Team ASE's Leaving NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series

The National Institute for the Automotive Service Excellence, more commonly referred to as ASE. Will be leaving the NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series at the end of the 2008 season and also will no longer sponsor the truckseries.com website.

If your not familiar with truckseries.com, it's one of the best racing websites on the Internet and solo dedicated to the NCTS fans.

Team ASE is an original NCTS sponsor, since 1994 they have sponsored a truck. Appears the board of directors have decided that it's time to redirect their resources to other options.

Team ASE is the primary sponsor for the No. 59 Harris Trucking Toyota Tundra driven by Ted Musgrave. Currently he's 14th in the points race, after 16 races and has five Top Ten finishes.

Tim Zilke, the president of ASE thanked both Musgrave and the entire HT Motorsports team for their efforts this year. Calling Musgrave a great spokes person and for his professionalism he represented why driving for ASE.

He remarked that HT Motorsports, have been wonderful and they have a great relationship. It's a fitting end to our sponsorship involvement in NCTS.

Under the Team ASE banner, the NCTSracing program provided organization with numerous out reach opportunities for both our certified professionals and the consumers they serve and look forward to finishing the season with HT Motorsports (Tom Jensen/truckseries.com).

Since 1994, Team ASE has spent eleven years with Jim Smith and the defunct Ultra Motorsports team. They sponsored the No. 2 truck with various young drivers. Which closed after the 2005 season. They moved to Germain Racing with Musgrave driving the No. 9 truck for two years 2006-2007 and would move with Musgrave to the No. 59 HT Motorsports in 2008.

Source:Tom Jensen/truckseries.com