Kirk Shelmerdine News

Hooters signs with Brett Bodine for rest of 2002 and gets a teammate:

Hooters signs with Brett Bodine for rest of 2002 and gets a teammate:

March 21, 2002
Hooters signs with Brett Bodine for rest of 2002 and gets a teammate: Brett Bodine got some good news on Thursday. The Hooters Restaurants chain has decided to sponsor #11 Ford Bodine's team for the remainder of the 2002 season. The company had been one-race sponsor

Hooters back on the #11 team at Darlington UPDATE 2 Hooters and Bodine…longer:

Hooters back on the #11 team at Darlington UPDATE 2 Hooters and Bodine…longer:

March 16, 2002
Hooters back on the #11 team at Darlington UPDATE 2 Hooters and Bodine...longer: Atlanta based Hooters Restaurants announced it has reached an agreement with Brett Bodine Racing to continue sponsoring the #11 Hooters Ford at Darlington. This will be the second consecutive

Hooters on the #11? UPDATE 2 more races, two cars?:

Hooters on the #11? UPDATE 2 more races, two cars?:

March 8, 2002
Hooters on the #11? UPDATE 2 more races, two cars?: hearing from some readers that it was reported on a local Atlanta sports talk radio, 790 AM The Zone, that during an interview with Cup driver/owner #11 Brett Bodine, that he will have Hooters Restaurants as his sponsor

BGN Driver Arrested UPDATE 5 NASCAR ruling:

BGN Driver Arrested UPDATE 5 NASCAR ruling:

March 7, 2002
A NASCAR driver in Central Florida for SpeedWeeks is under arrest for drugs. A deputy pulled over Sammy Potashnick in Flagler county. The deputy arrested Potashnick after noticing his car going north in the southbound lane on a divided road... heading right for him

Hooters back in Winston Cup UPDATE:

Hooters back in Winston Cup UPDATE:

March 1, 2002
Hooters back in Winston Cup UPDATE: Bob Brooks, the controlling owner of the Hooters restaurant chain, plans to rejoin the Winston Cup Series as car owner and sponsor. Brooks said Wednesday that he plans to field a team for driver Kirk Shelmerdine and expects to be

Benning/Shelmerdine News:

Benning/Shelmerdine News:

February 10, 2002
Benning/Shelmerdine News: #84-Norm Benning's car never got through inspection Friday, so he couldn't attempt to qualify Saturday.(Daytona Beach News Journal) AND #80-Kirk Shelmerdine and #84-Norm Benning haven't even cleared technical inspection yet. The cars have

Qualifying for the Daytona 500

Qualifying for the Daytona 500

February 9, 2002
Qualifying for the Daytona 500 is over. #48-Jimmie Johnson wins the pole with a speed of 185.831, just ahead of of #29-Kevin Harvick at 185.770mph who are the only two drivers who have their starting positions set for the 2002 Daytona 500. Johnson is only yhe thrid

#80/Shelmerdine/Hooters and the Screaming Eagles

#80/Shelmerdine/Hooters and the Screaming Eagles

February 2, 2002
#80/Shelmerdine/Hooters and the Screaming Eagles Hooters of America, Inc., operator and franchiser of Hooters Restaurants, has reached an agreement on a one-race sponsorship with Kirk Shelmerdine and Hover Racing for the Daytona 500 later this month. Shelmerdine, who

Shelmerdine and Hooters? UPDATE 3:

Shelmerdine and Hooters? UPDATE 3:

January 30, 2002
Shelmerdine and Hooters? UPDATE 3: hearing Kirk Shelmerdine will make a one race deal with Hooters to run the Daytona 500 with the #80 Stan Hover team with Danny Glad building the engine(1-25-2002) UPDATE: The Hooters restaurant chain, which sponsored the car that

Shelmerdine to run in the #49:

Shelmerdine to run in the #49:

January 14, 2002
Kirk Shelmerdine, a two-time ARCA winner and former NASCAR championship crew chief, will race in the BGN event at Daytona in February. Shelmerdine will drive the #49 entry owned by Jay Robinson.(ARCA Fans site)(1-14-2002)

Shelmerdine to third Haas-Carter car? UPDATE 4:

Shelmerdine to third Haas-Carter car? UPDATE 4:

July 6, 2001
Shelmerdine to third Haas-Carter car? UPDATE 4: See original story and Updates on the #26 Team News and Links page. - Haas-Carter Motorsports participated in a two-day test session on Tuesday at Daytona International Speedway with driver Kirk Shelmerdine and the #46

Haas-Carter Third Team? UPDATE 3:

Haas-Carter Third Team? UPDATE 3:

June 27, 2001
Haas-Carter Third Team? UPDATE 3: Haas-Carter Motorsports has booked Daytona International Speedway for two test days next week, but neither of that team's regular cars is expected to participate in the session. Travis Carter, who co-owns the #26 and #66 Fords with

Newman Wins ARCA Race:

Newman Wins ARCA Race:

February 11, 2001
Newman Wins ARCA Race: Ryan Newman, the protege of Winston Cup veteran Buddy Baker and soon-to-be teammate to Rusty Wallace and Jeremy Mayfield at Penske Racing, won his first race at Daytona International Speedway, capturing a victory in Sunday's Discount Auto Parts

ARCA Pole has Cup roots:

ARCA Pole has Cup roots:

February 9, 2001
Kirk Shelmerdine won the pole for the ARCA Series opener at Daytona. The crew chief in four of Dale Earnhardt's NASCAR championship seasons during his tenure from 1984-92, Shelmerdine has two career ARCA wins and three top-five finishes at Daytona(Speed Magazine)(2

Shelmerdine looking at Cup:

Shelmerdine looking at Cup:

October 18, 2000
Shelmerdine looking at Cup: Kirk Shelmerdine, a crew chief on four Winston Cup championship teams, a driver in the ARCA series now, is now trying to break into Winston Cup as a driver. He applied for the job as Jimmy Spencer's teammate on the Travis Carter team(#66