THE NEXT Winston Cup RACE
NEWS, STATS and INFO
THE RACE: Pennzoil Freedom 400
Winston Cup Race #34 of 36 for the 2001 season
Updated: often, leading up to the race
- Race: Sunday, November 11, 2001 in Homestead, FL
- TV: NBC – 12:30pm/et, re-aired on TNT Tuesday, Nov 13th, 1:00am/et
- Pre-Race Show: 12:00noon/et – Hosted by Bill Weber
- NASCAR on TV and TNT TV Schedule and CNN/SI Schedule
- Announcers: Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
- Pit Reporters: Bill Weber, Matt Yocum, Marty Snider, Dave Burns
- Purse/Race Awards: $3,592,785 (last year $3,281,151)
- Entry List: Entry List for the: Pennzoil Freedom 400 from NASCAR.com
- 2000 Race Winner: Tony Stewart, 127.480mph, started 13th
- Race Record: Tony Stewart, Nov 1999, 140.335mph
- Track/Race Length: 1.5 mile oval, 267 laps, 400.5 miles
- Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Practice - Practice: Friday, Nov 9th 11:20am – 1:20pm/et; and Saturday, Nov 10th 10:30 – 11:15am/et
- Happy Hour Practice: Saturday, Nov 10th 11:30am – 12:15pm/et on TV-CNN/SI
Qualifying - Qualifying Draw: Friday, Nov 9th, 10:20am/et
- Qualfying Order: – Pennzoil Freedom 400
- First Round Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-36, Friday, Nov 9th at 3:00pm/et,
TV-CNN/SI live and via MRN Radio(link below) - NASCAR.com will have live lap-by-lap coverage of Winston Cup
qualifying via the web - Second-Round Qualifying: there is no longer a 2nd round of qualifying
- Track/Event Qualifying Record: Steve Park, Nov 2000, 156.440mph
- Last Year’s Pole Sitter: Steve Park, 156.440mph, finished 8th
- Track Specs:
Degree of Banking: Turns: 6 degrees
Straightaways: Length: 1,760 feet, Width: 60 feet, Banking: 3 degrees - Track Homepage: Homestead-Miami Speedway site
- Scanner Frequencies: are linked on my Racing Links Page/ Scanners Section
PAST RACE/POLE WINNERS of All past races at Homestead
YEAR CAR# DRIVER MANU STARTED AVE SPEED POLE WINNER SPEED FINISH 1999 20 Tony Stewart Pontiac 7th 140.335 David Green 155.789 22nd 2000 20 Tony Stewart Pontiac 13th 127.480 Steve Park 156.440 8th
RACE BONUS INFO
- The NASCAR Winston Cup Leader Bonus is $60,000 at Homestead for leading the points and winning the race (Jeff Gordon last won the award, $60,000 at Kansas on Sept 30, 2001). The $360,000 annual award is paid at $10,000 per race to the point leader at the end of each event if he is also the winner. The award increases by $10,000 each week the it goes unclaimed. If the point leader is not the race winner at the end of the year, the balance of the award is distributed among the top-10 finisher in the point standings(11-4-2001)
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WEATHER, TV/RADIO COVERAGE
LOCAL NEWS, TRACK/FAN INFO
Radio Coverage:
Motor Racing Network(MRN)
including RealAudio coverage
Airtime: 12:00noon/et with Announcers: Barney Hall and Joe Moore
Turn Reporters: Kurt Becker and Mike Bagley
Pit Reporters: Jim Phillips, Winston Kelley and Jason Toy
Satellite/Backhaul Listing’s:
Satellite/Backhaul Listing’s: Stutzman Computer Service/Sales – Racing Feed Locations
Local Newspaper and other Sites that cover the Homestead-Maimi, FL area:
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Miami Herald
WEATHER FORECASTS:
Weather forecast for Homestead, FL by The Weather Channel
Weather Underground – Homestead, FL
Weather Point – Homestead, FL
The Weather Pit
Intellicast – NASCAR weather
TRACK INFO FOR THE FANS:
go2races.com
TV Coverage/Info/News Pages:
MotorsportsTV
Perfect Paranoia about television coverage of racing, rate the race coverage
Tube or Travel
IN-CAR AUDIO SITES
Fans Can Online(NASCAR Online)
looks like this is all that there is out there now….
