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All Stars:

The 2000 Chase Racing All-Stars, the informal version of NASCARs All-American pit crew, was announced earlier this week. Driver Bobby Labonte, the Winston Cup champion, and his crew chief, Jimmy Makar, were selected to the first team, along with the following crewmen...

Points Money:

Points Money: here is the list of Points Money earned by the Top 10 Winston Cup drivers announced at the banquet: 1) Bobby Labonte - $3,386,640 2) Dale Earnhardt - $1,103,995 + $1,000,000 No Bull Five win 3) Jeff Burton - $770,685 + $1,000,000 No Bull Five win 4) Dale...

Driver of the Year:

Bobby Labonte, who parlayed consistency and four victories into the Winston Cup Championship, added another honor today as he was selected DRIVER OF THE YEAR for all American motorsports. Labonte, 36, driver of the Joe Gibbs/Interstate Batteries Pontiac on the NASCAR...

4th Quarter Driver:

Tony Stewart, driver of the #20 Home Depot Pontiac, easily cruised to fourth quarter DRIVER OF THE YEAR Honors today. For Stewart, 29, winner of three races during the quarter, it was de ja vu, since he repeated the honor he won last year with a like number of wins...

Wind Tunnel:

Roger Penske's new wind tunnel in Mooresville, NC is close to completion. It will handle 50-percent, scale-model race cars, so Rusty Wallace's Ford team won't have to make the haul to the Lockheed tunnel in Marietta. The new wind tunnel will be the first in North Carolina...

DW Honored:

Even though the race was not held on Sunday, the tracks farewell to retiring Darrell Waltrip did go off as scheduled. Among items presented to Waltrip were: A rocking chair from Dale Earnhardt. A mounted steering wheel from Jeff Gordon A commemorative Kelloggs Corn...

License Plates:

The long-awaited NASCAR plates are on sale in West Virginia! The West Virginia Dept of Motor Vehicles announced that the Race Plates are now available as registration plates for vehicles registered in West Virginia. Authentic commemorative collectible plates are available...

New Rusty Sponsor:

Amtrak, the nation's passenger train service, is making its first venture into NASCAR as an associate sponsor for Rusty Wallace, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Fords(That's Racin')(11-12-2000)...

Martin #400:

Mark Martin will make his 400th consecutive Winston Cup start at Homestead. Martin is fifth in active consective starts streaks in Cup, behind Dale Earnhardt with 645, Ricky Rudd with 606, Rusty Wallace at 515 and Ken Schrader with 485(11-9-2000)...

Mayfield to Leave #12? NO UPDATE 3 – #4 Close to naming a driver?:

still hearing a ton of rumors that Jermey Mayfield will leave the #12 Mobil One Penske Racing LLC team and go to the #4 Kodak Morgan-McClure team but was leaving it alone since there were also so many stoires out there with quotes from Mayfield saying he is staying...

Phoenix Stats:

None of the 12 Phoenix races have been won by the pole winner. Average starting position of Phoenix race winners: 13.0. Lowest start of a Phoenix winner: 29th by Ricky Rudd, 1995. Most Phoenix poles: 2 - Geoffrey Bodine, Rusty Wallace, Bill Elliott, Ken Schrader. Most...

Mayfield to Leave #12?

still hearing a ton of rumors that Jermey Mayfield will leave the #12 Mobil One Penske Racing LLC team and go to the #4 Kodak Morgan-McClure team but was leaving it alone since there were also so many stoires out there with quotes from Mayfield saying he is staying...

Homestead Testing UPDATE 4:

Homestead-Miami Speedway will be holding a test session for several of the top NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams on Tuesday/Wednesday, October 24-25. Some drivers that will test include: #26-Jimmy Spencer, #20-Tony Stewart, #18-Bobby Labonte, #99-Jeff Burton, #24-Jeff...

Wallace Commercials:

Rusty Wallace, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, completed shooting new TV commercials for sponsor Miller Brewing Company last week in Charlotte. He will be featured in four spots which will have prominent major network placement and are expected to air in rotation...

Penske/Newman/ALLTEL News:

Officials of ALLTEL and Penske Racing South announced today a 23-race "blended" 2001 schedule for driver Ryan Newman in preparation for a full NASCAR Winston Cup effort in the 2002 season. ALLTEL will sponsor the former USAC champion in a schedule next season that ...

Engine Parts?

Rumors say NASCAR is strongly looking at putting minimum weight requirements on engine parts during the off season in the wake of the rush to lighter parts by several of the big budget teams. The rush started after Jeremy Mayfield and Rusty Wallace began using "legal...

Penske to BGN with Newman? to CUP? UPDATE 3:

Stan Herzog of Herzog Motorsports announced Sunday that primary sponsor ALLTEL has decided to leave his #92 BGN team and driver Jimmie Johnson after the 2000 season. The company was expected to renew its sponsorship this past weekend with a plan to expand into Winston...

Safety Disagreement Articles

at That's Racin': NASCAR'S Helton defends safety efforts by Jim Utter; AND 3 Top drivers question interest in safety at New Hampshire by David Poole, which says in part: Three of Winston Cup racing's top stars disagree strongly with NASCAR chief operating officer Mike...

Wallace scheme:

hearing Rusty Wallace will run a special Miller scheme on the #2 Ford at Atlanta in November's season finale. Supposedly a 10th Anniversary car (between Miller and Wallace)...this is all I have heard and do not have an image of it(9-2-2000)...

West Virginia Licenese Plates:

A licensing agreement with NASCAR allows West Virginians to purchase license plates bearing the signatures of Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Ricky Rudd and Rusty Wallace, as well as a generic NASCAR plate. West Virginia is the second state in the nation...