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Nashville News:

Nashville News: BellSouth Mobility will return for a sixth season as corporate sponsor of Nashville Speedway's April 8 BGN race, likely the last major NASCAR event at the aging Fairgrounds facility. Next year's BGN race will be moved to new Nashville Superspeedway, ...

Talladega Testing:

Nine CUP, BGN and CTS teams tested at cold Talladega on Wednesday, Jan 26th and Thursday, Jan 27th. No speeds were posted. Testing were Cup drivers ??-Loy Allen, #93-Dave Blaney, #27-Jeff Fuller, #40-Sterling Marlin, #55-Kenny Wallace and #7-Michael Waltrip. #25-Kenny...

GM Testing Speeds Day 2:

#40-Sterling Marlin the fastest at 187.153mph. Winston Cup Today reported that the only incident at testing was in the garage area when #96-Greg Sacks and #71-Dave Marcis got together but no magor damage occurred and no one was hurt. Thirty drivers took times in 52...

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...

Rudd Tests:

Ricky Rudd tested the #28 Texaco Ford at Lakeland , FL on Monday and Tuesday while on Wednesday #1-Steve Park, #40-Sterling Marlin and #27-Jeff Fuller tested there( Winston Cup Today Radio )...

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...

Sad News UPDATE 2:

Thomas "T.L." Stiles of Charlotte, N.C., 45, a fabricator with Team Sabco for the past eight years, was killed Thursday afternoon in an automobile accident on Interstate 77 north of Charlotte. Also injured in the accident was Team Sabco fabricator Len Sherrill of Kannapolis...

NASCAR and Newsweek:

I hear Newsweek is currently working on a story that will feature three NASCAR Winston Cup teams - #12 Mobil One Taurus, Jeremy Mayfield; #22 Caterpillar Pontiac, Ward Burton; and #40 Coors Light Chevrolet, Sterling Marlin. It will be the first time the magazine has...

The Dyno:

NASCAR brought its chassis dynamometer to the Rockingham track and tested six cars after Sunday's race. The cars tested were the Pontiacs of Ward Burton(#22) and Bobby Labonte(#18), the Fords of Jeff Burton(#99), Dale Jarrett(#88) and Rusty Wallace(#2), and Sterling...

2000 Chevy Test UPDATE:

Most Chevy teams are expected to test the 2000 Monte Carlo on Monday and Tuesday at Talladega. Sterling Marlin will drive for Team Sabco. Hendrick Motorsports will use Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte and Jerry Nadeau. Kenny Wallace will drive for Andy Petree. Dale Earnhardt...

Jayski Notes from Qualifying at Talladega:

#10 Ricky Rudd has a Yates motor in the car, can you tell?; the #91 has a bare white paint scheme with aqua letters; the #89 Bobby Gerhart has Greektown Casino as the sponsor on his car; the #42 Joe Nemechek is purple for the Bellsouth Phone Card; #36 Jerry Nadeau ...

Marlin:

Sterling Marlin will drive the orange-and-white University of Tennessee #14 Chevy October 30-31 in the Sam's Town 250 BGN race at Memphis(Memphis Motorpsorts Park)(9-30-1999)...

Sabates Chat:

#01, 40 and 42 SABCO team owner, Felix Sabates was in NOL Chat Tuesday. A few of the highlights were "No" to Joe Nemechek staying with SABCO, and when asked about the third team(currently the #01 Chevy), he said "probably going to run 5-8 races in 2000 with a third...

Marlin Looking?

Sterling Marlin, who drives for Felix Sabates(#40 Coors Light Chevy), has been calling car owners about possible openings for next season, according to car owners who have talked with him( PitNow )...

Marlin and Coors renew with SABCO:

#01, #40 and #42 Cup car owner Felix Sabates said that Sterling Marlin and Coors have each signed three-year deals with his team. Sabates also said that he won't run a third full-time Cup team next year. He plans to run as many as three of four Grand National cars ...

SABCO/Irwin/Gordon:

Felix Sabates said that even though he and Joe Nemechek are parting ways at the end of the season, he will not replace the driver before November. He admits he is talking to Kenny Irwin and Robby Gordon about running for his team in 2000, denies he will run three Winston...

The 2000 Chevy UPDATE and an IMAGE:

The 2000 Chevy Monte Carlo will have its first extensive test run Monday and Tuesday at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, IL. Bobby Hamilton, Sterling Marlin, Ken Schrader, David Green, Jerry Nadeau, Geoffrey Bodine, Dale Earnhardt and Mike Skinner are scheduled...

Noticed:

#10-Ricky Rudd has the Tide Peroxide Scheme, #40-Sterling Marlin has the Brooks and Dunn scheme going, #58-Hut Stricklin's car is all black with very little decals. The #19-Tom Hubert Pontiac didn't make a qualifying run, this is the first attempt by the team with ...

Marlin BGN News:

Sterling Marlin will drive in this weeks BGN race for this weekend's NAPA 200 at the Michigan Speedway, TRACFONE Pre-paid Cellular's orange and neon green motif will grace the #14 Monte Carlo. This is the first of several Busch Series races that will feature the TRACFONE...

CUP drivers to invade Michigan:

looks for many Cup drivers to attempt the Michigan BGN race on the 21st and there is a gaggle of them: #02-Ward Burton; #5-Dick Trickle(BGN reg); #9-Jeff Burton; #12-Jimmy Spencer; #14-Bobby Hamilton(using #94); #15-Kenny Schrader; #19-Mike Skinner; #21-Michael Waltrip...