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Kevin Cywinski searching

1997 ASA Champ left ASA team, moved south, and is searching for a BGN or Truck ride for 1998. I hear his crew chief, Mike Chaffee, formerly of Jay Sauter's ASA team, moved with south with him also and plans to work with Cywinski(12-18-97)...
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Tony Raines’ plans

UPDATE: I hear from a few readers that on ESPN`s "Craftsman Truck Series Rear View Mirror" show Tony Raines' crew chief announced that their Pennzoil Dodge will be a Pennzoil Ford in 1998. He also made it official that Pennzoil liked Tony`s progression and they are...
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Mike Wallace returning

Mike Wallace and Purolator will both return to Kenny Schrader's #52 Chevy in the Craftsman Truck Series for the 1998 season(NASCAR Online)(12-16-97)...
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Dominic Dobson running for Truck Rookie of the Year

As rumored here in the past: Former CART driver Dominic Dobson will run for Rookie of the Year in the Truck Series in the PacWest Touring Car Group in the #78 MCI Dodge Ram. The Group is owned by Dobson and Bruce R. McCaw.(NASCAR Online)(and MCI is supposed to sponsor...
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Also

Butch Miller will return to the #18 Dana Dodge and a second team by L&R Motorsports in 1998. L&R Motorsports other team is the #90 NHL Dodge driven by Lance Norick(NASCAR Online)(12-13-97)...
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Still no sponsor for Sprague

Per NASCAR Chat with Jack Sprague, driver of the #24 Hendrick Truck: The team still does not have a primary sponsor for 1998 but they are working on it. Quaker State will be back as an associate sponsor, along with GMAC.(NASCAR Online)(12-12-97)...
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Ruttman returning to Roush

Joe Ruttman re-signed with Roush Racing to drive the #80 Ford in the Craftsman Truck Series(NASCAR Online)(12-10-97)...
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CTS News

I hear Butch Miller is going to L&R Racing as a teammate to Lance Norick, driving second truck, DANA / Dodge, Walker Evans is supposedly closing his Craftsman Truck shop(12-6-97)...
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Die Hard race sponsorships

DieHard will sponsor races in NASCAR'S top three series in 1998. This includes the DieHard 500 Winston Cup race at Talladega April 26 and the DieHard 200 and 250 Craftman Truck and Busch Grand National races July 4 and 5 in Milwaukee.(SpeedNet)(12-6-97)...
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Ford named official truck of NASCAR

Ford and NASCAR signed a three-year agreement where Ford will be the official truck for all 12 NASCAR racing divisions. As part of the sponsorship, Ford will produce a limited number of 1998-model NASCAR special edition Ford F-150s.(NASCAR Online)(12-4-97)...
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Officially announced on NASCAR Online

"Darrell Waltrip Motorsports has closed its NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series operation after its sponsor, Sears, Roebuck and Company, (Diehard) decided to discontinue its support." All equipment will be sold and truck personnel will move over to the WC side(11-27-97)...
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Quaker State and Hendrick

While Quaker State will not return as a primary sponsor on the Hendrick Motorsports Truck #24 in 1998, it WILL return as an associate on all 3 Hendrick Chevy's. It was incorrectly reported here that QS would leave and Valvoline would return as an assoc, that is not...
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Kevin Cram to be crew chief for Compton

"Kevin Cram, a member of 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday's team at Dale Earnhardt, Inc., has accepted the crew chief's position for the 1998 season at Impact Motorsports, Inc., which fields Fords for driver Stacy Compton. Troy Selberg, who ...
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Sears Diehard leaving DW’s Truck team

Sears Diehard is leaving Darrell Waltrip's truck team. They are not going to go to another team but getting out to concentrate their efforts elsewhere. If DW does not get a sponsor soon they plan to sell the trucks and equipment(11-21-97)...
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New Truck team

CART team, Pac West plans to run a Dodge truck team in 1998(11-13-97)...
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Rich Bickle leaves Waltrip

Rich Bickle has left DW's WC and truck teams. If Andretti takes the #43 ride, Bickle will probably end up in the #98. If Andretti stays, look for Bickle in either the Washington-Erving ride or the #43 ride. As for the truck team, things are up in the air, they may ...
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Llumar Window Film sponsoring Great Dane Racing

Llumar Window Film will sponsor the #93 Great Dane Racing Chevy Trucks in 10 races in 1998, with Mike Skinner driving 5 races, son Jamie Skinner in 2 races and owner Dana Dorman in 3 races(NASCAR Online)(11-9-97)...
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More truck news

Ron Barfield will drive the #35 Ortho Lawn & Garden Products Chevrolet in 1998 in a one-year deal. Any NASCAR Busch Series program Barfield would do in 1998 would be independent of Bill Elliott's race team which he ran in this year. Wayne Anderson signed a three...
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Truck News/Rumors

Quaker State not back with Jack Sprague, LCI has not committed to Joe Ruttman's Roush ride, Rich Bickle will not be in a WC ride with Darrell Waltrip in 1998 but DW hopes to retain Bickle for the truck and is close to re-signing Sears Die Hard, Wayne Anderson will ...
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Mario Andretti in a Truck race?

From a reader: "Mario Andretti was at PIR Sunday. We went to get his autograph in the infield, and someone asked him if he'd be getting involved in NASCAR. He said something like, "We're looking in to running a truck, but that's all I can say.'", if I recall, a while...