997 with Delco Remy America and Crusin' America Phone Cards as the initial sponsors. Although Shepherd had two top-tens in the first four races, the team quickly struggled and Shepherd left for Jasper Motorsports fourteen races into the season, citing concerns over the team's financial situation, [3] during which time R+L Carriers joined as permanent primary sponsor for the #1 car. He was replaced by rookie driver and team spotter Jerry Nadeau, [4] [5] who ran five races with a best finish of thirtieth before leaving the team. After failing to qualify for the 1997 Brickyard 400 with Mike Wallace, PPR's chassis specialist Lance Hooper [6] took over as driver for the next 6 races, failing to qualify at New Hampshire and earning a best finish of 24th twice. Shepherd returned for the last part of the season, missing the field twice and finishing no higher than 12th.

For 1998, Jackson swapped numbers with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), with DEI getting car number 1 and Jackson car number 14. PPR attempted the 1998 Daytona 500 with Loy Allen Jr. with Delco Remy sponsoring, but failed to qualify following an accident in the team's qualifying race. Spending most of the season on the team's NASCAR Busch Grand National Series operation, Jackson only attempted one more Winston Cup race, the Brickyard 400 with Hooper, but again did not qualify. This was Jackson's last involvement with Winston Cup until 2001, when he served as the crew chief for Hooper's #47 J. J. Baker Custom Homes Ford, owned by Dark Horse Motorsports. The team qualified for one of the four races it attempted over the next two years.

Car No. 1 results

YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233OwnersPts
1990 Terry Labonte 1 Olds DAY
2
RCH
32
CAR
9
ATL
40
DAR
14
BRI
4
NWS
15
MAR
31
TAL
6
CLT
13
DOV
13
SON
35
POC
20
MCH
7
DAY
4
POC
10
TAL
42
GLN
14
MCH
14
BRI
4
DAR
14
RCH
17
DOV
15
MAR
9
NWS
27
CLT
17
CAR
13
PHO
13
ATL
21
15th3371
1991 Rick Mast DAY
4
RCH
35
CAR
30
ATL
29
DAR
13
BRI
18
NWS
12
MAR
13
TAL
10
CLT
30
DOV
20
SON
19
POC
25
MCH
29
DAY
19
POC
27
TAL
28
GLN
35
MCH
18
BRI
26
DAR
11
RCH
27
DOV
9
MAR
13
NWS
25
CLT
13
CAR
18
PHO
28
ATL
28
21st2918
1992 DAY
13
CAR
12
RCH
18
ATL
22
DAR
17
BRI
30
NWS
23
MAR
14
TAL
17
CLT
23
DOV
32
SON
11
POC
30
MCH
28
DAY
17
POC
24
TAL
26
GLN
32
MCH
13
BRI
29
DAR
23
RCH
28
DOV
24
MAR
9
NWS
21
CLT
35
CAR
17
PHO
17
ATL
28
22nd2830
1993 Ford DAY
12
CAR
39
RCH
35
ATL
30
DAR
15
BRI
10
NWS
19
MAR
11
TAL
13
SON
29
CLT
31
DOV
6
POC
16
MCH
11
DAY
16
NHA
16
POC
36
TAL
38
GLN
37
MCH
33
BRI
5
DAR
32
RCH
18
DOV
18
MAR
26
NWS
8
CLT
18
CAR
17
PHO
10
ATL
37
21st3001
1994 DAY
27
CAR
3
RCH
7
ATL
26
DAR
37
BRI
29
NWS
10
MAR
8
TAL
20
SON
34
CLT
31
DOV
30
POC
9
MCH
13
DAY
29
NHA
9
POC
40
TAL
20
IND
22
GLN
38
MCH
3
BRI
10
DAR
20
RCH
33
DOV
15
MAR
29
NWS
3
CLT
12
CAR
2
PHO
42
ATL
27
19th3238
1995 DAY
21
CAR
35
RCH
34
ATL
11
DAR
26
BRI
15
NWS
8
MAR
34
TAL
28
SON
16
CLT
14
DOV
13
POC
21
MCH
34
DAY
26
NHA
11
POC
13
TAL
17
IND
8
GLN
37
MCH
31
BRI
26
DAR
26
RCH
12
DOV
28
MAR
28
NWS
26
CLT
36
CAR
34*
PHO
9
ATL
21
21st2984
1996 Pontiac DAY
28
CAR
10
RCH
19
ATL
34
DAR
19
BRI
12
NWS
14
MAR
15
TAL
15
SON
19
CLT
12
DOV
35
POC
28
MCH
18
DAY
20
NHA
13
POC
30
TAL
41
IND
9
GLN
27
MCH
16
BRI
35
DAR
22
RCH
19
DOV
6
MAR
4
NWS
6
CLT
15
CAR
38
PHO
38
ATL
13
18th3190
1997 Morgan Shepherd DAY
29
CAR
10
RCH
43
ATL
3
DAR
12
TEX
24
BRI
28
MAR
35
SON
23
TAL
28
CLT
9
DOV
38
POC
12
DOV
31
MAR
DNQ
CLT
22
TAL
12
CAR
34
PHO
DNQ
ATL
27
38th2033
Jerry Nadeau MCH
36
CAL
38
DAY
30
NHA
39
POC
33
Mike Wallace IND
DNQ
Lance Hooper GLN
24
MCH
34
BRI
24
DAR
35
RCH
33
NHA
DNQ
1998 Loy Allen Jr. 14 DAY
DNQ
CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL CLT DOV RCH MCH POC SON NHA POC NA-
Lance Hooper IND
DNQ
GLN MCH BRI NHA DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT TAL DAY PHO CAR ATL

Busch Series

Jackson's first involvement in NASCAR came in the 1982 NASCAR Busch Series when he fielded an entry for his daughter Lisa. She ran at Asheville Speedway in her only career start, finishing 17th.

PPR joined the Busch Series on a part-time basis in 1992 ten years later, when it fielded the #0 Skoal Classic/Majik Mart Oldsmobile for Mast, who had two sixth-place finishes and three overall top-tens out of eleven starts. Mast ran five times for PPR's Busch team in 1993, earning a pole and three top-ten finishes. In addition, Tommy Houston made one start for the team at Nazareth Speedway, and Robert Pressley finished the season for Jackson following his release from Alliance Motorsports, finishing in the top-ten twice.

In 1998, Jackson chose to move his team down to the Busch Series permanently after being unable to find regular sponsorship for his Cup team, fielding the #23 World Championship Wrestling Pontiac for Hooper. Running a part-time schedule, Hooper had a 2nd-place qualifying effort at Richmond, but did not finish higher than 18th that year. The team suspended its NASCAR operations after the season.

ARCA

PPR made its debut in the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series in 1997, fielding the #01 Precision Products/Bussman Pontiac for Nadeau. Running two consecutive races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Nadeau finished fourth and second respectively. The team returned to the series in 1999, initially with the #47 Lucas Oil Pontiac for Hooper, who had two top-ten finishes. Later in the season, PPR fielded the #90 Invincible Sportswear Ford for IRL driver Jon Herb at the schedule's two dirt tracks (Illinois and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds), but Herb finished well off the lead lap both times, and failed to qualify for his first asphalt attempt at Atlanta.

Jackson and Herb returned to Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) in 2000 on a more regular basis in the #47 car with Invincible Sportswear and WorldBestBuy.com sponsoring. Herb had nine top-twenty finishes, his best overall standing being eleventh on three separate races. PPR's final race came at Daytona in 2001, when Herb crashed after 29 laps and finished 35th.

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