Although General Motors announced only a modest loss in the quarter just past, the knife has come to marketing and NASCAR.

Chevrolet officials revealed that the company would end its direct sponsorship of teams in the Craftsman Truck Series, where it had backed two teams this year - Morgan-Dollar's Nos. 85 and 46 and the Xpress No. 16.

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Chevrolet will continue to support its Truck teams, under the Silverado name, with technical and parts support, so the brand will remain established in the series, which has become largely a works series.

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