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Hobbs to ARCA:

ARCA driver Andy Belmont announced that he will field a Ford Taurus for female rookie driver Sunny Hobbs in the February 10th Discount Auto Parts 200 at Daytona. Hobbs will driver the #91 in her ARCA debut. Hobbs has been racing for eight years, first in sports cars...

#57 Team CLR withdraws from 500:

#57 Team CLR withdraws from 500: #57 Team CLR owner Ted Campbell has decided not to enter the #57 Ford in the Daytona 500 for driver Derrike Cope. The team will test at Las Vegas for its next race attempt.(Team CLR site)(1-22-2002)...

Cope in the 24 hours of Daytona:

Cope in the 24 hours of Daytona: Derrike Cope, winner of the 1990 Daytona 500, will complete the driver lineup for the Scuderia Ferrari of Washington Ferrari 360 GT at the 2002 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Cope has previous Daytona road racing experience as well, having finished...

Testing at Las Vegas:

Testing at Las Vegas: 49 drivers are scheduled to attend Las Vegas Motor Speedway's annual "Test in the West" Jan. 28-31. Cup champ #24-Jeff Gordon will be among 32 Cup drivers and 17 BGN drivers slated to test over the four-day period in preparation for the March ...

Morelock to drive in BGN:

TRFC Motor Sports announced an agreement with Donny Morelock to run 15 BGN races in 2002 with TRFC Motor Sports ( www.theracefanschoice.com ) who also serve as an associate sponsor and marketing company for Donny Morelock to help secure additional sponsorship. Donny...

Cope to return to the #57:

Cope to return to the #57: Derrike Cope will be driving the #57 CLR Ford Taurus in 12-15 Cup races in 2002 beginning with the Daytona 500 in February. The team will continue to use Robert Yates engines and are working to procure additional sponsorship and expand their...

Fenley team back? Cope and Elliott legal action? UPDATE:

Fenley Motorsports (was the #15 and then #16 and former Bud Moore Motorsports) may be on the verge of signing a major sponsorship deal that would bring it back to the big time after years of struggle. But if the deal doesn't come through in January as Fenley hopes, ...

Fenley team back? Cope and Elliott legal action? UPDATE:

Fenley team back? Cope and Elliott legal action? UPDATE: Fenley Motorsports (was the #15 and then #16 and former Bud Moore Motorsports) may be on the verge of signing a major sponsorship deal that would bring it back to the big time after years of struggle. But if ...

Gordon wins at Kansas:

Gordon wins at Kansas: #24-Jeff Gordon won the Protection One 400 at Kansas Speedway, his 6th win of the 2001 season and 58th of his 285 race career. #02-Ryan Newman was 2nd. #28-Ricky Rudd was third abd lost 10 points to Gordon and is now 222 points behind Gordon ...

Cope in the #57 UPDATE:

Cope in the #57 UPDATE: Derrike Cope tested at Kansas Speedway last week on Wednesday and Thursday and drove the #57 CLR Ford. This is a Winston Cup team that is owned by Ted Campbell and sponsored by CLR cleaning products. Cope said the test went very well and he ...

Testing at Lowes UPDATE 3:

Testing at Lowes UPDATE 3: Lowes Motor Speedway will be open for NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams to test on Tuesday, Sept. 18, and Wednesday, Sept. 19, no word yet on which teams will test(LMS PR)(9-4-2001) UPDATE: actually no update nor any word on what teams will...

Cope in the #57:

Cope in the #57: Derrike Cope tested at Kansas Speedway last week on Wednesday and Thursday and drove the #57 CLR Ford. This is a Winston Cup team that is owned by Ted Campbell and sponsored by CLR cleaning products. Cope said the test went very well and he was told...

Cope at Bristol? UPDATE 2 only BGN no CUP:

Cope at Bristol? UPDATE 2 only BGN no CUP: even though he is not currently on the Entry List at NASCAR.com, hearing Derrike Cope will be at Bristol to attempt the Cup race in the #37 Pontiac?/Chevy? sponsored by Labor Ready UPDATE: or could this be Cope in the BGN ...

Food City on Cope’s car:

Food City on Cope's car:Food City is joining forces with Labor Ready to sponsor Derrike Cope in Friday's BGN Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Derrike has driven the #94 Chevrolet in select BGN series races in 2001. Food City will adorn the quarter panels and...

Cope at the Brickyard:

Cope at the Brickyard: from the Derrike Cope website: "Quest Motor Racing will be running a Winston Cup car at the Brickyard 400 and it will be a Chevrolet number 37. The sponsor will be Geico Direct. It is a one off sponsorship race. Also DeeZee will continue as the...

Testing at Indy – Tues/Wed UPDATE 2:

Testing at Indy - Tues/Wed UPDATE 2: NASCAR Winston Cup Series testing for this years Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been set according to the car owner point positions as of June 15, 2001. Those teams in the odd-numbered point positions tested last...

Cope to run the Chicago BGN race:

Cope to run the Chicago BGN race: Derrike Cope and the #94 NuHouse Properties race team head to Chicago for this weekend's Hills Brothers 300 Busch race with a little help from Coinstar, the company who makes self-service coin counting machines located at the front...

Fox to Contunue Shows:

Fox to Contunue Shows: Even though Fox passes Winston Cup TV race coverage off to NBC and Turner starting with the July 7 Pepsi 400 at Daytona, the NASCAR-related shows on Fox Sports Net will continue through the remainder of the 2001 season. "NASCAR This Morning," ...

Cope Gets a Sponsor UPDATE:

Cope Gets a Sponsor UPDATE: Derrike Cope announced that he will be driving in the Winston Open for Dee Zee, Incorporated. Dee Zee will sponsor the Quest Motor Racing Pontiac in the Open and will be an associate sponsor throughout the year. Dee Zee, based in Des Moines...

Lowes Testing:

Lowes Testing: #02-Ryan Newman was the fastest in the 2nd day of testing at Lowes Motor Speedway in preparation for the Coca Cola 600 with a speed of 181.208mph. #4-Kevin Lepage was second fastest on the unofficial stopwatches at 181.147 mph, #40-Sterling Marlin was...