Chad Little News

9/5/1997

9/5/1997

September 5, 1997
Clyde Booth who was serving as Team Manager for Mark Rypien Motorsports and the #97 John Deere Pontiac driven by Chad Little as been released(WC Scene)(9-5-97)

8/27/1997

8/27/1997

August 27, 1997
Jack Roush's flirtations with running a Pontiac next season have died. He wanted too much money from the manufacturer, meaning Chad Little will run Fords next season(iRace), I wonder if Ted Musgrave will run Ford's in BGN after reports that he would run a Pontiac there

8/8/1997

8/8/1997

August 8, 1997
RPM2Night reported that Jack Roush was going to slowly start buying out the #97 team from Rypien and that Chad Little would stay(8-8-97)

7/20/1997

7/20/1997

July 20, 1997
Reader Bill, pointed me to a good story about the possible Jack Roush/#97 purchase at The Depot @ Greensboro.Com . The story mentions: "This prospect surfaced as rumors swirled this week that Roush had bought a Pontiac team -- the No. 97 John Deere Pontiac driven

7/18/1997

7/18/1997

July 18, 1997
More on the John Deere?Ford/Pontiac/Little/Roush rumor: From a John Deere employee: "Ford DOES NOT manufacture any construction equipment or lawn equipment any more. When they sold the Agricultural line to FIAT as part of the New Holland name of farm equipment,

7/18/1997

7/18/1997

July 18, 1997
#6, #16 and #99 Team Owner Jack Roush might look like the fox guarding the hen house if he and Chad Little run Pontiacs next season. Roush says he is not buying Little's Pontiac team, though others in the garage say that the deal is more than just an engine deal. One

7/17/1997

7/17/1997

July 17, 1997
From a few John Deere employees: While the rumor that Roush is buying the 97 team may be true, I would really really doubt you will ever see John Deere sponsorship on a Ford. Ford is a competitor of John Deere in many product segments such as lawn equipment and construction

7/12/1997

7/12/1997

July 12, 1997
I hear reports that the rumors John Deere will leave the #97 Chad Little Pontiac soon are FALSE(7-12-97)

7/5/1997

7/5/1997

July 5, 1997
Ford's Jack Roush is negotiating to build Chevrolet motors for Chad Little's Pontiac team next season, according to team sources(JournalNow)

6/13/1997

6/13/1997

June 13, 1997
Miller 400 Oddities from the AP: Jerry Nadeau, the 13th driver to attempt to qualify on Friday the 13th, crashed. In other qualifying coincidences, three identical speeds were posted. Mike Skinner and Dick Trickle shared a speed of 181.420 mph. Dale Earnhardt and Chad

John Deere leaving?

John Deere leaving?

May 22, 1997
The Coca-Cola 600 marks the fourth time this season the #97 John Deere Motorsports team has failed to make a race. Officials at John Deere have called a meeting with Mark Rypien and Greg Pollux to discuss their futures together. Apparently Deere has already told the

Robby Gordon and Chad Little fined

Robby Gordon and Chad Little fined

March 4, 1997
Robby Gordon fined $5,000 and Chad Little fined $10,000 their little altercation at the end of the Richmond race that started when Gordon bumped Little into the wall in the fourth turn of the final lap. Little retaliated by ramming the back of Gordon's car as the cars