Buckshot Jones News

Buckshot UPDATE:

Buckshot UPDATE:

March 15, 1999
What happened to Buckshot Jones at Atlanta? Many readers asked that question, so I thought I'd address it. When he brought the car in to the garage area and called it quits for the day, ABC's Bob Jenkins mentioned that Buckshot had the flu, in the Pontiac Race notes

Atlanta Qualifying Notes:

Atlanta Qualifying Notes:

March 12, 1999
The #98 Burdette Motorsports Ford has no decals/sponsor; Derrike Cope is in the #30 Bryan Foods Pontiac this week; The rookies did pretty good, Tony Stewart qualified 3rd, Buckshot Jones was 7th and Elliott Sadler was 15th

Noticed:

Noticed:

March 7, 1999
Buckshot Jones had Cheez-It Snack Crackers on the 1/4 panels instead of Crown Fiber(his Dad's company) in the Las Vegas 400. Probably to make it up to Cheez-It for missing the BGN race

Darlington Test:

Darlington Test:

February 23, 1999
Dan Pardus(#50) and Buckshot Jones(#00) tested Monday at Darlington( WC Today Radio ) Jones led testing with a top lap of 163.647mph, followed by Pardus at 163.484 mph(SpeedNet) -- Add Mark Martin to those testing at Darlington on Tuesday. Speeds: Martin 169.689mph

Buckshot and Hendrick?

Buckshot and Hendrick?

February 22, 1999
Winston Cup rookie Buckshot Jones, who failed to make the field for last week's Daytona 500(and the DuraLube/BigKmart 400), is negotiating a consulting deal with Hendrick Motorsports. Jones, the most popular driver in the BGN last season, posted some of the slowest

Qualifying Postponed UPDATE results:

Qualifying Postponed UPDATE results:

February 19, 1999
Rain has postponed Cup qualifying at the Rock. One round of qualifying will take place at 10:45am/et with 45 minutes of practice at 9am/et. Positions 1-36 will be determined and each driver will get one lap. 2nd round has been canceled(NASCAR Online) -- One round of

Rookies:

Rookies:

February 12, 1999
Tough week for the six Cup ROTY candidates, Tony Stewart and Elliott Sadler mad the 500, but Dan Pardus, Stanton Barrett and Buckshot Jones all will miss the race and Mike Harmon was released from his ride before it ever got started(he may end up back in the car depending

TWIN 125’s:

TWIN 125’s:

February 11, 1999
Totally missed them myself but Bobby Labonte won the 1st Twin and Dale Earnhardt won the 2nd twin. Results can be found at NASCAR Online , Speedworld , That's Racin' and Racin' with Russ . For a list of who will use provisionals and who missed the race see Jayski's

Rookies:

Rookies:

February 8, 1999
How did the six ROTY candidates do in First Round Qualifying? Let's see - #20-Tony Stewart 2nd fastest; #50-Dan Pardus 30th; #21-Elliott Sadler 38th; #00-Buckshot Jones 44th; #84-Stanton Barrett 48th; and #90-Mike Harmon 52nd

Testing at the Rock:

Testing at the Rock:

February 1, 1999
Tony Stewart(#20), John Andretti(#43) and Buckshot Jones(#00) tested at the North Caroloina Speedway early last week. No speeds given(TNN's Raceday)

The Buckshot/UPS Rumor….um, no:

The Buckshot/UPS Rumor….um, no:

January 22, 1999
I hear a Wilkes-Barre, PA TV station reported a RUMOR that Buckshot Jones had a sponsorship deal all wrapped up with UPS (United Parcel Service), and they sent the contract to him to be signed, and it was shipped back to UPS, using Federal Express, so they pulled the

Jones Sponsor:

Jones Sponsor:

January 13, 1999
The #00 cars Buckshot Jones will drive will have Crown Fiber Corp. across the hood -- the company owned by his father( That's Racin' /David Poole)

Buckshot popular:

Buckshot popular:

January 9, 1999
Buckshot Jones won the most popular driver at the BGN awards. See images at the Official Buckshot Jones Site

It’s GM’s turn UPDATE:

It’s GM’s turn UPDATE:

January 6, 1999
Chevy and Pontiac teams may test at Daytona, Wednesday and Thursday. Those scheduled so far: Mike Dillon, and Dave Marcis testing Childress Chevy's, uncertain whether or not Earnhardt will test the #3, Kenny Schrader in the #33 and Stanton Barrett in the #84 PBH Motorsports

Buckshot Hitched

Buckshot Hitched

December 21, 1998
Buckshot Jones got married on Saturday - Check it out at www.buckshot00.com (12-21-98)