Chris Wimmer Looking Forward to Racing in the Lone Star State

Looking to get his rookie season back on track, Chris Wimmer and MB Motorsports will journey to Texas this weekend for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Silverado 350 at the Texas Motor Speedway. Mechanical problems at Las Vegas and California have been a source of consternation for the Wisconsin native and his team, but as always, Wimmer manages to maintain a positive attitude.

“It’s been a challenging year,” said Wimmer. “We haven’t had the finishes we thought we would coming into the season, but it’s been more bad luck than anything. My team is solid; I’ve never seen a crew work as hard as I have seen with this team and (MB Motorsports owner/crew chief) Mike (Mittler) is always right there with us. He can be demanding some times, but he never asks us to do something he wouldn’t do himself and he’s always the most positive voice in the garage.

“I’ve learned a lot from Mike this season,” he continued, “and it’s no wonder guys like Jamie (McMurray) and Carl (Edwards) are doing as well as they are now, considering they got their start from this team.”

The respect at MB Motorsports goes both ways as Mittler continues to praise Wimmer and his driving abilities. “Believe me, the problems we’ve seen this year have nothing to do with our driver,” said the St. Louis native. “We’ve had some bites from the engine bug this year and had some issues with setups, but when the truck is right, we’ve seen Chris put on a great show.

“This is a driver who has always brought the truck home in one piece this year,” continued Mittler. “He’s been a fabricator’s dream. As you’ve seen in the Truck Series, there’s a lot of beating and banging going on and for him to mix it up in this series and be able to stay off the wall and off the other trucks is a testament to how good this kid is.”

MB Motorsports continues to actively pursue new sponsors for the 2004 season in an effort to run Wimmer in as many races as possible. “We’re thankful for our existing sponsors, like Race Fans for a Cure®, Dave Porter Truck Sales, Enerpac, and Tanner Racing Products,” said Mittler, “but we’d love to have that one, big sponsor who would enable us to run the rest of the season. We’ve got a great team and a great driver and I know we’d make a potential sponsor glad they signed on with MB Motorsports.” Organizations interested in a potential marketing partnership with MB Motorsports should contact Bill Politsch at 1-800-467-2464 or Brandon Mudd at 636-219-9676.

The Silverado 350 will be broadcast live at the Texas Motor Speedway on the SPEED Channel at 2 p.m. EST and on the radio on MRN at 1:30 p.m. EST.