Raybestos Rookie - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Stremme looking to run rest of 2003 races:

As the chase for Raybestos Rookie of the year gets closer, David Stremme will drive a Braun Racing car at Rockingham. He's trying to run a car at Homestead, but currently doesn't have any plans set. Phoenix is his last race this year in the Miccosukee / Yellow Dodge...

#74 gets sponsor for Lowe’s:

Aarons Sales & Lease Ownership will rejoin BACE Motorsports and NASCAR driver Tony Raines for this weekends UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowes Motor Speedway. For the second time this season, the Atlanta-based corporation will transform the #74 BACE Chevrolet into the ...

Stremme gets full gig in 2004:

James Finch liked enough of what he saw from David Stremme in a part-time role this season to make him the full-time driver next season. Stremme, 26, of South Bend, Ind., will drive Finch's #1 Yellow Dodges for the full, 34-race 2004 NASCAR Busch Series schedule. The...

Scott Lynch Joins #62 Team:

Earning his degree in communications from the University of Utah, top-ranked NASCAR Grand National Division, Winston West Series competitor Scott Lynch has accepted a full time position with the Orleans Racing team. "I couldn't be more pleased," says Lynch. "Being ...

Some Rookies Stuff:

#42-Jamie McMurray has led more miles than any other Raybestos Rookie entering the Brickyard 400: eight times in three races for 97.25 miles (52 laps, I have 55 laps). The other rookies to lead this season: #16-Greg Biffle (twice in two races for 54.50 miles, 22 laps...

#8 crew wins Pocono Pit Crew competition UPDATE:

The weekly McDonald's/POWERade Drive-Thru Pit Championship was won by Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crew at the Pocono 500. Earnhardt spent 240.375 seconds in the pits, the least amount of pit time among teams competing in the program. Michael Waltrip's crew still leads the...

Smith leaves the #22 UPDATE 2 team suspends operations:

Busch Series rookie Regan Smith resigned from Bost Motorsports today, NASCAR Winston Cup Scene Busch Series Editor Rick Houston has learned. After scoring a 34th-place finish in his first restrictor-plate start in last Fridays Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona, Smith had moved...

Biffle helps boost a rookie streak, and takes points lead:

A Raybestos Rookie Contender has now won at least one race every season since 1999, dating back to Tony Stewart's win at Richmond in September, 1999. Other freshman drivers to win: Earnhardt Jr. (Richmond, 2000), Matt Kenseth (Charlotte, 2000), Harvick (Atlanta, 2001...

Gordon’s team may close up?

This year started out as a great one for Tina Gordon. After several years running part-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, she had landed a ride with #31 Brevak Racing in the Truck Series, a team that has been in the series since its inception. The team had enough funding...

Only 6 Months Away:

The NASCAR Winston Cup Series will return to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel's Grand Ballroom in New York City on Friday, Dec. 5. Awards will total approximately $17 million and will be presented to the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup champion and other eligible drivers. This year...

Roush Teams Looking for sponsors:

The Roush Racing NASCAR Craftsman Truck teams head to Dover International Speedway this weekend with the future of the program up in the air unless sponsorship can be found. #50-Jon Wood and #99-Carl Edwards are going into the sixth race of the season 10th and 12th...

Congrats:

to Rea and Jimmy White on the birth of their son. Zane Marshall White was born at 3:45pm on April the 29th. He weighed in at 7lbs 12oz and was 20" long. Rea's an Associate Editor at Winston Cup Scene and Jimmy works for Camp and Associates and handles PR for the Raybestos...

Some Rookie Notes:

#42-Jamie McMurray and #16-Greg Biffle are tied for the lead in the Raybestos Rookie Standing entering the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway. Both drivers have 89 points, nine more than third place Casey Mears. They are the only drivers to claim Raybestos Rookie...

Top 10 Tina CORRECTION:

#22-Tina Gordon in the Danny Bost Motorsports Chevy, collected the first top 10 by a Busch Series female driver since Patty Moise finished seventh at Talladega in July 1995, when she posted a 10th-place finish last week at Talladega. Gordon, who leads the Raybestos...

Stremme in the #1:

Rookie David Stremme will attempt to qualify for the first of at least 18 races in the #1 Yellow Transportation Dodge. Stremme, 2002 ASA Rookie of the Year and a 2003 Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate, will split time with Jamie McMurray, currently second in the...

Gordon gets a sponsor for ‘Dega:

Industrial Coatings Alliance Group, Inc (iCAG)/Building Restoration Products (BRP) announce sponsorship for NASCAR Busch Series driver Tina Gordon. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Tina Gordon recently announced plans to compete in the Aarons 312 Busch Series race...

More things found reading PR’s:

#41-Casey Mears is the only Raybestos Rookie to complete all 6 races this season without a DNF (did not finish) . This weekend's race at Texas will mark Bill Elliott's 702nd career Winston Cup Series start. If he continues to start every race of the 2003 season, Elliott...

Tina Gordon to run Talladega Busch race:

CTS driver Tina Gordon announced plans today to compete in the Aaron's 312 Busch Series race on April 5, 2003, at Talladega Superspeedway. Gordon, driver of the #31 Microtel Inns Dodge in the Truck Series, will drive the #22 Sticks n Stuff Chevrolet for Bost Motorsports...

#22 and Smith get a sponsor for Texas:

The Harvey Hotel DFW Airport North will sponsor driver Regan Smith and the #22 Bost Motorsports Busch Series team in Saturday's O'Reilly 300 NASCAR Busch Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Bost Motorsports is a first year team with Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate...

Gordon to another team? UPDATE:

hearing Tina Gordon, who announced that she is running for 2003 Rookie of the Year for the #66 MLB Motorsports team, supposedly will not be driving for that team, but will be with the Brevek Racing team (ran #31 in the past), pending sponsorship.(1-25-2003) UPDATE: ...