Andy Houston News

Andretti to the #96? UPDATE 2 No:

Andretti to the #96? UPDATE 2 No:

June 25, 2001
Andretti to the #96? UPDATE 2 No: Rumor has it that John Andretti could be in for a switch to the #96 Cal Wells Ford. According to the source, Andretti could be headed to Cal Wells' #96 McDonalds Ford in 2002, replacing Andy Houston, who has endured a season full of

New #96 Crew Chief for Sears Point:

New #96 Crew Chief for Sears Point:

June 21, 2001
New #96 Crew Chief for Sears Point: PPI Motorsports' Joe Garone, crew chief for the #96 McDonald's Ford driven by Andy Houston , will leave the company Friday, it was announced today. Garone's departure follows the team's May 30th announcement of his pending resignation

Andretti to the #96? UPDATE No:

Andretti to the #96? UPDATE No:

June 19, 2001
Andretti to the #96? UPDATE No: Rumor has it that John Andretti could be in for a switch to the #96 Cal Wells Ford. According to the source, Andretti could be headed to Cal Wells' #96 McDonalds Ford in 2002, replacing Andy Houston, who has endured a season full of

PPI Layoffs? UPDATE 2 changes, crew chief:

PPI Layoffs? UPDATE 2 changes, crew chief:

June 2, 2001
PPI Layoffs? UPDATE 2 changes, crew chief: hearing that PPI Motorsports laid off some employee's on Tuesday. No word on who or why, supposedly like a dozen were let go UPDATE: PPI Motorsports' Joe Garone has announced his resignation from his position as crew chief

Pit Crew Challenge:

Pit Crew Challenge:

May 26, 2001
Pit Crew Challenge: Steve Park's pit crew earned a $7,000 paycheck, winning the fourth annual Coca-Cola Racing Family pit crew challenge at the Food Lion Speed Street in downtown Charlotte. Each participating pit crew completed one stationary, four-tire stop on a Coca

Testing at Kentucky:

Testing at Kentucky:

May 16, 2001
Testing at Kentucky: PPI Motorsports Cup drivers #32-Ricky Craven and #96-Andy Houston as well as Morgan-McClure Motorsports Cup driver #4-Kevin Lepge completed two days of testing on Kentucky Speedway's 1.5-mile tri-oval on Tuesday, May 15. Craven brought two new

Testing at Martinsville UPDATE 3 Speeds:

Testing at Martinsville UPDATE 3 Speeds:

March 28, 2001
Testing at Martinsville UPDATE 3 Speeds: A few teams will be testing at Martinsville Speedway in the new few weeks: March 20-21 – #1-Steve Park, #24-Jeff Gordon, #6-Mark Martin, #97-Kurt Busch, #21-Elliott Sadler. and on March 27-28 – #12-Jeremy Mayfield, #44-Buckshot

Cup teams test at Kentucky UPDATE 3:

Cup teams test at Kentucky UPDATE 3:

March 23, 2001
Cup teams test at Kentucky UPDATE 3: #32-Ricky Craven and #96-Andy Houston are testing PPI Motorpsorts Fords at Kentucky Speedway, Tuesday March 20th and Wednesday March 21st. #19-Casey Atwood will test his Dodge on Wednesday(Kentucky Speedway PR)(3-19-2001) UPDATE

Testing at Martinsville:

Testing at Martinsville:

March 7, 2001
Testing at Martinsville: A few teams will be testing at Martinsville Speedway in the new few weeks: March 20-21 – #1-Steve Park, #24-Jeff Gordon, #6-Mark Martin, #97-Kurt Busch, #21-Elliott Sadler. and on March 27-28 – #12-Jeremy Mayfield, #44-Buckshot Jones, #96-Andy

Rookie of the Year:

Rookie of the Year:

February 27, 2001
Rookie of the Year: Richard Childress Racing has decided to enter Kevin Harvick in this season's Raybestos rookie of the year program in the Winston Cup series. Harvick, 25, missed the season-opening Daytona 500, but since the program doesn't count a rookie's worst

Chassis Dyno UPDATE:

Chassis Dyno UPDATE:

February 17, 2001
Chassis Dyno UPDATE: Following Thursday's Twin 125's, NASCAR officials took several cars from each race and tested them on a chassis dynometer, which tests rear-wheel horsepower. The cars of #40-Sterling Marlin, #9-Bill Elliott, #25-Jerry Nadeau, #26-Jimmy Spencer, #

Bad Parts:

Bad Parts:

February 10, 2001
Bad Parts: NASCAR inspectors collected several unapproved parts from Winston Cup teams before the day's first practice on Friday. Four teams, those of #24-Jeff Gordon, #1-Steve Park, #80-Morgan Shepherd and #66-Todd Bodine, had unapproved check valves in their fuel

PPI and Safety:

PPI and Safety:

February 6, 2001
PPI and Safety: In an effort to improve safety for its NASCAR Winston Cup athletes and personnel, PPI Motorsports will implement several new and continuing initiatives for its Tide Racing(#32-Ricky Craven) and McDonald's Racing(#96-Andy Houston) teams this season.

Testing at the Rock:

Testing at the Rock:

January 18, 2001
Testing at the Rock: #27-Kenny Wallace and #10-Johnny Benson are scheduled to test Thursday and Friday at North Carolina Speedway(the Rock, located in Rockingham, NC). #24-Jeff Gordon is scheduled to test Sunday and Monday. #5-Terry Labonte and #25-Jerry Nadeau are

Testing at Atlanta:

Testing at Atlanta:

January 18, 2001
Testing at Atlanta: #9-Bill Elliott, #33-Joe Nemechek, #88-Dale Jarrett, #28-Ricky Rudd and #19-Casey Atwood are scheduled to test at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Feb 20-21st. On Feb. 27-28, #45-Kyle Petty, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #96-Andy Houston and #32-Ricky Craven