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Haas CNC Racing to run Pontiac and the #0:

Little old but here ya go (see past news on my #0 Team News and Links page ): Haas CNC Racing announced today the team would field Pontiac Grand Prix racecars throughout the 2003 Winston Cup season. Jack Sprague, a three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, ...

Briggs to run for ROTY:

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver, Randy Briggs returned to Daytona, Jan. 11th and 12th for Daytona Thunder preseason testing. Briggs, hoping to repeat his great run at Daytona from last year, circled the high banks of Daytona in his Ford F-150 with a time of 49...

Another rookie:

University of Missouri student Carl Edwards, 23, has joined Tina Gordon in the chase for the 2003 Raybestos Rookie-of-the Year title. Edwards will drive the #63 Mittler Bros. Machine and Tool Ford, a truck in which he gave the St. Louis-area team its first series top...

Leffler fastest Sunday in DIS testing:

#2-Jason Leffler posted a fast lap of 182.386mph on Sunday claiming top speed honors in the second day of testing for the Feb. 14 Florida Dodge Dealers 250. Leffler's speed was fractionally quicker than that of #18-Chad Chaffin at 182.024. Third and fourth fastest ...

Gordon wrecks but is ok:

#66-Tina Gordon experienced a suspension failure that sent her Dodge truck into the Turn 2 wall. Gordon, however, rebounded to pronounce the test a success. "We're running pretty decent," said Gordon, who competed in last year's Daytona ARCA 200 race. "We were just...

Ren looking for a gig:

Rick Ren, a 27-year racing veteran, has spent the last five years as manager and crew chief of the #60 CAT Rental Store Team at Addington Racing in the CTS. In those five years, he led the team to four wins, 45 top-five finishes, 73 top-10 finishes, a Raybestos Rookie...

Ren looking for a gig:

Ren looking for a gig: Rick Ren, a 27-year racing veteran, has spent the last five years as manager and crew chief of the #60 CAT Rental Store Team at Addington Racing in the CTS. In those five years, he led the team to four wins, 45 top-five finishes, 73 top-10 finishes...

Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor James Woods, Grammy Award-winning musician Sheryl Crow and multi-platinum rock group Third Eye Blind have been secured by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) to perform at the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup...

Kvapil in the #16 for 2003:

Travis Kvapil, the 2001 Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, will drive for the 2002 series Champions - IWX Racing - next season. The seat opened when Mike Bliss announced this week that he would be joining the [#20] BGN team at Joe Gibbs...

NAPA Leaving the #62? UPDATE:

hearing that NAPA Auto Parts will not return to sponsor the #62 Orleans Racing team in 2003.(10-4-2002) UPDATE: NAPA Auto Parts will not renew their sponsorship with Orleans Motorsports and their CTS program for the 2003 season, announced team owner Michael Gaughan...

Carl Long testing at Indy and a new # UPDATE:

Carl Long testing at Indy and a new # UPDATE: Carl Long and the SR Racing team were unable to go to the track Monday to test their car for Indianapolis, because they had to register their new team with NASCAR in order to compete in events. They have registered #79 ...

CAT Rental leaves at end of 2002:

Mike Addington, owner of Addington Racing has formally announced that CAT Rental Stores will not be returning as sponsor of the #60 CTS team next season. The sponsorship contract expires on November 16, 2002 and after a mid-April review of Caterpillar's NASCAR racing...

Wallace, Innovative and Stacker2 to Cup UPDATE:

Wallace, Innovative and Stacker2 to Cup UPDATE: Jeff Hammond reported on FSN's Totally NASCAR that Kenny Wallace and the BGN team he drivers for, Innovative Motorsports, will run four Winston Cup races this year. The tentative schedule is: Daytona in July, Chicagoland...

Martinsville Testing:

Martinsville Testing: #32-Ricky Craven and Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year contenders #12-Ryan Newman and #48-Jimmy Johnson closed out two days of testing at Martinsville Speedway on Thursday afternoon. Testing resumes Monday when #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #9-Bill Elliott...

Students to work crew:

Seven students from the Universal Technical Institute's (UTI) Houston campus will work on the pit crew for Truck Series racer Loni Richardson at tomorrow's Craftsman Anniversary 200 at Darlington Raceway. Richardson - who will be racing the #73 Chevy truck sponsored...

Students to work crew:

Students to work crew: Seven students from the Universal Technical Institute's (UTI) Houston campus will work on the pit crew for Truck Series racer Loni Richardson at tomorrow's Craftsman Anniversary 200 at Darlington Raceway. Richardson - who will be racing the #...

Cup Testing at Daytona is OVER – Wallace fastest Thursday:

Cup Testing at Daytona is OVER - Wallace fastest Thursday: The second wave of Winston Cup testing wrapped up on Thursday and Mike Wallace, driving the #33 Andy Petree Racing Chevy, was the fastest with a lap of 184.302mph turned in the afternoon drafting session. Wallace...

Harvick named Rookie of the Year(ROTY):

Harvick named Rookie of the Year(ROTY): Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet, claimed the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award. He finished the season with a total of 331 points, 66 points ahead of second-place Kurt ...

Harvick Tests at Daytona:

Harvick Tests at Daytona: #29-Kevin Harvick tested at Daytona International Speedway on Monday, preparing for the season-opening 44th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 17 with a pair of #29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolets in a two-day test. Crew chief Kevin Hamlin and the rest of...

Lester to drive for Hamilton:

Bill Lester will be Dodge Motorsports driver in the CTS in 2002. Lester, 40, an engineer who made a late career switch to professional motorsports after a long stint in amateur road racing, has six career starts in the CTS and will run for the CTS Raybestos Rookie ...