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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)...
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New Nashville track

Big Story and news! "A $25 million - $30 million motorsports facility will come totown in the near future, according to new owners of Nashville Speedway USA. Dover Downs Entertainment Inc.,(DVD) which operates the successful Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover...
Visit Pitts to serve as Nadeau’s crew chief page

Pitts to serve as Nadeau’s crew chief

Jerry Pitts is going to be the crew chief for Bill Elliott's second team with driver Jerry Nadeau. Pitts has been working for Bahari Racing(#30) as a fabricator and on raceday pit crew and is from Bakersfield, CA(11-6-97)...
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Hamilton says Andretti will replace him next season

John Andretti's Winston Cup future apparently lies with Richard Petty, not Cale Yarborough. Bobby Hamilton, who will leave as driver of Petty's No. 43 Pontiac's after the Atlanta race, said in a recent on-line chat session that he believes Andretti will replace him...
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Steel released from hospital

Tim Steele crashed the #15 DaytonaUSA Bud Moore Ford at Atlanta, was taken to the hospital but they do not think he sustained any serious injuries. No idea if Bud Moore has another car ready for the Atlanta NAPA 500. Steele was fourth fastest before the accident today...
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No change for Rusty

Many email messages to Miller resulted in a unified response: Rusty Wallace's colors on the #2 Ford will stay the same in 1998(11-5-97)...
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RESCUE to sponsor Tim Steele?

I hear Tim Steele's sponsor for 1998 in the #15 Bud Moore(Steele Family) Ford is supposedly RESCUE, the same sponsor Blaise Alexander had in the Busch race at Rockingham(11-5-97)...
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Bruton’s lawsuit dismissed

"Penske Motorsports announced Wednesday that the North Carolina Business Court in Charlotte ruled in its favor and dismissed a lawsuit by Bruton Smith." See the rest of the story at Bruton Smith's lawsuit against Penske Motorsports dismissed (Charlotte Observer)(11...
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Testing at Atlanta

Terry Labonte was fastest today in testing at Atlanta with a speed of 192.166, Todd Bodine in the #35 Tabasco Pontiac was second at 192.097, others who tested in order was Dick Trickle, Tim Steele, Ward Burton, Kyle Petty, Rusty Wallace, Bobby Hamilton, Ricky Rudd, ...