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Charlotte press conferences

There was a little blurb in today's Charlotte Observer about the schedule at CMS for today. It included this little nugget: "...News conferences concerning sponsorships for Terry Labonte and Jimmy Spencer are also scheduled..."(Observer)(10-1-97)...
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Saturn Winston Cup?

Remember the Saturn Winston Cup car rumor I reported on a while back? I hear it is actually a Dragster with a Saturn body.(10-1-97)...
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Rusty getting fined?

The Rusty Wallace Controversy over the restart boils. Sources are saying that Rusty never heard a warning from Robin Pemberton. NASCAR has said they warned Pemberton twice. RUMOR, has it Wallace was never told. Wallace said HE(someone in NASCAR) has had it against ...
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Hurricanes return as associate

The NHL's Carolina Hurricanes will be the associate sponsor again on Jeff Burton's Winston Cup car at Charlotte this weekend.(NASCAR Fans)(10-1-97)...
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Sterling Marlin to the #40

Felix Sabates has a news conference Saturday, at which he is expected to announce Sterling Marlin will drive the No. 40 car in 1998. Sabates and Robby Gordon announced Tuesday they have agreed to part company immediately instead of waiting until season's end.(Charlotte...
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Pat Tryson quits in middle of race

Wow! I never saw this before: Pat Tryson, crew chief of the #7 QVC Ford driven by Geoff Bodine, quit in the middle of the Goody's 500 at Bristol on 8-23. He said he didn't like the way orders where being handed out and that Team Manager, Tim Brewer wanted to handle...
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Bill Elliott to skip Japan

I recently reported that Bill Elliott will not be attending the Japan exhibition race in November 1997 because he has surgery scheduled. The NSSN reports that Elliott will have surgery to have the steel plates and screws removed from his leg as a result of the Talladega...
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Andy Evans says talks off for #7 team

On RPM2Nite Saturday, Andy Evans said that talks have broken off between him and Geoff Bodine for buying the #7 WC team. Evans hopes he is still under consideration. So I guess only the Rick Galles rumor is still alive(6-28-97)...
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Loy Allen in the #91

RPM2Nite reports Loy Allen has a one-race deal to drive the #91 Spam Chevy at Daytona. I hear thru inside sources(thanks Backdot), that Allen has been hired thru the month of July to run the car(6-26-97)...
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Rick Hendrick a nominee for NMPA Spirit Award

From SpeedNet: Nice news for Rick Hendrick, "Winston Cup team owner Rick Hendrick is the first-quarter nominee for the National Motorsports Press Association Spirit Award. The award, handed out at the end of the season, recognizes sportsmanship, determination, extraordinary...
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Safety-Kleen joins all Hendrick cars

Safety-Kleen signed up all three Hendrick cars not just Jeff Gordon as reported here last week(6-26-97)...
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Dr J’s team not buying Bodine’s

I hear via SpeedWorld that the Dr J team will not buy the Geoff Bodine #7 as they wish to start their own team and have started building their own shop(6-26-97)...
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Offers for Johnny Benson

I hear Johnny Benson has been offered the 4th Roush team ride and the Yates ride(#28 which may be gone if the EI signing rumors are true)(6-26-97)...
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Other Ford rumors

NASCAR as of this moment will allow the Taurus(if they use it) rear deck (trunk led) be raised 7 inches from stock to get the rear spoiler in the air and let the rear of the car be a bit wider for stability. Also the roof for the Taurus may be lowered as well(6-26-...
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Taurus not approved yet

Robin Pemberton (Rusty Wallace crew chief) said on NASCAR Live Tuesday(6-24) night that they have built a Ford Taurus and have been working on it it for three months. He said NASCAR has been looking at it and they have made a few changes to it. But NASCAR has NOT approved...
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Bruton buying ARCA? No

I hear the rumors that Bruton Smith is buying the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) series are false. ARCA President Ron Drager has supposedly said that will not allow the series to be sold(6-25-97)...
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Coke not on the #88

I now hear that Coca Cola will not be on the #88 this year as rumored in the past. Supposedly Coke will not put anything on the #88 this year because of conflicts with Ocean Spray(Pepsi nor Coke own Ocean Spray, but Pepsi has handled the distributing since 1991) on...
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Mike Wallace released from the #91 team!

The replacement drivers being considered so far include Bobby Hillin Jr and Loy Allen Jr. Wallace says he has some things planned for 1998 but is not at liberty to say what they are. As for 1997, he plans to run some BGN, ARCA and possibly Truck races(6-24-97)...
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More on the Nike sponsorship

Nike, which may or may not be part of the Roush fourth team plans, has been very interested in a full-car sponsorship next season, but the Chevy teams the company has talked with so far aren't willing to make that commitment(JournalNow)(6-23-97)...
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Standardized measurements

From the JournalNow: "GM'S Terry Laise says he's not in favor of standardizing certain race-car measurement to make the new Taurus and the Monte Carlo more similar, an idea broached by Jimmy Johnson, manager of the Rick Hendrick operation. "We're racing Monte Carlos...