CONCORD, N.C. – The NASCAR Sprint Cup garage is going to have a new team present in 2012 for at least part of the schedule as Sinica Motorsports is going to attempt to make a foray into the top level of stock car racing. George Sinica and Jason Miles are co-owners of the venture that is going to offer Grant Enfinger his first opportunity to compete in the Cup Series. Sinica will be the first Latin-American car owner in Sprint Cup.
The team will field Chevrolets, some garnered from Richard Childress Racing with engines from ECR and Pro Motors. They plan to run 10-15 races at this point but will do more if sponsorship can be secured. Sinica plans to run full races, it is not going to be a start-and-park operation.
Allen Wellman will be the crew chief for the team. He owns B.W. Race Cars in Fallston, N.C. They currently have six full-time employees but are looking for fill more positions quickly. The organization is going to attempt to run 1-3 races before the end of the 2011 season to allow Enfinger to get some seat time in a Cup car before Daytona in February.
The team has a relationship with a past Cup Series champion that will be utilized if the team needs to ensure they will make races via the past champion’s provisional.
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