May 9, 1999
- Martin Special Paint UPDATE 1: Some readers saw Mark Martin on a QVC Special Thursday night and said he mentioned that he thinks Eagle One will be the paint scheme for the Winston again this year(2-12-1999) — UPDATE 1: As reported since, Martin will run the Eagle One paint scheme at The Winston and will ALSO run the scheme at the Pepsi 400 in Daytona the the Phoneix Cup race(Speedway Scene)(5-9-1999)
- Better or Worse: Who’s made the greatest improvement in a year? When you discount drivers who were hurt last year and missed races or didn’t have a full-time ride (Mike Skinner, Wally Dallenbach, Steve Park), the driver who’s moved forward the most positions since California in ’98 is our points leader Jeff Burton. Last year at this point he was 14th, 347 points behind Jeremy Mayfield. Three other drivers are 10 spots higher this year vs last….John Andretti, Kenny Irwin, and Kevin Lepage. The other side of the coin shows the likeness of Jimmy Spencer. He’s fallen from 8th last year at this time to 24th this year. Ted Musgrave’s story is much the same….20th to 35th. Johnny Benson and Robert Pressley are 13 spots lower in the points standings this year. Last year’s points leader after Fontana was Jeremy Mayfield. This year he’s 12th, and has 291 less points. That’s about 9-10 finishing positions per race. Jeff Burton has improved 434 points over the same 10 race time-frame. He’s also scored 87 more points than Mayfield had last year at this same time. For that matter, Dale Jarrett (who’s second this year) has 32 more points now than Jeremy had last year(From Henry’s Ramblings of the Stock Car Fans Newsletter)(5-9-1999)
- Bill Davis Associate: ProCert has signed on with the #22 Bill Davis Caterpillar team as an associate sponsor and driver Ward Burton. Decals will be postd on the TV Panel and the C-post. The sponsorship by the transportation consulting firm started at Talladega(Speedway Scene Mag)(5-9-1999)
- Carelli Hurt: #6 Truck driver Rick Carelli, was critically hurt in the Memphis Truck race Saturday. He has head injuries and is at the regional medical center in Memphis, TN(Raceday-TNN-this AM). NOL latest report from The Med hospital in Memphis at about 7pm/et Saturday was that he was awake and stable, but that he had suffered a concussion. He was being held for observation overnight and was to undergo further tests(NOL), get well Rick!(5-9-1999)
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