Jeff Green News

Riggs wins at California:

Riggs wins at California:

April 27, 2002
Rookie #10-Scott Riggs won Saturday's Auto Club 300 at California Speedway after a late-race caution and red flag bunched the field, but Riggs still held off #21-Jeff Green by .991 seconds for the win, his second of the season and second in the past three races. The

Race Fever does well:

Race Fever does well:

April 21, 2002
Race Fever does well: Phil Barkdoll, auctioneer for Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind's Race Fever event, got an unprecedented $15,000 bid on a rare autographed Dale Earnhardt helmet Friday night during festivities at the Speedvision Dome. "Preliminary estimates

New Chevy Body in 2003? UPDATE:

New Chevy Body in 2003? UPDATE:

April 9, 2002
New Chevy Body in 2003? UPDATE: hearing that Chevrolet will roll out a new body for the 2003 season which basically be a Pontiac with a new nose and tail.(4-8-2002) UPDATE: Chevrolet officials are exploring the possibility of introducing a new body style for the 2003

NASCAR and Wheel of Fortune:

NASCAR and Wheel of Fortune:

April 9, 2002
NASCAR and Wheel of Fortune: The game show Wheel of Fortune has teamed up with NASCAR for "NASCAR Week", airing nationwide April 22-26, 2002. All week, the die-hard NASCAR fans that were chosen as contestants will compete on a NASCAR-outfitted Wheel of Fortune set

Purvis wins at Texas in a rain shortened event:

Purvis wins at Texas in a rain shortened event:

April 6, 2002
The timing was perfect for #37-Jeff Purvis. Purvis was running well in Saturday's O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway but not quite up front. When all the race leaders pit on Lap 108, Purvis's team elected to take just two tires when most of the others took four.

Plates at Texas? This Week? UPDATE

Plates at Texas? This Week? UPDATE

April 5, 2002
Plates at Texas? This Week? UPDATE Fearing that speeds at Texas Motor Speedway could reach dangerous levels, NASCAR officials may consider putting restrictor plates on Winston Cup cars competing in Sunday's Samsung/Radio Shack 500, a NASCAR official said on Thursday

Jeff Green wins Texas pole with a new Track Record:

Jeff Green wins Texas pole with a new Track Record:

April 4, 2002
#21-Jeff Green took the pole at Texas Motor Speedway with a speed of 193.493mph, which is faster than the Cup pole record. #87-Joe Nemechek(192.994), #2-Johnny Sauter(192.218), #1-Jimmy Spencer(192.088) and #17-Matt Kenseth(191.843) round out the top 5. Matt Kenseth

Jeff Green wins wild one at Bristol:

Jeff Green wins wild one at Bristol:

March 23, 2002
Saturday's BGN race at Bristol brought out the best - and worst - short track racing has to offer. #21-Jeff Green won the Channellock 250 in a race slowed a record-tying 14 times by caution for 88 laps, but Green's brother, Mark, was involved in a serious accident

Riggs wins pole at Bristol:

Riggs wins pole at Bristol:

March 22, 2002
#10-Scott Riggs won his first BGN pole Friday, turning a track-record lap at 126.270mph for the Channellock 250 at Bristol. #21-Jeff Green was second fastest, while Riggs ppc Racing teammate and current series points leader, #57-Jason Keller, was third. #1-Jimmy Spencer

Crew Chief’s fined:

Crew Chief’s fined:

March 21, 2002
NASCAR announced today that BGN crew chiefs Charles Hylton and Gregg Mixon have been fined $5,000 each for rules infractions that occurred during this past weekend's event at Darlington Raceway. Hylton, crew chief for the #21 car of Jeff Green, and Mixon, crew chief

Burton wins pole at Darlington:

Burton wins pole at Darlington:

March 15, 2002
#9-Jeff Burton won the pole for the BGN race at Darlington Raceway, with a lap at 168.250mph. The rest of the top five: #21-Jeff Green, #57-Jason Keller, #10-Scott Riggs and #60-Greg Biffle. 45 cars were to attempt hte race, two failed to make the race: #90-Phil Bonifield

MBNA America 500

MBNA America 500

March 10, 2002
MBNA America 500 the race is over, the winner at Atlanta Motor Speedway is #20-Stewart wins his 13th career Cup race, his first in 2002 and his first ever 500 mile race, his 12 other wins were 400 miles or shorter.(thanks Mike of WLLR). It was also Pontiac's 150th

Burton wins at Las Vegas, Hendrick injured:

Burton wins at Las Vegas, Hendrick injured:

March 3, 2002
#9-Jeff Burton won the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading 149 of 200 laps and beating runner-up #99-Michael Waltrip to the finish line by 8.428 seconds. #2-Johnny Sauter finished third - his career-best. Unsponsored #71-Kevin Lepage was fourth and #

One Thousand Starts for RCR:

One Thousand Starts for RCR:

March 2, 2002
One Thousand Starts for RCR: Robby Gordon's #31 Chevy will represent the 1,000th start for the Richard Childress Racing team when he takes the green flag Sunday at Las Vegas. Gordon qualified 12th on Friday, ahead of teammates Jeff Green (22nd) and Kevin Harvick (28th

Burton on the pole:

Burton on the pole:

March 1, 2002
#9-Jeff Burton won the pole at Las Vegas for his first BGN race of 2002 with a speed of 169.168mph, 2nd is #1-Jimmy Spencer at 169.051, and 3rd was #66-Casey Mears with a speed of 168.945. Missing the race were five drivers: #88-Jeff Fukker, #34-Mike Laughlin, #72-