PREVIEW, FACT SHEETS and MISC News
- Some Homestead Facts: Tony Stewart has won both NASCAR Winston Cup Series races at Homestead. Bobby Labonte has finished fourth or better in both NASCAR Winston Cup Series races at Homestead. Dale Jarrett (1995), Kevin Lepage (1996), Joe Nemechek (1997 and .99), Jeff Burton (1998) and Jeff Gordon (2000) have won BGN races at Homestead. Florida native, Joe Nemechek has competed in eight races at Homestead (six BGN and two Cup). He is the only driver that has won a Bud Pole and scored a victory at the South Florida track – both in the NASCAR Busch Series.(NASCAR PR)(11-6-2001)
- : Pennzoil Freedom 400 Race Info
- CBS Sportsline: Pennzoil Freedom 400 Preview
- CNN/SI: Pennzoil Freedom 400 – Plenty of drama
- FoxSports: Pennzoil Freedom 400 preview – Totally NASCAR’s Homestead preview
- NASCAR.com: Pennzoil Freedom 400 Race Page
- Yahoo: Pennzoil Freedom 400 – Preview
- Crew Chief Club
- National Association of Pit Crew Members (NAPCM)
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RACE ODDs
- note: this is not to promote gambling but to offer readers odds and ideas on what the
‘experts’ think about the upcoming race and the Cup series season - America’s Line – Odds for the Pennzoil Freedom 400
- NASCAR Odds – Early Odds for the Pennzoil Freedom 400
- Vegas Insider – Pennzoil Freedom 400 odds
- World Sports Exchange – Pennzoil Freedom 400 odds
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QUALIFYING, PRACTICE and RESULTS
news and links
- Bill Elliott wins at Homestead: #9-Bill Elliott won the Pennzoil Freedom 400 at Homestead, his first win in 226 races (Darlington in the 1994 Southern 500 in the #11 Budweiser Ford) and the first for Ray Evernham as a Team Owner. It was Elliott’s 41st career Winston Cup win. #19-Casey Atwood was leading with a few laps to go, but Elliott caught him and Atwood ended up with his best career finish of 3rd, #15-Michael Waltrip finished 2nd. Points leader #24-Gordon finished 28th and 2nd in points #28-Rudd was 21st, so Gordon failed to clinch the Winston Cup Championship this week. Gordon needs to leave Atlanta with a 185 point lead to clinch. See for Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 results and Updated Winston Cup points(11-11-2001)
- Rookie of the Year candidates, how’d they do at Homestead?
#01-Leffler, 153.322 started 7th, finished 10th(career best)
#14-Hornaday, 150.029, missed race
#19-Atwood, 154.688 started 2nd, finished 3rd(career best)
#29-Harvick, 152.806 started 13th, finished 7th
#97-Busch, 151.852 started 32nd, finished 23rd
and non candidates:
#4-Hamilton Jr 152.147 started 27th, finished 35th
#48-Johnson 152.044 started 30th, finished 25th(11-11-2001) - Pennzoil Freedom 400 Lineup
- Happy Hour Practice is over at Homestead for the Pennzoil Freedom 400, the top five were:
1) #22-Burton 148.674
2) #01-Leffler 148.343
3) #6-Martin 148.323
4) #31-Green 148.311
5) #20-Stewart 148.014. See for the Speeds from Saturday’s 2nd practice. #21-Elliott Sadler also is in a backup car after a pit-road incident with #31-Jeff Green, in an incident that didn’t look like it did too much damage(11-10-2001) - Saturday AM practice at Homestead. #22-Burton was the fastest with a speed of 149.738mph with #93-Dave Blaney 2nd fastest at 149.044. Slowest were #11-Brett Bodine at 145.537 and #66-Todd Bodine with no speed listed as he had an accident. #90-Rick Mast wrecked in the AM practice when he cut down a right front tire and hit the wall hard and will have to go to a backup car and fall to the rear of the field prior to the satrt of the race. #66-Bodine and #8-Earnhardt Jr got together and sustained some minor damage to their cars. See for the Speeds from Saturday’s first practice(11-10-2001)
- Bill Elliott wins pole at Homestead: for the Pennzoil Freedom 400 with a speed of 155.226mph, his 51st Bud Pole of his career, the top five:
1) #9-Elliott 155.226
2) #19-Atwood 154.688
3) #43-Andretti 154.268
4) #28-Rudd 153.811
4) #40-Marlin 153.571 in the KISS car
