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Roush Recovering:

Roush Recovering: Roush Racing owner Jack Roush has been walking around the garage area at Daytona with his left arm in a sling. He underwent surgery in mid-December to repair a damaged tendon in his shoulder. Roush originally suffered the injury while celebrating ...

Burton to IROC:

Jeff Burton will return to the International Race of Champions for a fourth consecutive year. Burton is the sixth driver to be named to the 2001 campaign. A total of 12 will compete in the four-race series at Daytona, Talladega, Michigan and Indianapolis. Eddie Cheever...

Points Money:

Points Money: here is the list of Points Money earned by the Top 10 Winston Cup drivers announced at the banquet: 1) Bobby Labonte - $3,386,640 2) Dale Earnhardt - $1,103,995 + $1,000,000 No Bull Five win 3) Jeff Burton - $770,685 + $1,000,000 No Bull Five win 4) Dale...

Burton all charged up:

Jeff Burton driver of the #99 Exide Batteries Ford thru Martinsvilles Fall race, the the #99 CITGO/Superguard Ford(when sponsorship changed), won the Exide Select Batteries All Charged Up Award in 2000. Burton will receive a $50,000 check and a trophy from Exide Technologies...

Man of the Year:

Dale Jarrett was the fourth-quarter winner in NASCARs True Value Man of the Year balloting. Jarretts race team raised money all year for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and Jarrett served as a national spokesperson for the group. Jarrett generated $97,...

Penthouse to Outhouse:

#16 Kevin Lepage, who won the pole for this race a year ago, will not be in the NAPA 500 at Atlanta as Lepages final-round qualifying lap, 186.686 mph, was 50th, and he was unable to get a provisional spot over Jeff Burton, Ricky Rudd, Mike Skinner, Dale Earnhardt ...

Homestead Testing UPDATE 4:

Homestead-Miami Speedway will be holding a test session for several of the top NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams on Tuesday/Wednesday, October 24-25. Some drivers that will test include: #26-Jimmy Spencer, #20-Tony Stewart, #18-Bobby Labonte, #99-Jeff Burton, #24-Jeff...

Pit Crew Competition – #99 Wins:

The Union 76/Rockingham World Pit Crew Competition is on Saturday October 21, 2000, 11:00am/et at North Carolina Speedway. Bobby Labonte and the Interstate Batteries Pontiac team took home the trophy and the bragging rights as being the fastest pit crew on the NASCAR...

#99 Announcement UPDATE ?:

hearing that starting with the race at Charlotte in October, the #99 Ford will carry the CITGO colors for the balance of the 2000 season as CITGO has purchased the space from Exide. Exide continues to downgrade it's motorsports expenses and while they have expressed...

Bye-Bye Exide:

For the last seven seasons, Exide has been a prominent fixture among primary sponsors in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. That's about to change. Effective with the checkered flag falling on Sunday's NAPA AutoCare 500 here at Martinsville Speedway, Exide, the global ...

BGN Testing at Lowes:

BGN Testing at Lowes: Mark Martin led BGN testing at Lowes on Monday and Tuesday. Top-10 speeds overall: 1) #60-Mark Martin 176.875mph; 2) #9-Jeff Burton 176.470; 3) #57-Jason Keller 176.125; 4) #87-Joe Nemechek 175.325; 5) #57-Jason Keller 175.317(2nd car); 6) #27...

#99 and #21 Sponsor News UPDATE 3:

as reported a few weeks ago, CITGO will be the primary sponsor on the #99 Ford in 2001, hearing the paint scheme will not be the familiar red-orange/white/black but would be red, white, and blue. The #21 Wood Bros Ford is supposed to get Ford Quality Credit and be ...

Testing at Martinsville:

Kyle Petty tested with the #45 Sprint Chevy race team on Tuesday at Martinsville Speedway in preparation for the teams first Winston Cup race with Kyle at the wheel. Petty along with #99-Jeff Burton, #19-Casey Atwood, #31-Mike Skinner, and #75-Wally Dallenbach began...

Testing for NHIS UPDATE:

The #3 RCR team of driver Dale Earnhardt spent most of the day Tuesday at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, a 1/2-mile flat track located outside of Greenville, SC, to test their engine setup for New Hampshire. The two Winston Cup teams Earnhardt owns - those of #8-Dale...

Exide PR?

With Exide, basically, leaving motorsports all together, wonder what becomes of Exide Racing PR person, Chris Dirato? Am told Dirato and the agency he works for, NYC-based Kermish-Geylin Public Relations, will be considering team and/or sponsor PR program opportunities...

#99 Crew:

Jeff Burton's #99 Exide team will use two new over-the-wall pit crew members at Richmond. Burton's car chief, Pierre Kuettel, will serve as the team's front-tire changer this week, while Fred Martin, who works for Jason Keller's #57 BGN team, will serve as front-tire...

Man of the Year:

Jeff Gordon is the third-quarter nominee for NASCAR's Man of the Year award, which recognizes a driver for his contributions to the community off the race track. Ward Burton was the first-quarter nominee and Jeff Burton was the second-quarter selection. The winner ...

Labonte and a Ford Part:

Bobby Labonte will have a part prepared by a Ford team installed on his Pontiac before the race at New Hampshire in two weeks. Labonte, who wrecked his primary car in practice on Friday when the throttle stuck, plans to use an electronic device developed by Roush Racing...

RIR Testing Speeds:

#99-Jeff Burton led #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr and #25-Jerry Nadeau in testing at Richmond. Burton was the fastest at 122.783mph, while Earnhardt was at 122.676mph and Nadeau at 122.227mph. See SpeedVision for the list of speeds(8-31-2000)...

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 #...