Former NFL receiver pushes to start race team

Former NFL receiver and FSN Pro Football Preview analyst Tim Brown has a new mission - owning a Nextel Cup team.
With his Super Bowl chase over after 17 NFL seasons, Brown returned to the state where he won the 1987 Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame. Now, Brown wants to become the first minority owner in the NASCAR series.
"If that's going to happen, it's going to have to happen in the next 45 to 60 days," Brown said Sunday. "So we're going to be pushing very hard to get that done."
Brown appeared with one of the series' top owners, Jack Roush, before the race.
Roush advised Brown to also start teams in NASCAR's Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series, something Brown said he would consider.
"Mr. Roush told me yesterday he started in the truck series, so if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for us," Brown said. "It's our hope to run in the Cup series and the Busch series this year."
Brown is the latest football personality to make the transition to racing. Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs owns a team, and former players such as Reggie White, Joe Washington, Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach were involved in racing.
He was also recently named an analyst for the first NFL preview program of the weekend, which debuts on FSN Sept. 9 and airs at 5:00 PM and 10:30 PM local on Fridays, Saturday afternoons (check local listings) and Sundays at 10:00 AM EST/ 7:00 AM PST.

Associated Press