Four drivers/teams are OUT of Provisionals: #4-Hamilton Jr, #7-Lepage, #14-Hornaday, #97-Busch. All but Hornaday made the race. Now #44-Buckshot Jones is out of provisionals for Atlanta. #09-Geoffrey Bodine and #48-Jimmie Johnson were the part timers who made the race. See or MotosportsOne for qualifying results/lineup(11-9-2001) - Pole Progression at Homestead:
#19-Atwood, went out 1st to qualify, 154.688mph, will start 2nd
#9-Elliott, out 22nd, 155.226 (11-9-2001) - Missing the Pennzoil Freedom 400 at Homestead were: #14-Hornaday(39th in owners points but out of provisionals); #49-Rich Bickle (57th); #13-Hermie Sadler(50th); #85-Carl Long(49th) and #57-Derrike Cope(52nd)(11-9-2001)
- Provisionals at Homestead go to: #55-Hamilton(18th in owners points); #36-Schrader(19th); #21-Sadler(21st); #32-Craven(23rd); #90-Mast(40th); #44-Jones(41st and out of provisionals at Atlanta); and #45-Petty(42nd). See the Provisionals page for info(11-9-2001)
- Friday Practice #28-Ricky Rudd was the fastest at 152.336mph and #19-Casey Atwood was 2nd fastest at 152.237. Slowest were #85-Carl Long at 146.811 and #13-Hermie Sadler at 146.572. See for Friday’s practice speeds(11-9-2001)
- Qualifying Order is up for the Pennzoil Freedom 400 at Homestead. See above for the link. 48 cars/drivers listed (once again, no #89-Shepherd as was on the Entry List). First driver scheduled out is #19-Casey Atwood, last scheduled out is #5-Terry Labonte. Qualifying is at 3:05pm/et and will be televised on CNN/SI, via radio on MRN Radio and can be followed via NASCAR.com(11-9-2001)
- Entry List is up for the Pennzoil Freedom 400. 49 cars/drivers listed including #09-Geoffrey Bodine in the Miccosukee Indian Gaming Ford, #13-Hermie Sadler, #48-Jimmie Johnson, #49-Rich Bickle, #57-Derrike Cope, #85-Carl Long and #89-Morgan Shepherd and as reported before, Jeff Green in the #31. NO #07-Ted Musgrave as rumored and no rumored Shawna Robinson in a Pontiac as NASCAR.com reported. See above for the NASCAR.com link(11-6-2001)
- Qualifying Rules Changed UPDATE one lap, then back to 2 laps: ESPN2’s RPM 2Night mentioned tonight that starting at New Hampshire that qualifying would consist of one lap of qualifying instead of the two laps that have been run this year. The exceptions are tracks smaller then one mile (Bristol, Richmond and Martinsville) and the two restrictor plate tracks, Daytona and Talladega(7-5-2001)
UPDATE: it was mentioned on FSN’s Totally NASCAR show on Thurs that the Cup drivers would run 2 laps of Qualifying for the New England 300 at New Hampshire. The plan is to still have one lap of qualifying at all intermediate tracks (1 to 2 miles in length) but the format will be determined in a track-to-track basis for the rest of the season(7-19-2001)
UPDATE 2 Back to 2 laps: it was announced at the beginning of CNN/SI’s qualifying coverage that qualifying would go back to 2 laps of qualifying at all Super Speedways (1 mile or more) starting this week at Michigan. So I guess that means 2 laps is back for all the tracks since 2 laps were going to be the cast at the two short tracks and restrictor plate tracks. All but the road courses which there will be no more in 2001(8-17-2001)
UPDATE 3: NASCAR officials have changed their minds again and gone back to two laps during its single round of qualifying. NASCAR announced at Daytona in early July that qualifying would be reduced to a single lap at tracks of 1-mile or longer except for Daytona and Talladega, beginning at New Hampshire on July 22. Teams ran two laps at New Hampshire, however, because of a new sealer that had been applied to the track’s surface. The cars then ran one lap for three races, but after complaints from the teams that a single lap prevented them from overcoming a mistake, the policy has been changed again and cars can now once more run a second lap if they choose()(8-18-2001) - an interesting point: When NASCAR officials decided to disallow Jerry Nadeau’s qualifying time at Daytona in Feb 2001, it raised an interesting question. With the Winston Cup series having only one round of qualifying the rest of the season, what happens if an unapproved part is found? According to NASCAR, drivers no longer have to post an official qualifying time to use a provisional, they only have to practice. So a driver could have a penalty on a qualifying issue but still have access to one of the seven provisionals for the race(Richmond Times Dispatch)(2-11-2001)
