Jerry Robertson News

Testing at Lowe’s Monday-Wednesday: Wednesday UPDATE 3:

Testing at Lowe’s Monday-Wednesday: Wednesday UPDATE 3:

May 9, 2006
Lowe's Motor Speedway will be the site of the final scheduled test session of 2006 for the NASCAR Busch Series today through Wednesday. This year, NASCAR set a schedule for when and where each of its national series tests at tracks that host NASCAR events. Those tests

Robertson to Drive for MacDonald in Bristol:

Robertson to Drive for MacDonald in Bristol:

March 23, 2006
An agreement reached between Jerry Robertson and MacDonald Motorsports will see Robertson driving in the Busch race on March 25th at Bristol. This one-race deal puts the Arvada, CO competitor behind the wheel of the #72 Chevrolet Monte Carlo with sponsorship from Furniture

#32 and #78 to share resources:

#32 and #78 to share resources:

March 6, 2006
Nextel Cup's #78 Furniture Row Racing of Denver has joined forces with North Carolina-based PPI Motorsports. The single-car teams agreed to share resources and manpower, according to Furniture Row backup driver Jerry Robertson of Arvada [CO]. Robertson, who might replace

#78 team plans to run full schedule:

#78 team plans to run full schedule:

January 12, 2006
#78 Furniture Row Racing, one of the few sponsor owned Nextel Cup teams, is scheduled to run 36 Nextel Cup races with Kenny Wallac and Jerry Robertson driving. Wallace is committed to run the first 5 Cup races of the season for Furniture Row Racing. Kenny Wallace states

Newman wins pole at Homestead:

Newman wins pole at Homestead:

November 19, 2005
#39-Ryan Newman won the pole for the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a lap of 174.548mph. #66-Greg Biffle will start 2nd followed by #6-Kasey Kahne, #60-Carl Edwards and #47-Jon Wood. Points leader, #8-Martin Truex Jr. got loose on his first lap and smacked

Qualifying Notes – Phoenix:

Qualifying Notes – Phoenix:

November 12, 2005
Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Techron, lapping Phoenix International Raceway in 26.831 seconds at 134.173 mph. Ryan Newman holds the track-qualifying record of 26.499 seconds, 135.854 mph, set Nov

Ramblings – Phoenix:

Ramblings – Phoenix:

November 12, 2005
A year ago, he didn't have a regular ride in any of the top-three divisions of NASCAR. Six weeks ago, he'd never been in a Cup car. Now, he's had three Top-10 finishes to his credit and today Denny Hamlin captured his first Bud Pole at Phoenix International Raceway

Hamlin wins pole at Phoenix:

Hamlin wins pole at Phoenix:

November 12, 2005
#11-Denny Hamlin won the pole for the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, for his first career pole in his 6th race. The pole puts Hamilin in the Budweiser Shjootout and he is the 17th pole winner of 2005. 2nd in points, #48-Jimmie Johnson will

Testing at Texas UPDATE:

Testing at Texas UPDATE:

October 27, 2005
One of the busiest test sessions in speedway history will have drivers preparing Tuesday for the Dickies 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, Cup drivers scheduled to test include: #31-Jeff Burton, #44-Terry Labonte, #17-Matt Kenseth, #12-Ryan Newman, #18- Bobby Labonte, #

Furniture Row Racing to make Cup debut at Dover:

Furniture Row Racing to make Cup debut at Dover:

September 22, 2005
Furniture Row Racing will debut their #78 Chevy at the Dover International Speedway on September 25. T he newly formed stand-alone NEXTEL Cup team has signed veteran driver Kenny Wallace to a five-race deal headed up by team manger Joe Garone. "We’ll be testing before

Martin wins pole at RIR:

Martin wins pole at RIR:

September 9, 2005
#9-Mark Martin won the pole for the Emerson Radio 250 at Richmond International Raceway with a speed of 127.239mph. #60-Carl Edwards is 2nd, followed by #90-Elliott Sadler, #17-Matt Kenseth and #32-Jason Leffler. Points leader, #8-Martin Truex Jr. starts 10th. #6-Erin

Qualifying Rained out at MIS:

Qualifying Rained out at MIS:

August 20, 2005
Rain/wet track canceled qualifying for the Domino's Pizza 250 at Michigan International Speedway, so the field was set via the rules books, Top 35 in owners points, past champs, winners not already in and race attempts, so #8-Martin Truex Jr. will start first followed

Kenny Wallace to a new team? MORE:

Kenny Wallace to a new team? MORE:

August 17, 2005
during Speed Channel's Inside Nextel Cup show, Kenny Wallace mentioned he would be driving some races for Joe Garone and Furniture Row Racing in some Cup races this year, that is why Johnny Benson will drive Michael Waltrip's #00 State Fair Corn Dogs Chevy at Michigan

New Rookie of the Year Candidate:

New Rookie of the Year Candidate:

June 28, 2005
Despite the NASCAR national touring season being nearly halfway complete, three drivers announced over the weekend their intention of competing for their respective series' Raybestos Rookie of the Year awards. Former American Speed Association and Hooters Pro Cup standout

Edwards wins pole at Kentucky:

Edwards wins pole at Kentucky:

June 18, 2005
#99-Carl Edwards returned to the site of his first NASCAR-sanctioned [Trucks] win and set a new NASCAR Busch Series track qualifying record with a fast lap of 181.287mph. The lap is 1.185 mph better than then #8-Martin Truex Jr. set last year. Edwards will be the fifth