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Sears Point Testing:

Budweiser and Sears Point Raceway will host a Media Luncheon on Wednesday, April 26, to introduce NASCAR Winston Cup rookie driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the Northern California media. This will mark the first-ever Northern California appearance for Earnhardt Jr., who...
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Nine Different Winners:

Jeff Gordon is the ninth different Winston Cup winner in the first nine races in 2000. This extends the NASCAR all time record of nine, beating last weeks eighth. The old record was seven that happened in 1991 when the first seven winners were Ernie Irvan, Dale Earnhardt...
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Wow, what a race:

#24-Jeff Gordon wins at Talladega and his 50th career Winston Cup win, the 11th driver in history to do so. It was #24 crew chief, Robbie Loomis's first win with the #24 team. Gordon who started 36th(almost had to take his first career provisional), breaks the record...
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Top 25:

#24-Jeff Gordon qualified outside of the top 25 for the first time since Oct 1998 in Charlotte, a streak of 47 races. Also failing to qualify for the top 25 for the first time this year(making all the races) are #18-Bobby Labonte(46th) and #25-Jerry Nadeau(28th). Only...
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Eight Different Winners:

Mark Martin is the eighth different Winston Cup winner in the first eight races in 2000. This breaks the NASCAR all time record of seven that happened in 1991 when the first seven winners were Ernie Irvan, Dale Earnhardt, Kyle Petty, Ken Schrader, Ricky Rudd, Rusty...
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Talladega Testing

on Thursday. #27-Mike Bliss, #3-Dale Earnhardt, #18-Bobby Labonte, #1-Steve Park and #31-Mike Skinner spent Thursday preparing for the April 16 DieHard 500. Also Loy Allen tested the Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevy(Talladega Site)(4-7-2000)...
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Dyno Testing:

NASCAR officials tested the cars of #18-Bobby Labonte, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. and #99-Jeff Burton on the chassis dyno following the DirecTV 500(Times-Dispatch)(4-3-2000)...
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Stats:

Only five times in NASCAR's modern era(1972-present) has the eventual champion not won by the sixth race of the season. Those champions were Benny Parsons in 1973, Terry Labonte in 1984 and 1996, Darrell Waltrip in 1985 and Dale Jarrett in 1999. Winners after the first...
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Cowboy’s Schemes?

a month or so ago it was reported here that one or two cars may be painted in a Dallas Cowboy's(NFL) paint scheme. Have heard or seen nothing on it since. Rumored drivers included #18-Labonte and #2-Wallace. See the past news on it at the Paint Scheme's Gallery - Current...
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Cup Stat UPDATE:

#18-Bobby Labonte leads all Cup drivers having finished in the top 10 in the past 14 races and is also the only driver to have finished on the lead lap in each of the past 14 races(That's Racin')(3-18-2000) UPDATE: this streak ended at Darlington when Labonte finished...
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Wind Tunnel UPDATE:

According to Doug Duchardt, GM Racing NASCAR Group Manager, Chevrolet might have won Sunday's NASCAR Winston Cup race in Atlanta but didn't come out ahead of Ford in Monday's wind tunnel test. NASCAR took Mark Martin's Taurus, Mike Skinner's Monte Carlo and Bobby Labonte...
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Wind Tunnel:

NASCAR will take some cars to the Wind Tunnel on Monday, so far #31-Mike Skinner Chevy has been set aside as one of those cars(PRN Radio) also taken were the #18=Bobby Labonte Pontiac and the #6-Mark Martin Ford(NOL)(3-12-2000)...
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Darlington Test UPDATE:

The following drivers/teams will test at Darlington on Tuesday, March 7th: #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #9-Stacy Compton, #20-Tony Stewart, #18-Bobby Labonte, #1-Steve Park and #32-Scott Pruett and BGN drivers #18-Jason Leffler, #96-Gus Wasson, #90-Mike Stefanik and #46-...
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Tidbits:

CUP Points leader Bobby Labonte has won four of the last seven Cup races at Atlanta. ... Labonte, Jarrett and Mark Martin are the only drivers to record top-10 finishes in each of the season's first three races(Roanoke Times)(3-8-2000)...
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Martinsville Testing:

The test schedule for the Goody's Body Pain 500 has changed. Matt Kenseth was going to test on March 14-15, but will be coming on March 20,21. Goodyear moved their test to Tuesday and Wednesday of this week(Mar 8-9). There probably will be additional teams here each...
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Wind Tunnel Info:

Confused about Monday's wind-tunnel results? -- in light of Sunday's Rockingham finish -- so are most crew chiefs and NASCAR officials here. Dale Jarrett finished a lap down in fifth in a Ford, but his Taurus won the wind-tunnel testing. Bobby Labonte's Pontiac lost...
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Get Healthy:

The Pfizer "Tune-Up For Life" mobile health screening unit will be parked on the LVMS midway this weekend and will offer race fans a variety of health screenings. The 50-foot mobile unit is staffed by health-care professionals and will include screenings on a variety...
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Wind Tunnel Info UPDATE:

ESPN2's RPM2Nite reported tonight that it has been heard that Ford had the best numbers at Monday's Wind Tunnel tests, with Chevy edging out the Pontiacs. The cars that went were the #18 Pontiac of Bobby Labonte, the #3 Chevy of Dale Earnhardt and the #88 of Dale Jarrett...
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Gibbs Mom Ill:

Bobby Labonte 's car owner, Joe Gibbs, did not attend Sunday's race. He was with his ailing mother in Florida. No other information was available(Roanoke Times)(2-28-2000)...
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Rules Changes? not yet:

Mike Helton, NASCAR's chief operating officer, said Sunday he did not think there was enough time to analyze this week's wind tunnel tests and implement any needed changes in time for next weekend's race at Las Vegas. Three cars - the #88 Ford of Dale Jarrett, the #...