May 10, 1998
- Bob Dell, former general manager of the #77 Jasper Motorsports Ford team has accepted a job with pro motor and will be assigned to the #7 Mattei Motorsports Ford Team starting at The Winston.(5-10-98)
- Michael Waltrip and Jeremy Mayfield put on quite a show at Oklahoma City. In a 12 lap “heat” Race on the 1/2 Mile Dirt Oval, Michael Waltrip piloted his borrowed car to a win. The Prostock/Late Model Sportsman cars belonged to local racers. Jeremy Mayfield finished second but made an exciting effort to pass Waltrip several times in the last 4 or 5 laps. This was only the second time Mayfield has raced on dirt. The Race of Champions Feature was canceled (as well as regular races) when a thunderstorm shut down activities early in the evening. Wallace finished third followed by Marlin. Officials hope to get the race rescheduled later in the year. See the story at A Night for Gazing at the Stars: Rain Halts Racing, But Fans on Cloud Nine and Team Sabco Fan Page.(5-10-98)
- Truck driver Ron Hornaday will run five races in the #59 Kingsford/Matchlight Chevrolet in the NASCAR BGN Series, substituting for Robert Pressley on the weekends when Pressley has conflicts with his NASCAR Winston Cup #77 team.(NASCAR Online)(5-10-98)
- On TNN’s Raceday – Tim Beverly who bought Darrell Waltrip Motorsports was interviewed on Raceday and says he plans to have DW in the #17 Chevy when he is done at DEI in August. Plans are to run DW for the rest of 1998 and all of 1999. First order of business is to find a sponsor. Rich Bickle and Toby Porter tested the #17 truck at Charlotte recently in preparation for Texas, which is unavailable for testing.(TNN)(5-10-98)
- Kevin Lepage and the #91 LJ Racing Chevy team will be heading to Richmond for a practice session this week. They will be at RIR on Monday and Tuesday(rain permitting), testing and preparing for the upcoming Pontiac Excitement 400 scheduled for June 6th.(Victory Lane Online)(5-10-98)
- On TNN’s Raceday Motorsports show Bruton Smith was interviewed by Rick Benjamin and said he is not going to start a new race organization(series) and is not part of any new race organization. Smith said he is involved with NASCAR and plans to stay involved.(TNN-Raceday)(5-10-98)
- The #85 Stegall Motorsports team and driver Shane Hall have a full sponsorship deal with Big-A Auto Parts starting at last weeks New Hamshire. Big-A became available when the #96 Andretti-Laird Racing team decided to reorganize.(NASCAR Online).(5-10-98)
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