Jimmy Spencer News

Kmart Gone? UPDATE:

Kmart Gone? UPDATE:

August 7, 2000
Kmart won't return to the Travis Carter-Carl Haas (#66) team next year(Daily Press) Doesn't say if it will return to the Travis Carter #26 Team that Jimmy Spencer drives for. Many rumors have Spencer leaving the Carter team after the season(6-20-2000) UPDATE: The Winston

Big Rigs UPDATE:

Big Rigs UPDATE:

August 7, 2000
Talladega Superspeedway is talking with Jimmy Spencer and other Winston Cup drivers about driving in the Monster truck race on the eve of the Oct. 14 Winston 500(AJC)(7-1-2000) UPDATE: You might think going around Talladega Superspeedway at 200 mph, four cars wide

Houston Gone? UPDATE 2 The #66?:

Houston Gone? UPDATE 2 The #66?:

July 26, 2000
hearing Andy Houston may leave the #60 CAT Rental team for opportunities in the BGN or CUP(6-30-2000) UPDATE: a little more detail now “ per Matt Yocum on ESPN2's RPM 2Night: CTS driver Andy Houston is on Travis Carter's list to replace Darrell Waltrip in the #66 Ford

Houston Gone? UPDATE 2 The #66?:

Houston Gone? UPDATE 2 The #66?:

July 26, 2000
hearing Andy Houston may leave the #60 CAT Rental team for opportunities in the BGN or CUP(6-30-2000) UPDATE: a little more detail now - per Matt Yocum on ESPN2's RPM 2Night: CTS driver Andy Houston is on Travis Carter's list to replace Darrell Waltrip in the #66 Ford

Ford Indy Testing:

Ford Indy Testing:

July 19, 2000
#28-Ricky Rudd was the fastest on Tuesday's 2nd and final Ford testing at Indy for the Brickyard 400 with a speed of 179.592mph. 2nd was #26-Jimmy Spencer, 178.899; third was #17-Matt Kenseth, at 178.390; #75-Wally Dallenbach, 178.243, and #6-Mark Martin, 178.177.

Spencer Team Changes:

Spencer Team Changes:

July 11, 2000
Spencer Team Changes: Jimmy Spencer announced that he has restructured his BGN operation, Spencer Motor Ventures, that fields the #5 Schneider National Chevy with driver Dick Trickle and the #12 Zippo Chevy. They also field a CTS Truck along with Winston Cup and Busch

Drivers OK:

Drivers OK:

July 10, 2000
Three drivers involved in hard hitting accidents at NHIS are OK. On Lap 7, #5-Terry Labonte and #97-Chad Little collided in Turn 4, wrecking both cars. Labonte, who is already nursing a fracture in his right leg, was uninjured. Little complained of neck pain and was

Big Rigs:

Big Rigs:

July 1, 2000
Talladega Superspeedway is talking with Jimmy Spencer and other Winston Cup drivers about driving in the Monster truck race on the eve of the Oct. 14 Winston 500(AJC)(7-1-2000)

Kmart Gone?

Kmart Gone?

June 20, 2000
Kmart won't return to the Travis Carter-Carl Haas (#66) team next year(Daily Press) Doesn't say if it will return to the Travis Carter #26 Team that Jimmy Spencer drives for. Many rumors have Spencer leaving the Carter team after the season(6-20-2000)

Said to run for Spencer at Sears Point:

Said to run for Spencer at Sears Point:

June 20, 2000
Jimmy Spencer goes to Sears Point Raceway this weekend not only as the driver of the #26 Big K-Mart Ford Taurus, but he also makes his debut as a NASCAR Winston Cup car owner. Spencer has entered his #23 Federated Auto Parts Ford Taurus in the Save Mart/Kragen 350K

Spencer misses meeting:

Spencer misses meeting:

June 11, 2000
#26-Jimmy Spencer missed the drivers meeting for the Kmart 400 and will have to go to the back of the field, but since he was going to start 40th, he won't go back too far(CBS Pre-Race)(6-11-2000)

Richert to Gibbs:

Richert to Gibbs:

May 23, 2000
Richert to Gibbs: Joe Gibbs, owner of the Porter-Cable BGN Team announced the hiring of veteran crew chief Doug Richert. Richert, 39, will oversee the #4 Porter-Cable Racing Team, with driver Jeff Purvis. Richert, a San Jose, CA native, brings a long list of racing

Richert to Gibbs:

Richert to Gibbs:

May 23, 2000
Joe Gibbs, owner of the Porter-Cable BGN Team announced the hiring of veteran crew chief Doug Richert. Richert, 39, will oversee the #4 Porter-Cable Racing Team, with driver Jeff Purvis. Richert, a San Jose, CA native, brings a long list of racing success to the Joe

600th Start UPDATE:

600th Start UPDATE:

May 17, 2000
600th Start UPDATE: the second Cicci-Welliver Team to qualify at Charlotte will represent their 600th career NASCAR start(5-16-2000) UPDATE: this is 600 total NASCAR starts: 53 starts in the Modified Series, 1985-87, with Jimmy Spencer. 1 Cup start in 1997 with Todd

Humpy’s Picks:

Humpy’s Picks:

May 16, 2000
for the last twelve years, H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler of Lowes Motor Speedway, predicts the winner of the Winston. His record? eight winners in the last dozen Winstons. This year he picks #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr, with #31-Mike Skinner winning the Open and either #28-Ricky Rudd