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Former NASCAR team
Midwest Transit Racing
is a disbanded
NASCAR Winston Cup Series
team owned and operated by
Hal Hicks
and
Mike Witter
. It was formed in 1998 as No. 03 with
Dan Pardus
driving and
Midwest Transit
as the sponsor. Before the car hit the track however, NASCAR changed the car number to 07 for unspecified reasons. The team planned to run as many races as possible, but several starts led to nothing but DNQ's until the
Pepsi 400
, where Pardus finished 36th after a crash. The team tried again in
1999
, only switching its car number to 50. When Pardus did not qualify for any of his attempts, he was replaced by
Ricky Craven
. At first, the combination seemed to work, but in 2000, the team began to fail to qualify for races again as well as having problems finishing races. After Craven quit the team,
Rick Mast
drove the car briefly, attempting races on a limited schedule, before
Rich Bickle
took over for one race at
Indianapolis
. After that the team suspended operations and closed down, ending a brief but tumultuous run in NASCAR.
Car No. 50 results
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