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Beam Gone

Beam Gone from the #94 to the #21 UPDATE 3: Hearing rumors that Team Manager Mike Beam and Owner/Driver Bill Elliott have parted ways, no confirmation on this yet. Elliott owns/drives the #94 McDonald's Ford and owns the #13 Ford team. -- Winston Cup Today radio reports...

September 5, 1998

See the Official Press Release about the Wood Brothers and Elliott Sadler atThe Wood Brothers Racing Site.(9-5-98)Richard Childress has built one of the new Chevy Monte Carlos and plans to test it soon. No other teams have built one yet. Plans are for the car to ...

September 5, 1998

Richard Childress has built one of the new Chevy Monte Carlos and plans to test it soon. No other teams have built one yet. Plans are for the car to be used in 1999.(WC Scene)(9-5-98)During Happy Hour Dick Trickle spun the #90 Heilig-Meyers Ford and backed into the...

September 5, 1998

During Happy Hour Dick Trickle spun the #90 Heilig-Meyers Ford and backed into the outside wall doing extensive damage and forcing the team to unload the backup car. That means Trickle will have to give up his 19th stating spot and fall to the rear of the field.(...

September 5, 1998

NASCAR has told the Cup teams that will store all sticker tires with Goodyear overnight after Happy Hour.(9-5-98)2nd round qualifying is over: Only six drivers made attempts, Dennis Setzer was the fastest 2nd round attempt at 160.979mph. None of the six were able...

September 5, 1998

2nd round qualifying is over: Only six drivers made attempts, Dennis Setzer was the fastest 2nd round attempt at 160.979mph. None of the six were able to break into the top 36. LJ Racing withdrew from the race prior to 2nd round qualifying. The team, which was out...

September 5, 1998

UPDATE: Ted Musgrave has talked to Bill Elliott about driving the #13 FirstPlus Ford in 1999. He had hoped to drive the Travis Carter 2nd team car in 1999, but that deal fell through when a potential sponsor decided not to sign.(WC Scene)(9-4-98) - Musgrave will ...

September 5, 1998

UPDATE: I hear Newt Moore(from the #81 Filmar team) will be named the new crew chief for the #77 Jasper Engines Ford Team. Not sure what is up with the #81 or who will be the new crew chief there.(8-31-98) - A source close to the #81 Filmar team said crew chief Newt...

September 5, 1998

Filmar Racing(#81) Team Manager Eddie D'Hondt has also resigned and has taken a position with the #13 FirstPlus Financial team owned by Bill Elliott and Dan Marino.(NASCAR Online Notebook)(9-5-98)Four Pontiac teams are pushing hard to land Steve Hmiel, who was with...

September 5, 1998

UPDATE: Ted Musgrave has talked to Bill Elliott about driving the #13 FirstPlus Ford in 1999. He had hoped to drive the Travis Carter 2nd team car in 1999, but that deal fell through when a potential sponsor decided not to sign.(WC Scene) (09-05-1998)...

September 5, 1998

Filmar Racing(#81) Team Manager Eddie D'Hondt has also resigned and has taken a position with the #13 FirstPlus Financial team owned by Bill Elliott and Dan Marino.(NASCAR Online Notebook) (09-05-1998)...

August 30, 1998

Bill Elliott/Dan Marino's #13 FirstPlus Ford, which released driver Jerry Nadeau at mid-season, has auditioned drivers, with short-tracker Dennis Setzer in the car the past couple of weeks. Elliott, who has made some major moves with the #13, including moving the ...

August 28, 1998

Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Ernie Irvan and Ron Fellows all crashed their primary cars during practice for the CMT 300 and had to go to backups for qualifying and the race. Sterling Marlin scaped the wall and got the car fixed in time for qualifying. Bill Elliott...

August 22, 1998

Seven Cup drivers have won four consecutive Winston Cup races in NASCAR's modern era, which began in 1972. No driver has won five straight races. 1976 -- Cale Yarborough; 1981 -- Darrell Waltrip; 1987 -- Dale Earnhardt; 1991 -- Harry Gant; 1992 -- Bill Elliott...

August 21, 1998

Teams that failed to make the field in first round qualifying and are 26th or worse but are guaranteed to make the Goody's 500 based on owners points: #3-Dale Earnhardt(8th in points); #43-John Andretti(11); #4-Bobby Hamilton(13); #36-Ernie Irvan(14); #40-Sterling ...

August 19, 1998

In part from the JournalNow: The Wood Brothers, who are now part of the Jack Roush camp, with Roush handling sponsor and driver negotiations and marketing, with rookie Matt Kenseth at the wheel that would be based somewhere north of Charlotte. But the 2nd team is...

August 14, 1998

Six drivers have won four consecutive Winston Cup races in NASCAR's modern era, which began in 1972. No driver has won five straight races. 1976 -- Cale Yarborough; 1981 -- Darrell Waltrip; 1987 -- Dale Earnhardt; 1991 -- Harry Gant; 1992 -- Bill...

August 10, 1998

The inaugural Metro Detroit Ford Dealers "Ford Fan Appreciation Day" is set for August 12, 1998 from 4 - 8pm/et, at the Michigan State Fair Grounds. NASCAR Winston Cup drivers Brett Bodine, Dale Jarrett, Bill Elliott, Kenny Irwin Jr., Rick Mast, Dick Trickle, Michael...

August 8, 1998

Wild rumor time: Dan Marino's NASCAR operation might be leaving the Bill Elliott fold at the end of the season and move elsewhere, perhaps to the Childress camp, according to sources close to the situation.( JournalNow ) (08-08-1998)...

August 7, 1998

After 1st round qualifying the following seven teams are guaranteed to make the Bud at the Glen based on owners points are: #12-Jeremy Mayfield(5th in owner points); #18-Bobby Labonte(6); #94-Bill Elliott(13); #21-Michael Waltrip(16); #97-Chad Little(19); #11-Brett...