FRANKIE  STODDARD   -   ?/?/?

He began his career with Dana Patten in the Xfinity Series in 1987.  He also worked with Stub Fadden.  He led both drivers racing part time in both the Xfinity Series and the K&N Pro Series from 1987 through 1995.  He claimed four wins with Fadden over that span.  1998 saw Stoddard move atop a Cup Series pit box full time teamed with driver Jeff Burton and they were hired by Jack Roush.  In their first season together they paired up to win two races.  1999 the duo had even better success teaming up to win six races, including the Coke 600 and the Southern 500; again finishing fifth in points.  2000 saw them finish third in the Cup series points, while they collected four more wins.  Burton won twice the following season including another Coke 600 victory.  After

25 events in 2002, Stoddard left Roush Racing to go to Bill Davis and crew chief for Jeff's brother Ward Burton.  The new pairing only produced four top ten finishes in 2003, with Davis moving Stoddard over to his team driver Scott Wimmer to finish out the season.  Wimmer / Stoddard produced a single top five finish in 2004.  For the next several year Stoddard only was head man a couple times per season for various drivers.  In 2010 Stoddard went to work for Bob Jenkins with a long list of drivers that season and Boris Said was the only driver able to post a Top 10 result.  In 2011 Stoddard formed his own team announcing the formation of FAS Lane Racing.  The team fielded the #32 with Ford as the manufacturer, and cars from Roush Fenway Racing and Richard Petty Motorsports while Doug Yates supplied the  engines. U.S. Chrome sponsored the team at Daytona with Terry Labonte driving, a move that guaranteed the #32 an entry into the Daytona 500, since Labonte was the most recent former champion in a team not in the Top 35 owner's points.  The team ran the full season with a variety of drivers including Ken Schrader, Said and Mike Skinner.  The team finished 34th in owner's points.  In 2012 and 2013 things were the same.  For the most part the team functioned as a start-n-park team whose objective to to qualify for the race, start, and then a few laps into the race park and collect the purse.  Many teams do this to stay visible to sponsors in hopes of picking up a major sponsor so they can race full time.  FAS Lane Racing merged with Go Green Racing for the 2014 season, forming GoFAS Racing. Stoddard was not involved in the ownership of the team.  However, Stoddard remained on the team as a consultant.

 

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