John Andretti News

Sears Point Testing:

Sears Point Testing:

April 26, 2000
Dale Earnhardt Jr. made his first trip to Sears Point Raceway this week for a NASCAR Winston Cup Test Session, and he won't soon forget it. Earnhardt Jr., who was joined in the Tuesday-Wednesday session by #18-Bobby Labonte, #43-John Andretti and 31-Steve Park, survived

Sears Point Testing:

Sears Point Testing:

April 20, 2000
Budweiser and Sears Point Raceway will host a Media Luncheon on Wednesday, April 26, to introduce NASCAR Winston Cup rookie driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the Northern California media. This will mark the first-ever Northern California appearance for Earnhardt Jr., who

Bad Parts:

Bad Parts:

April 17, 2000
The NASCAR Winston Cup hauler has a table that holds all of the items that are confiscated each week-end. Normally it's big enough to hold all the illegal items taken from the various teams. This week, at Talladega, the table is overflowing. The following is a partial

Petty Honored:

Petty Honored:

April 8, 2000
Look for a number of other cars in Sunday's Goody's 500 to join the seven teams that have already committed to running a sticker honoring the memory of Lee Petty, who died this week. Michael Waltrip, Jeremy Mayfield, Sterling Marlin, Kenny Irwin, Elliott Sadler, Kyle

Sprague Bolts:

Sprague Bolts:

April 3, 2000
Sprague Bolts: Jack Sprague's decision Saturday to leave Andy Petree's #15 Busch car parked and not return to the 300 wasn't setting well in Petree's truck yesterday. Sprague complained about the car and said that the engine was getting ready to fail so he didn't want

Andretti milestone:

Andretti milestone:

April 2, 2000
#43-John Andretti made his 200th Winston Cup start at Texas in the DirecTV 500(4-2-2000)

Wheaties returns…UPDATE 2:

Wheaties returns…UPDATE 2:

March 14, 2000
hearing John Andretti will run a Wheaties paint scheme at The Winston with the #43 Pontiac. Wheaties is of course made by General Mills, a primary sponsor for the team(3-4-2000) UPDATE On Tuesday, March 14th, Wheaties will unveil a series of limited-edition packages

Provisional Streaks CORRECTION:

Provisional Streaks CORRECTION:

March 4, 2000
after further review, I found some errors in my calcualtions. Prior to the 1998 season, four plus a champs provisional was used, plus some of the smaller tracks like Bristol, Martinsville and North Wilksboro only started 36-40 cars. So lets redo the math here: in 1999

Wheaties returns…

Wheaties returns…

March 4, 2000
hearing John Andretti will run a Wheaties paint scheme at The Winston with the #43 Pontiac. Wheaties is of course made by General Mills, a primary sponsor for the team(3-4-2000)

#43 News:

#43 News:

March 2, 2000
Albertson's and NASCAR driver John Andretti announced that Petty Enterprises' #43 STP/Cheerios Pontiac will carry the Albertson's logo for the DIRECTV 500 Cup race April 2, at Texas Motor Speedway. Andretti and Albertson's representatives unveiled the STP/Albertson

STP Out? UPDATE No:

STP Out? UPDATE No:

February 8, 2000
Clorox Sales Co., which now owns STP through its automotive division, has cancelled the STP lifetime contract with Richard Petty, according to the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association. After the July 4 Daytona race, Petty(#43) no longer will be

Petree Sponsor, UPDATE on Petty:

Petree Sponsor, UPDATE on Petty:

February 3, 2000
Albertson's Inc., one of the largest food-drug chains in the United States, announced today they will join Andy Petree Racing as the primary sponsor of driver Jack Sprague and the #15 Chevy for a limited BGN. In addition, Albertson's will serve as an associate sponsor

Davis and Dodge? UPDATE 5:

Davis and Dodge? UPDATE 5:

January 25, 2000
heard from a few sources that Bill Davis Racing(#22 and #93) will switch from Pontiac to Dodge in 2001?(1-11-2000) -- UPDATE: The latest Dodge team buzz has Bill Davis Racing as a candidate. He didn't "dodge" the question. And has had discussions with Dodge(TNN Media

Dodge News…Today:

Dodge News…Today:

January 11, 2000
Dodge will hold their long-awaited Winston Cup press conference at the North American International Auto Show in DETROIT 7:00am on Tuesday, January 11, 2000. According to a source at DC, they had originally planned to use this conference to announce Dodge's Winston

UPDATE and #43 Crew Chief: I hear Bobby Leslie will be Kyle Petty’s new crew chief for the #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac, which as I have reported in the past will have a new look in 2000, see

UPDATE and #43 Crew Chief: I hear Bobby Leslie will be Kyle Petty’s new crew chief for the #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac, which as I have reported in the past will have a new look in 2000, see

December 13, 1999
Kyles crew chief the images on the 2000 section of the Paint Schemes Gallery -- UPDATE: Greg Steadman has been promoted to crew chief for the #43 STP Pontiac driven by John Andretti, while Bobby Leslie joins Petty Enterprises to become crew chief for the #44 Hot Wheels