Derrike Cope News

Stock Car Fans – Ramblings – Atlanta:

Stock Car Fans – Ramblings – Atlanta:

October 24, 2003
Oh gee! What a suprise! Ryan Newman won a Pole! The broken record (ya'll remember those big round black things that used to make music? Well, maybe some of you don't.) that is the mighty Bud Pole Machine inside that #12 Alltel Dodge just keeps on rolling along. Ryan

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – Kansas:

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – Kansas:

October 3, 2003
#48-Jimmie Johnson shattered the track record today and captured his second Bud Pole of the season for Sunday's Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway. His time of 29.938 (180.373 mph) was over 1/10th of a second quicker than #01-Mike Skinner. In fact, if you wanted to start

Cope makes good for a fan UPDATE:

Cope makes good for a fan UPDATE:

September 17, 2003
The Friendly's sponsorship of #37-Derrike Cope ended this weekend at New Hampshire. Cope failed to make the race and the car was a special fan deisgned paint scheme [very cool, ice cream cones designed by 12 year old Seneca Tedford] - Cope doesn't owe Friendly's anything

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – New Hampshire:

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – New Hampshire:

September 12, 2003
Friday's would really be boring if we had one driver dominate qualifying, glad nothing like that is happening this year. #12-Ryan Newman and company have got this deal down to a science. Newman grabbed his 7th Bud Pole of the season today at New Hampshire International

A School, A Race Car, Friendly’s Ice Cream – 12-year-old Connecticut girl reaps rewards of designing NASCAR car:

A School, A Race Car, Friendly’s Ice Cream – 12-year-old Connecticut girl reaps rewards of designing NASCAR car:

September 12, 2003
Seneca Tedford admitted she had a little trouble sleeping Wednesday night but she was more than ready to go this morning at Lebanon Middle School. The excited 12-year-old was guest of honor for a visit by NASCAR Winston Cup driver Derrike Cope and his #37 Friendly’

12-year-old Connecticut girl wins Ultimate Show-And-Tell:

12-year-old Connecticut girl wins Ultimate Show-And-Tell:

September 9, 2003
12-year-old Seneca Tedford visited her local Friendly’s Restaurant in July, and colored and designed a #37 Chevrolet. Her design was picked as the winner from among thousands of entries. The paint scheme and design was the work of the 12-year-old girl as part of a

Some Provisionals News UPDATEs and CORRECTIONS:

Some Provisionals News UPDATEs and CORRECTIONS:

September 2, 2003
Four teams have started every race and not used a provisional in 2003: #9-Bill Elliott; #20-Tony Stewart; #24-Jeff Gordon; #97-Kurt Busch. Six teams are out of provisionals until Martinsville (32nd race, if the team has attempted all 32): #14-Larry Foyt [attempted

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – Darlington:

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – Darlington:

August 29, 2003
The incredible pole machine that is Ryan Newman continued to roll this afternoon at Darlington Raceway. Ryan captured the Bud Pole for Sunday's Mountain Dew Southern 500 (the final Labor Day edition) with a time of 24.090 (169.048 mph)....besting Jimmie Johnson for

Stock Car Fans – Ramblings – Bristol:

Stock Car Fans – Ramblings – Bristol:

August 22, 2003
Jeff Gordon took the pole for Saturday Night's Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway by the wide margin of .001 seconds over Mark Martin this afternoon. It was the 3rd Bud Pole of the season for Gordon (2 shorties and a roadie), and the 45th of his career. Tho the

StockCarFans.Com: Rumblings – Michigan:

StockCarFans.Com: Rumblings – Michigan:

August 17, 2003
In what was yet another fuelish event, #12-Ryan Newman made his gas last the final 52 laps today at Michigan International Speedway and won the GFS Marketplace 400. For Newman, it was his 5th victory of the season and 6th of his career. He's now the lone driver in

Tammy Jo Kirk in the #49 UPDATE 2:

Tammy Jo Kirk in the #49 UPDATE 2:

July 17, 2003
Jay Robinson Racing has landed sponsorship from Advil Liquid Gels for the rest of the season for its #49, and Tammy Jo Kirk will be behind the wheel beginning with the July 19 event at New Hampshire. Kirk, who drove for Geoffrey Bodine in the Craftsman Truck Series

Brickyard 400 Testing part II – Tuesday News and Speeds:

Brickyard 400 Testing part II – Tuesday News and Speeds:

July 17, 2003
A second round of NASCAR Winston Cup Series private testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway gets underway Monday, July 14 [and 15th]. Drivers scheduled to test are: #0-Jack Sprague, #01-Mike Wallace, #02-Hermie Sadler. #07-Ted Musgrave, #2-Rusty Wallace, #4-David

#49 Gets an Assoc sponsors:

#49 Gets an Assoc sponsors:

July 4, 2003
Western Hardhat International, Inc (WHHI) and Jay Robinson Racing (JRR) have teamed up to create a unique partnership in an effort to increase sales of the "Western Outlaw" hard hat while providing sponsorship dollars for the #49 JRR Busch Series Team. NASCAR fans

Testing at the Magic Mile:

Testing at the Magic Mile:

July 1, 2003
Racetrack officials imported pavement all the way from Trinidad and placed it around the turns at the New Hampshire International Speedway this spring. The hope was, in part, to create a track resistant to rising in hot temperatures, thus eliminating one of NHIS's

What Ever Happened to….Chuck Rider, the Cup team owner?

What Ever Happened to….Chuck Rider, the Cup team owner?

June 20, 2003
Chuck Rider, a former Charlotte businessman and Winston Cup team owner who fielded cars in the Winston Cup series for Michael Waltrip, Johnny Benson and Derrike Cope from 1987 through the first 10 races of 1999, is continuing to battle cancer with chemotherapy treatments