CRAWFORD TO PILOT SUPERSEAL FORD AT KANSAS

Apr 27, 2010

Ray Hackett Racing is pleased to announce that NASCAR Camping World Truck Series veteran Rick Crawford will be behind the wheel of its #76 SUPERSEAL Construction Products Ford F-Series truck for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway. This weekends pairing of Hackett Racing and Rick Crawford will allow Crawford to extend his current Truck Series record starts to 327 and will give the first year team valuable input from a Truck Series mainstay.

Aside from his truck series record for career starts, Crawford has also posted five wins, seventy five top-5 finishes, one hundred fifty nine top-10 finishes and six poles during the span of his fourteen year career.

Team owner Ray Hackett stated “We are thrilled to have Rick in one of our trucks at Kansas. He is one of the most talented drivers in the series today. We feel like we’ve put together the building blocks for a great race team and we’re looking forward to having a Truck Series veteran like Rick help us move to the next level.”

Crawford is no stranger to the 1.5 mile oval at Kansas either. He is one of only four drivers that have raced in all nine previous truck races at the Speedway. In those nine races Crawford has scored three top-5 finishes including back-to-back second place finishes in 2006 and 2007, and six top-10s.

Crawford stated about his new relationship with Ray Hackett Racing: “While we continue to search for sponsorship that will allow the 14 Circle Bar Racing team to return to competition, I appreciate the opportunity to work with Hackett Racing this weekend. Travis (Sharpe, crew chief) has assembled a solid crew of racers and I’m looking forward to helping them baseline their Ford F-150 this weekend at Kansas.”

SUPERSEAL Construction Products will provide the primary sponsorship for the team and Crawford at Kansas. The North American leader in dimpled membranes for waterproofing or dampproofing previously partnered with Ray Hackett Racing at Martinsville and Nashville and is enthusiastic to come aboard once again with Crawford in the driver’s seat.