Casey Atwood News

TV Guide Covers..again:

TV Guide Covers..again:

February 11, 2001
TV Guide Covers..again: TV Guide will feature four collector's covers with Cup drivers for its Feb.17 issue. Kyle Petty and Matt Kenseth will be featured alone on covers. Defending champion Bobby Labonte and teammate Tony Stewart will share a cover as well as Dodge

More Parts:

More Parts:

February 11, 2001
More Parts: NASCAR inspectors collected another batch of unapproved parts during pre-qualifying inspections on Saturday. Several springs were confiscated from the teams of #1-Steve Park, #88-Dale Jarrett, #11-Brett Bodine, #10-Johnny Benson, #92-Stacy Compton (two), #

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

Atlanta Testing:

Atlanta Testing:

February 8, 2001
Atlanta Testing: Cup and BGN testing will occur at Atlanta Motor Speedway Feb 20-21st. Fifteen drivers from the NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series are expected for two intensive days of testing in preparation for the March 9-11 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500

Fox TV:

Fox TV:

January 31, 2001
Fox TV: As the FOX family prepares to embark on its ambitious 2001 NASCAR programming schedule, Fox Sports Net telecasts a special, one-hour edition of GOIN' DEEP on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 9:00pm local time to begin its coverage. Tom Murray hosts Steel Thunder from the

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

Dodge and General Mills:

Dodge and General Mills:

January 15, 2001
Dodge and General Mills: In celebration of Dodge's upcoming return to NASCAR Winston Cup racing after a 15-year absence, General Mills is teaming up with Dodge for the "Dodge Countdown to Daytona" promotion. This promotion will give NASCAR fans the first opportunity

#19 and Mountain Dew? UPDATE 4:

#19 and Mountain Dew? UPDATE 4:

January 12, 2001
#19 and Mountain Dew? UPDATE 4: hearing Mountain Dew, a Pepsi soda product, may be the sponsor of the #19 Evernham Motorsports Dodge that Casey Atwood will drive in 2001. Motorola may also stick around as a major associate(10-3-2000) UPDATE: now hearing Mountain Dew

Dodge Test at Vegas UPDATE 2:

Dodge Test at Vegas UPDATE 2:

January 8, 2001
Dodge Test at Vegas UPDATE 2: Hearing there is a private Dodge test scheduled for this Sunday and Monday(Jan 7th-8th) at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Drivers scheduled to test are #22-Ward Burton and #93-Dave Blaney of Bill Davis Racing, #40-Sterling Marlin for Chip Ganassi

Evernham Associate Sponsor:

Evernham Associate Sponsor:

November 20, 2000
Bill Elliott's and Casey Atwood's Dodges, will carry Stihl as associate sponsors next season(AJC)(11-20-2000)

Evernham Crew Chiefs:

Evernham Crew Chiefs:

November 8, 2000
Ray Evernham announced Tuesday that Mike Ford would remain Bill Elliott 's crew chief next season when Elliott joins Evernham's team. Patrick Donahue will be Casey Atwood's crew chief. Elliott will drive the #9 Dodge Dealers Dodge and Atwood will drive the #19 Dodge

Homestead Testing UPDATE 4:

Homestead Testing UPDATE 4:

October 26, 2000
Homestead-Miami Speedway will be holding a test session for several of the top NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams on Tuesday/Wednesday, October 24-25. Some drivers that will test include: #26-Jimmy Spencer, #20-Tony Stewart, #18-Bobby Labonte, #99-Jeff Burton, #24-Jeff

#9 Crew Chief? UPDATE 2 Official:

#9 Crew Chief? UPDATE 2 Official:

October 23, 2000
hearing that Evernham Motorsports car chief, Chad Knaus is being considered for the crew chief job at the #9 Kodiak/Melling Racing Ford team and driver Stacy Compton. Melling Racing will be switching to Dodge in 2001 and to a new number, #92 and have worked closely

Little to BACE for a race? UPDATE 4 Announcement:

Little to BACE for a race? UPDATE 4 Announcement:

October 21, 2000
Little to BACE for a race? UPDATE 4 Announcement: hearing that Chad Little will drive Bace Motorsports #74 BGN Chevy at Charlotte with Winston Cup Veteran Crew Chief Terry Wooten(9-22-2000) UPDATE: Winston Cup Scene reports that Clarence Brewer, owner of the #27 BGN