NASCAR Q&A: David Dollar

Interviewed by Scott Wright, Staff Writer Comments 0
Published: November 6, 2009

After making a name for himself on the dirt tracks of Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, Hennessey native David Dollar made the jump to NASCAR’s Truck Series in 1996 as an owner. He fielded his first full-time team in 1999 and by 2001, his truck, driven by Dennis Setzer, finished in the top 10 in points.

Hennessey native David Dollar co-owns a Camping World Truck Series team. Photo provided

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Then known as Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, the team finished second in points in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. In July 2008, NFL star Randy Moss made his entrance into NASCAR when he bought half of the team. Now, Moss and Dollar are co-owners of Randy Moss Motorsports, which will field two trucks — the No. 5 driven by Mike Skinner and the No. 81 driven by Tayler Malsam — in today’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lone Star 350 at Texas Motor Speedway.

How did things change for your organization when Randy Moss got involved?

We’ve definitely gotten noticed a lot more. That name recognition goes a long way. In fact, it took me quite a bit by surprise. I follow football, but I tell you, that cat is popular. When Randy got involved, one of our goals was to run a full-time second team. We wanted to get a veteran driver behind the wheel of our primary team and give a young up-and-coming guy an opportunity in the No. 81 truck.

How much involvement does Moss have in the operation, especially this time of year when he’s busy with football?

Yeah, his main gig is catching footballs. Randy is such a great spokesman, working with our sponsors and doing what he can for them. Football limits his travel, but he finds way to stay involved. In the off-season, he comes to the shop a lot and comes to all the races that he can make.

Is your goal to move up from trucks to Nationwide or even Sprint Cup eventually?

Being the business that it is, I think you’ve got to move forward and grow. National sponsors have a Cup mentality. Randy and I don’t want to leave our truck roots, by any means, but it’s our goal to grow into a Cup program down the road.

Does Texas feel like your home track?

Absolutely. We’re based in Statesville, N.C., now, but for years I was based out of Hennessey until about six years ago. Coming up on the dirt tracks around Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, I always aspired to be in NASCAR. Then the opportunity to get into the trucks came along, and at about the same time, they were building Texas Motor Speedway, and I just kept thinking, ‘How cool is that?’ We’ve had a couple wins at Texas. It’s definitely home track to me.

Does it surprise you there aren’t more prominent Oklahomans in NASCAR?

There is so much great racing talent throughout the Midwest and in Oklahoma. The competition on those dirt tracks was fierce. It seems like most of the guys who come up on the dirt tracks usually go the World of Outlaws route. I’d like to see more Oklahomans involved, for sure.

Co-owner of Randy Moss Motorsports

Hennessey native