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ppc Racing is a former NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The team was owned by Greg Pollex. ppc Racing came about from a merger of Pollex's Busch Series team with a car owned by Steve DeSouza and Ted Campbell in 1999. The team won the 2000 Busch Series championship with driver Jeff Green and they finished second in the standings four times. The team shut down during the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series season due to a lack of funding. Pollex later joined CJM Racing as a shop foreman before departing late in the season.

ppc made its Winston Cup Series racing debut in 1993 at the Mello Yello 500. Chad Little was the driver of the No. 19 Kleenex Ford, and finished 33rd. They would also run the 1994 Daytona 500 in the No. 97 Ford with sponsorship from Tracy Lawrence, where they finished 29th. In 1995, they had their best finish at Talladega Superspeedway, their second of two races. After making five 1996 races in the Sterling Cowboy Pontiac Grand Prix, ppc moved to the Cup Series full time with Little in the John Deere car. Despite an eighth place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway, the team had trouble qualifying for races, and Pollex would sell the operation to Jack Roush in the final weeks of the season. (The team would eventually become Kurt Busch's 2004 Nextel Cup winning team, only to be sold to Latitude 43 Motorsports six years later and then folded.) In 2005, ppc Racing returned to the Nextel Cup series with John Andretti driving the No. 14 VB Tobacco Products Ford. The team made the first three races at Daytona, Fontana, and Las Vegas. After two DNQ's in a row at Atlanta and Bristol, VB Brand shut down. The team did not make it through the season, as there was no other sponsorship to be found.

ppc debuted at Darlington Speedway in 1993. It was No. 23 Ford sponsored by If Its Paper and driven by Chad Little. At the time, Pollex co owned the team with NFL quarterback Mark Rypien. Little competed in 12 races with the team that season, posting three top ten finishes. Going full time with Bayer Select sponsoring in 1994, Little finished third in the Busch Series points, finishing in the top ten in half of the races run that season. The next season was even better, as Little collected six victories and a runner up finish in the points. When Pollex moved Little and the team up to the Cup Series in 1997, the team did not run the Busch Series. Pollex returned in 1999 with a new operation. This time it was the No. 32 Kleenex Chevy driven by Jeff Green. Despite failing to qualify for the spring Rockingham race, Green won three races and finished second in the points in what was a comeback season for both Green and the team. For 2000, the team underwent some changes, as it bought the No. 57 car driven by Jason Keller, and Green's car was now No. 10 and sponsored by NesQuik. Green won six races and the championship by a then record 616 points over Keller. After yet another successful 2001 season where Green visited Victory Lane four times and wound up second in the points in the team's new Fords, he departed for Richard Childress Racing's Winston Cup team. His replacement was Scott Riggs, an up and coming driver from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Riggs won twice and finished 10th on his way to winning the Busch Series Rookie of the Year standings. After two more wins and a sixth place finish in points, Riggs left for MB2/MBV Motorsports, and the team disappeared briefly, before coming back in 2005. Rookie driver Michel Jourdain Jr. was tabbed the car's pilot, and he posted one top ten finish before being replaced by Brent Sherman with sponsor Serta Mattresses midway through the season. In 2006, Sherman left ppc and went to the Nextel Cup Series with BAM Racing, being replaced by John Andretti. Andretti had limited success in his rookie season and came into the season finale tied with Danny O'Quinn in rookie points. Although Andretti finished 16th and O'Quinn 36th, O'Quinn still edged Andretti by 1 point to win Rookie of the Year. For the 2007 season, ppc Racing announced an alliance with Biagi Brothers Racing and Braun Racing. The No. 10 would become part of the Braun stable keeping the No. 10's owner points and running equipment from the recently shut down Biagi Brothers team, switching from Ford to Toyota. The sponsorship, number, and driver were to remain the same however Andretti would leave the team following the first race of the 2007 season When funding for the team became questionable. Dave Blaney's No. 32 team for Braun would switch to the number No. 10 that following week at Fontana.

