After starting 1997 off with no driver or sponsor, the team finally hooked up a deal with Rick Wilson to run selected events that season.
In his next start, at Martinsville Speedway, he qualified third but had to make an early exit due to a fuel pump problem.
This did not stop the team from looking towards the future, as they built a full shop of Ford Tauruses to prepare for a full-time run.
A successful test at Darlington Speedway with Mike Wallace yielded optimism for 1999, but by November, it was obvious the situation hadn't gotten any better.
As a result, Blair laid off all of his employees and sold the shop and equipment to Travis Carter Motorsports.