Mike Skinner - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Ruttman goes for Pole Record:

#18-Joe Ruttman, the series' oldest driver at 56, will seek his 16th pole Saturday in qualifying for Sunday's Ram Tough 200 in Madison, Ill. He matched Mike Skinner's series record last month in Martinsville, Va., then finished fourth. "The pole would be especially...

Simpson Restraint UPDATE:

Simpson Restraint UPDATE: Simpson Performance Products has developed a head restraint system that is quickly catching on in NASCAR's Winston Cup and Busch Series divisions. The Simpson Decelerator, a concept originally developed by NASA and common among mountain climbers...

Sears Point Completes More Work – REPOST – UPDATE Testing this week:

Sears Point Completes More Work - REPOST - UPDATE Testing this week: Construction crews have completed work on the modified Chute and NASCAR Winston Cup drivers will get their first opportunity on the re-configured segment during a two-day test session, April 24-25...

The Yellow Line:

The Yellow Line: Mike Helton, president of NASCAR, during the pre-race drivers meeting, sternly made his point to the 43 competitors and crew chiefs assembled in the room. He let them know where the sanctioning body stood on reckless driving during the 500-mile event...

Three RCR Teams in 2002:

Three RCR Teams in 2002: Richard Childress Racing will run three Winston Cup teams next season, regardless of what has been heard about sponsor Lowe's and driver Mike Skinner. First of all, both have contracts through 2002, Childress representatives said Friday. Second...

New Paint for the #21

The #21 BGN car of Winston Cup regular Mike Skinner will sport a new color scheme for Saturday's Subway 300. Skinner's #21 car will be painted with a special paint created by Danny Dillard of Richard Childress Racing. Dillard created the gun-metal color and then covered...

True Value Man of the Year:

True Value Man of the Year: Mark Martin's countless hours of preparation, planning meetings and fundraising to fulfill his dream of building a quarter-midget track to give local kids a place to race, received the first quarter nomination for the NASCAR True Value Man...

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, ...

Dillon Out UPDATE Skinner In

Mike Dillon has stepped down as the driver of the #21 Rockwell Chevy co-owned by father-in-law Richard Childress in an attempt to improve the team's performance, and not because of injuries he sustained in a multicar wreck March 24 at Bristol. Mike Skinner, who drives...

Tire Carrier Hurt UPDATE:

Tire Carrier Hurt UPDATE: Kevin Garband, 35, of Winston-Salem was injured during a late-race pit stop when a loose tire from Bill Elliott's #9 Dodge rolled into the pit stall of driver Mike Skinner. Garband is the front-tire carrier on Skinner's pit crew. Garband had...

Dillon Out UPDATE Skinner In:

Dillon Out UPDATE Skinner In: Mike Dillon has stepped down as the driver of the #21 Rockwell Chevy co-owned by father-in-law Richard Childress in an attempt to improve the team's performance, and not because of injuries he sustained in a multicar wreck March 24 at ...

Alabama NASCAR License Plates:

Alabama NASCAR License Plates: 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, D-Lineville...

Skinner in the #21 at Texas – Dillon too sore:

Richard Childress Racing (RCR) named Mike Skinner as the driver for its BGN #21 Rockwell Automation team this weekend at Texas while fulltime driver Mike Dillon recuperates from injuries sustained from a March 24 crash at Bristol. "Mike (Dillon) took a hard lick at...

Fuel Cell Changes?

Fuel Cell Changes? Mike Skinner's fiery crash at Darlington has NASCAR officials planning safety changes in the fuel-cell area. The top piece of Skinner's fuel cell, a cast aluminum piece with a safety-check valve to prevent spillage, was sheared off when Skinner backed...

Skinner and the HANS UPDATE:

Skinner and the HANS UPDATE: many folks have emailed me and wondered what Mike Skinner thought about the HANS device and the situation where there was quite a bit of fire. On ESPN2's RPM 2Night Skinner said he may had taken him a little longer to get out with the HANS...

#31 Fine?

#31 Fine? Mike Skinner's #31 team could face a penalty for a parts infraction. Skinner's carburetor intake was confiscated before qualifying after being found with a performance-enhancing additive(Richmond Times Dispatch)(3-5-2001)...

Skinner in trouble again:

from a story in the Courier-Tribune(Randolph, NC) - With a list in hand naming 57 people who allegedly sold drugs to undercover agents - sometimes following tips from citizens - the Randolph County Sheriff's Office began "Operation Spring Cleaning" at 2 p.m. Friday...

RCR Announcement UPDATE a new sponsor:

RCR Announcement UPDATE a new sponsor: Richard Childress Racing Enterprises who run the #3 and #31 Cup team and the #2 and #21 BGN teams, have a Major Sponsorship Announcement on Friday, February 9th in Daytona Beach(RCR PR)(2-2/9-2001) UPDATE: Richard Childress Racing...

Mast almost went to Childress:

Mast almost went to Childress: seems that Rick Mast came close to being Dale Earnhardt's teammate. "A multiple championship owner came to me and said he was thinking about starting a third team, and he was real strong about it. He asked if I would be interested.", ...

Daytona BGN Testing:

starts TODAY(weather permitting): Testing at the Daytona Intl Speedway for the BGN teams begins Jan 22nd with a two day test for BGN car #'s whose owners points place are in the ODD position (1,3,5,7 etc....). The teams that finished in the Even Owners Points will ...