Hut Stricklin News

Hut at the Glen:

Hut at the Glen:

August 11, 2000
Although Hut Stricklin will not drive the #90 Hills Bros Coffee Ford at Watkins Glen, he will serve as crew chief with oversight from team owner Junie Donlavey. Road Racer Brian Simo will drive the car at the Glen(Keystone Marketing). Also, look for Stricklin to return

Jarrett back for IRP:

Jarrett back for IRP:

August 4, 2000
Jarrett back for IRP: Jason Jarrett will run the #11 Jarrett/Favre car at IRP this weekend in place of Hut Stricklin who will be running the #90 Hills Bros Ford at the Brickyard 400(Keystone Marketing). Jarrett had stepped aside to help out the team use a more experienced

#90 Driver and Crew Chief Gone UPDATE 3:

#90 Driver and Crew Chief Gone UPDATE 3:

July 28, 2000
#90 Ford owner Junie Donlavey, Ed Berrier and crew chief Dean Johnson have agreed to go their separate ways, according to Donlavey. Despite the hard work that everyone has put into this program, we were not getting the results we know we can produce, Donlavey said.

#11 News:

#11 News:

July 25, 2000
#11 News: The Rayovac MAXIMUM #11 BGN team with driver Hut Stricklin will sport CARQUEST Auto Parts signage at the CARQUEST 250 NASCAR Busch Grand National event, July 29th, at Gateway. Stricklin, 39, took over for Jason Jarrett last weekend at the race in Pikes Peak

Stricklin lands Jarrett BGN ride:

Stricklin lands Jarrett BGN ride:

July 18, 2000
Stricklin lands Jarrett BGN ride: Hut Stricklin will be in the seat for #11 Jarrett/Favre Motorsports car for at least the next three races, beginning this week at Pikes Peak. The team, co-owned by defending Winston Cup champion Dale Jarrett and Green Bay Packers quarterback

Stricklin lands Jarrett BGN ride:

Stricklin lands Jarrett BGN ride:

July 18, 2000
Hut Stricklin will be in the seat for #11 Jarrett/Favre Motorsports car for at least the next three races, beginning this week at Pikes Peak. The team, co-owned by defending Winston Cup champion Dale Jarrett and Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, is expected

#42 to #01? UPDATE 5 Musgrave?:

#42 to #01? UPDATE 5 Musgrave?:

July 16, 2000
hearing that SABCO may use the #01 (which was used on a 3rd team part time in 1999) in place of the #42 out of respect to Kenny Irwin Jr, their driver who passed away at NHIS last Friday. Not sure if it will be for Pocono only or for the rest of the 2000 season. Also

#61 Suspends Operations UPDATE:

#61 Suspends Operations UPDATE:

May 9, 2000
#61 Suspends Operations UPDATE: Effective immediately, the #61 Xpress Motorsports team and driver Hut Stricklin will not run any BGN races until the team can prepare better(Xpress Motorsports Site)(5-2-2000) UPDATE: hearing Derrike Cope will drive the #61 in a few

Wind Tunnel for the BGN UPDATE:

Wind Tunnel for the BGN UPDATE:

April 5, 2000
Wind Tunnel for the BGN UPDATE: NASCAR will take three cars from Saturday's Aaron's 312 BGN race to the wind tunnel in Marietta, Ga., for testing this week. The cars impounded belong to race winner #60-Mark Martin, #61-Hut Stricklin and #87-Joe Nemechek(That's Racin

Atlanta Testing:

Atlanta Testing:

February 9, 2000
Atlanta Testing: Kenny Wallace was the fastest during testing at Atlanta on Monday, Feb 7th. Wallace had a speed of 183.576mph in the #25, 2nd was #92-Jimmie Johnson 182.970; 3rd was #37-Kevin Grubb 182.368; 4th #63-Mark Green 181.770; 5th #83-Wayne Grubb 181.770;

New CUP team?

New CUP team?

January 27, 2000
Hearing that a new CUP team is being started, supposedly will be the #39 R&D Motorports/J-Mac racing team that would run out of the old Tri-Star Motorsports shop. Hut Stricklin is the possible driver. Engine Builder Mark Smith would supply engines and hearing a

#98 Sold? UPDATE:

#98 Sold? UPDATE:

January 23, 2000
Cale Yarborough has another new buyer for his #98 team, Greg Connor(also the crew chief?), who has two business partners. Hut Stricklin tested the car at Daytona. Team Mgr Mark Collins says the team was bought Jan 1st and that they are in the process of getting Universal

#98 News UPDATE 2:

#98 News UPDATE 2:

January 20, 2000
this weeks Winston Cup Scene reports that is negotiating to sell the #98 team with a group that includes #58 car owner Scott Barbour, NASCAR great Donnie Allison and South Carolina businessman Bill Hammond. Yarborough hopes to have the deal completed by Jan 16th(this

Yarborough Team UPDATE 4:

Yarborough Team UPDATE 4:

January 10, 2000
expect to hear some news regarding the sale of the #98 team early this coming week(1-2-2000) -- UPDATE: hearing Hut Stricklin will be the driver, not sure what happens to his #61 BGN deal(1-3-2000) -- UPDATE: nothing official yet but am hearing that former #58 owner

Tri-Star Back?

Tri-Star Back?

January 7, 2000
hearing Tri-Star Motorsports will return as the #51 Ford using equipment from the defunct #58 SBIII team. Hut Stricklin was the rumored driver but it looks like he'll be in the #98 if that sale goes through. Tri-Star Motorsports, owned by engine builder Mark Smith,