DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) Cole Custer is hoping that the late Sam Ard’s magic touch will help him in the Xfinity Series event at Darlington Raceway come Labor Day weekend.
The 19-year-old Xfinity rookie’s Ford Mustang will carry Ard’s red-and-white signature scheme he used on the No. 00 Oldsmobile Omega on display at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. It will be a fitting remembrance for Ard, born and raised in nearby Pamplico, and whose time in NASCAR was as remarkable for its success as for its brevity.
”Sam set the standard for dominance in NASCAR,” Custer said Wednesday.