During most of the 2005 racing season, Ricky was in the process of building a new home for him and his son, Brian.  As many of you know, building a home is very time consuming and stressful.  So in order to give his undivided attention to his home building project, he decided to limit his racing schedule.  His home was near completion in the fall of 2005, when Mr. Steve Turner, of Turner Motorsports, Houston, Texas, contacted him to drive his Southeast Series racecar at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and Montgomery Speedway.  Engine problems at Nashville during practice made it impossible to enter the race.  But at Montgomery he qualified 14th and finished the race 9th.  Ricky also raced in December at the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway, but was involved in a wreck on lap 43 and finished in the 37th position. 

Mr. Steve Turner and Ricky again met, discussed, and decided to become a racing team from Dawsonville, GA and use Ricky’s race shop as the home base.  The team's plans are to race the NASCAR Southeast Series, some Super Late Model races, and begin preparations to run some Hooters Pro Cup races later in the summer of 2006. 

Ricky and his team manager, Scott Bess, are busy working on the Hooters Pro Cup racecar and would like to race at Myrtle Beach Speedway on June 24^th if they can get the car completed.