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Barry Dodson leaving #2 Truck team

Crew Chief Barry Dodson will leave the #2 Truck Team(as will driver Mike Bliss) at the end of the season. Dodson will be the General Manager of the #35 Amick Racing and #53 Hank Parker BGN team who will merge.(RPM2Nite)(10-7-98)...
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Changes coming to Truck Series

...hearing that changes are in the future for the Craftsman Truck series, probably for the 1999 season. Look for a shorter season and a serious modification if not outright elimination of the halfway break. We also hear the schedule could be altered...
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Tony Roper named to #55 Truck

Tony Roper has been named the full-time driver of the #55 Ice House Ford Truck; Dave Rezendes subs for Mike Bliss in the #2 Ford next week.(SpeedNet)(6-11-98)...
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Dennis Setzer in the #55 at Texas

Dennis Setzer will drive the Rahal/Gloy - #55 IceHouse Ford truck this coming weekend at Texas & there may be a possibility of it turning into a full time ride.(6-1-98)...
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Sprague working on sponsor

Jack Sprague was also on RPM2Nite and says while his #24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy truck still does not have a primary sponsor, the team is still working hard to get one.(RPM2Nite)(5-19-98)...
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Setzer in the #55 at I-70

Dennis Setzer will drive the #55 Ice House Ford this week at I-70 Raceway in Kansas City. A driver for the next race at Watkins Glen will be announced at a later date.(RPM2Nite)(5-18-98)...
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Champions Challenge

UPDATE: Heard about this from a reader: A Nazareth Speedway Information pamphlet about the Craftsman Truck race to be held there on July 12th that on Saturday, July 11, there will be the Champions Challenge, a special match race between all previous Craftsman Truck...
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Smith/Bickle Motorsports

The formation of Smith/Bickle Motorsports is here and ready to roll in next weekend's CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 event at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The partnership brings together Florida businessman Eddie Smith and NASCAR driver Rich Bickle in a team effort that will...
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Toby Porter in the Texas Truck race

Tyler Jet Motorsport officials confirmed today their plans to enter the June 5th NASCAR Craftsman truck event at Texas Motor Speedway. Toby Porter will drive the #17 truck and the team is talking to a number of sponsors about coming on-board for that event.(5-11-98...
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Truck News

Tom Gloy and Bobby Rahal, co-owners of the #55 Icehouse Ford running in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, made the first step towards changing their driver setup for this season. DAVE REZENDES of Assonet MA has been thanked for his contributions to the team and wished...
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Bickle driving Trucks at Homestead

Rich Bickle will be driving the #17 Sears-Diehard Truck of newly named T.J. Motorsports at this weekend's NCTS race at Homestead, FL. Tim J. Beverley, the new owner of Darrell Waltrip's #17 organization, has secured the driving services of Bickle for a one-race Truck...
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Chrysler working on new engine

Chrysler Corp. is working on a heavily-revised pushrod V8 that it hopes NASCAR will approve for Dodge Craftsman Truck teams, prompting speculation about a Winston Cup three-factory circus. The King has an opinion. "They're working on an all-new engine for us," said...
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More news on the Roush Racing Truck Teams

Sponsor of the #50 Joe Ruttman truck, LCI decided to re-evaluate its involvement with NASCAR. Roush decided to combine the #50 and #99 teams. Joe Ruttman will now take over the #99 Exide Ford F150 that Chuck Bown drove. Bown the is out of a ride temporarily and will...
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Geoff Bodine shutting down Truck team

Per TNN's Raceday: Geoff Bodine is shutting down his truck team and all full-time employees will be released as of 2/13. Whether some these employees come over to the WC side was not mentioned. Bodine is looking for a buyer who can keep his son, Barry in the truck(...
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Tammy Jo Kirk sponsor

Auto Value Parts Stores have become the official sponsor for the 1998 Kirk Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team with Tammy Jo Kirk as the owner/driver. They are still searching for associate sponsorship, however this deal will allow them to properly prepare...
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Tony Porter returns to racing

Toby Porter will make his return to racing in the Feb 8th running of the NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series 150 at Volusia County Speedway, after missing almost a year of action after a broken first vertebrae which he got in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series accident(2-3...
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Walt Disney World Speedway entry list

Record truck entry seen in Orlando, All three former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champions, an Indianapolis 500 veteran and a trio of current NASCAR Winston Cup Series stars top the preliminary entry list for the Jan. 18 Chevy Trucks Challenge at Walt Disney World...
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LINE-X a sponsor for Skinner

LINE-X, a division of the Burtin Corporation, announced that it will serve as associate sponsor of Mike Skinner's No. 5 Chevrolet at the Chevy Trucks Challenge NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Walt Disney World Speedway on 1/18/98(NASCAR Online)(1-5-98)...
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Ozzie Smith deal for Trucks?

Remember the Ozzie Smith(former baseball great) and Harry Ranier story that was announced a few months back about them fielding a WC team? Well, I now hear that Smith and Loren Ranier(Harry's son) have started a truck team and Toby Porter will be Driver with Cooper...
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Jack Hewitt to Trucks?

I hear open wheel/sprint driver Jack Hewitt will drive a Bill Elliott Craftsman Truck in 1998. No idea of a sponsor or if it is a full time deal(12-16-97), another source says Dexter Canipe, WRS national champ, has gone to work for Bill Elliott in his new shop and ...