Robert Pressley - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Pressley Top five:

#77-Robert Pressley, who ran upfront all day at Michigan, got his first top five since Texas in April 1998, 64 races ago, when he finished 3rd(6-11-2000)...

Punter to Pits:

Carolina Panthers(NFL) punter Ken Walter will have a new job during tonight's race. He will be catching tires rolled to the pit wall during pit stops for the Jasper Motorsports Ford driven by Robert Pressley. Team owner Doug Bawel came up with the idea after the team...

Bessey 2nd team tests and Talladega driver UPDATE 3:

#60 Power Team owner Joe Bessey, tested a #61 Power Team Chevy at Daytona on Monday in anticipation of launching a second team later this summer, possibly for the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. Bessey participated in the first day of a two-day test along with #6-Mark Martin...

Wear Your Helmet:

At Dalrington on Sunday, Dennis "Moose" Cabe, gasman for the #77 Ford Taurus and driver Robert Pressley, had just finished putting gas in the car and was working on a wedge adjustment when Pressley began leaving the pit box. Cabe was dragged into the neighboring pit...

AMS Testing:

Four CUP driver and one BGN driver tested at Atlanta on Thursday. Fastest was #27-Jeff Fuller at 191.471mph. 2nd was #77-Robert Pressley at 190.487, 3rd was #11-Brett Bodine at 189.901 and th was #13-Robby Gordon at 187.847. #15-Derrick Gilchrist tested his Andy Petree...

Vegas Testing:

Seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt will return to the driver's seat for the first time since December back surgery by heading a list of 36 drivers from the CUP and BGN series who have scheduled testing times Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway...

Pemberton to the #77? UPDATE 2:

Ryan Pemberton, crew chief for the #36 M&M's MBII team, has made his decision about where to work next season, but hes not commenting until next weekend. Pemberton is expected to join the Doug Bawel-owned #77 team with driver Robert Pressley( Times-Dispatch ) BUT on...

#77 News:

Jasper Motorsports is expected to announce soon that Robert Pressley will return to the #77 team for the 2000 season( The Depot )...

#77 Sponsor News:

Jasper Motorsports #77 Cup team announced today that they have signed a new associate sponsor for the Jasper Engines Fords driven by Robert Pressley. Fit America is an all-natural weight loss program headquartered in Deerfield Beach, FL. The new sponsorship agreement...

Roper Leaves UPDATE:

Tony Roper will no longer be driving the #61 IWX Motor Freight Pontiac in the BGN. Roper had three top-10 finishes this season in 16 starts with the Xpress team. Prior to joining Xpress, Roper competed for two seasons in the CTS Series gaining 8 top-10 finishes. Roper...

Team Jasper(Panther Pit) News:

The #77 Jasper Motorsports team has named Charley Pressley as interim crew chief for the Jasper Engines Ford Taurus. Pete Rondeau has been named car chief. Both will work together while the team is in the transition of naming a permanent crew chief. Bob Gulbranson, ...

Newt leaves:

Jasper Motorsports crew chief Newt Moore has resigned his post effective Monday, May 17th. Citing personal reasons, Moore has decided to move on. Jasper Motorsports team owners announced that Bob Gulbranson has been named as the interim crew chief. Bob Gulbranson had...

Better or Worse:

Who's made the greatest improvement in a year? When you discount drivers who were hurt last year and missed races or didn't have a full-time ride (Mike Skinner, Wally Dallenbach, Steve Park), the driver who's moved forward the most positions since California in '98...

#45? UPDATE 2:

Not sure what happened yet, but Rich Bickle ran a lap of 194.789mph in 2nd round which would have been 28th starting spot, he is now listed in 42nd starting spot using a provisional. The 2nd round news story on NOL doesn't mention this or why Dick Trickle didn't take...

#77 Testing:

Robert Pressley and the #77 Jasper Motorsports team are testing at Greenville-Pickens Speedway today...

Hard Licks Update:

Some tough licks for Jeff Gordon, Mike Skinner and Jimmy Spencer. Both Gordon's and Skinner's accidents looked like right rear tires went down. During an interview at lap 128, Gordon said they took X-Rays and he didn't think anything was broken but he was mighty sore...

Finley Released UPDATE:

I hear that Jeff Finley has been released from the #25 DuraLube Chevy, owned by Ed Rensi. Some possible replacements include: Robert Pressley, Ward Burton, and Kenny Wallace(Race 2 Win) - UPDATE: my sources have confirmed this as being true and the Race 2 Win site ...

#91 Test

at ATLANTA(not Darlington doh!), Tuesday and Wednesday Steve Grissom had a top speed of ~190.700mph( LJ Racing ) -- other drivers and speed: Rick Mast had the fastest lap at Atlanta at 190.909 mph, followed by Steve Grissom (190.843), Ricky Craven (189.344), Kenny ...

Atlanta Test UPDATE:

The #91 Joe Falk- LJ Racing Chevy and the #77 Jasper Engines Ford with Robert Pressley driving is testing today and Wednesday at Atlanta(NASCAR Online and LJ Racing) -- Add #55-Kenny Wallace, #58-Ricky Craven and #98-Rick Mast to those testing at Atlanta. Wallace was...

Pressley to the CTS UPDATE:

Robert Pressley, who drives the #77 Jasper Engines Ford in Cup, will also race 4-6 Truck races in 1999, no team or sponsor mentioned(WC Today Radio)(1-4-1999) - Robert Pressley said he has nothing solid going in terms of a part-time ride in the Truck Series or the ...