May 3, 1998
- Hut Stricklin sponsor Circuit City(#8 Chevy), as you might expect, is not happy with the situation(4 DNQ’s), and sources say the company may back out of car sponsorship when the contract ends(didn’t say, not sure).(SpeedNet)(5-3-98)
- Mike Skinner while he qualified the #31 Lowes Chevy on Saturday, did not start the car in the California 500. Mike Dillon started and ran the car and had to go to the back of the field at the start of the race.(5-3-98)
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is suddenly one of the hottest drivers in the Winston Cup garage, and he’s not even in a Cup car yet. If this wild child with a bent for alternative music and fast stock cars wanted a major-league ride, he could have one here this afternoon, in half-dozen cars. He is hot. “But we have no plans to run him in Winston Cup this year,” said Ty Norris, manager for Earnhardt Sr.’s race team. “Our biggest concern right now is to get this team back in shape for Steve Park when he returns. It would be premature for us as a team to field anything for Dale Jr., whether Dale Jr. is ready or not, or whether Tony Eury and the guys building his Busch cars are ready to go Cup or not.(JournalNow)(5-3-98)
- We’ve been hearing about rival stock car series for a couple of years. But a group fronted by Joe Mattioli III, son of Pocono Raceway owner Dr. Joe Mattioli, reportedly has put a concrete proposal on the table to NASCAR teams and sponsors……for the rest of the story see the SpeedNet story at: Group reportedly to offer rival.(SpeedNet)(5-3-98)
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