Kelly Denton News

Race Fans Beach Bash:

Race Fans Beach Bash:

December 4, 2002
Race Fans Beach Bash: The Fourth Annual Air Jamaica Vacations Race Fans Beach Bash came to a close last weekend and once again it was filled with fans, festivities and.a fun time for everyone. The drivers, crew chiefs, media and fans spent the week in Montego Bay,

#54 Changes Drivers….NOW UPDATE 4 Sponsor? 2nd team? Cup team?:

#54 Changes Drivers….NOW UPDATE 4 Sponsor? 2nd team? Cup team?:

March 24, 2002
Kevin Grubb will drive the #54 Team Bristol Motorsports Chevy at Las Vegas today, replacing Kelly Denton, who has been released from the team. Kelly Denton, who drove the #54 GC Toys Chevy at Daytona and Rockingham, was released from the ride Friday and replaced by

Team Bristol plans Cup team:

Team Bristol plans Cup team:

March 7, 2002
Team Bristol plans Cup team: The Team Bristol Motorsports BGN [#54] team will have new sponsorship when the tour rolls into Bristol on March 23 and series regular Kevin Grubb has been tabbed to drive the team's Chevrolets, team owner Rick Goodwin said Wednesday. Grubb

New Cup Team?

New Cup Team?

January 24, 2002
New Cup Team? Team Bristol Motorsports [#54 BGN] owner Rick Goodwin believes he's close to landing primary sponsorship for driver Kelly Denton, and adds that they could run a handful of Winston Cup races later this year. Denton left Team Bristol in June of last year

#54 Close to a Sponsor?

#54 Close to a Sponsor?

January 24, 2002
Team Bristol Motorsports [#54 BGN] owner Rick Goodwin believes he's close to landing primary sponsorship for driver Kelly Denton, and adds that they could run a handful of Winston Cup races later this year. Denton left Team Bristol in June of last year, but rejoined

BGN Testing at Daytona – Session 1 is over:

BGN Testing at Daytona – Session 1 is over:

January 22, 2002
The NASCAR Busch Series teams that finished in the odd-numbered spots in the owners points standings will test at Daytona on Jan. 21-22 in preparation for the Feb. 16 EAS/GNC Live Well 300 with Jan. 23 serving as a rain date. On Jan. 24-25, the even-numbered Busch

#54 Team Closed? UPDATE 2:

#54 Team Closed? UPDATE 2:

October 4, 2001
#54 Team Closed? UPDATE 2: hearing the #54 Team Bristol Motorsports is closing shop and has laid all employee's off. Kelly Denton drove a few BGN races for the team(9-24-2001) UPDATE: BGN Team 54 Director of Motorsports, Gus Larkin announced his resignation today citing

Hooper at Milwaukee

Hooper at Milwaukee

June 30, 2001
Lance Hooper is in Milwaukee this weekend starting a back-up CTS truck and a BGN car to help fill the fields. Hooper received no new tires to qualify on and only 2 laps practice (to get in a time to be eligible to qualify) in each series. The #73 CTS truck listed is

#54 Crew Chief

#54 Crew Chief

June 3, 2001
Hearing that Teddy Brown has been hired as Crew Chief for the BGN #54 General Creation/Baby Bear Chevrolet driven by Kelly Denton. Brown moves over from the Eel River Winston Cup operation. Ron Silver was serving as an interim crew chief(6-3-2001)

Denton out of the #77/Harmon in/Denton to a new team UPDATE 2

Denton out of the #77/Harmon in/Denton to a new team UPDATE 2

April 26, 2001
Kelly Denton has rejoined hometown Bristol, Va., BGN owner Ed Whitaker for the April 28 Auto Club 300 at California Speedway. The move ended Denton's future with Tony Hall's PRW Racing, which has already installed Alabamas Mike Harmon in the seat of the #77 Pegasus

Daytona Testing Day 3 speeds/news:

Daytona Testing Day 3 speeds/news:

January 24, 2001
#1-P.J. Jones was the fastest on the day with a lap of 184.649mph in the #1 Pontiac. Busch Series testing continues on Thursday and is free and open to the public with access through the lobby of DAYTONA USA. Wednesday Busch Series Test Speeds: 1. #1, P.J. Jones, Pontiac

Daytona Testing Day 2 speeds/news:

Daytona Testing Day 2 speeds/news:

January 22, 2001
#35b, Lyndon Amick was fastest in a Chevy with a speed of 183.411mph. Because rain delayed the start of Tuesdays session until around noon, odd-numbered teams in last years owners standings will be allowed to test until noon on Wednesday with the even-numbered teams

Daytona BGN Testing:

Daytona BGN Testing:

January 22, 2001
starts TODAY(weather permitting): Testing at the Daytona Intl Speedway for the BGN teams begins Jan 22nd with a two day test for BGN car #'s whose owners points place are in the ODD position (1,3,5,7 etc....). The teams that finished in the Even Owners Points will

Daytona Testing Day 1 – midday:

Daytona Testing Day 1 – midday:

January 22, 2001
Lyndon Amick put both of his #35 cars atop the speed chart after the morning session of the first day of BGN testing at Daytona. Amick posted a speed of 182.671 mph in the #35a Pontiac and turned a lap of 182.131 mph in the #35b Chevy. Rounding out the top five was

Daytona Testing Day 1 speeds/news:

Daytona Testing Day 1 speeds/news:

January 22, 2001
Lyndon Amick had the two fastest laps of the day 182.671 in the #35a Pontiac and 182.519 in the #35b Chevy. #10-Jeff Green posted the third fastest lap (182.304 mph) after the first day of testing, which was shortened by rain. While the test session was shortened on