Ppc Racing No. 10NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts 1993 Chad Little 23 Ford DAY CAR RCH DAR33 BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT7 DOV2 MYB GLN MLW TAL29 IRP37 MCH33 NHA37 BRI22 DAR3 RCH DOV ROU CLT14 MAR CAR41 HCY ATL23 32nd 1171 1994 DAY3 CAR15 RCH22 ATL14 MAR27 DAR18 HCY22 BRI24 ROU15 NHA5 NZH11 CLT34 DOV17 MYB5 GLN8 MLW7 SBO5 TAL6 HCY8 IRP5 MCH2 BRI12 DAR5 RCH14 DOV15 CLT4 MAR5 CAR5 3rd 3662 1995 DAY1 CAR1* RCH32 ATL29* NSV2 DAR4 BRI3 HCY23* NHA1 NZH19 CLT1 DOV9 MYB32 GLN2* MLW8 TAL1 SBO1* IRP20 MCH21 BRI4 DAR40 RCH16 DOV13 CLT34 CAR35 HOM26 2nd 3284 1996 Pontiac DAY19 CAR33 RCH20 ATL15 NSV15 DAR37 BRI12 HCY11 NZH11 CLT13 DOV29 SBO8 MYB16 GLN8 MLW21 NHA32 TAL21 IRP27 MCH11 BRI25 DAR12 RCH3 DOV9 CLT4 CAR10 HOM7 5th 2984 1999 Jeff Green 32 Chevy DAY2 CARDNQ LVS8 ATL17 DAR25 TEX3 NSV1* BRI23 TAL17 CAL32 NHA2* RCH5* NZH7* CLT10 DOV7 SBO2 GLN40 MLW2 MYB1 PPR4* GTY4 IRP3 MCH16 BRI12 DAR17 RCH29 DOV3 CLT15 CAR2 MEM1 PHO11 HOM5 2nd 4367 2000 10 DAY42 CAR2 LVS6 ATL13 DAR4 BRI2 TEX5 NSV12* TAL5 CAL3 RCH1 NHA2 CLT3 DOV4 SBO1* MYB1* GLN10 MLW1* NZH4 PPR1* GTY5 IRP3* MCH14 BRI3 DAR4 RCH2 DOV42 CLT4 CAR1 MEM3* PHO4 HOM3 1st 5005 2001 Ford DAY4 CAR8 LVS5 ATL4 DAR1 BRI38 TEX32 NSH8 TAL3 CAL3 RCH6 NHA4 NZH3 CLT1 DOV29 KEN31 MLW9 GLN31 CHI6 GTY5 PPR2 IRP6 MCH36 BRI2 DAR9 RCH22 DOV1 KAN1 CLT10 MEM2* PHO2 CAR9* HOM9 2nd 4689 2002 Scott Riggs DAY6 CAR4 LVS34 DAR20 BRI9 TEX4 NSH1 TAL19 CAL1 RCH27 NHA7 NZH2 CLT3 DOV11 NSH20 KEN4* MLW37 DAY15 CHI30 GTY27 PPR16 IRP11* MCH6 BRI18 DAR10 RCH34 DOV14 KAN23* CLT39 MEM36 ATL4 CAR18 PHO40 HOM17 10th 4023 2003 DAY31 CAR17 LVS20 DAR3 BRI23 TEX2 TAL24 NSH11 CAL20 RCH2* GTY1 NZH15 CLT3 DOV2 NSH1* KEN30 MLW7* DAY6 CHI7 NHA14 PPR3 IRP5 MCH5 BRI9 DAR17 RCH29 DOV3 KAN13 CLT13 MEM12 ATL6 PHO6 CAR38 HOM41 6th 4462 2005 [[Michel Jourdain Jr. [[Michel Jourdain Jr. DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI 26th 2015 Brent Sherman NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO John Andretti HOMDNQ 2006 DAY34 CAL19 MXC23 LVS42 ATL20 BRI9 TEX19 NSH28 PHO34 TAL16 RCH19 DAR15 CLT17 DOV19 NSH18 KEN15 MLW12 DAY10 CHI25 NHA18 MAR7 GTY26 IRP27 GLN5 MCH30 BRI14 CAL29 RCH16 DOV19 KAN23 CLT25 MEM35 TEX15 PHO25 HOM16 12th 3562 2007 Toyota DAY39 CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 147th 46

