Wally Dallenbach - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Budweiser leaving Hendrick?

"Officials at Budweiser are mulling over what to do next season, and there is still speculation that the company might leave the Hendrick family. Among the drivers on Budweiser's wish list are: Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton, Ward Burton, John Andretti and Bobby Labonte...

August 30, 1998

Budweiser, sponsor of the #50 Chevy, which has a contract with Hendrick Motorsports through 2000, likely would be the last to bolt. Hendrick, one of NASCAR's top four multi-car operations, has a way of keeping sponsors happy, although Bud has not won with Hendrick ...

August 28, 1998

Teams that failed to make the field in first round qualifying and are 26th or worse but are guaranteed to make the CMT300 based on owners points: #40-Sterling Marlin(14th in points and he missed a race); #16-Kevin Lepage(16); #97-Chad Little(17...

Sprague promised a ride?

UPDATE: Good Story at Speed Magazine on Wally Dallenbach, Jr: Contract may be win away for Dallenbach by Godwin Kelly. - something I missed in this story Brad pointed out to me: "There are a couple of factors that could change Dallenbach's luck. Jack Sprague, the defending...

August 22, 1998

2nd round qualifying is over: 14 teams stood on their 1st round times, including all drivers from 26th thru 36th place and #50- Wally Dallenbach, #36 Ernie Irvan and Darrell Waltrip in the #35 Pontiac. DW made the race once again on the past champions provisional...

August 19, 1998

In part from the JournalNow: The Wood Brothers, who are now part of the Jack Roush camp, with Roush handling sponsor and driver negotiations and marketing, with rookie Matt Kenseth at the wheel that would be based somewhere north of Charlotte. But the 2nd team is...

August 11, 1998

Ricky Craven has resigned from the #50 Bud Chevy ride. Wally Dallenbach take over the ride at Michigan for the rest of 1998.(RPM2Nite), more info on the story can be found at NASCAR Online or at ESPN SportsZone - Auto Racing an AP story. (08-11-1998)...

August 10, 1998

From Mike Mulhern's column on the JournalNow site: Officials at Hendrick Motorsports had little comment yesterday on the reports that Ricky Craven might soon be replaced as driver of Tony Furr's Chevy. "Ricky is our driver, and those are just rumors," Hendrick's ...

August 8, 1998

"One question this weekend is the whereabouts of Wally Dallenbach. Dallenbach, a star road racer who had two impressive runs in a Rick Hendrick Chevy in June, was expected to run here, for someone, perhaps Hendrick. But Dallenbach turned down an offer to run Travis...

The latest on the #50

UPDATE: Geez, not much of a chance huh? From RPM2Nite: Speculation is that the Brickyard 400 could be Ricky Craven's last race in the #50 Bud Chevy. Rpm2Nite reported this and said that Wally Dallenbach is the front runner for the job. Dallenbach said he will wait ...

Dallenbach tests IRL

Wally Dallenbach tested an IRL car at Atlanta today.(WC Today Radio) (07-28-1998)...

Dallenbach replacing Skinner?

Hearing that Mike Skinner may get released soon from the #31 Lowes Chevy RCR team. The name being tossed around is Wally Dallenbach, Jr who just finished subbibg for Ricky Craven in the #50 Bud Chevy.(many sources)...

Dallenbach to test IRL car at Texas

NASCAR Winston Cup regular Wally Dallenbach Jr., is scheduled to test an Indy Racing League car for Pennzoil Panther Racing during the upcoming Goodyear Tire Test at Texas on August 4 and 5. If all goes well and schedules permit, Dallenbach will run the second Pennzoil...

Second round qualifying

Second round qualifying is over and who would have though Wally Dallenbach would need a provisional to make a road course event and Tommy Kendall missed the race. The #41 team took it's 11th provisional of the year(in 16 races), but since they are not in the top 25...

Dallenbach to replace Dale Earnhardt at RCR?

Here's a really off-the-wall rumor that we suspect will stay a rumor, but.... Wally Dallenbach is rumored to be in line for a ride with Richard Childress next year. That's easy to believe as Childress and Dallenbach are close friends already. While common speculation...

Dallenbach to a third RCR car?

Here's an interesting unconfirmed rumor: One of our subscribers(StockCarFans) indicates that Wally Dallenbach will be driving a 3rd Richard Childress car full time in the 1999 season. This is unconfirmed at present.(StockCarFans Newsletter)(6-23-98)...

Testing at Road America

Tuesday several NASCAR Winston Cup teams will test at Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center. It started with Cale Yarborough(with Rich Bickle) booking the test session, to test for the upcoming Sears Point Save Mart 250 in two weeks. Other teams piggybacked on that and ...

Dallenbach in IRL race

Wally Dallenbach, Jr will run the second Texas IRL race in September for the Panther team sponsored by Pennzoil team in a second car.(TNN's Raceday), more news on this Tuesday as Wally will be on RPM2Nite then.(6-8-98)...

LaJoie’s last race in the #50

Randy LaJoie is making his last start in the #50 Bud Chevy as Ricky Craven's sub. Wally Dallenbach takes over at Michigan, Pocono and Sears Point(watch out there). Craven plans to be back in the car for the Pepsi 400 at Daytona.(That's Racin')(6-6-98)...

Stricklin, Dallenbach

If Hut Stricklin finds a full-time ride with a different team before the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, Wally Dallenbach will drive the #55 Andy Petree owned 2nd team there.(TNN-Inside NASCAR)(6-6-98)...