Kenny Irwin News

Pepsi 400 night time testing

Pepsi 400 night time testing

May 26, 1998
Past Note: The Pepsi 400 night time testing will be held on June 8-10. The tests will be held from 5:30pm-10:30pm/et on the 8th, and 3:30pm-10:30pm/et on the 9th and 10th. The test will be free of charge to the public. Drivers scheduled to test: Mark Martin, Jeff Burton

Kenny Irwin testing in June

Kenny Irwin testing in June

May 26, 1998
Kenny Irwin will be testing the #28 Texaco Ford at Daytona, Pocono, Watkins Glen and Greenville Pickens in the month of June.(NASCAR Today Radio)(5-26-98)

Irwin to drive Charlotte BGN race

Irwin to drive Charlotte BGN race

May 22, 1998
Kenny Irwin, Jr will drive the #48 BGN Ford at the BGN race in Charlotte for Sammy Kershaw Motorsports.(RPM2Nite)(5-19-98), note: Irwin failed to make the race, did not run the Challenge race and failed to make the Coca Cola 600(5-22-98)

Coca-Cola 600 second round qualifying

Coca-Cola 600 second round qualifying

May 22, 1998
Robert Pressley was the fastest 2nd round qualifier and will start 27th for the Coca Cola 600. Shocker was the #28 Texaco Ford and ROTY contender Kenny Irwin missing the race, the first time the team has missed a race since Michigan in August of 1994 when Ernie Irvan

Kenny Irwin in the BGN #48 at Charlotte

Kenny Irwin in the BGN #48 at Charlotte

May 16, 1998
Looks like it's a 90% chance Kenny Irwin, Jr will drive the #48 BGN Ford at the BGN race in Charlotte for Sammy Kershaw Motorsports.(WC Scene), Irwin had tested the car earlier this month.(5-16-98)

Irwin tests at Charlotte

Irwin tests at Charlotte

April 28, 1998
Kenny Irwin, Jr tested the #48 UniFirst Ed Porter owned BGN Ford at Charlotte. No plans for Irwin to run the car, they tested it to get acquainted. But Irwin would not mind running a few companion events to reduce his learning curve.(RPM2Nite)(4-28-98) (04-28-1998)

David Blair talking to Dallenbach

David Blair talking to Dallenbach

April 26, 1998
If Chevrolet officials don't keep an eye on Wally Dallenbach, he might end up back on the Ford roster. Car owner David Blair(#27 Ford, Kenny Irwin ran some races in this car in 1997), who worked with Ford's Robert Yates last year in developing rookie Kenny Irwin, has

Testing at Talladega

Testing at Talladega

April 14, 1998
Testing also continued at Talladega after a bit of a rain delay. Sterling Marlin, Joe Nemechek(BGN & WC) and Elton Sawyer tested SABCO cars, Dennis Setzer tested the #89 Elliott Ford(no sponsor seen), Kenny Schrader(#33), Ernie Irvan(#36), Kenny Irwin(#28), Dick

Thursday practice

Thursday practice

April 2, 1998
Practice on Thursday had Jeremy Mayfield fastest at 184.312mph, see the practice results on NASCAR Online. Jerry Nadeau hit the wall hard in the #13 First Plus Ford during the first practice and was transported to the hospital for x-ray's. The Elliott-Marino got the

Driver injuries at Bristol

Driver injuries at Bristol

March 29, 1998
After Kenny Irwin dropped out of the Food City 500 he subbed for Geoff Bodine in the #7 Philips Ford for a while. Hut Stricklin who got t-boned by Kenny Wallace(who had no where to go), he was taken to a local hospital and released with no major injuries, Mike(not

Robby Gordon testing

Robby Gordon testing

March 29, 1998
I hear Robby Gordon may help Kenny Irwin and Robert Yates test at Sonoma in May and he is definitely testing with David Green at Charlotte in April in a Buz McCall Chevy and possible run a few races for McCall's team. Also rumors are still floating around that he may

Practice notes

Practice notes

March 27, 1998
Michael Waltrip wrecked his primary #21 Citgo Ford during practice and had to go to his backup. Ken Irwin tagged the wall during his qualifying run but didn't do much damage(3-27-98)

Labbe to crew chief

Labbe to crew chief

March 22, 1998
UPDATE: Richard "Slugger" Labbe has been promoted to crew chief on the #28 Texaco Ford driven by Kenny Irwin.(NASCAR Online TranSouth Notebook)(3-20-98) - Labbe will move from the #88 as front tire changer to the #28 as crew chief and front tire changer. Robbie Hancock

Irwin in ARCA race

Irwin in ARCA race

February 5, 1998
Kenny Irwin will drive the #27 Raybestos Ford TBird in the ARCA race in Daytona on Saturday, 2-7(RPM2Nite), Irwin was 5th fastest in practice at 184.615mph, fastest was Bill Baird, Chevrolet at 186.486mph(2-4-98), Irwin qualified 2nd at 186.047mph(2-5-98)8)

Kenny Irwin to run ARCA race

Kenny Irwin to run ARCA race

January 26, 1998
UPDATE: FromTNN Motorsports Page, Kenny Irwin, Jr will run the ARCA race at Daytona on Feb 8th. He will run a 1997 Thunderbird with a Yates engine, David Blair's crew (from the #27 WC operation) and run either #27 or #88 as #28 is already taken. Sponsorship not named