Precision Products Racing

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
Opened	1990
Closed	2001
Career
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0

Last updated June 30, 2024

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.

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

Year	Driver	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	Owners	Pts
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					15th	3371
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					21st	2918
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					22nd	2830
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				21st	3001
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			19th	3238
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			21st	2984
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			18th	3190
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		38th	2033
	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	-
1998	Lance Hooper	14																				IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	NHA	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	DAY	PHO	CAR	ATL	NA	-

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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