- How to break a tie during qualifying?(same speed/time) When drivers are tied for a starting spot during qualifying, it is broken by owners points standings(not drivers). For provisionals standings see the Jayski’s Provisional Status page
- Links: Practice speeds, qualifying and results can be found at these
sites: NASCAR Online, Racin Network, and
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TRACK/RACE NEWS
- Homestead Cup Grand Marshal: General Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, will be the Grand Marshal for the NASCAR Winston Cup Pennzoil 400 on November 11 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The presence of General Foglesong coincides with the special Veterans Day Tribute during the NASCAR Winston Cup Pennzoil 400 Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. At the Veterans Day Tribute, fans will have several opportunities to experience the best of the United States Armed Forces. General Foglesong is the Vice Chief of Staff for the United States Air Force Headquarters in Washington, D.C.. As Vice Chief and subject to the authority, direction and control of the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Air Force, General Foglesong presides over the Air Staff and serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Requirements Oversight Council. General Fogelsong, who earned his wings at Columbus Air Force Base (Miss.), has accumulated more than 3,400 flying hours primarily in fighter, and trainer assignments in the A-10, AT-33, AT/T-38, F-15, and F-16. In addition to recognizing General Foglesong, fans will be exposed to a multitude of military experiences and themes, all culminating with a spectacular pre-race show prior to the NASCAR Winston Cup Pennzoil 400 on Veterans Day, November 11. Highlights of the Veterans Day Tribute include an Air Force fly-by, a search and rescue demonstration by the United States Coast Guard, an aerial demonstration by the United States Army “Golden Knights” Parachute Team, a 21-gun salute, and the recognition of all veterans from NASCAR teams.(HMS PR)(11-7-2001)
- Homestead BGN Sponsor: General Nutrition Centers (GNC Live Well) announced it has signed to be the title sponsor of the BGN race in Miami. The GNC Live Well 300 is scheduled for Nov. 10 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The season-ending NASCAR Busch Series event will be broadcast live at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC.(GNC PR)(11-7-2001)
- Homestead BGN Grand Marshals: the KISSONLINE site is reporting that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the rock group (an one of Jayski’s faves) will be attending NASCAR races at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 10th and 11th. On Saturday, November 10th both Gene and Paul will be the Grand Marshalls for the BGN Race. #40-Sterling Marlin’s car will run a special KISS paint scheme in the Cup race that weekend(10-23-2001)
- ISC to be sole owner of Homestead: International Speedway Corporation today announced that it will acquire the remaining 10% interest it does not already own in Homestead-Miami Speedway, LLC from Leisure Racing Services. As predetermined in the July 1997 Purchase Agreement when ISC acquired its initial 40% interest in HMS, the purchase price to be paid to LRSI is based on 10% of the negotiated facility valuation as of July 1997 plus interest.(Yahoo Biz)(9-28-2001)
- ISC Sets Security for future Events – No Coolers: International Speedway Corporation (ISC) announced today that, due to recent tragic events and continuing concerns, all of the company’s operational subsidiaries will increase security at events. Some of the new procedures are:
No backpacks, coolers, large bags and/or large camera bags will be allowed into the grandstand area for future ISC events.
All items brought through the gate area (purses, scanners, small camera bags, binoculars, etc.) are subject to inspection by security
officials.
None of the above items can be left in or around the gate area.
Fans are encouraged to limit the size and type of any bag brought into the facility.
