Cope in the #57: Derrike Cope tested at Kansas Speedway last week on Wednesday and Thursday and drove the #57 CLR Ford. This is a Winston Cup team that is owned by Ted Campbell and sponsored by CLR cleaning products. Cope said the test went very well and he was told that they will go to the Kansas race as well as the Charlotte race. Cope and the team will test Charlotte this week on Tuesday and Wednesday(Sept 18-19). Cope said, “I am very excited about the opportunity. They will have Robert Yates engines. The Crew Chief is Joey Cudmore and the entire crew are great guys. We had a good chance to get to know each other and seemed to get along great. Our speeds we felt were good at Kansas, but worked mostly on race set-up.”(Derrike Cope Site). It was announced a few weeks ago that Kenny Wallace would drive the #57 CLR Ford at Kansas City, Charlotte, and Homestead but Wallace is subbing in the #1 for injured Steve Park(9-18-2001)
