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#92 Sponsor Search:

#92 Sponsor Search: Still searching for sponsorship for 2002, Melling Racing has eliminated the positions of three contract employees who helped the team at the track. Business manager Lake Speed Jr., however, is encouraged the team will find solid backing to replace...

Kodiak out a sponsor of #92 after season:

Kodiak out a sponsor of #92 after season: NASCAR Winston Cup team owner, Mark Melling, announced today that his team is actively pursuing a primary sponsor for the #92 Dodge, driven by Stacy Compton, for the 2002 racing season and beyond. After more than 20 years of...

Moore to Be Honored UPDATE is Honored:

Moore to Be Honored UPDATE is Honored: NASCAR pioneer Bud Moore will be honored with a "roast and toast" program Tuesday(5-22) night at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. Moore, 75, is retired from a long career in NASCAR racing. Among those scheduled to attend Tuesday...

#60 – Sadler announcement and ‘The Rock’ – UPDATE 7 Fell Thru:

#60 - Sadler announcement and 'The Rock' - UPDATE 7 Fell Thru: Crew chief Jim Long has left Bessey Motorsports, leaving the NASCAR Winston Cup team without a crew chief as well as a sponsor. The group, owned by Joe Bessey, fielded the #60 Power Team Chevy in 2000. ...

#60 – sponsor and a crew chief needed/announcement and ‘The Rock’ – UPDATE 6 Fell Thru?

Crew chief Jim Long has left Bessey Motorsports, leaving the NASCAR Winston Cup team without a crew chief as well as a sponsor. The group, owned by Joe Bessey, fielded the #60 Power Team Chevy in 2000. Power Team, however, has announced that it would not return as ...

#60 – sponsor and a crew chief needed/announcement and ‘The Rock’ – UPDATE 4 postponed:

Crew chief Jim Long has left Bessey Motorsports, leaving the NASCAR Winston Cup team without a crew chief as well as a sponsor. The group, owned by Joe Bessey, fielded the #60 Power Team Chevy in 2000. Power Team, however, has announced that it would not return as ...

Four 1st Timers:

The four first-time winners is the most since 1988 when there were also four, those winners: Ken Schrader(Talladega), Alan Kulwicki(Phoenix), Phil Parsons(Talladega), and Lake Speed(Darlington). Parsons and Speed have not won in Cup since and are out of the series. ...

#8 Crew Chief:

#8 Crew Chief: Bobby Hillin Racing has made a crew chief switch. Nick Short has left the team and Car Chief Dave Paronto, shop foreman Mike Cappuccetti and consutltant Lake Speed will handle the crew chief duties by committee(Winston Cup Scene)(4-21-2000)...

Lake Speed at TMS:

Lake Speed at TMS: BGN driver Bobby Hillin is getting some help from veteran driver Lake Speed, who joined the team this week as a consultant(Dallas Morning News)(3-31-2000)...

Lake Speed at TMS:

BGN driver Bobby Hillin is getting some help from veteran driver Lake Speed, who joined the team this week as a consultant(Dallas Morning News)(3-31-2000)...

Speed:

hearing Lake Speed is back from an extended vacation and is looking for a CUP ride. Speed last drove the #9 Cartoon Network Ford in 1998(1-17-2000)...

Nadeau Out? YEP-UPDATE 2:

Nadeau Out? YEP-UPDATE 2: The Racing Angels ADNASCAR Newsletter newsletter reports: Sources tell me Jerry Nadeau has been released from the #9, Cartoon Network, Melling Owned car. Jerry, as we know, will be in the #25 Holigan, Hendricks owned Chevy next season. I understand...

Nadeau Out? YEP-UPDATE 2:

The Racing Angels ADNASCAR Newsletter newsletter reports: Sources tell me Jerry Nadeau has been released from the #9, Cartoon Network, Melling Owned car. Jerry, as we know, will be in the #25 Holigan, Hendricks owned Chevy next season. I understand Steve Grissom will...

#50 Changes? UPDATE 2:

nothing confirmed on this but I hear that Lake Speed has left his position as Team Manager at the #50 Midwest Transit Racing Chevy team -- UPDATE: The team informs me that Speed is still with the team, just took a vacation to spend time with the family -- UPDATE 2: ...

#50 Changes? UPDATE:

nothing confirmed on this but I hear that Lake Speed has left his position as Team Manager at the #50 Midwest Transit Racing Chevy team -- UPDATE: The team informs me that Speed is still with the team, just took a vavction to spend time with the family...

Craven Ride:

Lake Speed, General Manager of Midwest Transit Racing, has announced Ricky Craven will be piloting the #50 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway, July 3rd. The team's new crew chief, John Monsam needs no introduction to Craven. In...

Gilliland to run:

Butch Gilliland will take his #38 Ralphs/Food 4 Less/Coca-Cola sponsored Ford Taurus to the Sears Point Cup event, in hopes of qualifying for his first Winston Cup race of the season. Earlier in the season the team planned to qualify for the Fontana Cup race, but encountered...

Lake Speed to Drive?

from the Lake Speed Fan Club Site: Many of you have been writing wanting to know what the possibility would be for Lake to drive the #50 Midwest Transit Chevrolet at Daytona next month in the Pepsi 400. According to Lake he will not drive in that race. He stated that...

Craven? UPDATE 4:

Hearing Ricky Craven has signed with the #50 Midwest Transit Winston Cup Chevy , makes sense if true since he and the new #50 crew chief, John Monsam, have worked together in the past -- UPDATE 1: Ricky Craven, released this week by car owner Scott Barbour(#58) and...

Midwest Hires:

Midwest Transit Racing's General Manager Lake Speed announced that John Monsam will lead the team as crew chief while Dale Watkins will join the team to run the shop. Monsam, (38), has been involved in racing for 15 years. He currently resides in Sherrills Ford, N....