Kyle Petty News

Testing at Martinsville:

Testing at Martinsville:

September 19, 2000
Kyle Petty tested with the #45 Sprint Chevy race team on Tuesday at Martinsville Speedway in preparation for the teams first Winston Cup race with Kyle at the wheel. Petty along with #99-Jeff Burton, #19-Casey Atwood, #31-Mike Skinner, and #75-Wally Dallenbach began

Kyle, Safety and Fox:

Kyle, Safety and Fox:

September 13, 2000
As the Winston Cup circuit returns to Loudon, New Hampshire, the National Sports Report's weekly NASCAR feature will deal with safety in the sport. Earlier this year, two NASCAR drivers were killed in separate practice accidents at the Loudon track. Thursday night'

Kyle and Cup in 2000? UPDATE yep:

Kyle and Cup in 2000? UPDATE yep:

September 6, 2000
saw in a testing story at the Martinesville Speedway site that Kyle Petty would be testing the #45 car at the track on Sept 19th and 20th. Hearing that Petty will run two Cup races for Sprint in the #45 Chevy/Pontiac this season, looks like Martinsville will be one

Petty Ride:

Petty Ride:

August 30, 2000
The Bristol BreakAway, the inaugural ride in the new Petty Touring Series of the Kyle Petty Charity Ride, was a great success on Sunday. Over 100 motorcycles made the trek from Bristol, TN to Winston-Salem, NC, where they stopped at the Brenner Children's Hospital.

Dodge News:

Dodge News:

August 25, 2000
Kyle Petty says Dodge teams expect NASCAR to approve the Dodge Intrepid within two weeks. Once the car is approved, Dodge teams can begin building cars for next season.The Dodge engine has more work to be done to it before it is taken to NASCAR for approval. Dodge

Petty’s final Cup start of 2000:

Petty’s final Cup start of 2000:

August 21, 2000
Kyle Petty, planning on making his final 2000 Winston Cup start at Bristol before handing the duties over to Steve Grissom for the rest of 2000, will hold an Interview Session/Press Conference on Thursday in the Bristol area. Petty plans to run the rest of the 2000

Bristol Testing:

Bristol Testing:

August 15, 2000
Drivers testing at Bristol Motor Speedway Monday were #94-Bill Elliott and #16-Kevin Lepage along with BGN drivers #24-Ricky Hendrick and David Green(in the #34 or helping Hendrick? not sure). The test was extended into Monday night so drivers could get accustomed

Mayfield to return, Kyle drives for free:

Mayfield to return, Kyle drives for free:

August 11, 2000
Jeremy Mayfield is expected to return to for next weekend's Cup race at Michigan. Mayfield was injured in a practice crash at Indy and suffered a concussion. He sat out the Brickyard 400 and will site out the Watkins Glen race. Kyle Petty, who substituted for Mayfield

Mayfield May Miss Watkins Glen too? UPDATE yes:

Mayfield May Miss Watkins Glen too? UPDATE yes:

August 8, 2000
Jeremy Mayfield, who suffered a closed-head injury in a practice-session wreck Friday at Indianapolis and sat out the Brickyard 400, may miss next weekend's race at Watkins Glen as well. Mayfield was released from Methodist Hospital late Friday afternoon and returned

Mayfield Wrecks in Practice UPDATE 2 – will miss the race:

Mayfield Wrecks in Practice UPDATE 2 – will miss the race:

August 4, 2000
From the Brickyard 400 site: Practice was ended 13 minutes early due a crash by #12-Jeremy Mayfield in Turn 3. Mayfield was transported to Clarian Emergency Medical Center, and an update on his condition will be provided when available. AND from SpeedVision's Ben Blake

More Dodge Testing UPDATE:

More Dodge Testing UPDATE:

July 27, 2000
hearing Ray Evernham and the Dodge test team will return to Kentucky Speedway for further testing this coming week(7-23-2000) UPDATE: Dodge is testing today with at least Kyle Petty behind the wheel(7-27-2000)

#44 Crew Chief:

#44 Crew Chief:

July 22, 2000
Chris Hussey, who is Kyle Petty 's crew chief in the BGN series, is working with Petty this weekend at Pocono. Fred Graves, the #44 crew chief in the Cup series, had a previous commitment with a Winston West team(Roanoke Times)(7-22-2000)

Petty Enterprises News UPDATE:

Petty Enterprises News UPDATE:

July 18, 2000
On Tuesday, July 18th, there will be a press conference detailing Sprint's 2000-2001 sponsorship plans with Petty Enterprises (#'s 43 Cheerios and #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac in Cup; #45 Sprint Chevy in BGN; and #43 Dodge Truck). The announcement will take place at Lowes

#44 Crew Chief? UPDATE:

#44 Crew Chief? UPDATE:

July 7, 2000
hearing Fred Graves will become the crew chief for the #44 Hot Wheels team and Kyle Petty. Graves started the year as the crew chief for the #13 Robby Gordon team(7-4-2000) UPDATE: Championship crew chief Fred Graves has been named to head the Hot Wheels Racing Pontiac

Kyle to skip New Hampshire? UPDATE 2 YES:

Kyle to skip New Hampshire? UPDATE 2 YES:

July 3, 2000
Kyle Petty has not decided whether he will go to New Hampshire for next weekend's Cup race, he said Thursday. The event would be the first time the Winston Cup Series has been at the track since Kyle's son, Adam, died in a crash there in practice May 12. Next Sunday