The tracks will work to minimize any inconvenience that these new practices may cause, including the reduction of concession pricing at
tracks that formerly allowed coolers. Increased security must take precedence at this time and ISC will continue to focus on providing a safe environment at its future events. Therefore in addition to these new practices, ISC will implement increased security measures, including an increased law enforcement presence on site and K-9 units in some areas. As well, media, employees, temporary staffing, volunteers, sponsor representatives,VIPs, teams, and others holding a credential, will have to show a valid photo ID before entering the property. The tracks include Daytona International Speedway in Florida; Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama; Michigan International Speedway located outside Detroit, Michigan; California Speedway near Los Angeles, California; Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas; Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida; Phoenix International Raceway in Arizona; Richmond International Raceway in Virginia; Darlington Raceway in South Carolina; North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina; Watkins Glen International in New York; and Nazareth Speedway in Pennsylvania.Other track interests include the operation of Tucson (Arizona) Raceway Park and an indirect 37.5% interest in Raceway Associates, LLC, which owns Chicagoland Speedway and Route 66 Raceway in Illinois.(ISC PR), as far as I know, this is a PERMANENT thing, No Coolers, wish to complain or send thanks? Contact ISC at their website: www.iscmotorsports.com – Contact page(sorry no email address)(9-20-2001) - NASCAR, NHRA and the Army: The United States Army Top Fuel drag racing program is going NASCAR, it was announced today. With its 6,000-horsepower Top Fuel (show car) dragster, an interactive display and a group of recruiters in tow, the United States Army will be a visible element at NASCAR Winston Cup Series tracks the rest of the season. Beginning with last weekends race at Kansas Speedway through the race at Atlanta in November, the Army will set up a 50×75 interactive area and four additional 10×10 areas at all of the race venues, primarily, for recruiting purposes. Additionally, the U.S. Army Top Fuel (show car) dragster will be on display each weekend and is scheduled to be started at most of the tracks prior to the Winston Cup race. The U.S. Army has been the primary advertiser on Schumachers Top Fuel dragster since the 2000 U.S. Nationals last September(Kermish-Geylin PR)(10-3-2001)
- Aircraft Ban at Stadiums UPDATE: Effective as of noon yesterday (9-20-01) the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has banned all aircraft from flying within 3 miles of major professional and college sporting events and any other large open air gathering. This protected “no-fly zone” extends up to an altitude of 3,000 feet above such facilities, which by definition, include race tracks. FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown, said the regulation applies to all types of aircraft including small planes, blimps, balloons and gliders. “We issued this to cover everything,” Brown said. “It’s a blanket order so that it would include a state fair, a high school football game.” This ban could change how we view races on TV if the helicopter that relays in-car camera signals would be out of effective signal range above the 3000-foot ceiling or prevented from remaining in the air space at that height by conflicts with scheduled air traffic. It appears blimps will also be prevented from providing their normal overhead views as well. Radio traffic between NASCAR, teams, track officials, spotters and drivers is direct and will not be impacted.(Speedway Illustrated)(9-21-2001)
- How to Calculate Track Speeds: use the formula Speed = Distance divided by Time. Distance is Track Length, and Lap Time into Hours. Once hour is 3600 seconds, so the calculation for a 48 second lap at Daytona(2.5 miles) would be: Speed = 2.5 x (3600/48), = 2.5 x 75 = 187.500mph. For a 19 second lap at Bristol(.533 miles): Speed = .533 x (3600/19), = .533 x 189.474 = a speed of 100.990mph
- Past track news: posted in the past at Jayski’s Past Track News/Rumors – Homestead-Miami Speedway
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DRIVER/TEAM NEWS
- #77 and the Fans: Race fans will have the opportunity to support America’s Armed Forces and see their own names emblazoned on the deck lid of the #77 Jasper Engines Ford during the Cup race at Homestead Miami Speedway on November 11, 2001.
