Dave Marcis News

Marcis News:

Marcis News:

June 16, 1999
Dave Marcis(#71) is denying rumors that this will be his final season in the series. Reports have said Marcis will announce his decision at the Pepsi 400 next month in Daytona, and will retire from driving after next year's Daytona 500( Tennessean )

Sparky Plug Hears…UPDATE 1 Denied:

Sparky Plug Hears…UPDATE 1 Denied:

May 12, 1999
"One of our garage area spies tells us venerable Dave Marcis will announce his retirement at the July race at Daytona. The rest of the year will be a farewell tour. In honor of Marcis, our source(Sparky source) says, Dale Earnhardt will drive a special camouflage paint

Sparky Plug Hears…UPDATE 2:

Sparky Plug Hears…UPDATE 2:

May 12, 1999
"One of our garage area spies tells us venerable Dave Marcis will announce his retirement at the July race at Daytona. The rest of the year will be a farewell tour. In honor of Marcis, our source(Sparky source) says, Dale Earnhardt will drive a special camouflage paint

Marcis Upset:

Marcis Upset:

March 21, 1999
Dave Marcis went home in a huff after missing Sunday's race, angered mainly at the rule that allows teams that don't qualify on the first day to stand on their speeds. See the rest of the That's Racin' article at Marcis says qualifying deck stacked against him

Long Time:

Long Time:

February 14, 1999
Today's 5th place finish by Michael Waltrip was his first top 5 in 86 races, Rick Mast and the #98 team posted a nice 10th place finish, Jerry Nadeau posted his best career finish ever with an 11th and how about Dave Marcis, he pulled off a 16th place finish

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

2nd Marcis Car:

2nd Marcis Car:

February 8, 1999
Jim Sauter is attempting to make the Daytona 500 in a 2nd Dave Marics Chevy, #72. Marcis himself has Mike Skinner's qualifying engine under the hood, and Steve Park has the engine out of Earnhardt's car. Only eight cars went out to re-qualify in second round. No idea

Shootout Notes:

Shootout Notes:

February 7, 1999
Rusty Wallace missed drivers intorductions(not the meeting) for the Shootout and had to start from the back of the pack; Schraders #33 was blue; for the qualifying race, Dave Marcis had the Rainbow Warrior crew(#24) do his mandatory pitstop during the qualifying race

Daytona Speeds for Thursday:

Daytona Speeds for Thursday:

January 7, 1999
31A-Dave Marcis 190.488mph; 33A-Ken Schrader 189.950; 3T-Mike Dillon 189.585; 00-Larry Pearson 189.546; 33-Ken Schrader 188.119; 3D-Mike Dillon 187.473; 84-Stanton Barrett 187.457; 31A-Paul Newman 184.653; 31B-Dave Marcis 184.490(DaytonaUSA)

GM Speeds from Daytona day 1:

GM Speeds from Daytona day 1:

January 7, 1999
1) #33A-Kenny Schrader 189.893mph; 2) #31A-Dave Marcis 189.211; 3) #3T-Mike Dillon 188.052; 4) #3D-Mike Dillon 187.813; 5) #33-Kenny Schrader 187.590; 6) #00-Larry Pearson 187.231; 7) #84-Stanton Barrett 186.548; 8) #31B-Dave Marcis 184.456; and 9) #45-Glen Morgan(

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

Marcis to test

Marcis to test

December 30, 1998
Dave Marcis will sub for Mike Skinner at Daytona next week in the #31 Lowes Chevy. Skinner is recovering from knee surgury during the offseason(NASCAR Online)(12-30-98) (12-30-1998)

September 5, 1998

September 5, 1998

September 5, 1998
See the Official Press Release about the Wood Brothers and Elliott Sadler atThe Wood Brothers Racing Site.(9-5-98)Richard Childress has built one of the new Chevy Monte Carlos and plans to test it soon. No other teams have built one yet. Plans are for the car to

September 5, 1998

September 5, 1998

September 5, 1998
Richard Childress has built one of the new Chevy Monte Carlos and plans to test it soon. No other teams have built one yet. Plans are for the car to be used in 1999.(WC Scene)(9-5-98)During Happy Hour Dick Trickle spun the #90 Heilig-Meyers Ford and backed into the

September 5, 1998

September 5, 1998

September 5, 1998
During Happy Hour Dick Trickle spun the #90 Heilig-Meyers Ford and backed into the outside wall doing extensive damage and forcing the team to unload the backup car. That means Trickle will have to give up his 19th stating spot and fall to the rear of the field.(