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Atlanta testing

During testing at Atlanta on 10-21, Kenny Irwin, Jr was fastest in one of Dale Jarretts Ford T-Birds at 193.711mph. Irwin will of course run the #27 Ford there and the remaining 1997 schedule in WC. The rest of the top 10: #33, 88, 24, 3, 31, 30, 14, 36 and 4.(RPM2Nite...
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Slugger Labbe to work with Dale Jarrett

"Richard "Slugger'' Labbe, the ex-Hendrick man who has moved to Robert Yates' operation to work with Kenny Irwin this fall, will be moving to the Dale Jarrett team next season as the new right-front tire changer and man in charge of car preparation."(JournalNow)(10...
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Weird but true

Weird but true: Dale Jarrett had a left front spring rubber fall out of his car on the 2nd to last pit stop which caused concern for the crew but the #88 Ford handled better than it had all day and he won the race. Bobby Labonte had an engine cylinder crack about 1...
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Gordon tops $4 million in season winnings

"Gordon tops $4 million in season winnings. He came up short of a victory in Sunday's UAW-GM Quality 500, but Jeff Gordon did surpass $4 million in prize money for the season. The 26-year-old, who set the season record of $4,347,343 when he won the 1995 Winston Cup...
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9/27/1997

Dale Jarrett will have to start a backup car 42nd as during the Saturday morning practice session, Jarrett's #88 QC/Ford Credit Ford caught fire when his alternator broke and knocked the fuel line loose. The crew said it burned everything up and the deeper they got...
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9/19/1997

"Fifteen Winston Cup teams are scheduled to participate in an open test session at Charlotte Motor Speedway Tuesday and Wednesday. Dale Jarrett, Sterling Marlin, Ricky Rudd, Brett Bodine, Darrell Waltrip, Ward Burton and Ernie Irvan are among those who plan to test...
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8/26/1997

During an interview on RPM2Nite Dale Jarrett had on a Nike hat, no idea what this means and if they are a sponsor of his or not, but I hear it meant nothing(8-26-97)...
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Bill Elliott to skip Japan

I recently reported that Bill Elliott will not be attending the Japan exhibition race in November 1997 because he has surgery scheduled. The NSSN reports that Elliott will have surgery to have the steel plates and screws removed from his leg as a result of the Talladega...
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8/4/1997

Just saw Dale Jarrett in a Wendy's commercial with Wendy's owner Dave Thomas, pretty good, don't know if we'll see a Wendy's decal on the #88 car soon or not. He was in his WC drivers suit and showed the #88 QC Ford(8-4-97)...
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7/20/1997

It was announced that 13 drivers have committed to participate in the second annual NASCAR Suzuka Thunder Special 100 on 11/23/97 in Suzuka City, Japan. The event again will be televised live in the United States by SuperStation TBS(Boo, I don't get it). Last years...
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6/29/1997

I still hear Coke has signed Dale Jarrett but probably for 1998(6-29-97)(unknown)...
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6/25/1997

I now hear that Coca Cola will not be on the #88 this year as rumored in the past. Supposedly Coke will not put anything on the #88 this year because of conflicts with Ocean Spray(Pepsi nor Coke own Ocean Spray, but Pepsi has handled the distributing since 1991) on...
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Nike update

Per NASCAR Fan Site Newsletter: According to Don Hawk, who has been negotiation with Nike for more than a year your can look for Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace or Dale Jarrett to get part of the Nike action before Jeff Gordon does(6-9-97)...
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Wes Ward staying in BGN

Wes Ward has decided not to move up with Jeff Green to become crew chief of the #29 WC car and will assume the crew chief job with Dale Jarretts #32 BGN Ford team(6-6-97)...
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Amplifier for Jarrett

Because Dale Jarrett lost his voice last Friday night(5-30-97) Pat Frossard from Racing Radios installed a tiny amplifier into Jarrett's helmet microphone on Sunday morning. It helped the team hear Jarrett's gravelly voice during the race. The amplifier costs about...
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IROC Series Drivers

IROC Series Driver list: Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Robby Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Tommy Kendall, Terry Labonte, Randy LaJoie, Mark Martin, Al Unser Jr, Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi. And of course Darrell Waltrip!(Davy Jones was the 12th driver until his injury knocked...
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Winston not open to non-winners

The Winston will no longer be open to non-winners. The rules have now been altered to include only winners in the field. That includes drivers and car-owners who have won races in the previous year and the current year, past Winston Cup champions, winners of The Winston...