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Hawk and PPI:

Hawk and PPI: Expanding their services provided, Hawk Sports Management is pleased to announce an agreement with Procter & Gamble (Tide Brand), PPI Motorsports and Ricky Craven to become the administrator of the Team 32's licensing program. Effective immediately...

RCR Crew Swap? UPDATE 2 Yes and Chocolate too:

RCR Crew Swap? UPDATE 2 Yes and Chocolate too: hearing rumors that the #29 and #31 Richard Childress Racing teams could swap crews in order to try to turn around their season.(5-22-2002) UPDATE: Richard Childress Racing (RCR) crew chief Kevin Hamlin and many current...

Rudd to the Wood Brothers? Andretti?

Rudd to the Wood Brothers? Andretti? Elliott Sadler will get his long-sought release from Wood Brothers Racing this week, but won't be leaving until the end of this NASCAR season. Sadler wants to leave the Stuart-based team to pursue a new Winston Cup ride. Some feel...

Rudd Breaks Streak:

Rudd Breaks Streak: #28-Ricky Rudd took the green flag in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowes Motor Speedway to break Terry Labonte's iron man record with his 656th consecutive start. Before the race, Labonte presented Rudd with an Iron Man trophy and Havoline, sponsor of Rudd...

More on Sadler-Wood Bros, Sadler to the #1?:

More on Sadler-Wood Bros, Sadler to the #1?: Expect hard feelings until Elliott Sadler and the [#21 Motorcraft Ford] Wood brothers settle their dispute over his efforts to quit ASAP. They won't come to an agreement before Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600, but Sadler would...

Park to Lose the #1 Ride? UPDATE 2:

Park to Lose the #1 Ride? UPDATE 2: The Sporting News has learned that Steve Park will be released from the Dale Earnhardt Inc. No. 1 Pennzoil Chevrolet following the Coca-Cola 600 later this month. Kenny Wallace is expected to take the seat at Dover. While Park has...

More on Rudd’s possible retirement:

More on Rudd's possible retirement: #28-Ricky Rudd says he'll make a decision about his racing future by July. With his record-setting 656th consecutive start on the Winston Cup circuit set for Sunday, Ricky Rudd, at 45, said he's finally taking a look at retiring. ...

Wallace, Innovative and Stacker2 to Cup UPDATE 2:

Wallace, Innovative and Stacker2 to Cup UPDATE 2: Jeff Hammond reported on FSN's Totally NASCAR that Kenny Wallace and the BGN team he drivers for, Innovative Motorsports, will run four Winston Cup races this year. The tentative schedule is: Daytona in July, Chicagoland...

Autopsy Photos News:

Autopsy Photos News: Whether records that were once open to public scrutiny can be sealed retroactively was the key issue between attorneys arguing both sides of the Dale Earnhardt autopsy photo debate before an appeals court today. "The right exists when the record...

DEI Employee Charged:

DEI Employee Charged: Joseph George Katula III, of Concord, NC, has been charged with seven counts of felony larceny by employee in the theft of $500 worth of auto parts from the racing enterprise, Iredell Sheriff Phil Redmond said this morning. He was taken to Iredell...

NASCAR Softball:

NASCAR Softball: There are 16 NASCAR race teams preparing for competition this summer on the softball diamond, as follows: Joe Gibbs Racing; Innovative Motorsports; Ganassi Racing; DEI Intimidators; Roush Racing (Winston Cup); Jasper Motorsports; Hendrick Motorsports...

Earnhardt Hometown Tribune Gets a Boost:

Earnhardt Hometown Tribune Gets a Boost: The effort to build the Dale Earnhardt Tribute in downtown Kannapolis has received a major boost, with Atlantic American Properties owner David H. Murdock's agreeing to pay for the $200,000 sculpture. Kannapolis City Manager...

New #25 Driver? UPDATE:

New #25 Driver? UPDATE: Expect official word that Joe Nemechek will replace Jerry Nadeau as driver of the #25 Chevy for the rest of the 2002 season, beginning with The Winston Saturday night. Nemechek is eligible to run in The Winston by virtue of a victory in the #...

Ripken honoring Earnhardt at game:

Ripken honoring Earnhardt at game: One of the greatest names in baseball history is going to help the Kannapolis Intimidators celebrate one of the greatest night's in their history. Cal Ripken Jr., baseball's all-time ironman and certain Baseball Hall of Famer, will...

Park Speaks Out:

Park Speaks Out: The news that Dale Earnhardt Inc. officials have spoken to Elliott Sadler put DEI drivers Steve Park and Michael Waltrip on the spot this week. Both are in the final year of their contracts. Park took advantage of the spotlight to share his perspective...

Park to Lose the #1 Ride? UPDATE:

Park to Lose the #1 Ride? UPDATE: The Sporting News has learned that Steve Park will be released from the Dale Earnhardt Inc. No. 1 Pennzoil Chevrolet following the Coca-Cola 600 later this month. Kenny Wallace is expected to take the seat at Dover. While Park has ...

Nemechek in the Winston, with DEI? UPDATE:

Nemechek in the Winston, with DEI? UPDATE: Word has it that Joe Nemechek will drive a car from the DEI stable in The Winston at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May. Nemechek is eligible for The Winston because of his win at Rockingham last fall [in the #33 Andy Petree ride...

Dale Earnhardt Day:

Dale Earnhardt Day: Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman proclaimed April 29, Dale Earnhardt's birthday, as "Dale Earnhardt Day" in Alabama to honor the racing legend and his family. Earnhardt won a track record 10 Winston Cup races at Talladega.(ThatsRacin.com), also Dale Earnhardt...

Race Fever does well:

Race Fever does well: Phil Barkdoll, auctioneer for Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind's Race Fever event, got an unprecedented $15,000 bid on a rare autographed Dale Earnhardt helmet Friday night during festivities at the Speedvision Dome. "Preliminary estimates...

Helton leaving MRO:

Helton leaving MRO: Motor Racing Outreach (MRO) Board Chairman, Lake Speed and CEO, Richard Mason recently announced that the ministry's Founder and Past Senior Chaplain, Max Helton will be leaving MRO, effective April 15, 2002. Helton's plans include working on a ...