Ernie Irvan News

September 4, 1998

September 4, 1998

September 4, 1998
Teams that failed to make the field in first round qualifying and are 26th or worse but are guaranteed to make the Pepsi Southern 500 based onownerspoints: #12-Jeremy Mayfield(6 in owners points); #5-Terry Labonte(9); #23-Jimmy Spencer(12); #36-Ernie Irvan(15); #11

September 4, 1998

September 4, 1998

September 4, 1998
Teams that failed to make the field in first round qualifying and are 26th or worse but are guaranteed to make the Pepsi Southern 500 based on owners points: #12-Jeremy Mayfield(6 in owners points); #5-Terry Labonte(9); #23-Jimmy Spencer(12); #36-Ernie Irvan(15); #

August 29, 1998

August 29, 1998

August 29, 1998
Roush Racing deployed a Busch Series hauler driver Larry Morris from Liberty, NC to Mooresville, NC yesterday afternoon. His orders were to pick up an extra #99 Roush Ford and a #36 MB2 Motorsports Pontiac to be standing by for drivers Jeff Burton and Ernie Irvan....

August 28, 1998

August 28, 1998

August 28, 1998
Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Ernie Irvan and Ron Fellows all crashed their primary cars during practice for the CMT 300 and had to go to backups for qualifying and the race. Sterling Marlin scaped the wall and got the car fixed in time for qualifying. Bill Elliott

August 24, 1998

August 24, 1998

August 24, 1998
Tempers flew on the backstretch during the sixth caution period on lap 249 when rookie driver Elliott Sadler blocked Ernie Irvan's Grand Prix into his pit stall. A Skittles crew member ran up to Sadler's window net to let him know what he thought about the action but

August 23, 1998

August 23, 1998

August 23, 1998
Brett Bodine suffered from heat exhaustion and dehydration after the blower in his car went out early in the race. He was taken to the care center, where he received oxygen and fluids. He is expected to fully recover and was replaced in the #11 Ford by Kenny Wallace

August 22, 1998

August 22, 1998

August 22, 1998
2nd round qualifying is over: 14 teams stood on their 1st round times, including all drivers from 26th thru 36th place and #50- Wally Dallenbach, #36 Ernie Irvan and Darrell Waltrip in the #35 Pontiac. DW made the race once again on the past champions provisional

August 21, 1998

August 21, 1998

August 21, 1998
Teams that failed to make the field in first round qualifying and are 26th or worse but are guaranteed to make the Goody's 500 based on owners points: #3-Dale Earnhardt(8th in points); #43-John Andretti(11); #4-Bobby Hamilton(13); #36-Ernie Irvan(14); #40-Sterling

August 16, 1998

August 16, 1998

August 16, 1998
Michigan Pepsi 400: Results, Starting Grid, Qualfiying Results, Practice speeds at NASCAR Online and GoRacing (has 2nd round qualifying results, very good), and Speedworld . Ernie Irvan won the pole with a speed of 183.416mph. (08-16-1998)

August 7, 1998

August 7, 1998

August 7, 1998
- Boris Said, driver of the #44 Truck owned by Ernie Irvan will drive for Jimmy Spencer at Watkins Glen. Said drove Spencers BGN car there in June. Spencer is scheduled to start the #23 Winston Ford and Said will take over at the first opportunity(caution).(GoRacing

August 1, 1998

August 1, 1998

August 1, 1998
Brickyard 400: Race Results, Starting Lineups, Qualifying, Happy Hour speeds and Previous Practice speeds are up at GoRacing and Speedworld and NASCAR Online . Ernie Irvan won the pole with a track record of 179.394mph. (08-01-1998)

NASCAR SpeedPark

NASCAR SpeedPark

July 26, 1998
The first NASCAR SpeedPark will host a grand opening celebration Tuesday at its location off N.C. 17 Bypass in Myrtle Beach, SC. The SpeedPark is the first NASCAR entertainment facility built especially for fan entertainment, featuring go-kart racing among other attractions

Brickyard testing speeds

Brickyard testing speeds

July 17, 1998
Thursday Speeds from the Brickyard testing via SpeedNet: 1) Ernie Irvan 176.074mph; 2) Joe Nemechek 175.967; 3)Mark Martin 175.247; 4) Elton Sawyer 174.852; 5) Ricky Rudd 174.530; 6) Dale Jarrett 174.290; 7) Robert Pressley 174.169; 8) Brett Bodine 173.990; 9) Dale

Indy testing speeds

Indy testing speeds

July 16, 1998
Got some speeds from Indy from the Indianapolis Star newspaper(but not website): 1) Rusty Wallace 177.504mph; 2) Jeremy Mayfield 176.724; 3) Jeff Gordon 176.370; 4) Ernie Irvan 176.308; 5) Dale Jarrett 176.118; 6) Mark Martin 175.884; 7) Ricky Rudd 175.541; 8) Robert

Testing at Indy:

Testing at Indy:

July 15, 1998
Testing at Indy: Joe Nemechek was the fastest Wednesday with a speed of 176.876mph, Ernie Irvan was 2nd fastest at 176.074mph.(NASCAR Today Radio), Dennis Setzer and Frank Kimmel tested the #13 Ford and Casey Atwood tested the #94 Ford. Adam Petty tested the #44 Hot