Dale Jarrett News

Evernham and Elledge to meet again UPDATE:

Evernham and Elledge to meet again UPDATE:

April 13, 2002
Evernham and Elledge to meet again UPDATE: Ray Evernham, co-owner of Ultra/Evernham Motorsports, said he and co-owner Jim Smith have met with Jimmy Elledge about the crew chief position with driver Casey Atwood and the #7 Dodges and plan to meet again this weekend.

Elledge to stay at Yates?

Elledge to stay at Yates?

April 8, 2002
Elledge to stay at Yates? Robert Yates is interested in offering Jimmy Elledge the job as crew chief for rookie Kasey Kahne on the Busch series. Last week, Yates put Todd Parrott back in charge of Dale Jarrett's team, leaving Elledge looking for work. Elledge says

Elledge to leave Yates? UPDATE 4:

Elledge to leave Yates? UPDATE 4:

April 5, 2002
Elledge to leave Yates? UPDATE 4: Dodge is wooing Jimmy Elledge, one of the Winston Cup tour's rising young crew chiefs, to leave Robert Yates' Ford #88 operation to join Ray Evernham's Dodge gang as crew chief for #7-Casey Atwood on the Jimmy Smith-Buddy Barnes operation

Dale Jr Leads Voting:

Dale Jr Leads Voting:

April 5, 2002
Dale Jr Leads Voting: #8-Dale Earnhardt, Jr. leads, and more than 130,000 votes have been cast for the Grands NMPA NASCAR Winston Cup Most Popular Driver Award. Voting began in early March at www.nascarpopulardriver.com, and NASCAR fans have responded in amazing numbers

Charlie Daniel’s and UPS:

Charlie Daniel’s and UPS:

April 4, 2002
Charlie Daniel's and UPS: The parcel service will unveil its second celebrity-based "Race the Truck" commercial on Sunday. The new spot will feature The Charlie Daniels Band urging NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett to "Race the Truck." The first spot featured George Thorogood

Elledge to leave Yates? UPDATE No:

Elledge to leave Yates? UPDATE No:

March 28, 2002
Elledge to leave Yates? UPDATE No: Dodge is wooing Jimmy Elledge, one of the Winston Cup tour's rising young crew chiefs, to leave Robert Yates' Ford #88 operation to join Ray Evernham's Dodge gang as crew chief for #7-Casey Atwood on the Jimmy Smith-Buddy Barnes operation

Cars Tested:

Cars Tested:

March 4, 2002
Cars Tested: the cars of #40-Sterling Marlin, #19-Jeremy Mayfield, #6-Mark Martin, #12-Ryan Newman, #20-Tony Stewart, #88-Dale Jarrett and #48-Jimmie Johnson were tested on the NASCAR chassis dynamometer after Sunday' race.(ThatsRacin.com)(3-4-2002)

$89,131 raised at Auction:

$89,131 raised at Auction:

March 2, 2002
$89,131 raised at Auction: The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities kicked off its 2002 fundraising drive with a home run: the fourth annual NASCAR Driver Auction raised $89,131 for the needy children of Las Vegas and southern Nevada. The auction, held

Atlanta Testing Wednesday:

Atlanta Testing Wednesday:

February 27, 2002
Atlanta Testing Wednesday: Ryan Newman turned a fast lap of 193.373mph Wednesday in another day of testing for the March 10 MBNA America 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Newman.s lap is the fastest turned by any NASCAR Winston Cup driver in testing this year. It's also

Craven wins the pole at Rockingham:

Craven wins the pole at Rockingham:

February 22, 2002
Craven wins the pole at Rockingham: #32-Ricky Craven won the Budweiser Pole for the Subway 400 with a speed of 156.008mph. It is Craven's fifth career pole. The top ten qualifiers are: 1) #32-Ricky Craven, Ford, 156.008mph 2) #36-Ken Schrader, Pontiac, 154.696 3) #

Rockingham Stuff:

Rockingham Stuff:

February 21, 2002
Rockingham Stuff: There have been 11 different Bud Pole winners in the 14 NASCAR Winston Cup races at Rockingham since 1995. Mark Martin (fall 1999, fall 1998 and spring 1997) and Jeff Gordon (spring 1995 and spring 2001) are the only repeat Bud Pole winners in the

AMS Testing UPDATE 2 Speeds:

AMS Testing UPDATE 2 Speeds:

February 19, 2002
AMS Testing UPDATE 2 Speeds: some Winston Cup testing at Atlanta Motor Speedway, on February 19-20 - #41-Jimmy Spencer, #29-Kevin Harvick, #31-Robby Gordon, #97-Kurt Busch, #11-Brett Bodine, #19-Jeremy Mayfield, #43-John Andretti, #55-Bobby Hamilton. On February 25

UPS and Ads:

UPS and Ads:

February 17, 2002
UPS and Ads: UPS unveils the next series in its humorous "We want to Race the Truck" advertising campaign when the green flag waves the start of this year's Daytona 500 and NASCAR Winston Cup race season this Sunday. Like the predecessor spots that had a UPS executive

Jarrett to ring the bell:

Jarrett to ring the bell:

February 14, 2002
Jarrett to ring the bell: To mark the start of the 2002 NASCAR racing season, UPS CEO Mike Eskew and Dale Jarrett, driver of the #88 UPS Ford Taurus, will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Friday, Feb 15th. With Eskew sounding the bell

No Rules Chnages….yet UPDATE cars to the wind tunnel and Ford gets a 1/4″ off spoiler:

No Rules Chnages….yet UPDATE cars to the wind tunnel and Ford gets a 1/4″ off spoiler:

February 11, 2002
No Rules Chnages....yet UPDATE cars to the wind tunnel and Ford gets a 1/4" off spoiler: Jim Hunter, NASCAR vice president of communications, said no rules change will be considered until after Thursday's Twin 125s.(Daytona Beach News Journal)(2-10-2002) UPDATE: NASCAR