March 16, 2000
- Kodak Re-ups: The #4 Morgan-McClure Motorsports team and primary sponsor Kodak have extended their sponsorship agreement through 2005. The #4 Kodak Chevy is driven by Bobby Hamilton who is signed with the team thru 2001(SpeedVision)(3-16-2000)
- Hillenburg at Indy? UPDATE: I hear ARCA and part time Cup driver Andy Hillenburg will attempt to make the Indy 500. Hillenburg and Bill Simpson of Simpson safety equipment have teamed up and have purchased two Dallara IRL cars from John Menard. Hillenburg also runs the Fast Track Racing School(3-15-2000)
UPDATE: Hillenburg actually passed his Indy Racing Northern Light Series orientation three years ago, and ran some laps in Ron Hemelgarn’s car last season at Texas Motor Speedway. Hillenburg has purchased a couple of 1999 Dallara chassis and is finalizing plans to go racing at the Brickyard(SpeedVision)(3-16-2000) - Wind Tunnel UPDATE: According to Doug Duchardt, GM Racing NASCAR Group Manager, Chevrolet might have won Sunday’s NASCAR Winston Cup race in Atlanta but didn’t come out ahead of Ford in Monday’s wind tunnel test. NASCAR took Mark Martin’s Taurus, Mike Skinner’s Monte Carlo and Bobby Labonte’s Grand Prix to the wind tunnel for aerodynamic tests following Sunday’s race(TachZone)(3-15-2000)
UPDATE: a few more stories out there on this – Ford, which finished third at Atlanta, had the best wind-tunnel numbers in NASCAR’s post-race testing at Lockheed in Marietta, GA.(PitNow) AND Wind Tunnel Says Ford Still Best(Speedway Illustrated)(3-16-2000)
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