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Testing at Martinsville

Testing at Martinsville continued with the following drivers testing: Jerry Nadeau(#13); Ernie Irvan(#36); Todd Bodine(#35); Dale Jarrett(#88); Jeff Green(#30); Bobby Labonte(#18) and Chad Little(#97). No speeds given.(RPM2Nite)(4-7-98)...
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Shock rule change coming?

I hear NASCAR is considering a major rules change with the shock absorbers that will be a big factor at Daytona and Talladega. Because of the restrictor plates, and the spoiler angle rules, a lot of teams have been using shocks with zero rebound. (What this means is...
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Little, Waltrip wreck in practice

Chad Little wrecked his #97 John Deere Ford Taurus during the morning practice on Saturday and Michael Waltrip wrecked his #21 Citgo Ford during Happy Hour practice. Both will have to start the Las Vegas 400 in a back-up cars from the back of the field, Little 42nd...
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Hammond is Litte’s new crew chief

Jeff Hammond is the new crew chief for the #97 John Deere Roush Ford Taurus and driver Chad Little. It is effective immediately. He will be in Las Vegas with the team. Skip Eyler will become Team Manager and Chassis Specialist for the team(2-24-98)...
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Chad Little to run Thunderbird

Chad Little will run a Thunderbird in the Daytona 500 that Jeff Burton ran last year. He stated during practice that their team did not have time to get the Taurus ready. He will run a Taurus in the Bud Shootout Qualifying Race(ESPN Practice)(2-6-98)...
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Little tests at Talladega

Chad Little driver of the Roush Racing #97 Taurus, who did not test at Daytona, has joined seven other Ford teams Thursday at Talladega in preparation for Daytona. Other teams include Robert Yates Racing, the Wood Brothers, Cale Yarborough Motorsports, Sadler Racing...
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Elliott tested at Talladega

Bill Elliott opted to privately test at Talladega twice in January and did not test at Daytona. Talladega doesn't release test speeds per teams requests, so no speeds are available. No idea why Chad Little did not test at Daytona. As for Elliott. his second team with...
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9/13/1997

From Chaz Hinkle: "Spent the morning yesterday at the #97 shop producing some video with Chad Little for an NBC affiliate... While poking around the shop floor, two things caught my eye: A #97 John Deere T-BIRD, and, under a cover in the back part of the shop, a #...
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9/12/1997

Ads noticed by a few readers in the Winston Cup Scene this week: 9 - 1997 Winston Cup Grand Prix's - for sale, offered by Dave Jenson Enterprises(Chad Little's cars) and a Ford Winston Cup team selling ALL 1997 cars also two new chassis ready for bodies. Offered by...
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9/11/1997

Johnny Benson will be in the #26 Jack Roush Ford Taurus in 1998 as announced earlier. The entire 5 car Roush team will be Ford's including the #97 John Deere car driven by Chad Little(NASCAR Online). I hear General Mill will be the sponsor on the new Roush/Benson ...
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9/5/1997

Clyde Booth who was serving as Team Manager for Mark Rypien Motorsports and the #97 John Deere Pontiac driven by Chad Little as been released(WC Scene)(9-5-97)...
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8/27/1997

Jack Roush's flirtations with running a Pontiac next season have died. He wanted too much money from the manufacturer, meaning Chad Little will run Fords next season(iRace), I wonder if Ted Musgrave will run Ford's in BGN after reports that he would run a Pontiac there...
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8/8/1997

RPM2Night reported that Jack Roush was going to slowly start buying out the #97 team from Rypien and that Chad Little would stay(8-8-97)...
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7/20/1997

Reader Bill, pointed me to a good story about the possible Jack Roush/#97 purchase at The Depot @ Greensboro.Com . The story mentions: "This prospect surfaced as rumors swirled this week that Roush had bought a Pontiac team -- the No. 97 John Deere Pontiac driven ...
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7/18/1997

More on the John Deere?Ford/Pontiac/Little/Roush rumor: From a John Deere employee: "Ford DOES NOT manufacture any construction equipment or lawn equipment any more. When they sold the Agricultural line to FIAT as part of the New Holland name of farm equipment, ...
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7/18/1997

#6, #16 and #99 Team Owner Jack Roush might look like the fox guarding the hen house if he and Chad Little run Pontiacs next season. Roush says he is not buying Little's Pontiac team, though others in the garage say that the deal is more than just an engine deal. One...
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7/17/1997

From a few John Deere employees: While the rumor that Roush is buying the 97 team may be true, I would really really doubt you will ever see John Deere sponsorship on a Ford. Ford is a competitor of John Deere in many product segments such as lawn equipment and construction...
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7/12/1997

I hear reports that the rumors John Deere will leave the #97 Chad Little Pontiac soon are FALSE(7-12-97)...
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7/5/1997

Ford's Jack Roush is negotiating to build Chevrolet motors for Chad Little's Pontiac team next season, according to team sources(JournalNow)...
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6/13/1997

Miller 400 Oddities from the AP: Jerry Nadeau, the 13th driver to attempt to qualify on Friday the 13th, crashed. In other qualifying coincidences, three identical speeds were posted. Mike Skinner and Dick Trickle shared a speed of 181.420 mph. Dale Earnhardt and Chad...