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Next Season, Gumout Will Leave the #30 Bahari Pontiac of Derrike Cope

Next Season, Gumout Will Leave the #30 Bahari Pontiac of Derrike Cope

September 16, 1998
UPDATE 2: Next season, Gumout will leave the #30 Bahari Pontiac of Derrike Cope. Associate sponsor Sara Lee is expected
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Testing Speeds from Wednesday’s Testing at Charlotte: #7-Geoff Bodine 180.722mph

Testing Speeds from Wednesday’s Testing at Charlotte: #7-Geoff Bodine 180.722mph

September 9, 1998
Testing Speeds from Wednesday's testing at Charlotte: #7-Geoff Bodine 180.722mph; #30-Derrike Cope 180.000; #28-Kenny Irwin
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Xpress Motorsports, Who Fields the #61 IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet for Driver Randy Tolsma

Xpress Motorsports, Who Fields the #61 IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet for Driver Randy Tolsma

September 9, 1998
Xpress Motorsports, who fields the #61 IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet for driver Randy Tolsma in the truck series, plans a
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UPDATE 2 More Speeds: Testing at Charlotte Monday and Tuesday Nights: #28-Kenny Irwin 183.673

UPDATE 2 More Speeds: Testing at Charlotte Monday and Tuesday Nights: #28-Kenny Irwin 183.673

September 9, 1998
UPDATE 2 more speeds: Testing at Charlotte Monday and Tuesday nights: #28-Kenny Irwin 183.673; #30-Derrike Cope 180.602; #
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Jerry Nadeau Leads Second-Round Qualifying at New Hampshire

Jerry Nadeau Leads Second-Round Qualifying at New Hampshire

August 29, 1998
2nd round qualifying is over: All the teams 26th or slower made a 2nd round attempt. Johnny Benson and Ron Fellows had
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47 Cars Entered for New Hampshire CMT 300

47 Cars Entered for New Hampshire CMT 300

August 28, 1998
47 cars will make an attempt at NHIS for 43 spots, including the #00 Auqufresh Chevy with Buckshot Jones, the #07 Midwest
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Oil Company Mergers

Oil Company Mergers

August 18, 1998
Of particular interest in the NASCAR garage is the current merger mania among oil companies, and Ashland Oil (Valvoline
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Second round qualifying

Second round qualifying

July 31, 1998
2nd round qualifying is over, all but seven teams stood on their speeds from first round qualifying. Derrike Cope was fastest
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Qualifying

Qualifying

July 30, 1998
CORRECTION(missed Chad Little) - Seven teams/drivers that qualified 26th or worse and are guaranteed to make the race based
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GM test at Indy

GM test at Indy

July 20, 1998
The closed GM Test at Indy continues today under intense heat. Drivers there: #3-Dale Earnhardt; #31-Mike Skinner; #00-Buckshot
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Jeff Green replacing Cope

Jeff Green replacing Cope

July 18, 1998
Jeff Green will replace Derrike Cope in the BGN #92 Kraft Chevy for the remainder of the teams 7 planned BGN races this
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Jimmy Dean and Bahari Racing promotion

Jimmy Dean and Bahari Racing promotion

July 11, 1998
UPDATE: Jimmy Dean and Bahari Racing have a Press Conference scheduled for Saturday, July 11th. NASCAR Online hints at a
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Qualifying notes

Qualifying notes

July 11, 1998
Drivers/Teams guaranteed to make the Jiffy Lube 300 and qualified 26th or worse on Friday: #2-Jeremy Mayfield(2nd in owners
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Charity auction

Charity auction

June 15, 1998
On 6-13 a charity auction was held at Grissom Motors in Gadsden AL (Steve's family's business) to benefit Alec Bell. Alec
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Saturday morning practice

Saturday morning practice

June 13, 1998
Fastest five cars in Saturday morning practice.....#8-Morgan Shepherd; #33-Ken Schrader; #36-Ernie Irvan; #6-Mark Martin