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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Hanes 250: Pre-Race Notebook

27 September 1997

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Pre-Race Notebook
Hanes 250
Martinsville Speedway
September 27, 1997


MARTINSVILLE, VA - 

ROEHRIG MOTORSPORTS & HANES DONATE FUNDS

Roehrig Racing and race sponsor Hanes have joined forces in a unique 
associate sponsorship agreement for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Hanes 
250 at Martinsville Speedway. 

The associate sponsorship fees will be split between the families of two 
North Carolina law enforcement officers who were killed last Tuesday on I-95 
just outside of Fayetteville, NC. Trooper Lloyd Lowry of the N.C. Highway 
Patrol and Deputy David Walter Hathcock of the Cumberland County Sheriff's 
Department were shot when Lowry stopped a suspected stolen car and called for 
back-up. 

The arrangement is a one-race, two-truck effort featuring Johnny Benson in 
the #18 Dana/Hanes Dodge and Tony Raines in the #19 Pennzoil/Hanes Dodge. 

"We are extremely pleased that Hanes Racing not only agreed to be an 
associate sponsor for our two trucks at the Hanes 250, but were so willing to 
be a part of our efforts to honor these two fine men who were killed in the 
line of duty," said Roehrig Motorsports team owner Kurt Roehrig. "We know how 
important law enforcement officers are to our personal safety and to the 
safety of the teams and spectators at all of our races. So, we thought it 
only fitting that we make some effort to help in this tragic situation."


TROUBLE IN TURN TWO

Two drivers had difficulties during yesterday's final practice. 

First it was Jamie Skinner, who qualified an impressive 9th for the Hanes 
250, who looped his #93 Llumar Window Films Chevrolet in turn two and backed 
into the outside wall. There was heavy damage to the rear of his truck but 
Skinner was able to drive away. Jamie is the son of NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie 
Mike Skinner. 

A short time later, Philip Morris spun the #81 Spencer & Brown Crane 
Chevrolet in the same spot on the track and pancaked the driver's side of his 
truck against the outside wall. Morris was also able to drive away from the 
scene. The Ruckersville, VA driver earned a 24th-place starting position for 
the 250-lap event but will start at the rear of the field after missing this 
morning's mandatory drivers' meeting.


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