Raines Jan 29, 2004
Team BACE Motorsports Car/Make No. 74/Chevrolet Sponsor None Crew Chief Buddy Sisco. STATS. (ESPN -- RPM)
JOHNNY BENSON Jan 4, 2004
2000 Competes in the NASCAR Winston Cup series with MBV Motorsports (Tyler Jet Motorsports having been taken over by MB2 in July 00). 1999 End of 1999 - Joined Tyler Jet Motorsports to race in the NASCAR Winston Cup series (Crash.Net, UK)
Carter named crew chief for Wallace. Jan 2, 2004
Carter comes to Penske Racing South from BACE Motorsports, where he served as crew chief for rookie driver Tony Raines during the 2003 NASCAR season. Carter was active in motorsports at an early age, working part-time for a local dirt track team while in junior high school (Crash.Net, UK)
Larry Carter new crew chief for Rusty Wallace Jan 1, 2004
ATLANTA Larry Carter accepted one of the toughest jobs in motorsports Monday when he agreed to be Rusty Wallace's new crew chief. Carter worked for BACE Motorsports and rookie driver Tony Raines last year (Savannah Morning News, GA)
Insider Racing News Archives Dec 31, 2003
16th Annual New Hampshire Northeast Motorsports Expo New Hampshire International Speedway will once again participate in the Sixteenth Annual Northeast Motorsports Expo from Friday, January 2 through Sunday, January 4 at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, Maine. This is the fifteenth consecutive appearance by New Hampshire International Speedway at the Northeast Motorsports Expo (Insider Racing News, United States)
BACE MOTOSPORTS Dec 28, 2003
BACE MOTORSPORTS,117 LOMA HILL COURTMOORESVILLE, N.C.USA.. PJ JONES (USA) - BACE MOTORSPORTS #01 (Crash.Net, UK)
Larry Carter named crew chief Dec 28, 2003
" Carter comes to Penske Racing South from BACE Motorsports, where he served as crew chief for rookie Tony Raines during the 2003 season. "This is a great opportunity and I am certainly thrilled to have the chance to work with such a successful organization as Penske Racing and a champion-caliber driver like Rusty Wallace," said Carter. "This is a top-notch team with great people and ample resources. I am delighted that they have the confidence in me to lead their team and I'm really looking... (That's Racing)
BACE, Lusk teaming up for 2004 Busch season Dec 15, 2003
BACE Motorsports will run once again field a full-time entry in the NASCAR Busch Series in 2004, this time with relative newcomer Damon Lusk at the helm of the team's No. 74 Chevrolets. "I'm thrilled to come on board at BACE Motorsports and continue their successful partnership with The Outdoor Channel," said Lusk (That's Racing)
DATE OF BIRTH: Dec 12, 2003
2000 Raced in the NASCAR Winston Cup series with BACE Motorsports (2 starts). BACE MOTORSPORTS (2000) (Crash.Net, UK)
NASCAR goes to Washington Dec 5, 2003
Tony Raines, who was reportedly up for the job in the No. 30 Chevrolet at Richard Childress Racing, said he won't leave BACE Motorsports, although that team does not have a sponsor for next season. Triple Crown champion J.J. Yeley, who will drive developmental schedule on the ARCA, Busch and Nextel Cup circuits next year for Joe Gibbs Racing, will make his Nextel Cup debut at Las Vegas (Dodge City Daily Globe, KS)
Changes made racing game not the same Nov 17, 2003
Sponsor woes: Two teams (BACE Motorsports and BAM Racing) campaigned full seasons with cars mostly devoid of primary sponsors. At least four more cars - one apiece from Roush Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. - are seeking full funding for 2004 (Richmond Times Dispatch, VA)
Johnson shines as sophomore Nov 10, 2003
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, has one more race left in his sophomore Winston Cup season and so far, there are no signs of a slump. Jeremy Mayfield finished third behind his Evernham Motorsports teammate Bill Elliott Sunday, his third third-place finish in the past six races (Columbia State, SC)
