NFL star Randy Moss forms Craftsman Truck Series team
By SceneDaily Staff
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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National Football League star Randy Moss announced Tuesday that he has formed Moss Motorsports LLC with the intention of running in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Moss said the team will debut in the second half of the current season in hopes of running a full schedule in 2009. Sponsors and a manufacturer will be announced at a later date, according to a news release.
“We don’t have all of the details in place just yet, but I am very excited about Moss Motorsports becoming a part of NASCAR,” Moss said. “I am by nature a very competitive person, and this is an outlet for me to compete at another level.
“There are some pretty awesome challenges in building a program like this from the ground up, but I am looking forward to it. That’s just another aspect of the competition – you want to find the best people available, and you’re competing with all the other teams out there. We’re starting to look at who the best people are and working on getting them to be a part of our team.”
Moss, who is a wide receiver for the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots, has been a fan for several years, a news release said. He is involved with a dirt-track team and has served as a “Goodwill Ambassador” for the Urban Youth Racing School.
“There are a lot of NASCAR fans in the locker room,” Moss said. “We’ve seen a lot of football players get involved – guys like Dan Marino and Troy Aikman, to name a couple. I think it’s a good fit and gives some of the companies I am already working with an additional outlet. It’s a smart move on the marketing side of things, but on the personal side of things I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
