G2 Auto Racing Sanctioning Body To Meet In Early February

G2 Auto Racing founders Lincoln Griffin of Griffin Motorsports and Frank Gordon of FBG Racing will bring the sanctioning body of G2 Auto Racing to a meeting in Dacula, Georgia on the 5th of February to finalize plans for the 2005 season. Among the items on the racing organization's agenda is the finalization of G2 scoring procedures for both qualifying and racing, as well as numerous amendments to the present set of G2 Auto Racing rules that will help to iron out any "grey areas" during the season. "We are expounding a bit on the use of alternates," says FBG Racing's Frank Gordon. "We put a clause in the rules for the use of an alternate driver, but honestly didn't expect to use them. When Earnhardt was injured at mid-season last year, Lincoln and I were a little confused as to how to go about initiating an alternate driver. Hopefully this will take the guess work out of it, as we quickly learned that alternates are a very important part of any race team." Yet another item up for finalization is the use of trade sessions during the course of the season. When asked about this, Griffin Motorsports CEO stated, "The trade sessions are still something we're considering for the 2005 season, but nothing has been set in stone just yet. With so much young talent coming up from the Busch Series this year, the drivers, their crews and even the team owners themselves occasionally need a time of adjustment. The trade sessions will maximize each team's potential." Although some teams may opt not to utilize the trade sessions, they have nonetheless been proposed. If adopted, they are rumored to occur just prior to the Food City 500 in early April at Bristol and the Pepsi 400 at Daytona Speedway. Finally, G2 Auto Racing announced last week that it will begin a Busch Series, and that at least one new team will be competing along with FBG Racing and Griffin Motorsports. Due to the unpredictability of Busch Teams and the extreme nature of the Series "Silly Season", an almost completely new set of rules will need to be drafted for the G2 Auto Racing Busch Series. The sanction body of G2 Auto Racing plans to have all matters for both its Nextel and Busch Series competitions finalized by the end of their meeting in Dacula so that they may go into Daytona Speed Weeks as smoothly as possible.