April 10, 1999
- DW’s Qualifying: Darrell Waltrip qualified 12th, marking the first time he has qualified in the opening round all year, and in fact, the first time since July of last year(SpeedNet/Monte Dutton)(4-10-1999)
- Official Postponement: In an announcement sent to Speedwords this morning Kurt Ritter, Chevrolet marketing general manager at General Motors announced they would not bring the 2000 Monte Carlo to NASCAR in 1999. Ritter’s statement says that with the newest revisions requested by NASCAR the teams believe the new Monte Carlo would be uncompetitive on the track. Because of this and the fact the teams would have to jeopardize their current efforts to produce the new Monte Carlo so the new version has been postponed. See the full announcement on Speedwords at Chevrolet Postpones NASCAR debut of 2000 Monte Carlo Race Car (4-10-1999)
- TV Guide and Primestar: TV Guide will be a co-primary sponsor for Kevin Lepages #16 Ford starting at Bristol. Primestar will maintain its sponsorship(NOL Sat Notes)(4-10-1999)
- Labonte and Food City: Noticed during qualifying on ESPN2, Food City(not Lion) on the 1/4 panels of the #5 Kelloggs Chevy of Terry Labonte(4-10-1999)
- Ice: David Green has the Kodiak Ice blue colors on the #41 Larry Hedrick chevy at Bristol(4-10-1999)
- Bodine Assoc: Gold Bond powders logo will be on the decklid of Brett Bodine’s #11 Paychex Ford for Bristol. Gold Bond is Bodine’s BGN sponsor for five runs in 1999(NOL)(4-10-1999)
- Ut-oh: IRL Team owner, John Menard, and Tony Stewart’s former owner, is looking to block Stewarts Indy 500 attempt, see the story at SpeedNet – Menard aims to halt Stewart’s shot at ‘racing doubleheader’ (4-10-1999)
- Petree Unhappy? Car owner Andy Petree says he’s not satisfied with the performance of either of his two Winston Cup teams and hints a major shake-up may be coming on both(PitNow)(4-10-1999)
- Reffner back: Bryan Reffner, from Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., will make his first start since the end of the 1998 season as the replacement for Tom Hubert in John Conely’s #7 Conely Rent-a-Car Sales Chevrolet in Saturday’s race. This could end up being a full time ride(NOL)(4-10-1999)
- #37 news: The #37 Timber Wolf Chevy of Kevin Grubb is displaying an bodily organ and tissue donation message on the trunk lid at Bristol in an effort to raise awareness about the critical need for organ and tissue donations(SpeedNet)(4-10-1999)
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