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TRUCKS: Moss Looks To Turn A Dollar Around
Written by: Tom Jensen   
07/03/2008 - 03:24 PM
Daytona Beach, Fla.
 
Randy Moss (L) and David Dollar said the team will continue to field young development drivers during the remainder of '08 season. (Tom Jensen Photo) ยป More Photos

New England Patriots star wide receiver Randy Moss will try to make a go of it where so many former National Football Leagues stars have been unable to: as a NASCAR team owner.

Moss will partner with NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team owner David Dollar, having purchased a 50 percent ownership in the former Morgan Dollar Motorsports, which has now been renamed Randy Moss Motorsports. The team will field the No. 81 Chevrolet Silverado in the NCTS, starting with the July 19 race at Kentucky Speedway. The newly christened outfit, for now at least, remains unsponsored.

Moss and Dollar said the team will continue to field young development drivers during the remainder of 2008 and will look to sign a veteran driver and race for the series championship in 2009, presumably with a sponsor on board. So far this season, seven different drivers have campaigned the team’s trucks in the first 12 races of the 2008 NCTS season. Willie Allen will become the team’s eighth driver when he competes at Kentucky in two weeks.

As Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, the team has won 13 races with drivers Dennis Setzer, Bobby Labonte, and Clint Bowyer. With Setzer at the wheel, the team finished second in the series standings each year from 2003 through 2005.
The team has entered each race in 2008 with drivers A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Landon Cassill, Erin Crocker, Timothy Peters, Regan Smith and Scott Speed. The team has three top-10 finishes so far in 2008; Speed scored a 10th-place finish at Martinsville while Cassill has finishes of ninth at Charlotte and third at Milwaukee. Randy Moss Motorsports ranks 17th in NCTS owner points, with 30 Truck teams having attempted all 12 races this season.
So far, NASCAR has not been kind to NFL owners. Among the myriad former NFL stars to dabble in the sport but ultimately pull out are Dan Marino, Brett Favre, Roger
Staubach, Troy Aikman and Joe Washington. Tim Brown, who like Moss was an all-pro wide receiver with the Oakland Raiders, announced in the summer of 2006 that he would become a NASCAR team owner, but sponsorship never materialized, despite help from Roush Fenway Racing, and the team failed to get off the ground.

Moss insisted, however, that he’s in NASCAR for the long haul. “If y’all are all sitting here doubting me or this team, that’s up to you,” said Moss. “I’ve been doubted most of my whole life and I’ve proven a lot of people wrong. To be able to come back and smile, and shaking hands and holding hands … whatever you want to call it, I’m up for that challenge and I think he (Dollar) is, too, and our team is also.”

And Moss said he’s ready for the team to be successful. “I don’t really feel any negative tension coming this way,” said Moss, a 10-year NFL veteran. “Everything is positive, so I don’t look at it in a negative light, only positive.

Tom Jensen is the Senior NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. He is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED,” and has appeared on television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the President of the National Motorsports Press Association. Jensen is the 1997 National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year and has won numerous national and state awards for news reporting, columns and feature writing. The Answer Man is back at SPEEDtv.com. Tom Jensen answers your questions during every race week and looks forward to hearing from you - please e-mail it to


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