Robert Pressley - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Testing at Darlington Tuesday UPDATE:

Testing in preparation for the Darlington Busch and Cup races next Friday and Saturday nights [May 6 and 7th] is scheduled for 2:00 to 10:pm/et on Tuesday, April 26th. The following drivers are scheduled to test: Cup - #9-Kasey Kahne, #40-Sterling Marlin and #13-Greg...

Truck Series Testing Tuesday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

More than 20 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams will be testing at Lowe's Motor Speedway Tuesday evening in preparation for the Quaker Steak & Lube 200 presented by Click It or Ticket on Friday night, May 20. The trucks will be on the track from 3:00 - 6:00pm/et and...

Crew Member injured:

Ken Evans, a crew member on Robert Pressley's #59 Dodge, was transported to Loma Linda University Medical Center as a precaution after he was struck by one of the trucks. He was alert when examined by the speedway's track safety crew.(Orange County Register)(2-26-2005...

News and Notes:

Few in the racing community knew what to expect when the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series kicked off a decade ago at Phoenix International Raceway. But one thing was certain: Mike Skinner (No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota) had his share of critics before the first green flag...

Pressley back to the #59, full time UPDATE Melling to sponsor:

The HT Motorsports #59, located in the Virginia Motorsports Technology Center (VMTC), adjacent to Arrington Manufacturing on Motorsports Drive in Martinsville, Virginia announces its 2005 racing line up. Robert Pressley returns to drive the HT Motorsports #59 for the...

Testing at Vegas Jan 26-29th:

More than 50 Cup [NNC] and Busch [NBS] teams are expected to descend on LVMS on Jan. 26-29 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to experiment with the new tires, spoilers and body designs that will go into effect in the coming season. It's the first open test for teams on an...

Pressley to a limted sched; Wood to the #47:

Robert Pressley will run a limited schedule in 2005 doing a research and development program for ST Motorsports, team owner Tad Geschickter confirmed Dec. 10. Pressley will run 10 to 15 races, depending upon sponsorship. Pressley, who drove the #47 last season, will...

Ball Park Franks, Snuggle join ST Motorsports #47 and #59 as associates:

Ball Park Franks and Snuggle Fabric Softener will partner with ST Motorsports for the 2005 NASCAR Busch Series season, team owners Tad & Jodi Geschickter announced today...

Jon Wood Joins ST Motorsports

Jon Wood will drive a Ford Taurus next year on the NASCAR Busch Series circuit for ST Motorsports, team owner Tad Geschickter said Tuesday. Wood, the grandson of NASCAR pioneer Glen Wood and son of Eddie Wood...

Kahne wins at Darlington:

#2-Kasey Kahne won the rain-delayed Darlington 200 at Darlington Raceway, his first career won in the Truck Series and winning in his first start in the series [only Mike Skinner in the first ever race and Robert Pressley have done that]. Kahne is the 7th driver to...

Jon Wood to the Busch Series…not with Roush? UPDATE 2:

Jon Wood, the grandson of NASCAR pioneer Glen Wood, appears set to move from the truck series to the Busch circuit next season. Wood, who drives the #50 Ford for Roush Racing, recently tested a Busch car owned by Tad Geschickter, who fields the entries driven by Stacy...

Michigan News and Notes:

Kroger 200 broadcast shows significant increases over 2003 Last Saturdays Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park broadcast on TNT earned a 15% increase in households over last years event, and also showed a 10% increase in viewers over 2003 event programming. The...

Mike Wallace wins at Daytona, his first in almost 10 years:

#00-Jason Leffler did everything he could to win Friday night's Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway. In the eyes of NASCAR, however, he went too far. Between Turns 3 and 4 of the final of 100 laps, Leffler, the leader at time, moved to the high side ...

Bliss wins pole at Daytona:

#20-Mike Bliss will start from the pole for the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway running a fast lap of 181.969, his 2nd pole of his career. The rest of the top 5 are: #47-Robert Pressley, #21-Kevin Harvick, #55-Robby Gordon and #2-Ron Hornaday, Jr. ...

NEWS & NOTES DOVER

FitzBradshaw Racing on board with Drive For Diversity FitzBradshaw Racing has embraced NASCARs Drive For Diversity initiative by hiring two interns who will work in the teams day-to-day front office and with its on-track performance operations starting Thursday. Stacy...

ST Motorsports Announces Changes for the #47 Team:

Tad Geschickter, team owner for #47 Clorox/Wisk and #59 Kingsford/Bush's Best Baked Beans cars at ST Motorsports, announced Saturday Dan Deeringhoff has been hired as the new crew...

NASCAR BUSCH SERIES NEWS & NOTES – CALIFORNIA

Coast Guard, Labonte Racing and California Speedway to host Hispanic students Nearly 150 Hispanic college and high school engineering students will get an up-close and personal look at the NASCAR Busch Series at California Speedway this week. On Thursday, 20 students...

Green to Sub for Pressley at Talladega:

Robert Pressleys father Bob Pressley is extremely ill and presently close to deaths door. Robert is using this opportunity to spend as much time with his father as possible in his final days. Mark Green will be substituting for Robert in the #47 Clorox Ford for practice...

ODDS:

Micah Roberts, of Las Vegas' Station Casinos sports books, has chosen Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth as his favorites (3-to-1) to win the NASCAR Busch Series Sam's Town 300 March 6 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Last year's winner, Joe Nemechek, is third at 5-to-1. ...

LaJoie in the #59 at Daytona:

Randy LaJoie will drive the Melling Engine Parts/Harris Trucking #59 Dodge Ram entry in the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona International Speedway on February 13th. HT Motorsports is particularly glad to have Randy driving this year as a two-time winner at Daytona...