April 21, 2001
- Labonte Wins IROC Race: Bobby Labonte, driving the white True Value IROC Pontiac Firebird, won his second True Value IROC Talladega race by .2097 seconds in the second round of the 25th True Value IROC series at Talladega Superspeedway. Veteran open wheel drivers Kenny Brack, of CART and Buddy Lazier of the IRL made the transition from open wheel to stock car racing look easy. Brack, driving the yellow Pontiac Firebird started in eighth position and finished second. In only his second True Value IROC start Lazier, driving the medium blue Firebird started and finished third. Picking up five True Value IROC bonus points for leading the most laps, NASCAR Busch Series driver Jeff Green led the most laps during the second half of the race. With only three laps remaining, however, Green lost the lead after a restart. The only incident occurred on lap 37 and involved Cheever, Jr., Lazier, and Jarrett. Cheever, Jr.’s car picked up a push coming off turn four and made contact with Lazier, collecting Jarrett. With his second win at Talladega, Labonte joined True Value IROC champions Al Unser Jr. and Dale Earnhardt as a multiple winner in the series at Talladega. ESPN: Will televise the Talladega True Value IROC race Saturday, May 26 at 5:00/et. Next Race: True Value IROC XXIV will resume Saturday, June 9, 2001 at Michigan(IROC PR)(4-21-2001)
- Three RCR Teams in 2002: Richard Childress Racing will run three Winston Cup teams next season, regardless of what has been heard about sponsor Lowe’s and driver Mike Skinner. First of all, both have contracts through 2002, Childress representatives said Friday. Second, Lowe’s, which threatened to pull out of the game last September after a very odd sequence of events, has demonstrated renewed enthusiasm, posting its lumber products brand in primary positions on the #31 car. The driver situation remains unclear for 2002, despite the contracts, with many “speculating” that Skinner will be given other work in the RCR organzation. That may or may not be. Regardless, Childress will have the #31 next season, it appears now, and Skinner very well could remain as driver(in part from SpeedVision)(4-21-2001)
- Robinson Sponsor for California and three other races: Aaron’s Sales and Lease Ownership and MK Racing have announced their partnership for the # 84 Aaron.s Dream Machine Taurus for four NASCAR Winston Cup races this season with driver Shawna Robinson when she attempts to make the Apr. 29 California 500 at Fontana, CA., when she becomes the first female in nearly 12 years to start a NASCAR Winston Cup race. With the Dream Machine debuting at California, Robinson will run five additional races three (Michigan, Indianapolis and Atlanta) under the Aaron’s banner to become the first female to run more than a handful of races in over 20 years. Robinson is not new to the Aaron’s Dream Team. She ran the #99 Aaron.s Dream Machine (Michael Waltrip Racing) in the BGN Series in Texas, Nashville and this weekend at Talladega. She also ran the #8 Dream Machine (MK Racing) in the ARCA/REMAX Series race in Nashville where she finished third(Williams Company PR)(4-21-2001)
- McLaughlin wins at Talladega: #20-Mike McLaughlin beat #1-Jimmy Spencer and won the Subway 300 BGN race at Talladega. See results at NASCAR.com(4-21-2001)
- Labonte and ARCA: Terry Labonte says that his son, Justin, is scheduled to drive in the Automobile Racing Club of America(ARCA) event at Charlotte next month and in about eight more races in that series this season(Roanoke Times)(4-21-2001)
Main Page | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997