Who are Boris Said, Ron Fellows, Scott Pruett and P.J. Jones?
Braking, shifting and making both left and right-hand turns can prove to be too much for some Winston Cup regulars, so mid-level teams often hire road racing drivers to replace their regular drivers at NASCAR’s two road courses, Infineon and Watkins Glen in New York. For the team, it’s a chance to show up drivers at top teams who might not be so good at road racing. For the teams’ regular drivers, it’s a chance to be spared some embarrassment. Said will drive the No. 01 MBV car. Fellows will replace Jeff Green in Dale Earnhardt Inc.’s No. 1 car. P.J. Jones will drive A.J. Foyt’s car. Pruett, a former CART driver who drove the full Winston Cup schedule when Cal Wells first broke into NASCAR, will drive an extra Chip Ganassi car. Q: Do the road-racing aces ever win? A: They generally finish well, but they don’t win races because they rarely are given a chance to drive in truly top-level equipment. No team that stands a chance of winning the championship would ever consider taking its con
