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Sterling Marlin signs with Sabco

It's official: Felix Sabates, calling it ``the worst-kept secret in racing,'' announced Saturday the signing of driver Sterling Marlin to be part of Team Sabco in 1998. Marlin, a second-generation NASCAR star and a two-time Daytona 500 winner, joins Joe Nemechek and...
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Second car for Bill Elliott with Jerry Nadeau?

I hear this will be announced Saturday, 10-4: Bill Elliott WILL have a second car in 1998, Jerry Nadeau as the driver, Dan Marino as a part owner and Sprint as the sponsor(10-4-97), hmm... didn't hear this announcement(10-5-97)...
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Radio Shack to the #98?

I hear from Don who runs the John Andretti Website hears that Radio Shack may take over as sponsor on the #98 Ford in 1998(10-4-97)...
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Eddie D’Hont joins Kenny Wallace

"NEW POST: Eddie D'Hont, 38, has been named manager of Kenny Wallace's Winston Cup #81 Square-D Ford team."(Charlotte Observer)(10-4-97)...
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Ozzie Smith/Winston Cup team news

The complete Ozzie Smith/Winston Cup story can be found at Ozzie Takes A Swing At NASCAR Team . "Smith, Rod Wortham and Malcolm Briggs announced Friday that, beginning with the Daytona 500 in February, they will become NASCAR Winston Cup owners. The trio, who will ...
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Generation Gap Race

"FATHERS AND SONS: The Mark Collie Celebrity Race for Diabetes Cure will feature a Generation Gap Race on Wednesday(10-8) at Nashville Speedway USA. Winston Cup fathers and sons competing in the 15-lap event include Mike and Jamie Skinner; Kyle, Adam and Austin Petty...
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Lake Speed gets a sponsor

"The No. 9 Melling Ford driven by Lake Speed has acquired a one race sponsorship from the Wheels Sports Group for Sunday's UAW-GM Quality 500. Wheels acquired Press Pass Partners, a manufacturer of collectible sports trading cards for the NASCAR market and High Performance...
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Coors Light on the #12

The #12 Chevy will have Coors Light decals on the car Sunday as the #40 Coors Light Chevy failed to make the show with Elliott Sadler behind the wheel(10-4-97)...
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Manufacturers title for Ford

Just in case anyone missed this: Jeff Burton's win in the Hanes 500 last week clinched the Manufacturers title for Ford. The blue ovals have won 17 of the 27 races to date and has scored 211 points to Chevrolet's 184. A difference that can't be overcome if Chevrolet...
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Glover getting a promotion

Mentioned on Speedworld in the Sabates/Gordon split: "One important change he'll(Sabates) be making is elevating longtime crew chief Tony Glover to team manager."(Speedworld) From the Sabates interview on NASCAR Today it sounds like they will hire a third crew chief...
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Petty and Yarborough to talk?

iRace reports that sources close to the #98 situation said Petty would likely meet with Carl Yarborough to discuss John Andretti rejoining Petty Enterprises. Andretti finished out the 1994 season with Petty(iRace)(10-4-97)...
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Jeff Gordon has vocal cord polyp

"The raspiness in Jeff Gordon's voice is the result of a polyp on the driver's vocal cords. Doctors made the discovery last month when the Winston Cup points leader complained of a fever and of being hoarse most mornings. A Charlotte ear, nose and throat specialist...
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Rusty pays his fine with pennies

On Friday, with no Winston Cup practice scheduled, Rusty Wallace had an armored truck deliver the fine in pennies, 500,000 of them, to NASCAR at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He was unaware that NASCAR already had received a check for $5,000, but NASCAR president Bill ...
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Leave of absence for DeHart

Heard this from many sources: Gary DeHart has been put on a 3-week leave of absence following an altercation with another Hendrick Motorsports employee. It seems that they got into an argument about credentials for a race and it escalated from there, this happened ...
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Pennzoil to sponsor #30 team

NASCAR Online: The #30 Bahari Pontiac, to be sponsored by Jiffy-Lube. Jiffy-Lube is a Pennzoil-owned company.(10-3-97)...
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Trouble for DW’s second team?

RPM2Nite reports that Darrell Waltrip's second team with Rich Bickle is in jeopardy as they have not found any sponsorship yet for either the second team of DW's team. Bickle said he'd go back to the DW truck ride but admitted that is not what he wants to do(10-3-97...
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No second team for Petree

On This Week in NASCAR Kenny Schrader said that Andy Petree will not have a second team next year, but will prepare for adding a second team in 1998 by beginning to hire people and putting them on a Busch team which will be driven by Ken Schrader. The car will race...
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Ward Burton close to deal

Also on This Week in NASCAR show Ward Burton said that although he is not signed with MBNA for next year, he is very close to signing a two year deal.(10-3-97)...
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Joey Knuckles released

I hear #5 Kellogg's crew member Joey Knuckles who recently was let go at Yates Racing has also been released by Hendrick Motorsports, no idea why(10-3-97)...
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More St. Louis connections

Former St. Louis Cardinal shortstop Ozzie Smith held a news conference today and announced that he has joined with Harry Ranier to form Wizard Motorsports and will field a Winston Cup car. No other information was given as to when they would enter their first race, ...