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Testing at Charlotte

Testing at Charlotte continued Wednesday with the top 10 in speeds being: #29-Jeff Green 179.700mph; 92-Elliott Sadler 179.700(yes the same); #12-Jeremy Mayfield 178.748; #2-Rusty Wallace 178.512; #7-Geoff Bodine 178.217; #43-John Andretti 178.217; #??-Jack Sprague...
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Charlotte practice

Speeds from the Charlotte practice on Tuesday: 1. Elliott Sadler,#92 181.025mph; 2. Rusty Wallace,#2 180.240; 3. Jeremy Mayfield,#37 178.985; 4. John Andretti,#43 178.394; 5. Ward Burton,#22 178.335; 6. Ken Schrader,#33 177.339; 7. Jeff Green,#29 177.165; 8. Kenny ...
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Cup owner points

From Henry of Stock Car Fans: WC Owner points are used as tie-breakers in qualifying, and today we had ties for 3rd (Jeff Gordon/Rudd), 15th (Jeff Burton/Kyle Petty), 23rd (Dale Jarrett/Lake Speed), and 37th (Dick Trickle/Wally Dallenbach...
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Martinsville testing

Testing also continued at Martinsville with Bobby Labonte, Ernie Irvan, Chad Little, Dale Jarrett, Todd Bodine, Brett Bodine and Jerry Nadeau testing at the track. Bodine also had a teacher pick out an honor student which he gave a two-lap ride his in Paychex Ford. ...
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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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Qualifying postponed

UPDATE on Cup Qualifying Per RPM2Nite: Qualifying has been postponed until Saturday at 10:15am/et, the 9 drivers who have qualified so far will have their times stand(including Speed and Cope) with Dale Jarrett on the provisional pole. There will be no second round...
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Dyno test

The cars dyno tested were the following: (we watched most of process and have pictures of the cars waiting to be tested which will be added to the website today (http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/r/a/racecar3/)):#2 Rusty Wallace; #24 Jeff Gordon; #12 Jeremy Mayfield...
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Jarrett donating to Flock

Dale Jarrett will donate his $10,000 half-way leader bonus from Darlington to Tim Flock(3-22-98)...
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Wind tunnel testing

Whew! Tom's been busy: "Two sources and a set of aero data from the NASCAR wind tunnel test yesterday show the Taurus generating considerably more down force than either the Monte Carlo or Grand Prix, no surprise there. The wind tunnel data so far is suspect and being...
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Ford Credit donation

Ford Credit will donate $10,000 for every Winston Cup race Jarrett's Robert Yates Ford wins, $7,500 for each runner-up finish, $5,000 for each third place and $5,000 for each pole to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation of Dallas.(iRACE)(3-7-98)...
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Jarrett blows engine

Dale Jarrett who was fastest in practice at Rockingham(North Carolina Speedway), blew an engine on his qualifying lap and was 49 of 49 drivers. He is guaranteed to make the race since his car was second in owners points in 1997(2-20-98)...
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Jarretts to split BGN races

Dale Jarrett will run the #32 BGN White Rain Ford in 14 races and his son Jason will run 14 races(NASCAR Fans)(2-7-98)...
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IROC invites

Four from NASCAR are first invitees for the 1998 True Value Firebird IROC series...
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Jarrett is Richard Petty Driver of the Year

Dale Jarrett was named Sunday morning(1-11-98) as winner of the Richard Petty Driver of the Year award, which is voted upon by members of the National Motorsports Press Association. The NMPA held its annual convention here Sunday.(NASCAR Fans/David Poole, Charlotte...
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Ford test speeds

Found out some very preliminary speeds at Ford's private test of the Taurus at Charlotte today: Dale Jarrett(88)-176.750mph; Jeff Burton(99)-176.298; Greg Sacks(98)-176.183; Brett Bodine(11)-176.068; Ricky Rudd(10)-176.010; Jimmy Spencer(23)-174-701; Michael Waltrip...
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Ford testing

Taurus Testing Not Going as Well as Hoped. For the past few days Talladega Superspeedway is a site that that is as heavily guarded and top secret as many government operations. Specifics are not easy to come by, but things are not going as well as Ford and the teams...
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Ford testing

UPDATE: The Ford teams get a rare chance to test in December as NASCAR has allowed them a chance to test the new Taurus at Talladega on Dec 16-18th, this test will not count toward the 7 tests WC teams are allowed to do during the season(WC Today)(12-3-97), sorry I...
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Jarrett and Ford

Dale Jarrett mentioned that Ford Quality Care would be know as Ford Quality Care at Your Service in 1998 and the change would be seen on the car, he also mentioned Coca-Cola had signed as a sponsor as rumored here in the past.(ESPN-Banquet)(12-6-97)...
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Fleetwood RV deal with Yates

Fleetwood RV announced a three-year sponsorship agreement with Dale Jarrett and Robert Yates Racing. As a result of its new overall marketing strategy, Fleetwood RV has ended its successful three-year relationship with Rusty Wallace and Penske Racing South. The announcement...
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Rockingham testing

"In testing at North Carolina Motor Speedway(Rockingham) last week, Dale Jarrett's Ford had the fastest lap time, but Bobby Hamilton's Pontiac was fastest over the long haul"(iRace)(10-21-97)...