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Ten Pontiacs to attempt Atlanta

"Ten Pontiac's will attempt to qualify at Atlanta, and should they all make the show, it will mark the most Grand Prixs in a Winston Cup race in the 1990s."(iRace), let's see #00, #1, #18, #22, #30, #35, #36, #43, #44 and #97(11-12-97)...
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Sprague in for Terry Labonte at Japan

Terry Labonte is not going to Japan and Jack Sprague will driver the #5 Chevy, Rain-X will be the sponsor(11-11-97)...
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Gumout to sponsor Bahari and Cope

"Pennzoil Products Company announced Tuesday that Gumout will sponsor the #30 Bahari Racing Pontiac driven by Derrike Cope in 1998"(NASCAR Online), looks like the earlier rumor of Jiffy Lube being the sponsor was incorrect(11-11-97)...
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Cartoon Network scheme debut

Cartoon Network Wacky Racing will be unveiling their #9 1998 Ford Taurus car on CNN's TalkBack Live, this Thursday(11-13) between 3:30-4 pm(est). It will be a NASCAR show with Lake Speed and Bill Elliott talking about the sport and the NAPA 500. At some time during...
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Ten winners this year

"With only one of 32 races remaining in the Winston Cup season, there have been 10 winners. Four drivers who won at least once in 1996 remain winless. They are Dale Earnhardt, Sterling Marlin, Geoff Bodine and Bobby Labonte."(Speedworld)(11-11-97)...
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NFL to NASCAR

I hear NFL Players Inc. will make an announcement at Atlanta on their involvement with a NASCAR Winston Cup Team for 1998(11-11-97)...
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Talladega testing

I hear from a reader: The #3 and #31 cars were testing at the track, and Jay Sauter, Mike Dillon (Childress's son-in-law) and Dave Marcis were testing the #3 and #31 Chevy's at Talladega on Monday(11-10). Marcis put one of the cars in the wall during the test in the...
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Lepage to attempt Atlanta race

Kevin Lepage will attempt to make the NAPA 500 in Atlanta in the the #91 LJ Racing Chevy with Doug Richert as the crew chief and Clyde Booth as a technical consultant during qualifying(RPM2Nite)(11-11-97)...
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Japan images

Check out the image of the car Mark Martin will drive in Japan: Valvoline/Kosei Thunderbird , also the #35 Tabasco Pontiac and Derrike Copes BGN ride are pictured at VPS Motorimages (11-10-97)...
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Sponsor for Geoff Bodine

Bill Weber said on 11-9's RPM2Day that Geoff Bodine has a sponsor, but is waiting to make the announcement. Some rumors I hear include MCI Worldcom, Radio Shack and Quaker State(11-10-97)...
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Atlanta purse

"Additional bonus awards from Winston and Unocal have pushed the purse for the 38th annual NAPA 500 on Sunday Nov. 16 above $2 million for the first time in Atlanta Motor Speedway history."(NASCAR Online)(11-8-97)...
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David Evans hired by Butch Mock

"Engine builder, David Evans, has been hired by #75 team owner Butch Mock to oversee an in-house engine program at Butch Mock Motorsports. The team plans to utilize its own powerplants beginning with the 1988 Daytona 500."(NASCAR Online)(11-8-97)...
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Fleetwood Motorhomes moving to Yates?

Fleetwood Motorhomes supposedly will leave the #2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite team and will sign on with the #88 RYR Ford(11-8-97)...
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Atlanta schemes

Jimmy Spencer will run his 1998 Winston paint job at Atlanta. As reported in the past Wally Dallenbach will run a Woody Woodpecker/Universal Studios paint scheme at Japan, blue with a yellow hood. Earnhardt is running a special AC-Delco paint job for Japan again(11...
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Atlanta Goodyear tire notes

"Goodyear has released the specifics on tires for the season finale at the reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway Nov. 16. Left front tire pressure will be set at 30 pounds per square inch; left rear at 30 psi; right front at 48 psi; and right rear at 45 psi. The Goodyear...
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No changes at Atlanta

I hear in yesterdays Atlanta Journal, NASCAR announced that they were not going to make any changes to the cars for the upcoming race at Atlanta(i.e. no restrictor plates...)(11-7-97)...
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#98 sponsor stepping up?

I hear current #98 assoc sponsor Campbell-Husfield (the compressor people) is talking to the team about primary sponsorship for 1998.(11-7-97)...
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Tony Furr is new crew chief for Craven

Tony Furr will become the crew chief of the Budweiser Chevy driven buy Ricky Craven in 1998. He is leaving the #98 RCA(for now) Ford team who has no sponsor for 1998(RPM2Nite)(11-7-97)...
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Quaker State gone from Hendrick

I also hear Hendrick Motorsports has removed the Quaker State stickers from it's cars, no idea if this means the stickers will be gone from the Atlanta cars or if anything else will replace them(such as Valvoline)(11-7-97)...
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DeHart news

I hear that Gary DeHart has a huge three-year offer from another team to be a team manager but has turned it down to stay at Hendrick Motor Sports(11-7-97)...