Precision Products Racing (PPR) was a NASCAR team that competed regularly from 1990 to 1998. It was owned by Richard Jackson and based in Asheville, North Carolina. The team officially closed after the 2001 season following a part-time schedule in the ARCA RE/MAX Series.

Winston Cup

Precision Products Racing was formed by Jackson in 1990, following his departure from a team he co-owned with his brother Leo. The team debuted at the 1990 Daytona 500 with the #1 Skoal Classic Oldsmobile driven by Terry Labonte. In the team's debut, Labonte led seven laps and finished 2nd. Labonte would go on to have eight additional top-ten finishes and ended the season fifteenth in the overall standings. PPR also fielded a second car on the Series' two road course races, the #0 driven by Irv Hoerr, who finished in the top-ten on both occasions.

Labonte departed the team at season's end and was replaced by Rick Mast for 1991. His best finish that season was a 4th at the Daytona 500, and he picked up two additional top-ten finishes, earning a twenty-first place points finish. In 1992, Mast had one top-ten finish and also won the team's first pole position at the season-ending Hooters 500. He was eliminated from competition after being involved in a Lap 1 wreck with Brett Bodine and Hut Stricklin. PPR also fielded a second car for the final time in its history at Sears Point Raceway, where Hoerr finished 41st following an engine failure. The team would switch to Ford in 1993, with Mast earning five top-ten finishes, his best finish being a 5th at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mast and PPR had a banner year in the 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, finishing in the top-ten a career-high ten times, and finishing 2nd at Rockingham Speedway, losing narrowly to Dale Earnhardt. Mast also won his second career pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the inaugural Brickyard 400, the first time stock cars ran at the historic speedway. PPR ended the season 18th in the championship standings. The team only finished in the top-ten 3 times in 1995, earning one pole at Dover Downs International Speedway and dropping to 21st in points.

In 1996, PPR began fielding Pontiacs for Mast and also signed Hooters as a primary sponsor, replacing Skoal. In his final season with the team, Mast had five top-ten finishes, three of which came in a row, and moved back up to 18th in the standings. Both he and Hooters left the team at season's end. Morgan Shepherd was signed as driver for 1997 with Delco Remy America and Crusin' America Phone Cards as the initial sponsors. Although Shepherd had two top-tens in the first four races, the team quickly struggled and Shepherd left for Jasper Motorsports fourteen races into the season, citing concerns over the team's financial situation, during which time R+L Carriers joined as permanent primary sponsor for the #1 car. He was replaced by rookie driver and team spotter Jerry Nadeau, who ran five races with a best finish of thirtieth before leaving the team. After failing to qualify for the 1997 Brickyard 400 with Mike Wallace, PPR's chassis specialist Lance Hooper took over as driver for the next 6 races, failing to qualify at New Hampshire and earning a best finish of 24th twice. Shepherd returned for the last part of the season, missing the field twice and finishing no higher than 12th.

For 1998, Jackson swapped numbers with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), with DEI getting car number 1 and Jackson car number 14. PPR attempted the 1998 Daytona 500 with Loy Allen Jr. with Delco Remy sponsoring, but failed to qualify following an accident in the team's qualifying race. Spending most of the season on the team's NASCAR Busch Grand National Series operation, Jackson only attempted one more Winston Cup race, the Brickyard 400 with Hooper, but again did not qualify. This was Jackson's last involvement with Winston Cup until 2001, when he served as the crew chief for Hooper's #47 J. J. Baker Custom Homes Ford, owned by Dark Horse Motorsports. The team qualified for one of the four races it attempted over the next two years.

