Team PVW is powered by Francois Bergeron, NASCAR Fabricator extraordinaire. Francois
started his racing career in the early ‘90s racing street stocks as a driver in the Northeast
and winning several races.
In 1993 he moved to the Carolinas to pursue an opportunity in racing and was employed by
Ricky Craven Motorsports as a member of his Dupont # 2 race team in the Busch Grand
National Division. He later moved with Ricky Craven to Larry Hedrick Motor Sports # 41
Winston Cup Division.
In 1996 Francois was hired by Rick Hendrick Motorsports to oversee the body building of
the Kelloggs # 5 Winston Cup Car and was in charge of all the wind tunnel testing for that
team under the leadership of Andy Graves.
In 2000 Francois moved from Hendrick Motorsports to Chip Ganassi Racing under the
leadership of Andy Graves to manage the entire Fabrication Department and all body
building and wind tunnel and straight line Areo testing until 2008.
In 2008 Francois moved from Chip Ganassi Racing to Michael Waltrip Racing to again head
the car construction department.
After leaving Michael Waltrip Racing Francois has set out on his own car construction and
repair business to help fledgling ARCA and Nationwide teams.
Below is a partial list of winning cars that Francois had input on:
# 2 Dupont ( Busch Grand National Division )
# 5 Kelloggs ( Winston Cup )
# 40 Coors Light ( Winston Cup )
ARCA Cars
# 9 Joey Miller
# 32 Country Joe Racing
#12 Mario Goslin
# 2 Michael McDowell
# 2 Scott Speed
ESR Racing
Francois also had the following cars on the front row for the Daytona 500:
Steve Grissom
Terry Labonte
Michael Waltrip
started his racing career in the early ‘90s racing street stocks as a driver in the Northeast
and winning several races.
In 1993 he moved to the Carolinas to pursue an opportunity in racing and was employed by
Ricky Craven Motorsports as a member of his Dupont # 2 race team in the Busch Grand
National Division. He later moved with Ricky Craven to Larry Hedrick Motor Sports # 41
Winston Cup Division.
In 1996 Francois was hired by Rick Hendrick Motorsports to oversee the body building of
the Kelloggs # 5 Winston Cup Car and was in charge of all the wind tunnel testing for that
team under the leadership of Andy Graves.
In 2000 Francois moved from Hendrick Motorsports to Chip Ganassi Racing under the
leadership of Andy Graves to manage the entire Fabrication Department and all body
building and wind tunnel and straight line Areo testing until 2008.
In 2008 Francois moved from Chip Ganassi Racing to Michael Waltrip Racing to again head
the car construction department.
After leaving Michael Waltrip Racing Francois has set out on his own car construction and
repair business to help fledgling ARCA and Nationwide teams.
Below is a partial list of winning cars that Francois had input on:
# 2 Dupont ( Busch Grand National Division )
# 5 Kelloggs ( Winston Cup )
# 40 Coors Light ( Winston Cup )
ARCA Cars
# 9 Joey Miller
# 32 Country Joe Racing
#12 Mario Goslin
# 2 Michael McDowell
# 2 Scott Speed
ESR Racing
Francois also had the following cars on the front row for the Daytona 500:
Steve Grissom
Terry Labonte
Michael Waltrip
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