May 6, 1999
- #45 Crew Chief: James Ince, former crew chief of the #16 Primestar Roush Racing Ford has been named the crew chief of the #45 10-10-345 Pontiac and driver Rich Bickle(NOL)(5-6-1999)
- Nadeau Paint: many readers have told me that they saw Jerry Nadeau on Monday Nitro and he said the #9 Melling team would be running a special Bill Goldberg(wrestler) paint job in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. From the WCW site: Ricky Rackman introduced NASCAR driver Jerry Nadeau, who drives the WCW car and will be driving the new Goldberg car in the next couple of weeks.(5-6-1999)
- Another Funny UPDATE 2: ESPN2’s RPM2Nite on Wednesday, showed a Coca-Cola commercial of some sort with Dale Earnhardt, Kenny Irwin, Kyle Petty, Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton and Bobby Labonte doing all kinds of short sketches and voices. Some were Wayne and Garth(Waynes World), Irwin did a pretty good GodFather/Brando voice, Burton as Garth and Labonte as Wayne was pretty funny. — UPDATE 1: The Coke “commercial” was made for use in movie theaters to be run before the movie with previews of other movies, etc.(4-16-1999) — UPDATE 2: a release from Coke and even an image of Jeff Burton and Bobby Labonte as ‘Wayne and Garth’ at NASCAR Goes Hollywood (5-6-1999)
- Sears Point Testing UPDATE 3: Six Cup drivers tested at Sears Point on Monday. #50-Wally Dallenbach Jr., #20-Tony Stewart, #19-Tom Hubert, #21-Elliot Sadler, #14-Boris Said, and #2-Rusty Wallace. There was a misting light rain in the morning hours as the crews prepared. Rusty Wallace was the only Winston Cup driver to run laps before the track closed at 2pm local time. Tony Stewart stayed in his trailer most of the day. His people said he wasn’t feeling well and when he did get in his car for adjustments to his seat, he was walking with a noticeable limp and discomfort (burnt foot on Sunday). The track brought two buses of local school children in and track officials did bring Wally and Rusty over to meet them(StockCarFans Newsletter, Dan), no idea if testing will continue on Tuesday(5-4-1999) — UPDATE 1: Tony Stewart got a little extra training April 30 along with four other NASCAR drivers. The drivers enrolled in a one-day driver development program and worked on learning the racing line while refining their road racing skills in preparation for the Save Mart/Kragen 350 on June 27 to be held at Sears Point Raceway. Kevin LePage said he attended the school because he won’t be able to attend this week’s NASCAR open test day.(SpeedNet) I hear Elliott Sadler also attended but no word on the other two drivers. I also hear that at Monday’s testing that Hubert was helping out the #20 Home Depot team and Tony Stewart and Said was there with the #21 CITGO team. The teams are able to test thru Wednesday(5-5-1999) — UPDATE 2: more news – Both Stewart (#20 Home Depot Pontiac) and Wallace (#2 Miller Lite Ford) tested on Monday and Tuesday, while Dallenbach (#25 Budweiser Chevrolet) and Sadler (#21 Citgo Ford) tested on Tuesday and plan to run more laps today. In addition to Stewart, other Winston Cup Drivers who took a one-day course from the Russell Racing School last week were Chad Little (#97 John Deere Ford); Kevin LePage(#16 Primestar Ford); Steve Park (#1 Pennzoil Chevrolet) and Derrick Cope (#30 Jimmy Dean Pontiac). See the whole article at NASCAR’s Sears Point road test(Press Democrat), I hear it was the Bondurant School, not the Russell Racing School(5-6-1999)
- Kyle’s Ride UPDATE 1: Kyle Petty is hitting the road after finishing 26th in the California 500. Petty’s annual charity ride will leave Ontario, Calif., on Monday morning and end May 9 at his farm in Trinity, N.C., a journey of 2,863 miles. Along the way, Petty, his father, Richard Petty, the younger Petty’s son, Adam, Ken Schrader, Joe Nemechek, Geoff Bodine and more than 200 other riders will stop at children’s hospitals to present checks, meet with patients and sign autographs. In the ride’s first four years, more than $1 million has been raised. For more info see the image and link to the left under ‘Racing Charity Spotlite'(Infobeat/AP)(5-3-1999) — UPDATE 1: at GoRacing – Kyle Petty’s Annual Charity Bike Ride Underway and more links to updates can be found at my Racing Charities Page(5-6-1999)
- Jones to NHIS: Buckshot Jones will run the #00 Cheez-It Pontiac at the NHIS BGN race on Saturday in place of regular driver Larry Pearson. NOL says it’s a one race deal for Jones to fill a sponsor obligation(NOL)(5-6-1999)
- Morris info: Blue Ridge Motorsports officials announced two new sponsors for the #01 Phil Morris BGN team. Dick Myers Chevrolet of Elkton, Va. came aboard as an associate sponsor for the remainder of the season. The full-service Chevy dealer has provided a 15-passenger team van and monetary backing to become part of the Blue Ridge Team. Team manager Dana Dorman announced that a Charlottesville, VA based internet shopping corporation, Value America, has joined the team in backing Morris in a one race deal at next weeks race at Richmond. The car will be painted red, white and blue, the corporate colors and a rendering of the new paint scheme should be put up on their website later today. Value America will be the primary sponsor for the RIR event, but Llumar Window Film, PMI, Rus Uniforms, Charlottesville Auto Body Paint and Dick Myers Chevrolet will be displayed as well(Phil Morris Racing Website)(5-6-1999)
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