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Morgan Back:

Morgan Shepherd will drive the #19 Kobalt Tools Chevy in the BGN race at Darlington for Team Yellow. Why no Skinners? Mike Skinner had "minor corrective eye surgery" Monday and will drive in the CUP race(NOL)(3-14-2000)...

Wind Tunnel:

NASCAR will take some cars to the Wind Tunnel on Monday, so far #31-Mike Skinner Chevy has been set aside as one of those cars(PRN Radio) also taken were the #18=Bobby Labonte Pontiac and the #6-Mark Martin Ford(NOL)(3-12-2000)...

NASCAR and the Military UPDATE 3:

at Atlanta Motor Speedway(AMS) on Sunday, March 12, 2000 from 11:15am - 12:00noon/et, there will be a Press announcement at thew AMS Start/Finish Line. For the first time, all five branches of the Armed Forces will come together to support recruitment efforts across...

Happy Hour Troubles:

the #3-Dale Earnhardt and #31-Mike Skinner cars had ignition box problems early in Happy Hour practice, ironically both at the same time in the session. Both got repaired and were out on the track later in practice(ESPN2 Coverage)(3-5-2000)...

To the Wind Tunnel:

NASCAR has heard the complaints and will head to the wind tunnel to test its cars. The decision comes with General Motors teams griping and the Daytona 500 producing only four on-track passes for the lead in 200 laps. Even before Dale Jarrett led a top-five sweep by...

Tribute to Landry:

Tribute to Landry: One of the dash decals in Mike Skinner's Busch Series car was the star of the Dallas Cowboys. It was a tribute to former Cowboys coach Tom Landry, who died recently. The car's owner, David Ridling, was a close friend of Landry and his father Ray(...

Bad Parts:

Several Cup teams had unapproved parts confiscated by NASCAR in recent days. The most common parts taken were springs, which were taken from the cars of #55-Kenny Wallace, #31-Mike Skinner, #41-Rick Mast (two), #4-Bobby Hamilton (two), #27-Jeff Fuller, #42-Kenny Irwin...

Daytona 500…important for the season?

How important is it to run well at the Daytona 500? Consider this: Of the top-five finishers in last year's race, none finished in the top five in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship standings. Jeff Gordon won the race and finished sixth in the points, while...

T.R.I.X. Racing:

TRIX Racing of Toms River, NJ announces plans for the 2000 season. Kevin Ray of Eastaboga, AL, will drive the TRIX #79 Chevy for the ARCA race at Daytona and other selected ARCA events in 2000. Ray, 22, will be driving the same car that Mike Skinner sat on the pole...

Snap-On News:

I hear Snap-On Tools announced at their annual kick-off that they will be associate sponsors for Rusty Wallace, Jeremy Mayfield, Mike Skinner, Bill Elliot, and current teams of Dale Earnhardt Sr & Jr and Steve Park(1-11-2000)...

The 2000 season starts:

Test sessions for the Daytona 500 begin Monday at DIS with a two-day session for General Motors(Chevrolet and Pontiac) Winston Cup teams. #14-Mike Bliss, #31-Mike Skinner, #50-Ricky Craven, #36-Ken Schrader, #42-Kenny Irwin, #33-Joe Nemechek and #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr...

Hasbro Signs Drivers:

Hasbro Sports announced today that it has reached agreements with 29 NASCAR drivers enabling the leading publisher to develop interactive games featuring the drivers, their vehicles and teams. Hasbro Sports plans to release several NASCAR titles for a range of gaming...

10th Clinched:

Both #22-Ward Burton and #31-Mike Skinner clinched their first career top 10 finish in the Winston Cup points. Burton is ninth in the points and Skinner is 10th. #12-Jeremy Mayfield, who is 11th in the standings, is 288 points behind Skinner which can't be made up ...

Tire Testing at Texas:

Three drivers - one from each car make - will take part in a Goodyear tire test Nov. 29 and 30 at Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Skinner, in the No. 31 Chevrolet, Ward Burton in the No. 22 Pontiac and Jeremy Mayfield, in the No. 12 Ford, will participate in the test. At...

Skinner Fined:

NASCAR fined driver Mike Skinner $5,000 for ?????actions detrimental to auto racing.???? Skinner bumped Hermie Sadler's car(#47) during the cool-down lap of last weekend's Outback Steakhouse 200 BGN race in Phoenix(St Petersburg Times)(11-13-1999)...

Chevy Test UPDATE 2:

Several Chevrolet drivers will run the 2000 Chevy Monte Carlo in a test session Monday at Miami-Homestead Speedway, following the Cup race( That's Racin' ) -- UPDATE: Not all Chevy teams will be testing at Homestead. Andy Petree's team will be testing its 2000 Monte...

Mike Skinner to finish:

Mike Skinner will finish the season for Team Yellow Racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway. As the season comes to a close, team owner David Ridling, of Emerald Performance Group, is proud of the #19 Team Yellow Racing/Pameco Chevy Monte Carlo's performance. ?????We've...

Hornaday at Phoenix:

Ron Hornaday, who will drive the #31 NAPA Chevrolet owned by Dale Earnhardt Inc. this weekend at Phoenix, is one of three drivers entered in the Grand National series race who have won a major NASCAR series event at the track. Hornaday won the NASCAR truck series events...

Cup Drivers at Phoenix:

Ten Winston Cup regulars have entered the inaugural Busch Series Outback Steakhouse 200 on Saturday at PIR. They are Gordon, Jeff Burton, Ken Schrader, Mike Skinner, Michael Waltrip, Kenny Wallace, Elliott Sadler, Terry Labonte, Joe Nemechek and Bobby Hamilton(Arizona...

Atlanta Testing:

Stacy Compton had the fastest car Tuesday in the second of two days of testing at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Compton, a regular on the Craftsman Truck Series who will drive the #9 Ford of Melling Racing Enterprises in the final three Winston Cup races, was clocked at ...