Speed Racer
aka "mach5driver"
Tinsley Hughes, who with Sam Belnavis, founded BH Motorsports last season - which they had hoped would be the first black-owned Winston Cup team running full time - still hopes to field a team this season despite Belnavis' departure from the organization. Last week, team officials confirmed Belnavis, former director of sports marketing for Miller Brewing Co., had left, leaving Hughes as sole owner. In the coming weeks, Belnavis is expected to announce a new partnership with Winston Cup car owner Travis Carter and the formation of BelCar Racing. Hughes' team continues to be incorporated under the name BH Motorsports, but will likely change names in the near future. "We're alive and well and have not closed shop," said Hughes, a former co-owner of Mansion Motorsports, which has entered Winston Cup events on a part-time basis. "We're working 24 hours a day, seven days a week to continue this program." The team is searching for a sponsor and has yet to name a driver. It will likely keep the No. 54, which BH Motorsports used in 2002.
