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Junior Johnson

As I expected, Junior Johnson has no interest in returning to NASCAR(6-3-97)...
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Bud Moore sponsors

I hear from a great source, that Bud Moore has three sponsors talking to him, Ford is telling Moore to chose which one he wants so they can channel the other two to Geoff Bodine and Lake Speed. Supposedly Geoff gets the second pick in this deal. All with help from ...
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Jeff Green – Rookie

Jeff Green signed up for the Rookie of the Year program at Dover, so he's on it as of now and is included on my ROTY section .(6-2-97)...
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Verres Racing to run some Cup races?

A BGNN team, Verres Racing, have fabricated a NASCAR Winston cup car and have it registered and received #67 to run in 3 Winston Cup races this season, 2 at NHIS and one race at Watkins Glen. They intend to enter a Monte Carlo for BGNN driver Glenn Brehio(not Richard...
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Ford engines

Per JournalNow: NASCAR officials have told WC teams that GM's new SB2 engine will be legal for competition next season, but Ford teams are still wondering what their own company may come back with for NASCAR to consider. Will Ford be willing to accept certain modifications...
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Nike sponsorship?

Nike officials have been meeting at length with NASCAR officials about a major new sponsorship program on the Winston Cup tour, and indications are that one of the first off-shoots could be some ''Air Gordons'' on store shelves. Dale Earnhardt has been trying hard ...
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Cummins and Bosch continue sponsorship of Martin

Cummins Engine Company and Bosch(sparkplugs) have extended their contracts with The Valvoline Company through the year 2000. The contract extensions mean that the associate sponsors on the #6 Valvoline Roush owned Thunderbird driven by Mark Martin will be with the ...
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Bud Moore sponsor

I hear Bud Moore has a sponsor, in fact he has a choice between a couple of deals. Look for announcement in the next week or so to announce his sponsor and driver(supposedly Larry Pearson). From what I hear K.C. Spurlock is not a part of this deal, I have no idea what...
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1998 Cup schedule update

The 1998 WC schedule won't be released until Labor Day but a report in the JournalNow is that the unofficial word in the garage now is that Darlington and Rockingham will both lose a 1998 Winston Cup date, that Las Vegas and Homestead will be added to the schedule(...
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Robby Gordon update

The JournalNow reports that SABCO saga of Robby Gordon has become a little stranger with word that Gordon has been out on the water in a ski boat the last few days, despite his Indy burns. There are indications now that his burns aren't as severe as have been reported...
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QVC and the #7

Primary sponsor QVC has given Geoff Bodine permission to leave the #7 Ford quarterpanels bare in an effort to attract another sponsor(5-29-97). As you saw QVC was on the quarter panels of the car(6-1-97)...
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Shepherd to the #77

Morgan Shepherd, Greg Sacks and Robert Pressley lead the rumors as the new #77 driver(6-1-97) Shepherd TRUE...
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Fiberglas panels

I hear that NASCAR are looking at the possibility of using Kevlar-backed Fiberglas panels for use on WC cars(6-1-97)...
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Jeff Green and Diamond Ridge moving to Cup

As rumored before, Jeff Green and Diamond Ridge plan on moving to Winston Cup from BGN in 1998. That is one reason it is taking a while to achieve sponsorship as they want a sponsor that will carry over to the Cup team in 1998(4-14-97)...
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Geoff Bodine fined

Geoff Bodine was fined $10,000 by NASCAR. For his on the track incidents with Jimmy Spencer and for his comments after the final incident. After the final altercation with Spencer, Geoff Bodine was told by NASCAR to park the car(4-14-97)...
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Record cautions at Bristol

The Food City 500 at Bristol this past weekend tied a record for the most cautions in a WC series event with the yellow flag coming out 20 times, tying the...
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Per RPM2Nite

Yesterday, 4-8-97, NASCAR had a joint test with Bobby Labontes #18 InterState Pontiac, Mark Martins #6 and Ted Musgrave's #16 Fords, and Sterling Marlin's #4 Chevy at Daytona with restrictor plates(the rumor that restrictor plates would not be on the cars was wrong...
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The Winston to Texas?

Rumor has it that the Texas Motor Speedway will host the 1998 Winston Select? This is supposedly a report from the Charlotte Observer(3-17-97). I also hear that the drivers do not like this track after the test last week(3-18-97)....
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Latest Randy MacDonald news

there has been a hitch with the sponsorship and that things have been delayed a bit. Other than that he may race in more truck races. MacDonald had expected to announce a solid Winston Cup effort with an Indiana-based team -Atlanta this weekend was to be the first ...
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Rich Bickle running races for Waltrip

On RPM2Nite Rich Bickle said he will drive approx 5 races for Darrell Waltrip starting at the Brickyard, no news on if he is the replacement for DW in 1998 or who may sponsor the 1997 limited ride(3-13-97), This ride was reported before on the page and is on the Team...