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Qualifying Postponed UPDATE results:

Rain has postponed Cup qualifying at the Rock. One round of qualifying will take place at 10:45am/et with 45 minutes of practice at 9am/et. Positions 1-36 will be determined and each driver will get one lap. 2nd round has been canceled(NASCAR Online) -- One round of...

Bad Parts:

Tow teams had the BGN qualifying runs disallowed for unapproved parts. Derrike Cope, who qualified 11th was disallowed due to an ?????unapproved part in the shock system???? and Blaise Alexander's No. 20 Lisa Express/Dimension Warranty Chevrolet was disallowed for...

Cope’s Engine:

Bahari Racing leased an engine from SABCO for Derrike Cope's 2nd round qualifing attempt, the same one that Sterling Marlin used in 1st round qualifying(ESPN Qualifying Show)...

Bahari Sponsor Announcement UPDATE 3 it’s official:

The #30 Bahari Racing Team will make a formal announcement that Sara Lee will sponsor the #30 Pontiac and Derrike Cope on January 12th at a press conference in Charlotte(NSSN) -- actually it will be at the Adams Mark Hotel in Charlotte -- see the iRACE story at Bahari...

Xpress Xpands Schedule:

Xpress Motorsports, the team which fields the #61 IWX Motor Freight Pontiac, will race the full 32-race BGN schedule in 1999. Recently, the team announced a 20-race program with driver Derrike Cope. That schedule will be enhanced as the team will compete in the remaining...

Talladega Testing UPDATE:

I hear the #61 BGN Pontiac and Derrike Cope were at Talladega Saturday testing(1-3-1999) - Alsoâ¦.Kevin Grubb, Wayne Grubb, Casey Atwood, Loy Allen Jr. and Mark Krogh were testing(SpeedNet)(1-6-1999)...

Talladega Testing:

Kyle Petty and Derrike Cope tested their Cup cars at Talladega over the weekend, no speeds reported(WC Today Radio)...

Cope Crew Chief

Bahari' Racing has hired Dan Glauz as its new crew chief for driver Derrike Cope. Glauz, 39, replaces Doug Hewitt, who left at the end of the 1998 season to become Kyle Petty's crew chief. Glauz was a crew chief for rookie Mark Krogh in the NASCAR Busch Series at the...

Cope and the #61 Xpress Schedule:

Derrike Cope will drive the #61 Xpress Motorsports Pontiac in a 20-race BGN schedule in 1999: Daytona(2/13); Rockingham(2/20); Las Vegas(3/6); Atlanta(3/13); Darlington(3/20); Texas(3/27); Nashville(4/3); Bristol(4/10); Talladega(4/24); California(5/1); Loudon(5/8); ...

New Cope Crew Chief?

New Cope Crew Chief? UPDATE Looks like Jim Long is the man heading the list to replace Doug Hewitt as crew chief for Derrike Cope in 1999. Long started the 1998 season working for Ricky Rudd and finished it with the Stavola Brothers. Hewitt left Bahari Racing to become...

August 29, 1998

2nd round qualifying is over: All the teams 26th or slower made a 2nd round attempt. Johnny Benson and Ron Fellows had trouble but used provisionals to get in the race. DW made the race once again on the past champions provisional. Ron Bouchard and Danny Pardus...

August 28, 1998

47 cars will make an attempt at NHIS for 43 spots, including the #00 Auqufresh Chevy with Buckshot Jones, the #07 Midwest Transit Chevy with Danny Pardus and the #79 Premier Steel Fabricators Trix Chevy with Ken Bouchard. The #78 Pilot Ford and Gary Bradbery will ...

August 18, 1998

Of particular interest in the NASCAR garage is the current merger mania among oil companies, and Ashland Oil (Valvoline sponsors Martin) is considered the next target of a takeover. With British Petroleum(BP) taking over Amoco, Bill Davis (who has a...

Second round qualifying

2nd round qualifying is over, all but seven teams stood on their speeds from first round qualifying. Derrike Cope was fastest in 2nd round but not fast enough to make the race. Cope ran a lap of 172.838mph. Morgan Shepherd got the last spot based on speed, if anyone...

Qualifying

CORRECTION(missed Chad Little) - Seven teams/drivers that qualified 26th or worse and are guaranteed to make the race based on owners points are: #99-Jeff Burton(7th in owner points); #3-Dale Earnhardt(9); #94-Bill Elliott(12); #21-Michael Waltrip(15); #97-Chad Little...

GM test at Indy

The closed GM Test at Indy continues today under intense heat. Drivers there: #3-Dale Earnhardt; #31-Mike Skinner; #00-Buckshot Jones; #33-Kenny Schrader; #30-Derrike Cope; #17-Darrell Waltrip; #18-Bobby Labonte; #96-Hut Stricklin; #4-Bobby Hamilton; #07-Dan Pardus...

Jeff Green replacing Cope

Jeff Green will replace Derrike Cope in the BGN #92 Kraft Chevy for the remainder of the teams 7 planned BGN races this season. Cope has been advised by doctors not to drive any races outside of Cup.(NASCAR Online)...

Jimmy Dean and Bahari Racing promotion

UPDATE: Jimmy Dean and Bahari Racing have a Press Conference scheduled for Saturday, July 11th. NASCAR Online hints at a sponsorship possibility as Gumout/Pennzoil is in the last year of it's contract with the #30 team.(NASCAR Online)(7-10-98) - Jimmy Dean and Bahari...

Qualifying notes

Drivers/Teams guaranteed to make the Jiffy Lube 300 and qualified 26th or worse on Friday: #2-Jeremy Mayfield(2nd in owners points); #5-Terry Labonte(7th and former champ); #33-Ken Schrader(12); #4-Bobby Hamilton(13); #21-Michael Waltrip(14); #40-Sterling Marlin(15...

Saturday morning practice

Fastest five cars in Saturday morning practice.....#8-Morgan Shepherd; #33-Ken Schrader; #36-Ernie Irvan; #6-Mark Martin; #30-Derrike Cope. Todd Bodine looks to be in jeapardy of making the race, was 45th fastest(time for a new motor program).(6-13-98)...