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Cope Out UPDATE 3, #30 to #27?:

Derrike Cope and Eel River Racing agreed Wednesday to discontinue their relationship, leaving the team temporarily without a driver for its #30 Pontiacs for Bristol and beyond( That's Racin' ) but I am hearing Mike Bliss may move up to a Cup ride on 2000 and this would...

Short Track Wins UPDATE:

Nine different drivers win the last nine short-track races: Dale Jarrett, John Andretti, Rusty Wallace, Ricky Rudd, Jeff Burton, Mark Martin, Terry Labonte, Bobby Hamilton and Jeff Gordon -- UPDATE Make it Ten drivers, add Dale Earnhardt to the mix...

Short Track Wins UPDATE:

Nine different drivers win the last nine short-track races: Dale Jarrett, John Andretti, Rusty Wallace, Ricky Rudd, Jeff Burton, Mark Martin, Terry Labonte, Bobby Hamilton and Jeff Gordon -- UPDATE Make it Ten drivers, add Dale Earnhardt to the mix -- UPDATE: Make ...

Woodchuck:

I got a chance to see RPM2Nite but not qualifying and was wondering what ESPN's Bill Weber and Rusty Wallace, the pole sitter were talking about when they mentioned a Woodchuck, he's what happened from Monte Dutton at SpeedNet: Exiting the so-called inner loop during...

Martin/Wallace incident:

Robin Pemberton, crew chief for Rusty Wallace, says NASCAR officials have apologized for directing Wallace on to the track and into Mark Martin's way Thursday. The two hit in the final practice session, causing moderate damage to both cars( News and Record )...

Dodson Returns to Cup:

Last Wednesday, Chuck Rider sold Bahari' Racing to Jack Birmingham, a Boston businessman who immediately renamed the team. One of Birmingham's first moves was to hire Dodson, who led Rusty Wallace to the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup championship as his crew chief. Now Dodson...

Dodson to Return?

Barry Dodson was the mastermind behind Rusty Wallaces 1989 championship, yet is not presently involved in Winston Cup racing. That may soon change. There has always been a market for Dodsons services. He has spent the last few years working for Busch and truck teams...

Dodson to Return? UPDATE 2:

Barry Dodson was the mastermind behind Rusty Wallaces 1989 championship, yet is not presently involved in Winston Cup racing. That may soon change. There has always been a market for Dodsons services. He has spent the last few years working for Busch and truck teams...

#30 Sponsor? team for SALE? another rumor:

hearing the Sara Lee sponsorship of the #30 Bahari Pontiac team is in jeopardy. Sara Lee is using a rotating product program on the car with Jimmy Dean, Bryan Meats, State Fair Corn Dogs, and Rudy's Farms -- UPDATE: Sources tell me that the Sara Lee sponsorship of ...

Penske Crew:

Mark Armstrong, rear tire changer for the Penske Racing South Miller Lite car driven by Rusty Wallace, returned to Gastonia, N.C., prior to Sunday's race for the birth of his first child. Armstrong arrived in San Rafael at the hotel Saturday afternoon only to learn...

#2 Crewman:

Bob Tracey, gas man/transport driver for Rusty Wallace, was recovering after he was injured on pit road at Dover. He broke two bones and had two chips in his left foot and was fitted in a full plaster cast. He's also undergoing hernia surgery which he had been delaying...

Polaris Switch? UPDATE:

Hearing that Polaris will leave the #75 Cup Butch Mock(?) owned Ford and driver Ted Musgrave at the end of the year. Supposedly Polaris is forming some kind of co-operative marketing deal with DeWalt Tools and will be moving to the #17 Ford sponsored by DeWalt and ...

More Tethers:

More Tethers: At Pocono on Sunday, three cars will help NASCAR test tethers designed to keep a car's hood attached to the car in case of a crash. The #2-Rusty Wallace, #24-Jeff Gordon and #18-Bobby Labonte have been fitted with the hood tethers. NASCAR is trying one...

More Tethers:

At Pocono on Sunday, three cars will help NASCAR test tethers designed to keep a car's hood attached to the car in case of a crash. The #2-Rusty Wallace, #24-Jeff Gordon and #18-Bobby Labonte have been fitted with the hood tethers. NASCAR is trying one tether with ...

Testing at the Glen UPDATE 2:

Twenty-two Cup and BGN teams will be testing the newly paved surface at The Glen including: Rusty Wallace, Michael Waltrip, Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte, David Green and from the BGN: Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Matt Kenseth, Randy Lajoie, Elton Sawyer and Jeff Green. When...

Caution free:

The Kmart 400 at Michigan was the first caution free Winston Cup race since the two-week postponed Winston 500 at Talladega, which Mark Martin won with an average speed of 188.354mph and Winston Cup record for any track. The Kmart 400 was the fastest ever at Michigan...

Update on Rusty crewman:

Bob Tracey, transport driver/gas man for Rusty Wallace's Team Penske car, was scheduled to see an orthopedic surgeon in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday afternoon to determine whether any additional medical procedures are necessary on his left foot he injured on pit road at...

Rusty’s Gasman hurt:

Bobby Tracey, gasman and truck driver for the #2 Miller Lite Team and driver Rusty Wallace, injured his left ankle during a pitstop. According to team officials, Tracey was apparently hit by an air gun and a lug nut that spun off a tire as Wallace was leaving the pits...

Tethers:

NASCAR did not make it mandatory for its teams to use steel cables Sunday to insure that the front wheels did not come off the car. A majority of the 43-car field used the steel cables. Among those who used the steel cables were: Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon...

Suspension:

NASCAR on Wednesday suspended Rick Burgdoff III, a crew member for Jeff Green's BGN team(#32) who works for Penske South and Progressive Motorsports, for fighting in the garage area following last Sunday's race at Nazareth. Burgdoff was involved in an altercation with...