Robinson to run Cup at Talladega in Oct UPDATE: When Shawna Robinson returns for “White Knuckle Weekend” in October at Talladega, she’ll leave the ARCA car at home and bring her Michael Kranefuss-owned NASCAR Winston Cup Series Ford Taurus instead. The second half of the year, the team will compete in seven Winston Cup Series events. Robinson will begin the season in the #8 M.K. Racing Ford in the ARCA Re/Max Series event in Daytona. Robinson was among a handful of racing teams concluding a two-day test session at Alabama’s 2.66-mile tri-oval on Monday. On Monday, Robinson’s focus was on her ARCA car. Instead of attempting to pull double duty at Talladega in October, Robinson will only run the Winston Cup car. Joining Robinson and the M.K. Racing team at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday were: Matt Hutter with Phoenix Racing’s (#51)Winston Cup car; Rick Mast with Midwest Transit Racing’s #50 Winston Cup team; Todd Bodine with Buckshot Racing’s #00 BGN team; Mike McLaughlin with Innovative Motorsports’ #48 BGN team; and Brian Reffner with Team Menard’s #3 CTS team.(Talladega PR in part)(1-29-2001) UPDATE: Robinson’s seven scheduled Cup stars are: Michigan in August, Richmond and Kansas in September, Charlotte/Lowes and Talladega in October, Homestead and Atlanta in November(Shawna Robinson Site). Also, see story at SpeedVision: Shawna Robinson To Try Limited Winston Cup Effort. Have not seen an assigned car number for Robinson yet(2-1-2001)
