April 28, 1999
- Cheever to BGN/CUP UPDATE 1: Indy 500 Winner, IRL and IROC driver, Eddie Cheever will drive a limited schedule in the BGN this season(WC Scene). TNN’s Raceday reports it’ll be with BACE Motorsports(2-7-1999) — UPDATE 1: Cheever said Wednesday he is putting together a team that will begin fielding a BGN team next season. He said his intention would be to participate in NASCAR’s Winston Cup series as well. He hopes his program will start in about 2 months and is sorting out what make the team will use. Cheever said he would likely be the team’s driver to start the 2000 season. Cheever said going to the Grand National series first would allow his team an opportunity to hopefully win more quickly, but also give his team a chance to ‘figure out’ the Winston Cup series(That’s Racin’), Cheever was on RPM2Nite but didn’t mention this.(4-28-1999)
- Lucky 3rd: Both Cup races at the California Speedway were won from the third-place starting position(RaceWire)(4-28-1999)
- Double Kenny: Kenny Schrader will be competing in the Winston West Series this weekend at California(Stock Car Fans Newsletter/Eli Gold)(Schrader is not listed in the BGN entry list)(4-28-1999)
- Milestones: Mark Martin is expected to make his 400th career Cup start and Bobby Labonte is expected to make his 200th career Cup start at California(RaceWire lot of good info here)(4-28-1999)
- Driver of the Year: NASCAR driver Jeff Burton has clinched first quarter voting for the Driver of the Year award as voted on by national motorsports media. Burton had 10 first place votes and 102 points which gives him a 54-point lead over three-time Driver of the Year Jeff Gordon with 48 points. NHRA funny car driver John Force is third with 41 points followed by World of Outlaws driver Mark Kinser with 40 and CART driver Greg Moore with 22(SpeedNet)(4-28-1999)
- Valvoline Double? “Valvoline may join Pennzoil in pulling out of the CART Indy-car series, according to sources close to the situation. The two oil companies are among the biggest sponsors in American racing. What might Valvoline do with the money earmarked for CART? Spend it on the new Matt Kenseth-Jack Roush Winston Cup operation, according to those in the know. The Roush-Mark Martin team is Valvoline’s NASCAR flagship”(PitNow)(4-28-1999)
- Crew Chief: An honorary crew position on Dale Earnhardt’s team brought in more than $4,600 in the annual Race Fever auction, which benefits the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Talladega. That was the top bid in the auction, which this year raised more than $200,000(Alabama Online)(4-28-1999)
- Martin Scheme: The Team Roush Fans Site has an image of this years #6 Mark Martin Eagle One Ford(4-28-1999)
- #90 News UPDATE 2: I hear Hut Stricklin will drive the #90 Junie Donlavey Ford at California(4-26-1999) — UPDATE 1: Hut Stricklin will drive the Donlavey Racing Ford this weekend at California Speedway. Stricklin last competed in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona last October(in the #55 Oakwood Homes Chevy)(Times-Dispatch) — UPDATE 2: Hut Stricklin may get the #90 ride if owner Junie Donlavey can find a sponsor. Donlavey met with a potential sponsor early this week(RPM2Nite)(4-28-1999)
- #59 Chief UPDATE 1: Dean Johnson, who left the #38 Akins-Sutton Ford team a few weeks ago, has taken the crew chief job at the #59 Kingsford ST Motorsports team and driver Mike Dillon. Johnson replaces Steve Plattenberger. Johnson and Dillon worked together at the #72 Parker Racing team in 1998(WC Scene)(4-9-1999) — UPDATE 1: Dean Johnson and Kirk Shelmerdine have joined the #59 ST Motorsports BGN team and driver Mike Dillon starting at California. Johnson is the team’s new crew chief, while Shelmerdine, who directed Dale Earnhardt to four of his seven NASCAR Winston Cup Series championships, will serve as a team consultant, according to team owner Tad Geschickter. Former crew chief Steve Plattenberger has been reassigned in the shop(NOL)(4-28-1999)
- LaJoie: The #1 Bob Evans Racing team and Randy LaJoie will be taking the car that finished fourth at North Carolina Speedway earlier in the season to California Speedway(Cotter Group PR)(4-28-1999)
- Purvis/100: Jeff Purvis makes his 100th career BGN start at California(NOL)(4-28-1999)
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