Bill Lester - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Lester in a Toyota?

And the hot word from the Toyota camp is that the company, possibly with a push from NASCAR, has picked up Bill Lester from Dodge to run the Trucks series next season, possibly with the Bill Davis team. Shelby Howard, who will run a Davis Toyota next year, tested Atlanta...

A New Cup Team? UPDATE:

NASCAR's Nextel Cup series gets its second African-American-run team next season, this one entered by the estate of the late Roots author Alex Haley. Majority owner Sam Belnavis became the first black full-time owner this year by starting BelCar Motorsports with Travis...

Since it is the last race of the year, figured I’d post the Entry List [44 entries for 36 spots]:

#01 Lance Hooper...

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the Truckseries.com site for up to date notes on the testing at Homestead on Monday. The top 10 speeds from the Truck Series site [have other info there on the testing also - lots of notes]: #62-Brendan Gaughan, Dodge, 168.224 #14-Rick Crawford, Ford, 168.119 #1-Ted...

Quotes from the Bobby Hamilton Racing Drivers about Homestead:

Bobby Hamilton said, "The track's new configuration is like an old Atlanta Motor Speedway. It's fast, but that's not a huge change from the other times we've been here. I like that way the track drives now. They did a great job making all these changes and putting ...

More on Diversity:

NASCAR is implementing a diversity program that hopes to place four minority drivers in the Weekly Racing Series, and six to 12 crewmen in the Craftsman Truck Series by next season. The program will be supported by corporate sponsors, with the goal of developing individuals...

Lester to Busch?

Craftsman Truck Series driver Bill Lester, the only black driver in any of NASCAR's top three divisions, hinted that he may be in line for a Busch Series car. He is losing his ride in the truck series because his sponsor, Dodge, is dropping the diversity program that...

New Team:

it was reported after the Nashville Truck race that a big announcement was forthcoming about a new team to be owned by a former basketball player from Michigan State, who played in the NBA...and while his number was not revealed the camera floated over and focused ...

Diversity News: good and bad:

the good - Access Marketing and Communications, a company that was formed by Omnicom's The Radiate Group and Calhoun Enterprises, will serve as the agency for NASCAR's "Drive for Diversity," a training program developed to enhance the skills of minority drivers and...

Lester out of a ride end of year:

Bill Lester, the only African-American driver regularly competing in any of NASCAR's top three divisions, is out looking for a new ride. Lester has been driving on the Craftsman Truck Series in a #8 Dodge owned by Bobby Hamilton and sponsored through a diversity program...

Crew Chief Change for #8 Dodge Team:

Effective immediately, General Manager, Kip McCord, will be taking over as crew chief of the No. 8 Strauss Auto Parts/The Club Dodge, driven by Bill Lester.. Randy Seals, who served as Lester's crew chief over the last ten weeks, will remain with BHR as a key member...

Trucks test at Atlanta; for 2003; and a 2004 Ford test UPDATEs:

Just because Atlanta Motor Speedway isn't on their 2003 schedule doesn't mean teams from NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series aren't interested in testing out its 24-degree banking. That's just what they'll be doing this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday [August 26-28], as...

Trucks back at Bristol – testing Monday:

NASCAR grants each manufacturer two test dates at the track of their choice, and Dodge chose to hit Bristol on Monday. The turcks testing included #1-Ted Musgrave, #4-Bobby Hamilton, #18-Chad Chaffin, #2-Jason Leffler, #8-Bill Lester and #62-Brendan Gaughan. Most drivers...

Speed Broadcasters switch with Bobby Hamilton Racing:

The Speed Channel NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series broadcast team and the drivers from Bobby Hamilton Racing will switch roles as Speed's Rick Allen and Ray Dunlap will be behind the wheel of BHR's race vehicles at Nashville Speedway USA on Wednesday. Speed's Barry Dodson...

Leffler breaks track record at MIS:

#2-Jason Leffler won the pole for Saturday's Sears 200 at Michigan International Speedway with a track record speed of 178.037mph. Jamie McMurray was the old record holder at 177.414. #18-Chad Chaffin will start 2nd, followed by #1-Ted Musgrave, #99-Carl Edwards and...

Lester to be featured on Honey Nut Cheerios boxes:

For most of his life, Bill Lester, driver of the #8 Dodge Dealers Dodge Ram in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, has generally been more interested in what is inside boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios. But now, his picture will appear on the outside of the popular breakfast...

1st top 10 for Lester:

#8-Bill Lester finished 10th in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 to post his first top 10 in his 38th series start. The last African-American competitor to finish among the top 10 in a NASCAR national touring event was Wendell Scott, who placed seventh in a NASCAR Grand...

Chaffin wins pole at Kansas:

#18-Chad Chaffin won his first NASCAR Truck series pole Friday setting a new track record, with Bobby Hamilton Racing teammate #8-Bill Lester also starting Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 on the front row at Kansas Speedway. Chaffin's Dodge turned in a fast lap ...

BHR Does the Crew Chief Shuffle:

Effective immediately, the #18 and the #8 Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge Teams will switch crew chiefs.. Danny Rollins, who has been with the #8 Dodge Motorsports Team and driver, Bill Lester, will move over to the #18 Dickies Dodge driven by Chad Chaffin. In turn, Randy...

Students to Learn Aspects of the Motorsports Industry on May 30 at Dover International Speedway

Bring-a-child-to-work day will take on a whole new look at the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway Friday, May 30. Craftsman Motorsports, in conjunction with NASCAR and Dover International Speedway, will sponsor "Urban Youth Racing School...