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Childress testing

UPDATE: Richard Childress Racing and Mike Skinner are scratching their heads after this test sessions that's for sure. Childress brought 5 Chevrolets with Mike Skinner as the sole driver to test. NASCAR objected to this and charged the Dale Earnhardt car with a test...
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Bahari Racing test postponed

Weather forced Bahari Racing to postpone its test at Talladega Superspeedway, the team's first of the 1998 season with new driver Derrike Cope. Bahari Racing has scheduled a two-day test at the 2.66-mile track, beginning Tuesday. The team plans to test at the facility...
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Stocks for Tots

The 8th annual Stocks for Tots , to benefit neglected and abused children, will be held on Thursday, Dec 18, 1997 from 6pm to 10 pm at Lakeside Industrial Park in Mooresville, the site of several NASCAR race shops. Fans gain entrance to the industrial park by bringing...
Visit Talladega testing page

Talladega testing

I hear from a reader: The #3 and #31 cars were testing at the track, and Jay Sauter, Mike Dillon (Childress's son-in-law) and Dave Marcis were testing the #3 and #31 Chevy's at Talladega on Monday(11-10). Marcis put one of the cars in the wall during the test in the...
Visit 9/1/1997 page

9/1/1997

As for all the questions on Mike Dillon taking over for Earnhardt: After the "crew repaired Earnhardt's car and started looking for a relief driver. They finally found one in Childress's son-in-law, Grand National driver Mike Dillon, who had no experience in the Winston...