Petty gets partial sponsor.
The William Edwards owned Mach 1 Motorsports team has given up its struggle to remain on the Nextel Cup grid according to a story on U.S. based NASCAR website
According to the Jayski article the team will be auctioning off its remaining equipment later th🌠is month aft🉐er qualifying for just ten races in 2005.
The auction signals the end of Mach 1's two year involvement in N🃏ASCAR's highest echelon, during which time the team qualified for a total of 36 races with nearly a dozen drivers🅺 including Todd Bodine, Geoffrey Bodine, Randy LaJoie and Derrike Cope.
The team were the first to bring Lucas Oil into NASCAR as a primary sponsor during their debut season in 2004 when they ran with the #96 plate and qualified for all but ten races. However a switch to the #34 plate for 2005 an▨d the loss of Lucas Oil backing saw the team stumble, failing to capitalise on the experience gained in race condition𒁃s during the 2004 season.
Geoffrey Bodine's 28th place ♉finish at Pocono in June 2004 remains the team's best Nextel Cup finish.
