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Buddy Shuman Award

One of NASCAR's pioneers with more than 40 years as a car owner and race track operator, Paul Sawyer has been named the recipient of the 1997 Buddy Shuman Award. Presentation of the award was made Thursday afternoon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in mid-town Manhattan...

Die Hard race sponsorships

DieHard will sponsor races in NASCAR'S top three series in 1998. This includes the DieHard 500 Winston Cup race at Talladega April 26 and the DieHard 200 and 250 Craftman Truck and Busch Grand National races July 4 and 5 in Milwaukee.(SpeedNet)(12-6-97)...

ESPN TV ratings

For the sixth straight year, ESPN's Winston Cup ratings rose, averaging a 4.3 for 14 races according to Nielsen Media Research, or 3.05 million households on average. The increase was locked in with a 5.2 rating for the season-ending NAPA 500 on Nov. 16 -- which tied...

Steve Park in the #1

Steve Park will drive the #1 Pennzoil Chevy owned by Teresa Earnhardt and fellow WC team owner Richard Jackson will switch to the #14 for 1998. Earnhardt likes the idea of running Park in the #1 car with it being his first full year in WC(NASCAR Online and iRace)(12...

Frank Stoddard to crew chief for Jeff Burton

Roush Racing announced the promotion of Frank Stoddard to crew chief position for the WC #99 Exide Batteries Ford and driver Jeff Burton on the. Former crew chief Buddy Parrott will assume responsibilities of GM for both the Exide team and the #6 Valvoline Ford driven...

Ford named official truck of NASCAR

Ford and NASCAR signed a three-year agreement where Ford will be the official truck for all 12 NASCAR racing divisions. As part of the sponsorship, Ford will produce a limited number of 1998-model NASCAR special edition Ford F-150s.(NASCAR Online)(12-4-97)...

Butch Gilliland looking

The 1997 Winston West Series Champion and Winston Cup driver Butch Gilliland is currently seeking marketing partners. Butch, after, 3 very successful years with Stroppe Motorsports, has announced they will be parting ways in 1998. Gilliland has made his plans public...

More Money

As part of a comprehensive marketing plan in conjunction with NASCAR's 50th Anniversary, RJR's Sports Marketing Enterprises unveiled the remainder of the No Bull 5 promotion originally introduced earlier this year at Talladega...

Fleetwood RV deal with Yates

Fleetwood RV announced a three-year sponsorship agreement with Dale Jarrett and Robert Yates Racing. As a result of its new overall marketing strategy, Fleetwood RV has ended its successful three-year relationship with Rusty Wallace and Penske Racing South. The announcement...

Most Popular Driver

Bill Elliott was selected as NASCAR's most popular Winston Cup driver beating Dale Earnhardt 33,600 to 19,600 out of approx 80,000 votes cast(NASCAR Online)(12-4-97)...

DW News

iRace and the Orlando Sentinel(not online) report that the FOX network show "America's Most Wanted" will sponsor Darrell Waltrip in 1998(11-21-97). MRN's NASCAR Today reports that Darrell Waltrip is close to signing a sponsor and has 3 good possibilities and that DW...

Bickle and #12?

According to the LTN Radio show(from Wisconsin) on 11-30: One of the hosts of the show had a chat with Rich Bickle, who stated that since the team is moving into Bobby Allison's old shop, they were going to try and get the #12 for their WC car. This will all depend...

News about Chrysler and Winston Cup from Circle Track

Lou Patane of Chrysler is interviewed, and says they will not be competing in Winston Cup. Here's the question from Circle Track's Will Handzel and Lou's answer. WH: Now that the four-door Ford Taurus has been accepted in Winston Cup, is a Chrysler Winston Cup car ...

Home Depot?

I have heard that Home Depot will not be the sponsor of the #98 as rumored on WC Today, Thorn Apple Valley will be the primary(12-3-97)...

Jasper Motorsports promotion

In preparation for the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and beyond, Jasper Motorsports has announced the promotion of Bob Dell to GM effective immediately. In addition, Mark Vieau has joined Jasper Performance Products as the director of drive train development...

Per NASCAR Today radio

Morgan Shepherd is looking for a ride for 1998 as the #1 Richard Jackson owned Pontiac has no sponsors lined up for 1998 and R&L Carriers will not return. Shepherd may look for a BGN ride or start his own WC/BGN team if he can not get a WC ride.(12-2-97)...

France back home

NASCAR President returned home on Monday at 7am in Daytona Beach, FL and returned to work on Tuesday.(NASCAR Today)(12-2-97)...

Special scheme for Petty at Daytona

Kyle Petty will have a special paint scheme on the #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac for Daytona dealing with the Universal Studios Blues Brothers movie sequel due for release on February 6, 1998. Blues Brothers 2000 is directed by John Landis, it sees Dan Aykroyd return as Elwood...

Hendrick employees to DEI

I now hear only 3-4 Hendrick employees left for the #14 Earnhardt team, not 14 as reported earlier(12-1-97)...

Good News

NASCAR president Bill France Jr., recovering from a mild heart attack he had in Japan a week ago, is expected to leave Japan on 11-30 and return home on 12-1(AP)(11-29-97)...