April 17, 1998
- More special Winston (for the Open) paint schemes: Mike Skinner will be running a special paint scheme on the #31 Chevy honoring the Special Olympics .(4-17-98)
- Owner Gary Bechtel announced that the #29 Winston Cup entry would be ready to rejoin the Winston Cup ranks when the series visits Talladega Superspeedway for next weeks DieHard 500.(GoRacing)(4-17-98)
- “Robby Gordon, a talented but volatile Indy-car star whose NASCAR rookie season didn’t go quite as well as he expected it to, might be back on the stock-car circuit later this season as a substitute for injured Ricky Craven, according to NASCAR sources.”(JournalNow)(4-17-98)
- Chad and Donna Little are expecting their second child, due October 1998. Congrats. Chad of course drives the #97 John Deere Ford.(Matt)(4-17-98)
- Dick Trickle had that green roof panel owner Junie Donlavey wanted and was reported here a few weeks back. Junie wanted the #90 Helig Meyers Ford to loose some of the black in the color as it was hard to pick put in a crowd of cars. It was supposed to debut at Texas, but they had to go to a backup after a Texas wreck and the backup had not been repainted.(4-17-98)
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