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Sorry Folks, the Cartoon Network Will NOT Sponsor the #9 Melling Car at All in 1997, I Had Been Told

Sorry Folks, the Cartoon Network Will NOT Sponsor the #9 Melling Car at All in 1997, I Had Been Told

September 28, 1997
WRONG: Sorry folks, the Cartoon Network will NOT sponsor the #9 Melling car at all in 1997, I had been told that the car
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Lake Speed and the #9 Melling Ford Will Supposedly Have the Cartoon Network on the Car for Phoenix

Lake Speed and the #9 Melling Ford Will Supposedly Have the Cartoon Network on the Car for Phoenix

September 26, 1997
Lake Speed and the #9 Melling Ford will supposedly have the Cartoon Network on the car for Phoenix and Atlanta. As reported
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Lake Speed and the Melling Racing Team Have Decided to Run the Balance of the Races on the 1997

Lake Speed and the Melling Racing Team Have Decided to Run the Balance of the Races on the 1997

September 24, 1997
Lake Speed and the Melling Racing Team have decided to run the balance of the races on the 1997 Winston Cup Circuit in the
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Cartoon Network to Sponsor Lake Speed and Melling Racing in 1998

Cartoon Network to Sponsor Lake Speed and Melling Racing in 1998

August 27, 1997
Lake Speed and the #9 Melling team has landed Cartoon Network sponsorship for 1998(Thanks Chaz Hinkle)(8-27-97)
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Lake Speed Attempted and Made the Bristol Race Which Was Not on Their Limited Schedule

Lake Speed Attempted and Made the Bristol Race Which Was Not on Their Limited Schedule

August 23, 1997
Lake Speed attempted and made the Bristol race which was not on their limited schedule(8-23-97)
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Lake Speed and Cartoon Network?

Lake Speed and Cartoon Network?

August 18, 1997
"Lake Speed may be landing The Cartoon Network as his new sponsor, according to sources close to the team"(JournalNow)(8
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Cartoon and Lake Speed, Part 2

Cartoon and Lake Speed, Part 2

August 16, 1997
As rumored here yesterday: "Lake Speed might wind up with sponsorship next season by The Cartoon Network, according to sources
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Another Cartoon Network Rumor

Another Cartoon Network Rumor

August 16, 1997
Another Cartoon Network rumor has them teaming up with Lake Speed and the #9 Melling Ford in 1998(8-15-97)
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Two More Races for Lake Speed

Two More Races for Lake Speed

August 6, 1997
Melling Racing and Lake Speed have added two races to their 1997 schedule: Darlington and New Hampshire. They will race
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Melling Racing

Melling Racing

July 25, 1997
Update to the earlier story I posted where I said that the #9 Melling Ford would not be sponsored by Pierry Industries anymore
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Melling and Lake Speed

Melling and Lake Speed

July 18, 1997
I hear rumors that the #9 Melling Ford and Lake Speed are close to a full-time sponsorship deal, but I hear it is not Planet
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Lake Speed in the #9

Lake Speed in the #9

June 17, 1997
Lake Speed will be driving the #9 Melling Ford at California Speedway this weekend, not Jeff Davis as reported earlier,
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Miller 400 Oddities from the AP

Miller 400 Oddities from the AP

June 13, 1997
Jerry Nadeau, the 13th driver to attempt to qualify on Friday the 13th, crashed. In other qualifying coincidences, three
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Lake Speed

Lake Speed

June 13, 1997
To update the Lake Speed situation a little bit. Jeff Davis, who is in California is looking at putting a similar deal together
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Bud Moore sponsors

Bud Moore sponsors

June 3, 1997
I hear from a great source, that Bud Moore has three sponsors talking to him, Ford is telling Moore to chose which one he