The three cars entered by the JD Motorsports with Gary Keller team in Friday’s VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 Nationwide Series race at Darlington Raceway will carry a decal honoring former NASCAR driver and team owner Billy Standridge.
Standridge, who raced in the Nationwide Series from 1986 to 1993 and in Sprint Cup from 1993 to 1999, is battling cancer. He lives in Shelby, N.C., where his NASCAR team was based.
JD Motorsports owner Johnny Davis formerly worked for Standridge as a crew chief, engine builder, truck driver and all-around mechanic.
“Billy is a great guy who loves to race and who loves being around the sport,” Davis said. “He put everything into that race team, and we ran full-schedule Busch (now Nationwide) racing out of that shop with just a few people and a lot of hard work. He has a lot of years in the sport.”
The Standridge decal will be carried on the C post of JDM Chevrolets driven by Landon Cassill (01), Jeffrey Earnhardt (4) and Kevin Lepage (87) at Darlington and in other races this year, Davis said.
Standridge, 60, ran 23 Cup races and 84 Nationwide events.
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