Zastava_101

Stoddard starts new Cup team: Frank Stoddard, a 14-time Cup winner as a crew chief has formed his own NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team and plans to run the full 36-race schedule with the #32 Ford. No driver has been named and the team is currently seeking sponsorship support. "I'm really eager to get this off the ground," said Stoddard. "It's a great time to enter the sport. We'll just have to wait and see where we can go from here. My hope is to take this team to a competitive level and put together some respectable runs with the limited resources we have in place. One never knows, with our determination and just a little bit of funding we could definitely improve our chances on the track." Stoddard plans to open the season with the Daytona 500.(National Speed Sport News) Stoodard was the crew cheif of the #26 Latitude 43 team that attempted all 36 races in 2011 with various drivers, but has not made its plans for 2011 known and didn't test at Daytona.(2-3-2011)

jacostang

Interesting, more Ford Teams the better!

Evil_Capri

Zastava_101

UPDATE: Veteran crewchief Frank Stoddard has joined the ranks of team ownership, joining with U.S. Chrome Corporation owner and CEO Bob Reath to form FAS Lane Racing, a new NASCAR Sprint Cup Series operation that will run the full 2011 championship schedule. "We've acquired a few cars from Richard Petty Motorsports and a few from Roush-Fenway," said Stoddard. "Doug Yates is going to build us some killer race engines, and we're looking forward to making our debut at the Daytona 500." Stoddard said his goals are realistic for 2011. "We're not going to be out there knocking off Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing and Roush," he said. "Our goal will be to run between 15th and 30th, and by doing that, to give a smaller sponsor a ton of exposure."
Stoddard and Reath first joined forces nearly a quarter-century ago -- in 1988 -- when U.S. Chrome backed New Hampshire driver Dana Patten in five races on what is now the Sprint Cup Series. Stoddard served as crewchief and chassis specialist for the team, and more recently teamed with Reath to field cars for Boris Said in a limited schedule of events on the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Last year, he served as crewchief for the #26 Latitude 43 Motorsports team, an operation that is not expected to compete this season.
"I am energized to be back partnering with U.S. Chrome and Bob Reath& this time as co-owners on NASCAR's grandest stage." Stoddard said. "With U.S. Chrome's sponsorship of the FAS Lane Racing Team, we look forward to hitting the ground running at the Daytona 500." The team will announce its Daytona 500 driver early next week, with Stoddard hinting he may utilize multiple wheelmen over the course of the season.(Sirius Speedway)(2-4-2011)

jacostang

Soooooooo, who is gonna drive for them????

Zastava_101

jacostang

Cool, they gonna be ready for the 500? Still wondering who is piloting that thing!!

Zastava_101

Terry Labonte to run at Daytona: Two-time Sprint Cup champion Terry Labonte will race in the Daytona 500 for FAS Lane Racing, a start-up Cup team owned by former crew chief Frank Stoddard. Mike Skinner is expected to drive the remainder of the season in the #32 Ford. U.S. Chrome will be the primary sponsor with the Air National Guard an associate sponsor at Daytona. "We plan to run all the races this year," says Stoddard. "I'm hoping that more funding will come down the pipe and we can ramp up to be competitive."(USA Today), no word if Labonte will run the #32 in the Bud Shootout, for which is is eligible. No word on the #10 Stavola Labonte Racing Chevy team that ran a few races in 2010 and was supposed to run in 2011.(2-7-2011)

jacostang

Well, a proven driver is a good start!

Zastava_101

Schrader to run some races in the #32: Ralph Sheheen, in Atlanta covering AMA Supercross for SPEED, posted to Twitter, that he had talked to Kenny Scrader at the event and "Schrader tells me he is probably going to run a few Cup races for Frankie Stoddard [#32 Fas Lane Racing team]...like Bristol and Martinsville."(2-27-2011)

jacostang

Cool!

codeman94

I love kenny schrader... but I cant ever remember him winning a race...?


Edit.. just looked it up. He's won four times, last one in 1991 at Dover

Ethanjbeau

More ford cars will just cause more trouble

Rather B.Blown

I do too, but I just don't think he's ever been the same after being involved in Dale's wreck and the first one to the car. I don't think he has that fire in him when things get serious anymore, I feel like he backs it down to about 7/10ths.

red pony

For Chevy and Toyota?! I sincerely hope so! Now if we could get Kyle Busch to quit driving like he has a bee in his helmet and running into the Ford drivers all the time, we might have a chance!

Zastava_101

I think they should give a chance to a young driver, like Ricky Stenhouse Jr. from the Nationwide series.

I have nothing against Ken Schrader, but he drove only one race over the past four seasons.