Derrike Cope News

Cope to return to the #57:

Cope to return to the #57:

December 13, 2001
Cope to return to the #57: Derrike Cope will be driving the #57 CLR Ford Taurus in 12-15 Cup races in 2002 beginning with the Daytona 500 in February. The team will continue to use Robert Yates engines and are working to procure additional sponsorship and expand their

Fenley team back? Cope and Elliott legal action? UPDATE:

Fenley team back? Cope and Elliott legal action? UPDATE:

December 6, 2001
Fenley Motorsports (was the #15 and then #16 and former Bud Moore Motorsports) may be on the verge of signing a major sponsorship deal that would bring it back to the big time after years of struggle. But if the deal doesn't come through in January as Fenley hopes,

Fenley team back? Cope and Elliott legal action? UPDATE:

Fenley team back? Cope and Elliott legal action? UPDATE:

December 6, 2001
Fenley team back? Cope and Elliott legal action? UPDATE: Fenley Motorsports (was the #15 and then #16 and former Bud Moore Motorsports) may be on the verge of signing a major sponsorship deal that would bring it back to the big time after years of struggle. But if

Gordon wins at Kansas:

Gordon wins at Kansas:

September 30, 2001
Gordon wins at Kansas: #24-Jeff Gordon won the Protection One 400 at Kansas Speedway, his 6th win of the 2001 season and 58th of his 285 race career. #02-Ryan Newman was 2nd. #28-Ricky Rudd was third abd lost 10 points to Gordon and is now 222 points behind Gordon

Cope in the #57 UPDATE:

Cope in the #57 UPDATE:

September 25, 2001
Cope in the #57 UPDATE: Derrike Cope tested at Kansas Speedway last week on Wednesday and Thursday and drove the #57 CLR Ford. This is a Winston Cup team that is owned by Ted Campbell and sponsored by CLR cleaning products. Cope said the test went very well and he

Testing at Lowes UPDATE 3:

Testing at Lowes UPDATE 3:

September 20, 2001
Testing at Lowes UPDATE 3: Lowe’s Motor Speedway will be open for NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams to test on Tuesday, Sept. 18, and Wednesday, Sept. 19, no word yet on which teams will test(LMS PR)(9-4-2001) UPDATE: actually no update nor any word on what teams will

Cope in the #57:

Cope in the #57:

September 18, 2001
Cope in the #57: Derrike Cope tested at Kansas Speedway last week on Wednesday and Thursday and drove the #57 CLR Ford. This is a Winston Cup team that is owned by Ted Campbell and sponsored by CLR cleaning products. Cope said the test went very well and he was told

Cope at Bristol? UPDATE 2 only BGN no CUP:

Cope at Bristol? UPDATE 2 only BGN no CUP:

August 24, 2001
Cope at Bristol? UPDATE 2 only BGN no CUP: even though he is not currently on the Entry List at NASCAR.com, hearing Derrike Cope will be at Bristol to attempt the Cup race in the #37 Pontiac?/Chevy? sponsored by Labor Ready UPDATE: or could this be Cope in the BGN

Food City on Cope’s car:

Food City on Cope’s car:

August 23, 2001
Food City on Cope's car:Food City is joining forces with Labor Ready to sponsor Derrike Cope in Friday's BGN Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Derrike has driven the #94 Chevrolet in select BGN series races in 2001. Food City will adorn the quarter panels and

Cope at the Brickyard:

Cope at the Brickyard:

July 30, 2001
Cope at the Brickyard: from the Derrike Cope website: "Quest Motor Racing will be running a Winston Cup car at the Brickyard 400 and it will be a Chevrolet number 37. The sponsor will be Geico Direct. It is a one off sponsorship race. Also DeeZee will continue as the

Testing at Indy – Tues/Wed UPDATE 2:

Testing at Indy – Tues/Wed UPDATE 2:

July 26, 2001
Testing at Indy - Tues/Wed UPDATE 2: NASCAR Winston Cup Series testing for this year’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been set according to the car owner point positions as of June 15, 2001. Those teams in the odd-numbered point positions tested last

Cope to run the Chicago BGN race:

Cope to run the Chicago BGN race:

July 12, 2001
Cope to run the Chicago BGN race: Derrike Cope and the #94 NuHouse Properties race team head to Chicago for this weekend's Hills Brothers 300 Busch race with a little help from Coinstar, the company who makes self-service coin counting machines located at the front

Fox to Contunue Shows:

Fox to Contunue Shows:

June 21, 2001
Fox to Contunue Shows: Even though Fox passes Winston Cup TV race coverage off to NBC and Turner starting with the July 7 Pepsi 400 at Daytona, the NASCAR-related shows on Fox Sports Net will continue through the remainder of the 2001 season. "NASCAR This Morning,"

Cope Gets a Sponsor UPDATE:

Cope Gets a Sponsor UPDATE:

May 9, 2001
Cope Gets a Sponsor UPDATE: Derrike Cope announced that he will be driving in the Winston Open for Dee Zee, Incorporated. Dee Zee will sponsor the Quest Motor Racing Pontiac in the Open and will be an associate sponsor throughout the year. Dee Zee, based in Des Moines

Lowes Testing:

Lowes Testing:

May 9, 2001
Lowes Testing: #02-Ryan Newman was the fastest in the 2nd day of testing at Lowes Motor Speedway in preparation for the Coca Cola 600 with a speed of 181.208mph. #4-Kevin Lepage was second fastest on the unofficial stopwatches at 181.147 mph, #40-Sterling Marlin was