CANNONS WILL RUN REST OF 2008
The father and son world
championship Pro Modified duo Scotty and Scott Cannon will race in 2008 thanks
to a last minute sponsorship from Mark Pullen, owner of Mark’s Truck Repair LLC
in
Scotty had planned to sit
out the balance of the 2008 season and search for a sponsor to replace Torco
Race Fuels.
“I told these guys when
they bought the car I would be able to help run the car because without a
sponsor we would not be at the remaining events,” Cannon said. “It looks like
now we will be at all the races with two cars just like our original plan. Mark
has stepped up as well as Damien Moore from
The father and son world
championship Pro Modified duo Scotty and Scott Cannon will race in 2008 thanks
to a last minute sponsorship from Mark Pullen, owner of Mark’s Truck Repair LLC
in
Scotty had planned to sit
out the balance of the 2008 season and search for a sponsor to replace Torco
Race Fuels.
“I told these guys when
they bought the car I would be able to help run the car because without a
sponsor we would not be at the remaining events,” Cannon said. “It looks like
now we will be at all the races with two cars just like our original plan. Mark
has stepped up as well as Damien Moore from
Scott, who answers to the
nickname Junior, will also be able to defend his first world championship at
the remainder of the 2008.
“I was beginning to think
I would not be able to defend my title this year. Now we will just take it
round by round and see where we end up” said Cannon Jr.
The team will only run one
car this weekend in
Pullen has owned several
Pro Modified entries in the past and has raced in both IHRA and outlaw
competition.
When I heard that Scotty
Cannon had sold his car and was available to drive I jumped at the chance to
put him in the seat of my new car,” said Pullen.
Scotty will be absent from this weekend’s event due to an already scheduled
business trip to