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#28 Team Moves

The RYR #28 Texaco team will be moving closer to the Charlotte Motor Speedway. After considering several places team owner Robert Yates has settled on buying Stacey Compton's old NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series shop. The shop has a total of 12,000 square feet, which ...

Irvan/Simo to Cup/BGN? YEP UPDATE 2

I am hearing that in a unique marketing move, Federated Auto Parts will campaign in three NASCAR venues in 1999. The Staunton, Va based sponsor announced today that they will enter 8 Cup, 3 BGN and 6 Craftsman Truck races for next year in addition to sponsoring the...

Junie announcement UPDATE 3 Big Daddy’s! and driver

Long-time car Cup owner Junie Donlavey(#90 Ford) has a press conference scheduled for noon Wednesday in Richmond to announce his plans for the 1999 Winston Cup season( That's Racin' ) -- Donlavey said Dick Trickle would not return as his driver. Should the sponsorship...

Who is Mike Harmon?

Mike Harmon will drive the Winston Cup car in 1999 for Richmond-based NASCAR owner Junie Donlavey. OK, that's great but....who is he and what has he done? From the Times-Dispatch story today - Harmon, who turns 41 in January, spent the past seven seasons competing ...

#75 Crew Chief

Jon Wolfe has been named the crew chief of the #75 Remington Ford owned by Butch Mock. Troy Selberg was named the Team Mgr a few months ago. Wolfe comes from the Joe Gibbs Racing team where he was the assistant crew chief to Jimmy Makar(WC Today Radio)(12-15-98)...

Bessey/Bodine/PowerTeam UPDATE 4

I hear that Joe Bessey is going to operate a Cup team and Geoff Bodine will drive for him in the # 60 Powerteam WC Chevy for the 1999 season. Joe Bessey will continue to drive the #6 Powerteam Chevy in the BGN in 1999. I also hear they signed the deal on Wednesday(...

#33 Crew Chief UPDATE

Sammy Johns will be crew chief of the #33 Andy Petree owned Skoal Chevy and driver Kenny Schrader in 1999. Petree feels he cannot handle all the duties of being an owner and a crew chief, plus will have to watch over his new 2nd team with Kenny Wallace. Johns comes...

#13 DONE but…

This was reported in the Richmond Times today - A spokesperson at Bill Elliott Racing said the team's second car, the No. 13 Ford Taurus, definitely would be in Daytona in February. A driver and a sponsor will be announced at a later date. FirstPlus, last year's sponsor...

NASCAR to Washington TODAY

Some of the most powerful and influential people in NASCAR racing have been invited to Washington D.C. in order to make a two hour presentation elaborating on the history, present success, and future goals of the organization responsible for the fastest-growing sport...

Exxon/Mobil

Penske-Kranefuss Racing says the merger between Exxon and Mobil will not affect the team's sponsorship for the 1999 season(Winston Cup Scene)(12-11-98) (12-11-1998)...

Skinner OK

#31 Lowe Chevy driver Mike Skinner underwent a scheduled successful arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Skinner underwent the procedure as an outpatient and was in and out of the hospital Tuesday, a Lowe's Chevrolet...

New RYR Crew chief

From That's Racin' - A source close to the situation said Robert Yates Racing will name Doug Richert as the new crew chief for the #28 Fords driven by Winston Cup 1998 rookie of the year Kenny Irwin. Irwin's former chief, Richard "Slugger" Labbe, was released following...

TV Deals

NASCAR is studying whether to consolidate its widespread television contracts to take advantage of the sport's surging popularity. Under the current structure, track owners sell the television rights for their own races, resulting in races during the nine-month season...

Gibbs to the NFL?

Former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who also owns two Cup teams and NHRA teams, has joined Phoenix businessman Sam Grossman's bid for the Washington Redskins and their stadium, agreeing to take an ownership stake and supervisory position if Grossman is successful...

Cope Crew Chief

Bahari' Racing has hired Dan Glauz as its new crew chief for driver Derrike Cope. Glauz, 39, replaces Doug Hewitt, who left at the end of the 1998 season to become Kyle Petty's crew chief. Glauz was a crew chief for rookie Mark Krogh in the NASCAR Busch Series at the...

#7 to Chevys

#7 to Chevy's UPDATE 2: I also hear that the #7 Mattei team will buy up some of the chevy's from the SABCO left over from the #46.(11-11-98) -- Jim Mattei, owner of the #7 Winston Cup car for Michael Waltrip in 1999, said the team will switch from Ford to Chevrolet...

#13 Back? NOPE Done UPDATE 3

I hear that the Elliott/Marino #13 Ford Team may be sponsored again by First Plus with Rick Mast as the driver for the 1999 season -- also from the Times-Dispatch : The Bill Elliott/Dan Marino team is planning an announcement later this week concerning the #13 car. ...

Snowball Derby Winner

Rich Bickle won the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola Florida before what observers are saying ws the largest crowd ever. The top five were Rich Bickle, Gary St. Amant, Freddie Query, Bobby Gill, and Ronnie Burkett. Burkett came from 29th starting ...

T Wayne award

The late T. Wayne Robertson, former vice president of Sports Marketing Enterprises, the sports marketing and promotions division of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, was honored at a Friday morning breakfast by the National Motorsports Press Association with the 39th...

Morgan and the #98

Hearing that Morgan Shepherd may end up on the #98 Cale Yarborough team with a sponsor(12-6-98) (12-06-1998)...