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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...
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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)...
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Snowball Derby Update

From a correspondent: There were twelve drivers there. There were only four trucks. So the drivers decided to run three heat races with the winner of each advancing to the main race. They would draw a name from the second place finishers for the other truck in the ...
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Tyler Jet UPDATE 2

Hearing a possible sponsor for the Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac and driver Rich Bickle may be AT&T. Also hear the car may not carry #35 or #17 but a different # in 1999(11-30-98) -- actually hear the sponsor will be Lucky Dog phone card, a division of AT&T...
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DW It’s OFFICIAL

Kmart Corp. today announced an agreement to enter the Kmart Racing Team in the 1999 Winston Cup Series with three-time NASCAR champion Darrell Waltrip driving the #66 Big Kmart Ford Taurus. See the complete story at www.dw17.com - News , Image at NASCAR Online and ...
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Most Popular

Bill Elliott won the National Motorsports Press Association's most popular driver contest for the eighth consecutive year and a record 13 times overall. The NMPA, using a 900-number for voting, received nearly 40,000 votes. Elliott garnered nearly 49 percent to lead...
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Melling Sponsor UPDATE2

I hear the Cartoon Network will be back in a different role with the #9 Melling Ford. Supposedly will be a few paint schemes reflecting different Turner Broadcasting stations/shows, like the Cartoon Network and WCW.(11-18-98) -- I hear this will be announced Thursday...
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No Bull 5 winner

a million bucks and... Ronald Sims is the latest winner of the Winston No Bull 5 "They Win, You Win" $1 million fan sweepstakes. Sims' name was drawn at random from a nationwide pool of sweepstakes entrants following Jarrett's million-dollar victory in the Winston ...
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Evans new gig

Veteran Winston Cup engine specialist David Evans has been named chief engine builder for Larry Hedrick Motorsports and the #41 Kodiak Racing Team. Evans, a native of South Hill, VA, assumes his position immediately and will operate out of the team's state-of-the-art...
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Waddell to leave?

Waddell to leave? UPDATE 2 Word has Waddell Wilson, VP of Racing Operation at the #7 Mattei Motorsports team leaving at the end of the month( WC Today Radio )(12-1-98) - I hear Wilson may end up with Bill Elliott as Team Manager(12-2-98) -- Wilson will NOT be with ...
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DW update

The long version DW in A Ford?/Kmart/Carter UPDATE 7 or 8 but who's counting : Hearing the second Travis Carter team(currently owns the #23 No Bull Ford) is close to becoming reality with Rick Mast as the driver. Jimmy Spencer even talked about it on the radio(Winston...
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Liberati Back

A few weeks ago I ran a jayskiism about Tony Liberati - Marty from MRNNet reports that Liberati, who was released as chief mechanic from Hendrick Motorsports' Budweiser team has landed with Jimmie Johnson, the driver. Liberati will head Johnson's 10-race NASCAR Busch...
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Craven’s New Spotter

Mike Calinoff has accepted a position with Ricky Craven and SBIII Motorsports to be the Team Spotter. Over the years, Calinoff has worked with Brett Bodine, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace, Dick Trickle, Dennis Setzer, and Ted Musgrave. Mike is also the publisher of www...
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Sad News: Dick Beaty

Former NASCAR Winston Cup Director Dick Beaty passed away. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends( NASCAR Online )(12-1-98) (12-01-1998)...
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Hoover to new shop

Hoover Motorsports, who attempted a few Cup races in 1998, has broken ground for a 4000sq ft addition on their shop in Salisbury, NC. The addition is for a Motor room/fab shop and the team is converting all their T-birds to Taurus'(12-1-98)...
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SABCO to return to two car team

Team SABCO will return to a two-car NASCAR Winston Cup operation in 1999 after fielding a third entry for the past several seasons. The #46 Chevrolet had been sponsored by First Union and The Money Store, however, the financial institution opted to refocus their involvement...
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Cale done? Not yet?

It was 11 years in the making, but as of late last week Cale Yarborough Motorsports ceased operations. Yarborough, a three time Winston Cup champion, without a sponsor for his #98 Ford team, decided it was time to call it quits. See full story at GoRacing (11-25-98...
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Another DW rumor

Darrel Waltrip may have a deal lined up for the next two years with an owner new to NASCAR(no idea who). Could involve using Buz McCall's shops or Joe Gibbs old shop(11-29-98). Looks like this won't happen as DW will be in the 2nd Travis Carter ride(11-30-98) (11-30...
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Graves leaves DEI

It was announced today that Fred Graves, crew chief for the Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI) No. 16 NASCAR CTS team sponsored by NAPA, has resigned his position with the team. Graves is leaving to pursue other opportunities in motorsports. The DEI organization has begun ...
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Geoff Bodine on TNN

TNN's Inside NASCAR had an interview with Geoff Bodine. It was mentioned that Bodine has talked to five Cup teams, three BGN teams, a CTS(truck) team and Bodine mentioned that he has talked to an IRL team, not an existing one but a possible new IRL team and he is considering...