PR - Pop Secret 400 GM Post Race Quotes Nov 10, 2003
TONY RAINES, NO. 74 BACE CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO: Finished 6th: That wasnt too bad. Earnhardt Jr. was a lap down, and we were staying ahead of him for a while. I thought he raced me a little too hard for that, but maybe somewhere a while back I did something to him. I dont know. I thought it was a little unsportsmanlike, but who knows? Thats the way it goes. YOU BACKED UP YOUR QUALIFYING IN THE RACE. We wanted to back up our good qualifying up with a good race. We struggled a... (The Motor Sports Forum)
Rookie driver Raines scores his first top 10 Nov 10, 2003
The BACE Motorsports driver qualified fourth, and faded early in Sunday's event before regrouping to earn $61,775 and post his first top-10 in NASCAR's premier series. "It's pretty exciting," said Raines, a 39-year-old native of LaPorte, Ind (Charleston Post Courier, SC)
Elliott rallies from back of pack to win Pop Secret 400 Nov 10, 2003
But Elliott pulled away steadily and drove his Evernham Motorsports Dodge across the finish line 1. It's pretty exciting,'' said Raines, who drives the No. 74 Chevrolet for BACE Motorsports (The Tennessean, TN)
Johnson finds some consolation in 2nd Nov 10, 2003
Ultra Motorsports has no sponsor for Jimmy Spencer's ride. BACE Motorsports is sponsorless for driver Tony Raines (Roanoke Times, VA)
Elliott focused on Homestead Nov 9, 2003
The Evernham Motorsports driver acknowledged that a strong finish this season, including six top-10 finishes in his last seven starts and his first win in 50 races, could have some bearing on his decision whether to keep racing. "It's pretty exciting," said Raines, who drives the No. 74 Chevrolet for BACE Motorsports (ESPN)
Overachiever award goes to Raines Nov 9, 2003
ROCKINGHAM - There's no NASCAR award for the driver and team who do the most with the least, but the hands-down winner of such recognition in the 2003 Winston Cup season would be Tony Raines and Bace Motorsports. Staff photo by Steve Aldridge Drivers pass a sign in turn 4 at North Carolina Speedway that bids farewell to the fall race at the track (Fayetteville Online, Fayetteville NC)
For one day, Newman and Raines are neck-and-neck Nov 8, 2003
Raines enters with more modest goals, like trying to string together a third straight top-20 finish for his outgunned BACE Motorsports team. Friday's run showed why Raines' name has surfaced in connection with openings at other teams, and offered a glimpse of what his car might be capable of with a corporate name on the hood (Charleston Post Courier, SC)
Childress now believed looking at Schrader, Raines Nov 8, 2003
Raines, who drives for BACE Motorsports' unsponsored team, has shown flashes of potential this season and starts a career-best fourth in Sunday's race at North Carolina Speedway. Schrader has spent the past season with BAM Racing, which is also still searching for a primary sponsor for 2004 (That's Racing)
Rookie serves notice with strong run Nov 7, 2003
Raines has run all season in BACE Motorsports' No. 74 Chevrolet without the backing of a primary sponsor. Even so, Raines has been able to turn a few heads in the Winston Cup garage with his ability to do more with less this season (That's Racing)
Smith & Wesson to sponsor NASCAR driver Nov 7, 2003
Known as an outdoorsman and handgun enthusiast, Earnhardt, son of the late auto racing legend Dale Earnhardt, will be driving the Smith & Wesson-sponsored BACE Motorsports No. 74 Chevrolet sporting the Smith & Wesson medallion logo. "It's a winning combination with two great legendary names uniting to offer fans an exciting race," said Colton Melby, president and chief operating officer of Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. "The demographics for NASCAR fans and firearms enthusiasts are very similar... (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
