Billy Standridge News

Thunderbirds at Talladega

Thunderbirds at Talladega

April 24, 1998
Chad Little, Robert Pressley, Billy Standridge and Dennis Setzer all drove Thunderbirds this weekend at Talladega.(www.go200mph.com)(4-24-98)

Billy Standridge … and Jayski … will attempt Talladega

Billy Standridge … and Jayski … will attempt Talladega

April 20, 1998
Fans Can Race and Billy Standridge fans, the #47 Ford, with www.jayski.com on the lower 1/4 panel, will attempt to make the DieHard 500 in the same Ford Thunderbird Billy was second round fastest qualifying last October. The team is still looking for a full time sponsor

Morning practice

Morning practice

April 3, 1998
Morning practice on Friday had Joe Nemechek fastest at 185.039mph. Results up at NASCAR online. Jerry Nadeau was practicing Friday and will attempt to qualify the #13 Ford. Afternoon practice had Ward Burton fastest. TMS ate two more Cup cars Friday when Kenny Wallace

Standridge Fans of the Week

Standridge Fans of the Week

March 21, 1998
Two fans who are helping Billy Standridge with his fan-supported Winston Cup team recently were selected as the 'Fan of the Race' and honorary pit crew member for the 4/5 Texas 500. Scott Hunt, from Lake Como, PA, is the honorary crew member, and Willie Ingle of Ellenboro

Billy Standridge

Billy Standridge

March 9, 1998
Billy Standridge(#47 FCR Ford) will be appearing at a Racing Mall Show that Don Black (TBS Motorsports, Columbus, OH) and Jeff Nuckles(Columbus Motor Speedway) are promoting this Saturday, March 14th. The show -RaceDays '98- will be held at River Valley Mall in Lancaster

Daytona 500 sponsors

Daytona 500 sponsors

February 15, 1998
I also hear the #95 Andy Hillenburg Chevy and/or the #47 Billy Standridge FCR Ford will pick up one race deals - rumors include Tabasco and the #47(MRN), didn't happen(2-15-98)

Team Fans Can Race with Standridge

Team Fans Can Race with Standridge

February 11, 1998
"Billy Standridge's sponsorship package on his No. 47 Thunderbird is Team Fans Can Race. And it's not just paint and decals. Two fans will attend the Daytona 500 courtesy of a promotion with a Standridge associate sponsor,Piedmont Travel Network. Chris Lafferty, of

Standridge crew chief

Standridge crew chief

February 6, 1998
Dave Smith was named Billy Standridge's crew chief for the #47 FCR/Jayski Ford(2-6-98)

Testing complete at Daytona

Testing complete at Daytona

January 21, 1998
THE LAST DAY! The testing is complete at Daytona. For speeds see Speedworld or NASCAR Online. Wednesday's fastest was Kenny Irwin, Jr at 190.609mph in a Taurus. Billy Standridge had a solid day and was 6th at 189.092mph (7th overall for all testing) in the Fans Can

FansTeam info

FansTeam info

January 15, 1998
Check out the news section for Team Paradigm:1/11/98 - NEWS RELEASE FROM TP OWNER, W. STEVEN BOLLER, it explains the 'fans team' plan and their fight with the FansTeam and Boller's friendship with Billy Standridge(1-15-98)

What’s ‘In the Best Interest of the Sport’

What’s ‘In the Best Interest of the Sport’

November 17, 1997
Update: Was looking through the National Speed Sport News(NSSN) and there is a story by Stan Creekmore called "What's 'In the Best Interest of the Sport'". A good story where Stan explains the Billy Standridge engine controversy and even mentions this site and the

Standridge update

Standridge update

October 19, 1997
Here is the final outcome from NASCAR about Billy Standridges engine heads: "The reason NASCAR took the heads back to Charlotte was to have a better look at them. It had gotten so late at Talladega(8:30-9:00P.M.)that there was not enough light to look at the heads.

Penalties coming for Standridge?

Penalties coming for Standridge?

October 17, 1997
"NASCAR officials seized the cylinder heads off the #47 Jayski's Ford driven by Billy Standridge following post race inspections. X-rays of the heads were enough to convince NASCAR officials to transport the the heads back to North Carolina for further testing. The

7/14/1997

7/14/1997

July 14, 1997
Standridge Released From Ride: Thomasville, NC (7-13-97)-- Triad Motorsports announced Monday that they have released Billy Standridge as the driver for the #78 Hanes Racing Ford Thunderbird. The decision was made after the team failed to qualify for the 300 at Loudon

7/12/1997

7/12/1997

July 12, 1997
Fastest second round qualifier for the Jiffy Lube 300 was Jimmy Spencer, in the #23 Camel Ford, who will start 30th after a lap of 127.636mph. Provisionals went to (11,8,71,40); Missing the Jiffy Lube 300 is the #78 team and Billy Standridge. For all the provisional