Competing in its third full season of competition in the NASCAR Busch Series, Herzog Jackson Motorsports combined forces with driver Todd Bodine, crew chief Tony Liberati and Excedrin QuickTabs to pursue wins, polls and a top-10 finish in the 2002 NASCAR Busch Series standings.

Founded in 1987 by Bill Herzog and sons, Stan and Randy, Herzog Jackson Motorsports has fielded winning racing programs in several motorsports series including: the NASCAR Busch Series, American Speed Association (ASA), SCORE Off-Road, Short Course Off-Road Racing Drivers Association (SODA), Pikes Peak Hill Climb and Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) circuits.

NASCAR Busch Series success came quickly for the Herzog Jackson Motorsports team. In just its second full season of competition, driver Jimmie Johnson drove the No. 92 Excedrin Chevrolet Monte Carlo to the teams' first victory on July 14, 2001 in the inaugural Hills Bros. 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. In addition, Herzog Jackson Motorsports finished 10th in the 2000 and eighth in the 2001 NASCAR Busch Series owner point standings.

The 2002 season marks the second year of competition with Excedrin, owned by New Jersey-based Bristol-Myers Squibb, serving as sponsor of the No. 92 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. It is also the first year of the teams' relationship with co-owner Reggie Jackson and driver Todd Bodine, a veteran of the NASCAR Busch Series, who has several seasons of Winston Cup experience under his belt.

“Todd has a lot of racing experience, and that's what we were looking for. We wanted a driver with experience to help us take the No. 92 Excedrin Chevrolet Monte Carlo to victory lane again in 2002,” said Randy Herzog.

In June, Bodine drove the Excedrin Chevrolet to victory at Kentucky Speedway. The win was the second for Herzog Jackson Motorsports and the 14th of Bodine’s career. The team then followed up that success by earning the pole position for the event at Chicagoland Speedway in July. To date, the team has racked up nine top-10 finishes this season.

Bill, together with sons Stan and Randy, own and run Herzog Contracting Corporation. Herzog Contracting Corporation, founded in 1969, specializes in highway and airport construction, railroad and mass transit construction, quarrying and materials production and rail transit operations. In addition, the Waste Management Division of the company is actively engaged in the development and operation of sanitary landfills and resource recovery projects.

Beginning in 2002, baseball legend Reggie Jackson steps up to the plate to become a co-owner of the No. 92 Excedrin QuickTabs Chevrolet. Jackson, affectionately nicknamed “Mr. October” for his World Series heroics with the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees, teams with co-owners Bill, Stan and Randy Herzog in the NASCAR Busch Series.

“I feel very fortunate to have met a lot of wonderful people throughout the years,” states Jackson. “One such person was Herb Fishel, the Executive Director of GM Racing, whom I met while searching for original and replacement parts for my classic cars. I met Randy and Stan Herzog through Herb, and as you can imagine, we all share a passion for speed. When the opportunity arose to join a first-class organization such as Herzog Motorsports, I just couldn't pass it up. I am proud, and very excited, to add the title of owner of a Busch Series team to my list of accomplishments.”

Jackson, born on May 26, 1946 in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, was an outstanding football and baseball player at Arizona State University before being drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in 1966. He remained with the team when it moved to Oakland in 1968 and in 1969 led the American League with a .608 slugging percentage and 123 runs scored.

Jackson led the A’s to five straight Western Division titles between 1971 and 1975, and three consecutive World Series wins from 1972 to 1974. He hit 32 home runs in ‘71 and matched that number in 1973, the year in which he was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player.

In 1976, when the Oakland team was broken up due to free agency, Jackson signed with Baltimore and remained there for one season before heading to the Yankees. It was during his stay with the Yankees that Jackson earned the nickname “Mr. October” after hitting three home runs in game six of the 1977 World Series.

Jackson spent 21 years in the major leagues before retiring at the conclusion of the 1987 season. In all, Jackson won four American League homerun titles and hit a total of 563 homeruns. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993, and has since founded the Mr. October Foundation for Kids (MOFK).

MOFK is a non-profit organization that strives to improve educational opportunities for underprivileged youth. Its mission comes from Jackson's desire to provide realistic and reachable goals for underprivileged children. By acting as a stimulus for increased charitable giving through foundations, corporations and individuals, and through the building of a permanent endowment, the Mr. October Foundation for Kids will make grants from those endowments to tutor discouraged learners, address employment opportunities for the underserved youth and offer incentive-based scholarships.