John Andretti - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

New Andretti:

Another Andretti has joined the fold. Amelia Lois Andretti was born at 9:43 p.m. (EDT), Wednesday, May 10, to John and Nancy Andretti. She was 20 inches at birth, and weighed seven pounds, 14 ounces. Mother Nancy, brother Jarett and sister Olivia were in good health...

Gordon to run Indy 500 UPDATE:

Robin Miller reported on ESPN2's RPM2 Night Friday that Robby Gordon has been added to the Indy 500 entry list and would probably drive the #32 Menard car. During Richmond first round qualifying, Gordon said he and his Cup owners (John Menard and Mike Held) had not...

Promo:

What are the odds of seeing Jeremy Mayfield, Kyle Petty and Sterling Marlin at the World Series in September? About as good as those of seeing Kenny Irwin, Michael Waltrip and John Andretti during NFL games in October. Those six drivers are leading the NASCAR Winston...

Some Stats:

Highest in points without a Top 5: Ricky Rudd, 11th place (highest, 6th place at Rockingham). Highest in points without a Top 10: John Andretti, 21st place (highest, 11th place at Talladega). Highest in points having missed one or more races: Johnny Benson, 18th (8...

Rudd/Andretti on the hotseat?

SpeedFX is reporting "rumor is that both John Andretti and Ricky Rudd are on thin ice with their respective owners, although no one will confirm anything. According to (SpeedFX) sources, team owner Robert Yates is very disappointed with Rudd's efforts in 2000." "Andretti...

Sears Point Testing:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. made his first trip to Sears Point Raceway this week for a NASCAR Winston Cup Test Session, and he won't soon forget it. Earnhardt Jr., who was joined in the Tuesday-Wednesday session by #18-Bobby Labonte, #43-John Andretti and 31-Steve Park, survived...

Sears Point Testing:

Budweiser and Sears Point Raceway will host a Media Luncheon on Wednesday, April 26, to introduce NASCAR Winston Cup rookie driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the Northern California media. This will mark the first-ever Northern California appearance for Earnhardt Jr., who...

Bad Parts:

The NASCAR Winston Cup hauler has a table that holds all of the items that are confiscated each week-end. Normally it's big enough to hold all the illegal items taken from the various teams. This week, at Talladega, the table is overflowing. The following is a partial...

Petty Honored:

Look for a number of other cars in Sunday's Goody's 500 to join the seven teams that have already committed to running a sticker honoring the memory of Lee Petty, who died this week. Michael Waltrip, Jeremy Mayfield, Sterling Marlin, Kenny Irwin, Elliott Sadler, Kyle...

Sprague Bolts:

Sprague Bolts: Jack Sprague's decision Saturday to leave Andy Petree's #15 Busch car parked and not return to the 300 wasn't setting well in Petree's truck yesterday. Sprague complained about the car and said that the engine was getting ready to fail so he didn't want...

Andretti milestone:

#43-John Andretti made his 200th Winston Cup start at Texas in the DirecTV 500(4-2-2000)...

Wheaties returns…UPDATE 2:

hearing John Andretti will run a Wheaties paint scheme at The Winston with the #43 Pontiac. Wheaties is of course made by General Mills, a primary sponsor for the team(3-4-2000) UPDATE On Tuesday, March 14th, Wheaties will unveil a series of limited-edition packages...

Provisional Streaks CORRECTION:

after further review, I found some errors in my calcualtions. Prior to the 1998 season, four plus a champs provisional was used, plus some of the smaller tracks like Bristol, Martinsville and North Wilksboro only started 36-40 cars. So lets redo the math here: in 1999...

Wheaties returns…

hearing John Andretti will run a Wheaties paint scheme at The Winston with the #43 Pontiac. Wheaties is of course made by General Mills, a primary sponsor for the team(3-4-2000)...

#43 News:

Albertson's and NASCAR driver John Andretti announced that Petty Enterprises' #43 STP/Cheerios Pontiac will carry the Albertson's logo for the DIRECTV 500 Cup race April 2, at Texas Motor Speedway. Andretti and Albertson's representatives unveiled the STP/Albertson...

STP Out? UPDATE No:

Clorox Sales Co., which now owns STP through its automotive division, has cancelled the STP lifetime contract with Richard Petty, according to the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association. After the July 4 Daytona race, Petty(#43) no longer will be...

Petree Sponsor, UPDATE on Petty:

Albertson's Inc., one of the largest food-drug chains in the United States, announced today they will join Andy Petree Racing as the primary sponsor of driver Jack Sprague and the #15 Chevy for a limited BGN. In addition, Albertson's will serve as an associate sponsor...

Davis and Dodge? UPDATE 5:

heard from a few sources that Bill Davis Racing(#22 and #93) will switch from Pontiac to Dodge in 2001?(1-11-2000) -- UPDATE: The latest Dodge team buzz has Bill Davis Racing as a candidate. He didn't "dodge" the question. And has had discussions with Dodge(TNN Media...

Dodge News…Today:

Dodge will hold their long-awaited Winston Cup press conference at the North American International Auto Show in DETROIT 7:00am on Tuesday, January 11, 2000. According to a source at DC, they had originally planned to use this conference to announce Dodge's Winston...

UPDATE and #43 Crew Chief: I hear Bobby Leslie will be Kyle Petty’s new crew chief for the #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac, which as I have reported in the past will have a new look in 2000, see

Kyles crew chief the images on the 2000 section of the Paint Schemes Gallery -- UPDATE: Greg Steadman has been promoted to crew chief for the #43 STP Pontiac driven by John Andretti, while Bobby Leslie joins Petty Enterprises to become crew chief for the #44 Hot Wheels...