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Carolina Shoe Racing

The Carolina Shoe Racing team with driver Mark McFarland has decided to run 5 BGN races in 1998 at Nashville, Nazareth, Richmond (June race), Milwaukee, and IRP. The team has acquired 2 BGN cars, one formerly a Dale Earnhardt/Steve Park A/C Delco Chevy and the other...
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Santerre finds ride for Busch circuit

"Cherryfield's Andy Santerre has a ride for his first season on the Busch Grand National South circuit next year. After a lucrative deal with a team owned by a NASCAR Winston Cup driver fell through due to lack of sponsorship, Santerre signed a one year deal with a...
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BGN Notes

Ridling Team to have only one team/car next year; Dennis Setzer is searching for a ride and a sponsor; No sponsor yet for Phil Parsons; Matt Kenseth is real close on a sponsor for the #17 team(12-19-97)...
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From the Ricky Craven site

"New Holland North America, Inc. announced today an agreement with Ricky Craven Motorsports for the 1998 NASCAR/BUSCH GRAND NATIONAL Series. The agreement includes the popular Ron Barfield at the wheel of New Holland's Chevrolet Monte Carlo, which will be designed ...
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Kevin Cywinski searching

1997 ASA Champ left ASA team, moved south, and is searching for a BGN or Truck ride for 1998. I hear his crew chief, Mike Chaffee, formerly of Jay Sauter's ASA team, moved with south with him also and plans to work with Cywinski(12-18-97)...
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Fuller close

I hear BGN driver Jeff Fuller has not signed with Terry Labonte but he is getting closer with a couple deals but still no definate plans.(12-18-97)...
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Schrader BGN plans

Kenny Schrader will run a limited BGN schedule for his WC owner, Andy Petree in 1998. If sponsorship is found they expect to run 10-12 events starting with Daytona in February(NASCAR Online)(12-18-97)...
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Jason Keller plans

UPDATE #2: I hear Jason Keller may drive for a BGN team co-owned by Jack Roush and Greg Pollex in 1998(12-3-97); and I hear Jason Keller will make an announcement on his BGN plans for 1998 soon(12-16-97) and another source tells me this is a solid rumor(12-17-97); ...
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Lance Hooper full time

Lance Hooper will drive in the BGN series in Richard Jackson's Pontiac full time in 1998. They have a sponsor but not ready to announce it yet. No news on the Winston Cup deal(NASCAR Online)(12-17-97)...
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Gulbranson named Hermie Sadler’s crew chief

Bob Gulbranson has been named crew chief on Hermie Sadler's #29 BGN series chevy(NASCAR Fans/Charlotte Observer)(12-15-97)...
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Brad Loney to BGN?

I hear ASA driver Brad Loney has a deal to run the first 5 races with Mike Laughlin #45 BGN Chevy, possibly more it depends on more sponsorship(12-11-97)...
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Washington-Erving Motorsports #50

From Jimmy Foster's chat on NASCAR Online: "The cars will be burgundy on the front of it, going to black toward the back, with a yellow and orange stripe that breaks into two colors. And it will have yellow numbers, with of course, the Dr. Pepper logos on it. We'll...
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BGN races for Marlin

The NASCAR Online Chat with Sterling Marlin mentioned that he would run 10 BGN races in 1998 in the #1 car. They have a good idea who the sponsor is but haven't signed anything yet.(12-10-97)...
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BGN races for Ron Barfield?

I hear Ron Barfield may drive some races for Ricky Craven's BGN team in 1998, with New Holland as a sponsor??(12-10-97)...
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Jeff Fuller News

I hear Jeff Fuller is close to signing to drive Terry Labonte's #5 BGN Chevy's full time in 1998(12-8-97)...
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Die Hard race sponsorships

DieHard will sponsor races in NASCAR'S top three series in 1998. This includes the DieHard 500 Winston Cup race at Talladega April 26 and the DieHard 200 and 250 Craftman Truck and Busch Grand National races July 4 and 5 in Milwaukee.(SpeedNet)(12-6-97)...
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Ford named official truck of NASCAR

Ford and NASCAR signed a three-year agreement where Ford will be the official truck for all 12 NASCAR racing divisions. As part of the sponsorship, Ford will produce a limited number of 1998-model NASCAR special edition Ford F-150s.(NASCAR Online)(12-4-97)...
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Keystone Motorsports formed

"Keystone Motorsports", a new BGN team has been formed with rookie driver Blaise Alexander. Al Cretsinger will be owner/crew chief. Al is the former owner of...
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#50 for Larry Pearson

I hear that the Larry Pearson/Bobby Jones Pontiac will be #50, celebrating NASCAR's 50th Anniversary. The car will also carry the David Pearson/Wood Brothers paint scheme. NASCAR Online reports in a story about Pearson that they will have sponsorship help from Bio-...
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David Pearson driving for Bobby Jones

Update: I hear that on Inside NASCAR today (TNN) it was reported that Larry Pearson will drive the #50 Bobby Jones BGN Pontiac in 1998(I thought the #50 was for the Washington-Erving BGN Dr Pepper Ford)(11-30-97)...