Christian Elder News

Testing at Dover UPDATE 2:

Testing at Dover UPDATE 2:

May 17, 2001
Testing at Dover UPDATE 2: some Cup teams will test at Dover Downs on Monday, including #20-Tony Stewart and a new team I am hearing about #47-Lance Hooper in a car owned by Roger Smith(5-14-2001) UPDATE: others I hear were testing - #36-Ken Schrader, #30-Jeff Green

Testing at Dover UPDATE:

Testing at Dover UPDATE:

May 15, 2001
Testing at Dover UPDATE: some Cup teams will test at Dover Downs on Monday, including #20-Tony Stewart and a new team I am hearing about #47-Lance Hooper in a car owned by Roger Smith(5-14-2001) UPDATE: others I hear were testing - #36-Ken Schrader, #30-Jeff Green, #

Nazareth Test Cut Short

Nazareth Test Cut Short

April 6, 2001
Monday's scheduled practice run at Nazareth Speedway for BGN drivers #98-Elton Sawyer and #38-Christian Elder was cut short due to an accident by the rookie Elder. Elder took nine runs on cold tires before his car spun out while coming around turn four. Elder sustained

Why Parsons? UPDATE:

Why Parsons? UPDATE:

February 16, 2001
Phil Parsons subbed in the #74 for Chad Little and powered the #74 car into the field. Parsons ran the car in case they could not get up to speed, then the team could had used a provisional. With Little, the team cannot use a provisional thru the 4th race as Little

Las Vegas Testing – Day 4:

Las Vegas Testing – Day 4:

February 2, 2001
Las Vegas Testing - Day 4: #10-Johnny Benson's new Valvoline colors were flying during Thursday's test session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Benson turned a lap at 173.376mph to establish the best testing time by any of the 25 Cup teams who have tested at LVMS this

Las Vegas Testing Day 4(1st for BGN):

Las Vegas Testing Day 4(1st for BGN):

February 2, 2001
#00-Todd Bodine, who was testing for Buckshot Racing, put up the best testing time of the 10 BGN teams who were testing in preparation for the Sam's Town 300 on March 3. Bodine's lap was 169.002mph was the fastest time among all BGN cars that tested this week at LVMS

Las Vegas Testing – Day 2:

Las Vegas Testing – Day 2:

January 31, 2001
For the second consecutive day, #50-Greg Biffle paced a field of BGN drivers who were preparing for the Sam's Town 300 on March 3rd. Biffle turned a lap of 166.359mph, which was faster than #74-Chad Little's 165.299mph. There were 11 NASCAR Busch Series teams who participated

Daytona Testing Day 3 speeds/news:

Daytona Testing Day 3 speeds/news:

January 24, 2001
#1-P.J. Jones was the fastest on the day with a lap of 184.649mph in the #1 Pontiac. Busch Series testing continues on Thursday and is free and open to the public with access through the lobby of DAYTONA USA. Wednesday Busch Series Test Speeds: 1. #1, P.J. Jones, Pontiac

2001 Daytona Testing – Final Day 4 speeds/news:

2001 Daytona Testing – Final Day 4 speeds/news:

January 24, 2001
The January testing season at Daytona International Speedway was completed on Thursday when NASCAR Busch Series teams wrapped their final day of testing. #43-Jay Sauter was the fastest on the speed chart in the final day of Busch Series testing with a lap of 184.438mph

New BGN Team:

New BGN Team:

October 4, 2000
New BGN Team: Great Clips today announced it will team with driver Christian Elder and Akins Motorsports to enter a car(#38 Ford) in the 2001 BGN. Great Clips, which currently serves as Elder's sponsor in the ARCA series, is excited for the challenge of competing in

BGN and ARCA races at Talladega shortened

BGN and ARCA races at Talladega shortened

January 21, 1998
The BGN and ARCA races at Talladega will be shortened from 312 miles (it was a 500k race) to 300 miles or from 117 laps to 113 laps around the 2.66 mile track(NASCAR Online)(1-21-98)

Elder fastest in testing

Elder fastest in testing

January 21, 1998
Forgotten in all the testing hype and rarely reported here: Goody's Dash Series driver Christian Elder had the fastest overall speed during the two day test period last weekend in preparation for the Discount Auto Parts 200 Presented By ACDelco Rapidfire on Friday