Midwest Transit Racing

Midwest Transit Racing is a disbanded NASCAR Winston Cup Series team owned and operated by Hal Hicks and Mike Witter. It was formed in 1998 as No. 03 with Dan Pardus driving and Midwest Transit as the sponsor. Before the car hit the track however, NASCAR changed the car number to 07 for unspecified reasons. The team planned to run as many races as possible, but several starts led to nothing but DNQ's until the Pepsi 400, where Pardus finished 36th after a crash. The team tried again in 1999, only switching its car number to 50. When Pardus did not qualify for any of his attempts, he was replaced by Ricky Craven. At first, the combination seemed to work, but in 2000, the team began to fail to qualify for races again as well as having problems finishing races. After Craven quit the team, Rick Mast drove the car briefly, attempting races on a limited schedule, before Rich Bickle took over for one race at Indianapolis. After that the team suspended operations and closed down, ending a brief but tumultuous run in NASCAR.

Midwest Transit Racing

Owner(s)	Hal Hicks Mike Witter
Series	Winston Cup Series
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	1998
Closed	2001
Career
Debut	1998 Pepsi 400 (Daytona)
Latest race	2001 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis)
Races competed	38
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0
Pole positions	0

Car No. 50 results

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Owners	Pts
1998	Dan Pardus	07	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL DNQ	CAL	CLT DNQ	DOV	RCH	MCH	POC	SON	NHA	POC	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	NHA DNQ	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL DNQ	DAY 36	PHO	CAR	ATL				52nd	160
1999		50		DAY DNQ	CAR Wth†							TAL DNQ	CAL	RCH	CLT DNQ	DOV	MCH	POC	SON																					46th	855
	Billy Standridge				CAR DNQ
	Ron Hornaday Jr.					LVS DNQ	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR
	Ricky Craven																			DAY 43	NHA 13	POC	IND 34	GLN	MCH 30	BRI 42	DAR	RCH	NHA 43	DOV 40	MAR 24	CLT 43	TAL	CAR 41	PHO 30	HOM 32	ATL DNQ
2000				DAY DNQ	CAR DNQ	LVS 40	ATL	DAR DNQ	BRI DNQ	TEX	MAR 31	TAL 29	CAL	RCH 40	CLT 42	DOV	MCH DNQ	POC	SON	DAY 29	NHA 17	POC	IND 41	GLN	MCH 37	BRI DNQ	DAR	RCH 26	NHA 36	DOV	MAR 20	CLT DNQ	TAL 30	CAR 15	PHO 18	HOM DNQ	ATL 30			45th	1393
2001	Rick Mast			DAY DNQ	CAR 32	LVS DNQ	ATL DNQ	DAR DNQ	BRI 36	TEX DNQ	MAR 41	TAL DNQ	CAL	RCH 20	CLT 32	DOV DNQ	MCH DNQ	POC 22	SON	DAY 34	CHI	NHA 14	POC																	45th	890
	Rich Bickle																							IND 32	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM	ATL	NHA
† - Replaced after first round qualifying by Billy Standridge

External links

• Midwest Transit Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference