May 6, 1997
- A reader saw on Speedvision that Joe Ruttman will be driving a #55 Ford Thunderbird in the Winston Open. Supposedly Michael Waltrip would be listed as the car owner, although it’s essentially a second Wood Brothers car. Waltrip said they hoped to field the car in the Open and in two or three Cup races later in the year(5-6-97)
- Tim Steele has left the #4 BGN Phoenix Racing team under a mutual agreement with James Finch. Steele will focus on running all the ARCA races and will possibly attempt a couple of Winston Cup races, starting with the first race at Pocono(5-6-97)
- Felix Sabates says Robby Gordon or Tony Glover are staying with SABCO, contrary to rumors floating around the garage(5-6-97)
- Did you notice the #7 tested at California? Why would Bodine test there if he was closing up shop? This from the Richmond Times-Dispatch: “Geoff Bodine has no plans to close up shop and quit racing, team officials say. A disagreement with sponsor QVC, seems to have cast a shadow on the team’s future. Word from Sonoma, Calif., site of Sunday’s Save Mart 300, was that Bodine had not been paid sponsorship dollars and would stop racing as of this week. That is not true. ‘Geoff made a comment some place to help make a point with QVC,’ said Lee Morse, team general manager. ‘We are having some differences, and it really gets into some of the phrasing in our contract. Suffice it to say, there’s a difference between what we feel and QVC feels on some terms. I’m not at liberty to discuss it because there’s a disclosure clause in our contract. But we’ll be at Talladega this weekend. We’ll be at Charlotte. I’m sure we’ll continue with QVC, and I hope we continue through ’98 and ’99 and beyond.'(5-6-97)
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