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Good Guy – Kyle Petty:

Good Guy - Kyle Petty: Since 1999, the Sporting News 'rates' the sports top 'Good Guy's', athletes who are helping their communities, Kyle Petty was chosen as NASCAR's top 'Good Guy', others include: Jeff Gordon. Jeff Burton, Ricky Craven, Jimmy Spencer, Terry Labonte...

No Bull 5 at the Pepsi 400 UPDATE the Pairings:

No Bull 5 at the Pepsi 400 UPDATE the Pairings: The third Winston No Bull 5 event of the 2001 season is the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, July 7, 2001. Five eligible drivers have the chance to earn a $1 million bonus by winning the Pepsi ...

Lowes and the #31 UPDATE 2 Gordon/Lowes Connection:

Lowes and the #31 UPDATE 2 Gordon/Lowes Connection: Lowe's officials admitted last week that they want to find a driver who can compete with the popularity and success of Tony Stewart, who drives the #20 Pontiac for their competition, Home Depot. Lowe's officials have...

Murry at Sears Point:

Murry at Sears Point: It appears veteran road racer David Murry may join some of his fellow road course specialists at the Watkins Glen Winston Cup race in August and, possibly, this weekend at Sears Point as a late replacement. Apparently, Murry has been actively ...

Won’t Go Away:

Won't Go Away: Despite the insistence of Geoff Smith, president of Roush Racing, that all his drivers are solidly under contract, that he has no plans to let any of them buy out, and that all will back again next season, reports are hotter than ever that some of those...

Chicagoland Testing UPDATE:

Chicagoland Testing UPDATE: #6-Mark Martin, #99-Jeff Burton, #97-Kurt Busch, #17-Matt Kenseth, #21-Elliott Sadler and #2-Rusty Wallace were among a group of teams at Chicagoland Speedway this week testing for the inaugural Winston Cup event there on July 15.(That's...

#17 Special Paint:

#17 Special Paint: hearing the #17 DeWalt Tools Ford will carry an AT&T scheme of some sort this year at Sears Points and Daytona in the Pepsi 400(5-26-2001) UPDATE: #17 sponsor DEWALT Industrial Tools and AT&T Broadband have formed a marketing alliance that will feature...

Skinner Safe..for 2001:

Skinner Safe..for 2001: Something is happening on Richard Childress' second team(#31), where Mike Skinner works, and Skinner's future has been the subject of conversation in the Winston Cup garage for two weeks. Childress confirmed that he is talking with potential...

Larry Mac Looking?

Larry Mac Looking? Fox commentator Larry McReynolds is looking for a job. After the network televises its last race of the season at Sonoma, Calif., on June 24, McReynolds wants to get involved with a NASCAR team for the remaining five months of the 2001 season. "Fox...

Robbie Gordon in a RCR car? UPDATE 4 Skinner/Lowes to Stay?:

Robbie Gordon in a RCR car? UPDATE 4 Skinner/Lowes to Stay?: PRN's Garage Pass interviewed Cup, BGN, IRL team owner Richard Childress who says he may give Robbie Gordon a shot in one of his cars in the future, possibly a BGN car(The #21 at Watkins Glen?). Plus the #...

Jeff Burton wins Coca Cola 600:

Jeff Burton wins Coca Cola 600: #99-Burton wins his first races of the 2001 season, the Coca-Cola 600 and puts him in the 2002 The Winston. Pole sitter #02-Ryan Newman crashed on lap 12 when he got loose and finished 43rd. The top four starters finished 26th or worse...

Pit Crew Challenge:

Pit Crew Challenge: Steve Park's pit crew earned a $7,000 paycheck, winning the fourth annual Coca-Cola Racing Family pit crew challenge at the Food Lion Speed Street in downtown Charlotte. Each participating pit crew completed one stationary, four-tire stop on a Coca...

The Lottery:

The Lottery: MDI Entertainment announced that it has contracted with Indiana's Hoosier Lottery for a pair of new licensed lottery promotions. An Elvis Presley(R) scratch-off game and a scratch game featuring a group of NASCAR stock car race drivers will be scheduled...

JR’s Garage:

JR's Garage: The grand opening of JR's Garage retail store is scheduled for May 22-25 with special appearances by all seven Roush Racing drivers throughout the week. The store is located in the Lakeside Industrial Park in Mooresville, NC. The festivities will kick ...

Wallace and Petree:

Wallace and Petree: After #27-Kenny Wallace went out of the race with a broke motor, he was interviewed and said that if the #27 team didn't go to Richmond, his former owner, Andy Petree(#'s 33 and 55) was goning to field a car for him. But the #27 team got Geico as...

Alabama NASCAR License Plates UPDATE:

Alabama NASCAR License Plates UPDATE: On Wednesday, the Alabama Legislature's License Plate Oversight Committee approved a plan to decorate vehicle tags with the names, numbers and racing colors of some of the top stock car drivers. Committee Chairman Gerald Dial, ...

Weekend Off:

Weekend Off: After eight straight races, Winston Cup teams get their first weekend off for Easter. Vacation plans for some of the drivers: Bill Elliott is hiding eggs with his 5-year old son; Ward Burton is camping with his children; John Andretti is celebrating the...

Roush Says Team OK:

Roush Says Team OK: Jack Roush insists his NASCAR empire is not in a slump. That, despite only two combined top-5 finishes and six top-10s in 32 starts this year among Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch. Until this year, Roush has always had championship...

Seat Safety News:

Seat Safety News: The cocoon-like racing seat being developed by PPI Racing went through a series of crash tests last week, and team officials said they saw "extremely positive results." Team officials plan to share their results with NASCAR officials soon. Jeff Burton...

No HANS for Burton:

No HANS for Burton: Jeff Burton is wearing the Hutcherson Device (note: thought it was the Hutchens device), an alternative to the HANS (head and neck safety) Device that is supposed to prevent the neck-whipping action that may have caused Dale Earnhardt's death. "...