<P> In 1992, Little signed to drive the No. 66 TropArctic Ford for Cale Yarborough, but was released six races into the season . Later he caught on to the No. 9 Ford fielded by Melling Racing, and had an eighth - place finish at Talladega . He also made his Busch Series debut that year, starting and finishing 29th in the No. 37 Maxx Race Cards Oldsmobile at Watkins Glen International . </P> <P> In 1993, Little, along with Greg Pollex and former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien, formed Mark Rypien Motorsports, running the No. 23 If It's Paper - Bayer Select Ford on a limited basis that year, posting a second - place finish at Dover International Speedway . The next year, the team went full - time and Little had ten top - five finishes, finishing third in points . He also drove the No. 97 Ford at the Daytona 500 that season, finishing 29th . In 1995, Little broke through and won six races during the course of the season, including the first two races of the season, at Daytona and Rockingham, and finished second in points, behind Johnny Benson . His other wins were at Loudon, Charlotte, Talladega and South Boston . Little did not win a race the following season, however, and slipped to sixth in points . He also ran nine Cup races, five in Pollex's No. 97 Sterling Cowboy Pontiac Grand Prix, and another four for Diamond Ridge Motorsports, posting a twentieth - place finish at Darlington Raceway, </P> <P> In 1997, Little returned to the Cup Series, running the No. 97 Pontiac for Pollex with a sponsorship from John Deere . He finished seventh at the Food City 500, but the team struggled to make races . Late in the year, Jack Roush purchased the team to be added to his stable for 1998 . Little ended 1997 36th in points . </P> <P> In 1998, Little drove for Roush full - time with Jeff Hammond as crew chief . Running 32 out of 33 races, he had seven top - tens, including a second - place run at Texas, finishing behind Mark Martin, and finished a career - high 15th in points . He was unable to duplicate that performance in 1999, posting just five top - tens and finishing 23rd in points . After just one top - ten in 2000, Roush announced Little would not drive the 97 the following season . Late in the year, Little was pulled out of the car and replaced by his successor, Kurt Busch with Hammond still as crew chief . During the season, he also ran a handful of races in the Busch Series . Originally running the No. 30 for Innovative Motorsports, he was released and posted a top - ten in a one - race deal with PPI Motorsports . </P>

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