Doug Bawel, President of Jasper Motorsports, announced the team will take an innovative approach to honoring United States veterans on Veterans Day, which falls on the same day as the event. Names of individual persons or businesses that make a $50 donation to the Department of Defense Pentagon Relief Fund will be placed on the deck lid of the #77 Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford driven by Robert Pressley. In addition to the financial contributions gathered by the $50 donations, Jasper Engines & Transmissions, based in Jasper, Indiana, will match dollar for dollar the first $20,000. In an effort to assist families of casualties in the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon, the funds will be split between the four charities that make up the Department of Defense Pentagon Relief Fund. Those charities consist of the Air Force Aid Society September 11 Attack on America Fund, The Army Emergency Relief Society Pentagon Victims Fund, the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society Pentagon Assistance Fund and the Federal Employees Education and Assistance Fund. The #77 Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford will have a brand new paint scheme for the event and will honor our veterans and active duty personnel in our Armed Forces. The deadline to make contributions is [was] October 29, 2001. For more info and to donate, see the Offical Robert Pressley site(10-8/11-6-2001) - Hermie to run at Homestead and Atlanta: #13-Hermie Sadler announced today sponsors for his final two Winston Cup events in 2001. Sadler will compete at Homestead and Atlanta with sponsorship from Little Trees and Lotto South respectively. In Homestead, Sadler will sport the colors of Car-Freshner Corporation, makers of the popular “Little Trees” air fresheners. In Atlanta, Sadler will introduce “Lotto South,” a new multi-state lottery game involving Georgia, Kentucky and Virginia. Car-Freshner Corporation sponsored Sadler in the Busch Series for Innovative Motorsports in 2000 and the Virginia Lottery has sponsored Sadler in numerous Winston Cup races this season. Sadler is also proud to initiate the marketing efforts of Lotto South.. “Being a part of the launch of Lotto South is a tremendous honor for me and my team,” stated Sadler. .”We plan to create a great deal of exposure and excitement for Lotto South in the Southeast, and participating in the Winston Cup Season’s race in Atlanta will do just that.. In addition to having the Lotto South car on the track, we will also have a booth at the track, selling Lotto South tickets and Georgia Lottery tickets.. I’ll be visiting the booth throughout the weekend and all of the events with the Lottery.have been.a lot of fun.” Sadler is still unsure of his plans for 2002 but knows these two races are very important. “As I’ve said many times, I just want to race competitively. Finishing the season with two good runs will help.. We’ll just see what happens.”(Sadler Enterprises PR) AND The Hermie and Elliott Sadler Fan Club has a limited number of die-cast cars of the #13 Original Virginia Lottery Chevrolet Winston Cup Car. Just recently, they have been available to the general public.. The Fan Club is now offering these cars to the general public, autographed by Hermie Sadler. For more info on how to order, see my Collectible News and Links page(11-5-2001)
- Sauter in the #31 at Homestead? UPDATE 2, no it’s Green: hearing ASA Champ and RCR BGN driver, Johhny Sauter could be in the #31 Lowes Chevy at Homestead. Robby Gordon will likely miss next month’s race at Homestead, due to a commitment to run the Baja 1000 off-road race(10-11-2001)
UPDATE: Rick Mast is also under consideration to drive the #31 at Homestead. Gordon will NOT drive the car there(FSN’s Totally NASCAR)(10-12-2001)
UPDATE 2: Jeff Green will drive the #31 Lowes Chevy at Homestead as Gordon will miss the race. Gordon will be in the #31 for the other remaining five Cup races this year. Team Owner Richard Childress hope to make an announcement on the 2002 #31 driver within the next week(TNT Race Coverage)(10-15-2001) - See the 2001 Team Chart which has links to past news for each team and the 2002 Team Chart
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PAINT SCHEME NEWS
- Some Paint Scheme Rumors: hearing that #40-Sterling Marlin is running a “Kiss” paint scheme somewhere this year (7-27-2001)
UPDATE: yes it is KISS, rock-n-roll band scheme, supposedly it’ll run at Homestead(7-30-2001) - More Paint Scheme news can be found on Paint Schemes Gallery, choose current news
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STATS and STUFF
