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Setzer to Morgan? UPDATE announcement:

this weeks Winston Cup Scene is reporting that Dennis Setzer is expected to drive for Morgan/Dollar Motorsports in 2001 and will not go to the #1 Ultra Motorsports team. Morgan/Dollar may start a 2nd team for Rob Morgan to drive part time on the ovals(10-13-2000) UPDATE...

Carter Announcement UPDATE Official:

Haas/Carter Motorsports has scheduled a press conference for Nov. 11 at Homestead to formerly announce Todd Bodine and Jimmy Spencer as its drivers for next year and that Kmart still has two years left on its contract(Winston Cup Scene)(11-9-2000) UPDATE: Todd Bodine...

Atlanta Testing UPDATE 2 – Bodine to run Atlanta?:

Winston Cup drivers Jeremy Mayfield and Todd Bodine and ARCA driver Shawna Robinson tested Monday at Atlanta Motor Speedway in preparation for the NAPA 500 weekend Nov. 17-19. Mayfield, who will race in the Winston Cup season-finale NAPA 500, turned a best lap 187....

Zoom…Bap!

Look for John Madden to be part of the Fox Daytona 500 telecast in February. Madden, Fox's lead NFL analyst, said that as soon as Fox was awarded half of the Winston Cup package starting next year, he was asked by network officials to be involved in the telecast. Fox...

Atlanta Testing:

Winston Cup drivers Jeremy Mayfield and Todd Bodine and ARCA driver Shawna Robinson tested Monday at Atlanta Motor Speedway in preparation for the NAPA 500 weekend Nov. 17-19. Mayfield, who will race in the Winston Cup season-finale NAPA 500, turned a best lap 187....

Waltrip Lap:

After driver introductions before the race today, Darrell Waltrip took a lap around the 2.66 mile track at Talladega in the restored #95 Mercury he drove at Talladega in 1972 in celebration of his Victory Tour and in recognition of his first Winston Cup start at Talladega...

DW has Broken Rib but:

Darrell Waltrip discovered this week he was more hurt than he had thought from an accident during last Saturday's Winston Cup Happy Hour practice session at Lowe's Motor Speedway. During the race, Waltrip got out of the #66 BigKmart Ford, saying he "didn't feel comfortable...

#66’s Future:

Todd Bodine replaced Darrell Waltrip in the #66 BigKmart Ford, early in the race at Lowes Motor Speedway as DW suffered a shoulder injury in his crash in Saturday's Happy Hour practice and decided against driving Sunday. DW had a few problems in Happy Hour, first a...

New Driver:

Mardy Lindley, who won the Greenville-Pickens Speedway championship in 1995 and is racing in the United Speed Alliance Racing Hooters ProCup series, hopes to expand his Taylors-based Mappin-Drinkard Motorsports team next season to run the full ProCup series again, ...

#66 Driver UPDATE 5:

hearing that Todd Bodine is the preferred choice of Carter for the #66 ride(9-11-2000) UPDATE 5 Todd Bodine and car owner Travis Carter are close to signing a deal to team next season, with Bodine as Jimmy Spencer's teammate. Carter says he should know something within...

Unapproved Parts:

NASCAR officials confiscated two unapproved parts during Friday's prequalifying inspections. An unapproved axle part was taken from the #8 Bud Chevy driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr., while an unapproved fuel system safety valve on the #66 BigKmart Ford driven by Darrell...

#66 ride – Carter Waiting on Gordon UPDATE 4 Gordon stays with the #13 – Bodine in?

as reported on ESPN2's RPM 2Night, #66 team owner, Travis Carter, is waiting on Robby Gordon's decision to either drive the #66 Big Kmart/Rt 66 Ford in 2001 or if Gordon will stay with the #13 Team Gordon team that he partially owns, which is looking for a primary ...

DW Help:

CTS driver/owner, Jeff Spraker will be working with Darrell Waltrip this weekend at Richmond as a chassis consultant. Spraker worked with Waltrip earlier this year (in July for three races - Pocono, NHIS and Indy). Spraker has a vast amount of experience in racing, ...

DW Honored on Walk of Fame and #800:

The latest inductees to be added to the Talladega/Texaco Walk of Fame in October have been decided and they are Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Hamilton, Tim Flock and Fireball Roberts. Some 1.3 million race fans registered their votes at the memorials official website www....

DW Song:

Nashville singer-songwriter-comedian Jimmy Travis is composing a farewell song for Darrell Waltrip to commemorate his final race Sunday at Darlington, site of Waltrip's last victory. Travis, who has written three songs about Darlington Raceway, will perform Waltrip...

RIR Testing:

Testing continues today at Richmond International Raceway. #88-Dale Jarrett, #24-Jeff Gordon, #19-Casey Atwood, #14-Rick Mast, #44-Steve Grissom, #25-Jerry Nadeau, #90-Hut Stricklin, #17-Matt Kenseth, #66-Darrell Waltrip, #26-Jimmy Spencer, #21-Elliott Sadler and #...

#66 Driver? UPDATE:

hearing that Robby Gordon is pretty much a lock for the #66 BigKmart/Route 66 Travis Carter ride in 2001, replacing Darrell Waltrip, who is retiring at the end of the 2000 season(8-18-2000) UPDATE: Travis Carter, owner of the #23 and #66 Fords, has talked to Andy Houston...

DW and the Boy Scouts:

Darrell Waltrip will be the honored guest of the 10th Annual NASCAR/Michigan Speedway Boy Scout Benefit at hte Country Club of Jackson(MI). Doesn't give a date(Winston Cup Scene, Vol XXIV, NO 16)(8-18-2000)...

Larry Mac and DW together….in the booth UPDATE:

Darrell Waltrip, winner of 84 career NASCAR Winston Cup Series races, and veteran, personable crew chief Larry McReynolds, have been named race analysts for the premiere season of NASCAR on FOX(in 2001 at Daytona). Waltrip and McReynolds form two-thirds of the NASCAR...

Houston Gone? UPDATE 2 The #66?:

hearing Andy Houston may leave the #60 CAT Rental team for opportunities in the BGN or CUP(6-30-2000) UPDATE: a little more detail now per Matt Yocum on ESPN2's RPM 2Night: CTS driver Andy Houston is on Travis Carter's list to replace Darrell Waltrip in the #66 Ford...