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Sad News – Dick Miller:

Sad News – Dick Miller:

April 21, 2007
Dick Miller of Raleigh NC, retired CEO of Goodmark Foods, died Thursday at Myrtle Beach, SC while on vacation after fighting
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Cope in the #86(a different Cope):

Cope in the #86(a different Cope):

October 7, 2000
Cup driver Derrike Cope will run his second career CTS race(first was Richmond in 1995) at Texas Motor Speedway in the #
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600th Start UPDATE:

600th Start UPDATE:

May 17, 2000
600th Start UPDATE: the second Cicci-Welliver Team to qualify at Charlotte will represent their 600th career NASCAR start
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Cope Released UPDATE driver for Gateway:

Cope Released UPDATE driver for Gateway:

May 6, 2000
Mike Cope was released Friday as the driver of the #86 Royal Crown Cola Dodge Truck. Impact Motorsports released Cope just
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Drivers Visit Kids:

Drivers Visit Kids:

May 3, 2000
As the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series descends upon St. Louis for the Ram Tough 200 at Gateway International Raceway, there
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Cope to Replace Compton:

Cope to Replace Compton:

November 27, 1999
Mike Cope will drive an Impact Motorsports Dodge truck in 2000 replacing Stacy Compton who is expected to drive the #9 Ford
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#35 team Indy plans?

#35 team Indy plans?

July 17, 1998
#35 Story Updates: see above story and the team's Indy-car driver, Jeff Ward, has run the #35 at Indy this week but is not
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Todd Bodine replaces Mike Cope

Todd Bodine replaces Mike Cope

July 14, 1998
UPDATE: A rumor from RPM2Nite: Todd Bodine to replace Mike Cope in the #30 Slim Jim Chevy starting this week at Fontana,
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Testing at Watkins Glen

Testing at Watkins Glen

June 17, 1998
Robert Pressley-#77 Jasper Ford and Ricky Rudd-#10 Tide Ford tested at Watkins Glen today, no speeds. BGN teams testing
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Testing continued at Richmond

Testing continued at Richmond

May 27, 1998
Teams included - Derrick Gilchrist tested Jimmy Spencer's #12 BGN Chevy; #21 Michael Waltrip(WC); #30 Mike Cope(BGN); #32
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Donnie Richeson new crew chief for Mike Cope

Donnie Richeson new crew chief for Mike Cope

April 10, 1998
Donnie Richeson, former crew chief for the #11 Breet Bodine Paychex Ford Team Scandia has been named the crew chief for
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Setzer as crew chief?

Setzer as crew chief?

February 13, 1998
I hear that Dennis Setzer is supposed to be Crew Chief for the #30 Mike Cope Slim Jim team for the BGN Daytona race(NASCAR
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Mike Cope Joining Team 34

Mike Cope Joining Team 34

August 6, 1997
As rumored here in the past: RPM2Nite had Mike Cope on and he will be joining the BGN series with Team 34 on a new team
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More BGN Team 34 News

More BGN Team 34 News

August 5, 1997
I hear Mike Cope will be driving one of the Team 34 cars with the SLIM JIM/PENROSE sponsorship. NOTE: Mike Cope will be
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Slim Jim leaving #57 BGN team

Slim Jim leaving #57 BGN team

July 22, 1997
Slim Jim will be leaving the #57 BGN team after the 1997 season, I hear the sponsorship will go to Mike Cope who will move