ide ▁ride " ▁and ▁former ▁C raft s man ▁T ruck ▁Series ▁star ▁Andy ▁Houston ▁taking ▁over ▁in ▁a ▁second ▁car ▁— ▁the ▁No . ▁ 9 6 ▁Mc Donald ' s - sp ons ored ▁Ford . ▁Houston ' s ▁team ▁was ▁shut ▁down ▁before ▁the ▁season ▁ended ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁good ▁results ▁and ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁its ▁spons or . ▁ ▁Cra ven , ▁however , ▁had ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁strong ▁races , ▁which ▁he ▁c apped ▁giving ▁the ▁team ▁its ▁first ▁career ▁victory ▁at ▁Mart ins ville ▁in ▁October . ▁He ▁finished ▁ 2 1 st ▁in ▁the ▁points ▁stand ings ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁Cra ven ▁ran ▁strong ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁and , ▁although ▁he ▁failed ▁to ▁win ▁a ▁race ▁for ▁the ▁team , ▁he ▁managed ▁to ▁improve ▁his ▁point ▁championship ▁standing ▁and ▁finishing ▁ 1 5 th ▁overall . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁team ' s ▁last ▁season ▁in ▁a ▁Ford , ▁as ▁they ▁switched ▁to ▁Pont iac ▁the ▁next ▁season . ▁ ▁Cra ven ▁started ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁the ▁same ▁way , ▁with ▁a ▁strong ▁Top ▁ 5 ▁at ▁Rock ingham ▁and ▁a ▁famous ▁victory ▁at ▁Dar ling ton , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁beat ▁Kurt ▁Bus ch ▁to ▁the ▁finish ▁by ▁just ▁ 0 . 0 0 2 ▁seconds , ▁which ▁still ▁stands ▁today ▁as ▁the ▁smallest ▁margin ▁of ▁victory ▁in ▁NAS C AR ▁Cup ▁Series ▁history . ▁It ▁also ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁Pont iac ' s ▁last ▁win ▁in