The No. 22 car debuted in 1991 as the No. 14 at Lanier Speedway as the No. 54 Air Products and Chemicals Buick owned by driver Jason Keller and his father. Keller started eighth but finished 29th after a crash. The next year, Keller ran five races, but only finished one. In 1993, the team switched to No. 57 and ran 12 races. Despite the abbreviated schedule, Keller had one top ten finish and finished 33rd in points. In 1994, Keller and his team signed Budget Gourmet to sponsor his Chevrolets, and posted three poles and had a seventeenth place finish in the points. In 1995, Keller won his first race at the Kroger 200 and finished fourth in points. Despite not visiting victory lane again in 1996, Keller drove his Slim Jim sponsored Chevy into a sixth place points finish. Keller struggled the next two seasons, as he did not finish in the top ten in points, and was forced to run 1998 without major sponsorship. After that year, owner Steve DeSouza bought his operation, and signed IGA as sponsor. It was the right combination, as Keller won at Bristol and IRP, and climbed to eighth in points. In 2000, the team merged with ppc and got new sponsorship from Excedrin. While Keller's teammate Jeff Green dominated the Busch Series that year, Keller quietly had a strong season, winning one race and finishing a career best second in points. Albertsons was the next sponsor to climb on board, and Keller won another race and finished third in points while switching to Fords, before winning four more races and returning to second in points in 2002. After a respectable 2003 season, the team switched to No. 22 and brought Miller High Life on board to sponsor. Keller went winless for the first time since 1998, and departed for Team Rensi Motorsports at the end of the year. He was replaced by Kenny Wallace and sponsor Stacker 2. Wallace had five top fives and finished seventh in points. He continued to run with ppc with Autozone backing the car in 2006, but Autozone departed at the end of the season and Wallace took a full time Cup ride with Furniture Row Racing. After a number switch with Fitz Motorsports, the team was merged with Carl A. Haas Motorsports in order to run Kyle Krisiloff in the No. 14 Clabber Girl car.

Ppc Racing No. 22NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts 1998 Jason Keller 57 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 16th 2971 1999 DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 8th 3537 2000 DAY CAR LVS ATL43 DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 2nd 4389 2001 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 3rd 4642 2002 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH5* TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM15* 2nd 4644 2003 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 5th 4528 2004 22 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 6th 4088 2005 Kenny Wallace DAY37 CAL13 MXC8 LVS23 ATL12 NSH2 BRI14 TEX9 PHO16 TAL35 DAR2 RCH20 CLT9 DOV9 NSH2 KEN14 MLW8 DAY4 CHI29 NHA11 PPR3 GTY24 IRP11 GLN28 MCH18 BRI35 CAL8 RCH31 DOV11 KAN24 CLT26 MEM18 TEX20 PHO14 HOM29 7th 4068 2006 DAY13 CAL34 MXC19 LVS32 ATL19 BRI8 TEX27 NSH8 PHO28 TAL13 RCH23 DAR16 CLT13 DOV16 NSH11 KEN20 MLW8 DAY14 CHI29 NHA27 MAR13 GTY9 IRP20 GLN31 MCH18 BRI29 CAL36 RCH24 DOV14 KAN22 CLT19 MEM14 TEX16 PHO31 HOM26 11th 3626

The No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International truck is driven by Terry Cook in the Craftsman Truck Series. Cook joined the team in 2003 leaving K Automotive Racing with 4 wins, 9 top 5s, 17 top 10s, and an 8th place points finish. During the first 3 years with ppc, Cook would go on a winless slump, like the one he suffered from 1998 to 2002. Between the 2003 and 2005 seasons, Cook would amass a total of 3 poles, 4 top 5s, and 28 top 10s. Although the 10 team's first year together was slightly successful, 2004 and 2005 would be complete disasters for the team, with 2 consecutive years finishing outside the top 10 in points. In 2006, Cook would receive his first victory in 4 years at Kansas Speedway and finish 8th in the points. He would leave for HT Motorsports at season's end. The following year, ppc's truck equipment was purchased by Circle Bar Racing with International's Maxx Diesel sponsoring David Starr in the No. 10 truck.