March 20, 1999
- DJ/Yates/2003: Dale Jarrett will continue as driver for Robert Yates Racing through the 2003 season, the Fayetteville(N.C.) Observer-Times learned Friday. A few years ago, Jarrett seriously considered starting his own Winston Cup team and having Yates supply the motors. The team is still a possibility, Jarrett said, but the 42-year-old native of Newton, N.C., added that he would like to finish his driving career with Yates(Fayetteville Observer-Times)(3-20-1999)
- DW/Ingle: Despite widespread rumors to the contrary, Travis Carter said there had been no contact between him and Ingle. Carter is looking for a crew chief to run Darrell Waltrip’s #66 operation, a team Carter co-owns with Carl Haas. Donnie Disharoon left that team after the Las Vegas race on March 7, and Joe Snyder lasted less than a week as Disharoon’s successor(SpeedNet/Monte Dutton)(3-20-1999)
- 100th Race: The April 3 Craftsman Truck race at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Wash., will the 100th since the series began in 1995. The five drivers who have competed in all of them — Ron Hornaday, Jack Sprague, Rick Carelli, Butch Miller and Joe Ruttman — are eligible for a $100,000 bonus for winning(SpeedNet/Monte Dutton)(3-20-1999)
- Grubb in for Grubb: Kevin Grubb, whose crew chief was hospitalized with chest pains Thursday, failed to put his #37 Timberwolf Chevrolet in the field for the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington, but he will run the Busch race. He will replace Joe Nemechek, who qualified 18th while driving for Kevin’s injured brother, Wayne, in the #83 Chevy. Wayne Grubb is out indefinitely with a broken shoulder(Times-Dispatch)(3-20-1999)
- Crew Chief Hospitalized: Terry Shirley was hospitalized Thursday after complaining of chest pains. Shirley, crew chief of Brewco Motorsports #37 Timber Wolf Chevy and driver Kevin Grubb in the BGN, was admitted to McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, S.C., and underwent a series of tests. After results returned negative, the doctors decided to keep him overnight for observation. He was expected to be released Friday afternoon(SpeedNet)(3-20-1999)
- Amick and Education: Lyndon Amick will join the state Education Department in “R.A.C.E. with Lyndon,” a program of appearances and curriculum designed to Reinforcing Academics and Character Education. Scana, the primary sponsor of Amick’s No. 35 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, will give $25,000 to the effort, said Kevin Marsh, senior vice president and chief financial officers of the Columbia-based utility holding company.(NOL)(3-20-1999)
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