Texas' own David Starr to make qualifying bid

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DAVID STARR TO MAKE WINSTON CUP SERIES DEBUT AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

 

FORT WORTH-DALLAS (March 13, 2003) -- David Starr has found a groove these days.

It is on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as driver of the #75 Spears

Manufacturing Chevrolet. He has been working since 1998 to make a go of it on

that circuit, and it looks like he has found a home there, at least for now.

But come Friday, March 28, Starr will attempt to qualify for his first Winston

Cup Series race, the Samsung/RadioShack 500 (March 30) at Texas Motor Speedway.

"Wayne and Connie Spears gave me an opportunity of a lifetime to drive for a

racing team that is well funded and that has all the great pieces to a

championship caliber team," Starr says of his truck team. "We look to have a

better year than we had last year. That being said, I think, if you ask every

driver out there who is not part of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, what their

dreams and aspirations are, they would be lying to you if they didn't tell you

they wanted to be in Winston Cup."

Starr makes no bones about it. That is where he wants to be some day full

time. So, with the truck series off the weekend of March 28-30, Starr is trying

to make personal history. It marks the first time he is attempting to qualify

for a Winston Cup race. As has been the case so many times in the past in the

truck series, it is David's uncle, Mike Starr, who operates the Team Texas High

Performance Driving School, who is prepping David's ride for his Winston Cup

qualifying bid.

"Ever since I was a kid and wanted to be a race car driver, I have thought of

being a Winston Cup driver," Starr says. "Having the opportunity to participate

among the 43 best race car drivers in the United States, or even the world, is

just hard to describe what it means to me. It is a dream come true.

"From our standpoint, our first race is just trying to make the race. It is

only fitting that our first attempt to make a Winston Cup race is at Texas Motor

Speedway because it is my favorite track."

Starr's qualifying attempt will come as part of the O'Reilly Auto Parts

Qualifying day on Friday, March 28. The NASCAR Busch Series O'Reilly 300 is

Saturday, March 29, with the Samsung/RadioShack 500 set for Sunday, March 30.

For ticket information, contact the speedway ticket hotline at (817) 215-8500,

go online to www.texasmotorspeedway.com <http://www.texasmotorspeedway.com>, or

visit participating Ticketmaster locations.

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