Jimmy Spencer News

Fact UPDATE and CORRECTION 1:

Fact UPDATE and CORRECTION 1:

May 1, 1999
Five drivers have qualified for all nine races this season without posting a top-10 finish: Chad Little, Sterling Marlin, Elliott Sadler, Jimmy Spencer and Darrell Waltrip( icFlorida/Cox News ) -- UPDATE 1: This is incorrect - Little(9th-Daytona/Atlanta), Marlin(9th

Spencer Shop:

Spencer Shop:

April 23, 1999
Cup driver Jimmy Spencer, who owns three BGN teams(#'s 5,12,54) including his own, has moved his teams into a new 36,000-square-foot facility at Lakeside Business Park in Mooresville(That's Racin')(4-23-1999)

Finishes:

Finishes:

April 19, 1999
Some drivers had their best finishes in a while - #55- Kenny Wallace(6th) had his best since Loudon(6th) in August of 1998; #45-Rich Bickle(11th) had his best since Phoenix(11th) last October; #66-Darrell Waltrip(12th) had his best since Pocono(6th) last June; #11-

Testing:

Testing:

April 14, 1999
I hear the #23 Winston Team with Jimmy Spencer, Darrell Waltrip in the #66, Chad Little in the #97 and #75-Ted Musgrave are testing at Greenville-Pickens Speedway today in preparation for Martinsville this weekend. Also #58-Ricky Craven and #2-Rusty Wallace tested

Spencer Info:

Spencer Info:

April 13, 1999
Jimmy Spencer expects to go the distance at Martinsville. He says he's feeling much better and the problem last Sunday wasn't his injuries, it was that the padding they attached to him was taped on too tight(Winston Cup Tele-Conference)

Spencer:

Spencer:

April 11, 1999
Jimmy Spencer was releived by Steve Grissom around lap 225 of the Food City 300, he said he felt sore all over. Grissom brought the #23 Ford home 17th

Spencer out:

Spencer out:

April 6, 1999
Jimmy Spencer will sit out this weeks Bristol BGN race as he is still feeling the effects of his Texas vrash. Steve Grissom is slated to drive the #12 Food City Ford(RPM2Nite)(4-6-1999)

Spencer at Bristol:

Spencer at Bristol:

April 6, 1999
Jimmy Spencer, still feeling the effects of his Texas crash, will have Steve Grissom standing by on Sunday as a relief driver in case he does not feel up to being in the car. Grissom will also practice the #23 Winston Ford at Talladega on Tuesday and run Spencers #

Bodine/Shoemaker/BGN UPDATE 2:

Bodine/Shoemaker/BGN UPDATE 2:

March 31, 1999
Been a bunch of rumors sent in within the past few hours dealing with Geoffrey Bodine, Shoemaker Racing, Dick Trickle, etc.Background: The rumor was that Dick Trickle was coming back to the #64 Shoemaker Racing Chevy in the BGN series as someone saw Trickle and team

UPDATE 3 on Spencer:

UPDATE 3 on Spencer:

March 30, 1999
I hear Jimmy Spencer has multiple bruises, extreme soreness, some swelling, and a possible broken hand or wrist -- UPDATE 2: Spencer has a slight concussion and is very sore, says the hit at Texas was the hardest he ever took. So far no broken bones, but Spencer will

UPDATE 4 on Spencer:

UPDATE 4 on Spencer:

March 30, 1999
I hear Jimmy Spencer has multiple bruises, extreme soreness, some swelling, and a possible broken hand or wrist -- UPDATE 2: Spencer has a slight concussion and is very sore, says the hit at Texas was the hardest he ever took. So far no broken bones, but Spencer will

Bodine/Shoemaker/BGN UPDATE 2:

Bodine/Shoemaker/BGN UPDATE 2:

March 29, 1999
Been a bunch of rumors sent in within the past few hours dealing with Geoffrey Bodine, Shoemaker Racing, Dick Trickle, etc. Background: The rumor was that Dick Trickle was coming back to the #64 Shoemaker Racing Chevy in the BGN series as someone saw Trickle and team

Hard Licks Update:

Hard Licks Update:

March 29, 1999
Some tough licks for Jeff Gordon, Mike Skinner and Jimmy Spencer. Both Gordon's and Skinner's accidents looked like right rear tires went down. During an interview at lap 128, Gordon said they took X-Rays and he didn't think anything was broken but he was mighty sore

Pearson news:

Pearson news:

March 27, 1999
Due to lower back pain resulting from Thursday's crash in Busch practice, Larry Pearson will climb out of the #00 Cheez-It Pontiac at the first opportunity in Saturday's Coca-Cola 300. Tentatively Jimmy Spencer is slated as the relief driver(TMS Pit Notes)(3-27-1999

DW/#66 in Trouble? UPDATE 5:

DW/#66 in Trouble? UPDATE 5:

March 25, 1999
The Speedwords website has been hearing of discontent and outright anger in the #66 Winston Cup team of Darrell Waltrip, primarily in the last two weeks though some say it goes back farther than that. DW is out of provisionals (as best as anyone understands that "rule