- Hamilton – 35 races – no DNF UPDATE: #55-Bobby Hamilton has been running at the end of 35 consecutive races(counting last season since he DNF’d at Phoenix), which is the circuit’s longest active streak. No other drivers have made all the races in 2001 and not DNF’d(did not finish). See my DNF Page for past DNF’s and who has the most.(11-4-2001)
- Top Fives: There have been 33 different Cup drivers (add #33-Nemechek and #1-Wallace at Rockingham) who have scored a Top-5 so far in 2001….2000’s total was 28, 1999’s total was 28 and 1998’s total number was 27(11-4-2001)
- Top Tens: There have been 43 different Cup drivers (no new drivers at Rockingham) who have scored a Top-10 in 2001…..2000’s total was 41, 1999’s total was 40 and 1998’s total number was 41(11-4-2001)
- Provisional Finishes in 2001: In 217 provisional starts (31 races x 7 no qualifying at Darlington 3/2001 or Dover 6/2001), drivers have accumulated 2 Wins, 12 Top 5’s and 31 Top 10’s. #10-Johnny Benseon was the highest provisional starter/finisher at Rockingham with a 3rd and #28-Ricky Rudd was 8th and #17-Matt Kenseth was 10th. See my Provisional Finishes Page for each race finish by the provisionals starters(11-4-2001)
- No Laps Lead by Labonte yet: #5-Terry Labonte remains the only driver to race in all 33 events this season and not lead at least one lap. The last time Labonte led a lap was the Winston 500 last October at Talladega. 47 drivers have now led laps, no new lap leaders at Martinsville. See the Bonus Points/Laps Led page(11-4-2001)
- Consecutive Winston Cup Starts: Ricky Rudd is the current leader with with 641 consecutive starts followed by Rusty Wallace at 550, Ken Schrader with 520 and Mark Martin has 434 consecutive Cup starts. Terry Labonte had 655 (and holds the all time record) but sat out the 2000 Brickyard 400 to end his record streak. Dale Earnhardt had 648 consecutive Winston Cup starts until his death at Daytona(11-4-2001)
- 2000 winners who have not won in 2001: Mark Martin, Jeremy Mayfield, Matt Kenseth and Jerry Nadeau. Terry Labonte and John Andretti earned victories in 1999 and have not won since.(11-4-2001)
- Chevy Clinches 2001 Manufacturers Championship: Chevy leads the Manufacturers Championship by 22 points over Ford (229 to 207). See my Manufacturers Points page for more info and standings. With 3 races to go, the most points Ford can get is 234 (207 + 27 – 3 x 9points, the max) and the least Chevy can have is 238 (229 + 9 points, 3 races x 3 points, the lowest they can get)(11-4-2001)
- No Top Fives Since…. It has been a while since some drivers have had a top five finish on the Winston Cup circuit. Here are those with the longest streak of races without a top-five finish:
Driver Races Finish Track Date Since Dave Marcis* 317 3rd Watkins Glen 8-10-87 Brett Bodine 232 2nd Indianapolis 8-6-94 Rick Mast 142 4th Martinsville 9-22-96 Kyle Petty 112 3rd Dover 9-21-97 Ken Schrader 109 4th Richmond 9-12-98 Hut Stricklin 88 2nd Darlington 9-1-96 Dave Marcis has not had a top 10 since April 10, 1994 in the Food City 500 at Bristol, he finished 10th. Regular Drivers Without a Career Top Five Driver Races Dave Blaney 66 Stacy Compton 59 Buckshot Jones 44 Cup drivers(not including 2001 rookies) (* not full time Cup in 2001) (compiled from UMI Press Guides, Winston Cup Updates) (11-4-2001) - No Wins Ever…. Some regular drivers in Winston Cup who have
never won a Cup race and how many starts they have:
Active Drivers Driver Races Run Rick Mast 353 Hut Stricklin 305 Ted Musgrave 299* Dick Trickle 267* Kenny Wallace 240 Wally Dallenbach 226* Chad Little 216* Robert Pressley 201 Johnny Benson 195 Mike Skinner 168 Steve Grissom 141* Todd Bodine 142 Kevin Lepage 122 David Green 78* Dave Blaney 66 Stacy Compton 59 Buckshot Jones 44 All Time - Over 400 Starts Driver Races Run JD McDuffie 653 Buddy Arrington 560 Neil Castles 497 Jimmy Means 455 Cecil Gordon 450 G.C. Spencer 415
*not a full time or regular Cup driver
(11-4-2001)(UMI Press Guides Stats/Winston Cup Updates)
Driver Races Run Last Win Track Dave Marcis 482* 2/21/82 Richmond Brett Bodine 359 4/22/90 North Wilkesboro Ken Schrader 336 6/2/91 Dover Derrike Cope 273* 6/3/90 Dover Jimmy Spencer 235 7/24/94 Talladega Bill Elliott 226 9/4/94 Darlington Kyle Petty 183 6/4/95 Dover Geoffrey Bodine 121* 8/11/96 Watkins Glen Terry Labonte 92 3/28/99 Texas John Andretti 91 4/18/99 Martinsville Mark Martin 58 4/9/00 Martinsville Matt Kenseth 55 5/28/00 Lowes Jeremy Mayfield 46 6/19/00 Pocono Jerry Nadeau 33 11/20/00 Atlanta *not a full time or regular Cup driver (11-4-2001)(UMI Press Guides Stats/Winston Cup Updates)
