Jimmy Spencer News

Winston Notes

Winston Notes

May 16, 1998
No special gold paint scheme as rumored for Jimmy Spencer; Kenny Scrader will run a back-up car as his primary was damaged during a pitstop last night in one of the No Bull 25's; Kenny Wallace had a reverse color scheme, lot's of yellow instead of blue; Andy Hillinberg

Winston schemes

Winston schemes

May 14, 1998
Jeff Gordon, Bill Elliott, Sterling Marlin, Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip will all sport new colors for this Saturday night's Winston. The Winston Open will also see its share of special paint schemes as well. Brett Bodine, Ward Burton, Wally Dallenbach (driving

Special Paint Scheme news

Special Paint Scheme news

May 1, 1998
The paint scheme for the Mark Martin #6 Ford at the Winston will be black, red, orange and yellow at the Winston with Eagle One as the featured sponsor. Eagle One is a manufacturer of automotive-appearance products: waxes, polishes and cleaners for both interiors and

Donation to MRO

Donation to MRO

April 18, 1998
George Freeman, a member of the Jimmy Spencer Fan Club, is donating $100 to Spencer's favorite charity Motor Racing Outreach each time Spencer finishes in the top 10. So far, Freeman has donated $300. If Spencer finishes in the top 10 in points this year, Freeman said

Testing at Greenville-Pickens

Testing at Greenville-Pickens

April 14, 1998
Testing continued at Greenville-Pickens(SC) Speedway today with Jeremy Mayfield( #12) and Jimmy Spencer (#23) testing once the rain let up. Testing continues Wednesday with Steve Grissom(#41), Rich Bickle(#98), Todd Bodine(#35) and Robert Pressley(#77).(MRM)(4-14-98

Martinsville testing

Martinsville testing

April 8, 1998
Testing also continued at Martinsville with Bobby Labonte, Ernie Irvan, Chad Little, Dale Jarrett, Todd Bodine, Brett Bodine and Jerry Nadeau testing at the track. Bodine also had a teacher pick out an honor student which he gave a two-lap ride his in Paychex Ford.

Spencer fastest in second round qualifying

Spencer fastest in second round qualifying

March 29, 1998
Second Round fastest was Jimmy Spencer at 122.521mph, DW took another Champ Provisional. See the story and tables at my new and improved Jayski's Provisional Status Page, I added a few things and tried to clarify some of the rules. Gary can no longer do the page for

Special scheme for Spencer at Pepsi 400

Special scheme for Spencer at Pepsi 400

March 11, 1998
I hear that Jimmy Spencer will be running a special Winston Lights gold and red paint scheme at the July 4th Pepsi 400(whoops) in Daytona to celebrate the first Winston Cup race under the lights at Daytona. As more info becomes available expect news on this at the

Atlanta speeds down

Atlanta speeds down

February 20, 1998
Speeds were down at this weeks Atlanta Cup testing. Jimmy Spencer-191.8mph in the #23;; Steve Park-190.8mph in the #1; in contrast Geoff Bodine qualified at more than 197mph at Atlanta in November 1997. Looks like the 5 and 5 rules has slowed down the cars(JournalNow

Two schemes for Spencer

Two schemes for Spencer

February 2, 1998
Jimmy Spencer will run two different Winston Paint Schemes, the Winston and the No Bull. See the difference at 1998 Paint Schemes.(2-2-98)

All Pro/Bumper to Bumper sponsoring Spencer

All Pro/Bumper to Bumper sponsoring Spencer

January 31, 1998
All Pro/Bumper to Bumper, Inc. will be an associate sponsor of Jimmy Spencer's BGN #20 Zippo Chevy team which plans to compete in 10 events in 1998.(NASCAR Online)(1-31-98) (01-31-1998)

Hendrick to build a Ford?

Hendrick to build a Ford?

January 18, 1998
During an RPM2Nite interview, Ray Evernham, Crew Chief/TM of the #24 DuPont Chevy indicated Hendrick's Motorsports plans to build a Taurus, and install a Chevy engine. They want to know what the Ford teams have, and will run the car in the wind tunnel. Also quoted

Ford test speeds

Ford test speeds

December 20, 1997
Found out some very preliminary speeds at Ford's private test of the Taurus at Charlotte today: Dale Jarrett(88)-176.750mph; Jeff Burton(99)-176.298; Greg Sacks(98)-176.183; Brett Bodine(11)-176.068; Ricky Rudd(10)-176.010; Jimmy Spencer(23)-174-701; Michael Waltrip

Ford testing

Ford testing

December 20, 1997
Taurus Testing Not Going as Well as Hoped. For the past few days Talladega Superspeedway is a site that that is as heavily guarded and top secret as many government operations. Specifics are not easy to come by, but things are not going as well as Ford and the teams

Keystone Motorsports formed

Keystone Motorsports formed

December 4, 1997
"Keystone Motorsports", a new BGN team has been formed with rookie driver Blaise Alexander. Al Cretsinger will be owner/crew chief. Al is the former owner of