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Eel River Raving News

UPDATE 4 the announcement: RPM2Nite mentioned that the #30(actually #27) Eel River Racing team will make an announcement Friday concerning their 2000 sponsor and possibly their new driver -- UPDATE: Eel River Racing general manager Barry Dodson confirmed Tuesday that...

Pit Crew Competition

Pit Crews round qualifying is over, approximately 11am/et. TNN usually shows it a few weeks later...

Robby Gordon news:

present CART and former #40 Cup driver, Robby Gordon, is in Charlotte this weekend and says his plans to build his own Cup team for next season are coming along quite well( PitNow ) Plans are supposedly for Gordon to compete on a limited basis...

2000 Monte Carlo

Eddie Dickerson, 43, director of chassis engineering for Hendrick Motorsports Winston Cup operation, is a native of Milford, Del. While at Dover Downs International Speedway for Sunday's MBNA Platinum 400, Dickerson took time to discuss the status of the 2000 Monte...

Adam Petty to Cup? UPDATE:

From the Adam Petty site in his Dover Journal - "Im not supposed to comment on that question, but if yall can keep a secret Ill tell you that we are building a Cup car for next year. Whether or not I run it depends a lot on how this year goes. As of today, we are planning...

Morgan-McClure 2nd Team?

Morgan-McClure 2nd Team? UPDATE 4 Hey, a wild one - hear that a second Morgan-McClure team effort is may still happen in 1999. The sponsor rumored is Microsoft. No word on a driver yet.(11-18-98) -- Hearing the 2nd Morgan-McClure team is close to fruition and we may...

#98 Sponsor?/Driver?

#98 Sponsor?/Driver? UPDATE 6 Sue's ADNASCAR Daily Newsletter reports that on Monday(todau) there might be an announcement by Cale Yarborough regarding a driver and sponsor(12-21-98) -- Sue reports that she hears the announcement will not happen until next week(if ...

#81 Back?

#81 Back? UPDATE 4 I hear that Gil Martin, crew chief for the #93 Amoco Bill Davis Racing BGN Pontiac and co-owner of the #81 with Filbert Martocci, are close to reaching a settlement with Martocci to keep the team going in 1999 with a sponsor-driver package that Martin...

#13 News

Dick Trickle will drive the #13 in the Pre-Shootout and also attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500. No sponsor named yet. Disregard all that other #13 stuff from the last few weeks, drove me crazy(crazier?)(12-30-98) (12-30-1998)...

Marcis to test

Dave Marcis will sub for Mike Skinner at Daytona next week in the #31 Lowes Chevy. Skinner is recovering from knee surgury during the offseason(NASCAR Online)(12-30-98) (12-30-1998)...

Pennzoil Stuff

Thought this PR was pretty interesting - Pennzoil's sponsorship of a NASCAR, NHRA, Indy Racing League or World of Outlaw car means more than just painting the race car bright yellow and providing the driver with a uniform. The following is a list documenting just some...

Sad News: Lloyd ‘Shorty’ Rollins

Lloyd "Shorty" Rollins, the first NASCAR Rookie of the Year, has died at a local hospital after a brief illness. Rollins, the circuit's top rookie in 1958, died Monday at age 69, a day after lapsing into a coma from complications of a heart ailment. In 1959, Rollins...

2nd Elliott Team

2nd Elliott Team/ yet another UPDATE 4: A week ago I mentioned the #13 team would race at the Bud-Shootout Qualifying race with Dennis Setzer driving. Actually it'll be the #89 team and they will do 3-4 other races with special McDonald's promotions of some sort. The...

More night races?

More night races planned during 2000 NASCAR season? Nighttime running lights installed at the Daytona International Speedway cost $5 million, but International Speedway Corp. apparently believes it was worth the cost: The success of October's Pepsi 400 -- the first...

WCW to Sponsor Cup team?

WCW to Sponsor Cup team? UPDATE DOH! WCW has announced that they'll be sponsoring a NASCAR Winston Cup team for selected events in 1999. Therefore, Racing Champions, who made the die-cast WCW model racing cars this past year, will become the exclusive trackside merchandiser...

#75 Team

On Saturday(12-19), Ted Musgrave, Butch Mock, and crew posed for the array of photographs which help kick off a new team and season. The primary shot was for the popular race cards which Ted will be autographing in 1999. See the images at Ted Musgrave Fan Page (12-...

Ron Fellows/Nemechek UPDATE

Ron Fellows' will be a semi-regular on both the BGN and CTS in 1999. Joe Nemechek, who will drive for SABCO racing next year, has contracted Fellows to drive about 12 races for him in 1999 including the Winston Cup event at Watkins Glen, which has become a favorite...

NASCAR Rules for 1999

Per last weeks Winston Cup Scene - It appears the larger size spoliers used at Atlanta and Japan will be used in 1999. The exact size of the spoliers has not been determined yetThe proposed rule that would limit the number of crew a team can take to the track has been...

ESPY’s

Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt and, Mark Martin, have been nominated to receive 1999 ESPY Awards. The winners of the 1999 ESPY Awards -- given by ESPN for a variety of sports-related categories -- will be announced at 8pm/et Feb. 15 on ESPN. Gordon, has been nominated...

Slugger back

Richard 'Slugger' Labbe has returned to Hendrick Motorsports. Last Monday Labbe was hired as chief mechanic for the #25 Budweiser team and driver Wally Dallenbach( Marty's Two Cents-MRN )(12-18-98) (12-18-1998)...