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ppc Racing
Owner(s)Greg Pollex
BaseMooresville, North Carolina
SeriesNextel Cup Series, Busch Series, Craftsman Truck Series
Race driversJeff Green, Jason Keller, Kenny Wallace, Terry Cook, John Andretti
SponsorsAuto Zone, Nesquik, Albertsons, Excedrin, Miller High Life
ManufacturerFord, Chevrolet
Opened1993
Closed2007
Career
Drivers' Championships1 (Busch Series)
Race victories34 (Total):
33 (Busch Series) and 1 (Craftsman Truck Series)

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.[1] 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

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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 it's debut in that year's UAW-GM Qaulity 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 feild at Darlington. The team's best finish was a 20th in the finale at Homestead.

Andretti, Charpentier, Victory Brand and APlus retunred 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 finshing being a 28th place effort in the 2005 UAW Daimler-Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas, but they misssed 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

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Car No. 10 History

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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

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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 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 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 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 10 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 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 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 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. 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
Brent Sherman 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
John Andretti HOM
DNQ
2006 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 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

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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

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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 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 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 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 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 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 22 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 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 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

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Carolina's ppc Racing Gets the Green Light". Multiquip Inc. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
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