Car No. 1 results

YearDriverNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233OwnersPts
1990Terry Labonte1OldsDAY 2RCH 32CAR 9ATL 40DAR 14BRI 4NWS 15MAR 31TAL 6CLT 13DOV 13SON 35POC 20MCH 7DAY 4POC 10TAL 42GLN 14MCH 14BRI 4DAR 14RCH 17DOV 15MAR 9NWS 27CLT 17CAR 13PHO 13ATL 2116th3371
1991Rick MastDAY 4RCH 35CAR 30ATL 29DAR 13BRI 18NWS 12MAR 13TAL 10CLT 30DOV 20SON 19POC 25MCH 29DAY 19POC 27TAL 28GLN 35MCH 18BRI 26DAR 11RCH 27DOV 9MAR 13NWS 25CLT 13CAR 18PHO 28ATL 2821st2918
1992DAY 13CAR 12RCH 18ATL 22DAR 17BRI 30NWS 23MAR 14TAL 17CLT 23DOV 32SON 11POC 30MCH 28DAY 17POC 24TAL 26GLN 32MCH 13BRI 29DAR 23RCH 28DOV 24MAR 9NWS 21CLT 35CAR 17PHO 17ATL 2823rd2830
1993FordDAY 12CAR 39RCH 35ATL 30DAR 15BRI 10NWS 19MAR 11TAL 13SON 29CLT 31DOV 6POC 16MCH 11DAY 16NHA 16POC 36TAL 38GLN 37MCH 33BRI 5DAR 32RCH 18DOV 18MAR 26NWS 8CLT 18CAR 17PHO 10ATL 3721st3001
1994DAY 27CAR 3RCH 7ATL 26DAR 37BRI 29NWS 10MAR 8TAL 20SON 34CLT 31DOV 30POC 9MCH 13DAY 29NHA 9POC 40TAL 20IND 22GLN 38MCH 3BRI 10DAR 20RCH 33DOV 15MAR 29NWS 3CLT 12CAR 2PHO 42ATL 2719th3238
1995DAY 21CAR 35RCH 34ATL 11DAR 26BRI 15NWS 8MAR 34TAL 28SON 16CLT 14DOV 13POC 21MCH 34DAY 26NHA 11POC 13TAL 17IND 8GLN 37MCH 31BRI 26DAR 26RCH 12DOV 28MAR 28NWS 26CLT 36CAR 34*PHO 9ATL 2121st2984
1996PontiacDAY 28CAR 10RCH 19ATL 34DAR 19BRI 12NWS 14MAR 15TAL 15SON 19CLT 12DOV 35POC 28MCH 18DAY 20NHA 13POC 30TAL 41IND 9GLN 27MCH 16BRI 35DAR 22RCH 19DOV 6MAR 4NWS 6CLT 15CAR 38PHO 38ATL 1318th3190
1997Morgan ShepherdDAY 29CAR 10RCH 43ATL 3DAR 12TEX 24BRI 28MAR 35SON 23TAL 28CLT 9DOV 38POC 12DOV 31MAR DNQCLT 22TAL 12CAR 34PHO DNQATL 2738th2033
Jerry NadeauMCH 36CAL 38DAY 30NHA 39POC 33
Mike WallaceIND DNQ
Lance HooperGLN 24MCH 34BRI 24DAR 35RCH 33NHA DNQ
1998Loy Allen Jr.14DAY DNQCARLVSATLDARBRITEXMARTALCALCLTDOVRCHMCHPOCSONNHAPOCNA-
Lance HooperIND DNQGLNMCHBRINHADARRCHDOVMARCLTTALDAYPHOCARATL

Busch Series

Jackson's first involvement in NASCAR came in 1982 when he fielded an entry for his daughter Lisa. She ran at Asheville Speedway in her only career start, finishing 17th.

PPR joined the Busch Series on a part-time basis in 1992 ten years later, when it fielded the #0 Skoal Classic/Majik Mart Oldsmobile for Mast, who had two sixth-place finishes and three overall top-tens out of eleven starts. Mast ran five times for PPR's Busch team in 1993, earning a pole and three top-ten finishes. In addition, Tommy Houston made one start for the team at Nazareth Speedway, and Robert Pressley finished the season for Jackson following his release from Alliance Motorsports, finishing in the top-ten twice.

In 1998, Jackson chose to move his team down to the Busch Series permanently after being unable to find regular sponsorship for his Cup team, fielding the #23 World Championship Wrestling Pontiac for Hooper. Running a part-time schedule, Hooper had a 2nd-place qualifying effort at Richmond, but did not finish higher than 18th that year. The team suspended its NASCAR operations after the season.

ARCA

PPR made its debut in the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series in 1997, fielding the #01 Precision Products/Bussman Pontiac for Nadeau. Running two consecutive races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Nadeau finished fourth and second respectively. The team returned to the series in 1999, initially with the #47 Lucas Oil Pontiac for Hooper, who had two top-ten finishes. Later in the season, PPR fielded the #90 Invincible Sportswear Ford for IRL driver Jon Herb at the schedule's two dirt tracks (Illinois and Du Quoin State Fairgrounds), but Herb finished well off the lead lap both times, and failed to qualify for his first asphalt attempt at Atlanta.

Jackson and Herb returned to Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) in 2000 on a more regular basis in the #47 car with Invincible Sportswear and WorldBestBuy.com sponsoring. Herb had nine top-twenty finishes, his best overall standing being eleventh on three separate races. PPR's final race came at Daytona in 2001, when Herb crashed after 29 laps and finished 35th.

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