Randy Moss and Nascar

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By SceneDaily StaffTuesday, April 29, 2008

Moss Motorsports /

National Football League star Randy Moss announced Tuesday that he
has formed Moss Motorsports LLC with the intention of running in the
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Moss said the team will debut in the second half of the current
season in hopes of running a full schedule in 2009. Sponsors and a
manufacturer will be announced at a later date, according to a news
release.

"We don't have all of the details in place just yet, but I am very
excited about Moss Motorsports becoming a part of NASCAR," Moss
said. "I am by nature a very competitive person, and this is an
outlet for me to compete at another level.

"There are some pretty awesome challenges in building a program like
this from the ground up, but I am looking forward to it. That's just
another aspect of the competition – you want to find the best people
available, and you're competing with all the other teams out there.
We're starting to look at who the best people are and working on
getting them to be a part of our team."

Moss, who is a wide receiver for the American Football Conference
champion New England Patriots, has been a fan for several years, a
news release said. He is involved with a dirt-track team and has
served as a "Goodwill Ambassador" for the Urban Youth Racing School.

"There are a lot of NASCAR fans in the locker room," Moss
said. "We've seen a lot of football players get involved – guys like
Dan Marino and Troy Aikman, to name a couple. I think it's a good
fit and gives some of the companies I am already working with an
additional outlet. It's a smart move on the marketing side of
things, but on the personal side of things I think it's going to be
a lot of fun."




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