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. 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
Car No. 97 History 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.)
Car No. 97 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 Pts 1993 Chad Little 19 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT33 CAR PHO ATL 1994 97 DAY29 CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 1995 DAYDNQ CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT42 DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL18 IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLTDNQ CAR PHODNQ ATL 1996 Pontiac DAY33 CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TALDNQ SON CLT43 DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TALDNQ IND GLN MCH36 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT22 CAR PHO ATL22 42nd 347 1997 DAYDNQ CARDNQ RCH34 ATL19 DAR27 TEX26 BRI8 MAR42 SONDNQ TAL34 CLTDNQ DOV31 POCDNQ MCH25 CAL19 DAY42 NHA30 POC28 IND42 GLN42 MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL 38th 2227
Car No. 14 History 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 its debut in that year's UAW-GM Quality 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 field at Darlington. The team's best finish was a 20th in the finale at Homestead.
Andretti, Charpentier, Victory Brand and APlus returned 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 finishing being a 28th-place effort in the 2005 UAW Daimler-Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas, but they missed 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.
Car No. 14 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 34 35 36 Pts 2004 John Andretti 14 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT22 MAR ATL25 PHO31 DARDNQ HOM20 47th 605 2005 DAY31 CAL29 LVS28 ATLDNQ BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 58th 256
Busch Series
Car No. 10 History ppc debuted at Darlington 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 Chevrolet 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. After two more wins and a sixth-place finish in points, Riggs left for MB2 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 Jr. 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 the following week at Fontana.
Car No. 10 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 34 35 Pts 1993 Chad Little 23 Ford DAY CAR RCH DAR33 BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT7 DOV2 MYB GLN MLW TAL29 IRP37 MCH33 NHA37 BRI22 DAR3 RCH DOV ROU CLT14 MAR CAR41 HCY ATL23 32nd 1171 1994 DAY3 CAR15 RCH22 ATL14 MAR27 DAR18 HCY22 BRI24 ROU15 NHA5 NZH11 CLT34 DOV17 MYB5 GLN8 MLW7 SBO5 TAL6 HCY8 IRP5 MCH2 BRI12 DAR5 RCH14 DOV15 CLT4 MAR5 CAR5 3rd 3662 1995 DAY1 CAR1* RCH32 ATL29* NSV2 DAR4 BRI3 HCY23* NHA1 NZH19 CLT1 DOV9 MYB32 GLN2* MLW8 TAL1 SBO1* IRP20 MCH21 BRI4 DAR40 RCH16 DOV13 CLT34 CAR35 HOM26 2nd 3284 1996 Pontiac DAY19 CAR33 RCH20 ATL15 NSV15 DAR37 BRI12 HCY11 NZH11 CLT13 DOV29 SBO8 MYB16 GLN8 MLW21 NHA32 TAL21 IRP27 MCH11 BRI25 DAR12 RCH3 DOV9 CLT4 CAR10 HOM7 5th 2984 1999 Jeff Green 32 Chevy DAY2 CARDNQ LVS8 ATL17 DAR25 TEX3 NSV1* BRI23 TAL17 CAL32 NHA2* RCH5* NZH7* CLT10 DOV7 SBO2 GLN40 MLW2 MYB1 PPR4* GTY4 IRP3 MCH16 BRI12 DAR17 RCH29 DOV3 CLT15 CAR2 MEM1 PHO11 HOM5 2nd 4367 2000 10 DAY42 CAR2 LVS6 ATL13 DAR4 BRI2 TEX5 NSV12* TAL5 CAL3 RCH1 NHA2 CLT3 DOV4 SBO1* MYB1* GLN10 MLW1* NZH4 PPR1* GTY5 IRP3* MCH14 BRI3 DAR4 RCH2 DOV42 CLT4 CAR1 MEM3* PHO4 HOM3 1st 5005 2001 Ford DAY4 CAR8 LVS5 ATL4 DAR1 BRI38 TEX32 NSH8 TAL3 CAL3 RCH6 NHA4 NZH3 CLT1 DOV29 KEN31 MLW9 GLN31 CHI6 GTY5 PPR2 IRP6 MCH36 BRI2 DAR9 RCH22 DOV1 KAN1 CLT10 MEM2* PHO2 CAR9* HOM9 2nd 4689 2002 Scott Riggs DAY6 CAR4 LVS34 DAR20 BRI9 TEX4 NSH1 TAL19 CAL1 RCH27 NHA7 NZH2 CLT3 DOV11 NSH20 KEN4* MLW37 DAY15 CHI30 GTY27 PPR16 IRP11* MCH6 BRI18 DAR10 RCH34 DOV14 KAN23* CLT39 MEM36 ATL4 CAR18 PHO40 HOM17 10th 4023 2003 DAY31 CAR17 LVS20 DAR3 BRI23 TEX2 TAL24 NSH11 CAL20 RCH2* GTY1 NZH15 CLT3 DOV2 NSH1* KEN30 MLW7* DAY6 CHI7 NHA14 PPR3 IRP5 MCH5 BRI9 DAR17 RCH29 DOV3 KAN13 CLT13 MEM12 ATL6 PHO6 CAR38 HOM41 6th 4462 2005 Michel Jourdain Jr. DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI 26th 2015 Brent Sherman NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO John Andretti HOMDNQ 2006 DAY34 CAL19 MXC23 LVS42 ATL20 BRI9 TEX19 NSH28 PHO34 TAL16 RCH19 DAR15 CLT17 DOV19 NSH18 KEN15 MLW12 DAY10 CHI25 NHA18 MAR7 GTY26 IRP27 GLN5 MCH30 BRI14 CAL29 RCH16 DOV19 KAN23 CLT25 MEM35 TEX15 PHO25 HOM16 12th 3562 2007 Toyota DAY39 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 The No. 22 car debuted in 1991 as the No. 14 at Lanier Speedway as the No. 54 Air Products 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 IRP 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 results