Have already won in 2001 and extended or started their streaks: Driver Years Last Win Rusty Wallace 16 California, Apr 2001 Dale Jarrett 9 New Hamsphire, July 2001 Jeff Gordon 8 Kansas, Sept 2001 Bobby Labonte 7 Pocono, July 2001 Jeff Burton 5 Phoenix, Oct 2001 Tony Stewart 3 Bristol, Aug 2001 Steve Park 2 Rockingham, Feb 2001 Dale Earnhardt Jr 2 Talladega, Oct 2001 Ward Burton 2 Darlington, Sept 2001 Michael Waltrip 1 Daytona, Feb 2001 Kevin Harvick 1 Chicago, July 2001 Elliott Sadler 1 Bristol, Mar 2001 Bobby Hamiton 1 Talladega, Apr 2001 Ricky Rudd 1 Richmond, Sept 2001 Sterling Marlin 1 Charlotte, Oct 2001 Ricky Craven 1 Martinsville, Oct 2001 Joe Nemechek 1 Rockingham, Nov 2001 Thru 2000 season: Mark Martin 4 Martinsville, Apr 2000 Jeremy Mayfield 1 Pocono, June 2000 Matt Kenseth 1 Charlotte, May 2000 Jerry Nadeau 1 Atlanta, Nov 2000 Streaks that ended in 2000 that were thru 1999 season: Driver Years Last Win Terry Labonte 6 Texas, Apr 1999 John Andretti 1 Martinsville, Apr 1999
All Time Record is Richard Petty – 18 years from 1960-1977
(info from UMI Official NASCAR Preview and Press Guides
and Winston Cup Updates)(11-4-2001)
Richard Petty 1,177 Dave Marcis 881* Darrell Waltrip 809 Ricky Rudd 728* Bobby Allison 717 Terry Labonte 706* Bill Elliott 656*
* = active drivers(11-4-2001)
UPDATE – Make it 16 in 2001: #32-Ricky Craven becomes the 16th different winner in the Cup series in 2001, extending the record(10-15-2001)
UPDATE 2 – Make it 17 in 2001: #33-Joe Nemechek becomes the 17th different winner in the Cup series in 2001, extending the record(11-4-2001)
UPDATE 3 – ties an all time record from 1956: there was one other year in which 17 drivers won races. Of course, they weren’t called Winston Cup races. For most of NASCAR’s history, the top division was called Grand National. In the early years, it was called Strictly Stock. Seventeen different drivers won races in 1956, 45 years ago. They were, in order of points standings and with number of wins in parentheses: Buck Baker (14), Speedy Thompson (8), Herb Thomas (5), Lee Petty (2), Jim Paschal (1), Billy Myers (2), Fireball Roberts (5), Ralph Moody (4), Tim Flock (4), Marvin Panch (1), Paul Goldsmith (1), Curtis Turner (1), Jack Smith (1), Lloyd Dane (2), Eddie Pagan (1), John Kieper (1) and Fonty Flock (1).(GoCarolinas/Monte Dutton)(11-8-2001)
UPDATE: was informed that there are two more drivers who won in the 1956 season (which started in 1955) not listed above, Chuck Stevenson(Lancaster 11/55) and Royce Haggerty (8/56 at Portland OR), so that would be 19 drivers, which could be tied since there is two races to go. Also there were 19 different winners in 1958 and 1961(Stock Car Racing Encyclopedia)(11-10-2001)
The drivers who won in 2000: Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Steve Park, Jeremy Mayfield, Ward Burton, Jeff Gordon and Jerry Nadeau.
Terry Labonte, Joe Nemechek and John Andretti are the drivers who earned victories in 1999 and did not win in 2000. Two drivers who won in 1998 Bobby Hamilton and Ricky Rudd, have not won since(11-21-2000)
UPDATE: and an addition to the story: Others in early season points peril by David Poole(4-6-2001)
UPDATE: Add Bobby Labonte as the 2nd ever provisional winner by winning the 1999 NAPA 500 at Atlanta(11-21-1999)
UPDATE 2: Add Bobby Labonte as the 3rd ever provisional winner by winning the 2000 Southern 500 at Darlington(9-3-2000)
UPDATE 3: Add Elliott Sadler as the 4th ever provisional winner by winning the 2001 Food City 500 at Bristol(3-25-2001)
UPDATE 4: Add Ward Burton as the 5th ever provisional winner by winning the 2001 Southern 500 at Darlington(9-2-2001)
NASCAR
Starting Position Race Driver 43 1950 Southern 500, Darlington Johnny Mantz 43 1953 Raliegh, NC Fonty Flock 38 provisional 2001 Food City 500, Bristol Elliott Salder 38 provisional 1999 Jiffy Lube 300, Loudon Jeff Burton 38 1988 Firecracker 400, Daytona Bill Elliott 37 provisional 1999 NAPA 500, Atlanta Bobby Labonte 37 provisional 2000 Southern 500, Darlington Bobby Labonte 37 provisional 2001 Southern 500, Darlington Ward Burton 37 1995 Miller 500, Dover Kyle Petty 37 1959 Lakewood Speedway, Atl, GA Lee Petty 36 2000 Diehard 500, Talladega Jeff Gordon 35 2000 Cracker Barrel 500, Atlanta Dale Earnhardt (9-2-2001)
and his brother Terry, who won it in 1984 and 1996, have become the first brothers to do so in
Winston Cup history. There have been two father-son pairs; Lee and Richard Petty, and Ned and
Dale Jarrett AND Bobby Labonte is the first former BGN champ(since the series began in
1982, not counting the old Sportsman division) to win the Winston Cup championship(11-12-2000)