Mike Bliss News

Been Asked about the Rookie Stripe:

Been Asked about the Rookie Stripe:

May 26, 2003
Numerous questions have arose lately regarding the yellow stripe on the rear bumper of a car driven by a rookie driver. Busch Driver Mike Bliss has completed a season on the Winston Cup Circuit and participated in their Rookie of the Year award, this makes him ineligible

Kenseth wins at Lowe’s:

Kenseth wins at Lowe’s:

May 24, 2003
#17-Matt Kenseth won the Carquest 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Saturday, his 2nd Busch win of 2003. #87-Kyle Busch finished 2nd in his Busch Series debut after taking two tires on the last pitstop, rounding out the top fiver were #10-Scott Riggs, #92-Todd Bodine

Hornaday wins at Nazareth:

Hornaday wins at Nazareth:

May 18, 2003
#2-Ron Hornaday won the Goulds Pumps ITT Industries 200 at Nazareth Speedway. Hornaday beat #5-Brian Vickers by less than half a second to end a 63-event winless drought. Hornaday led 148 of the 200 laps in the race. #20-Mike Bliss was third, #37-David Green fourth

LaJoie wins pole:

LaJoie wins pole:

May 17, 2003
#7-Randy LaJoie won the pole for the Goulds Pumps ITT Industries 200 at Nazareth Speedway with a speed at 133.215mph. The rest of the top five are #59-Stacy Compton, #2-Ron Hornaday, #20-Mike Bliss and #10-Scott Riggs. Qualifying Results/Lineup at: BGNRacing.com, NASCAR

David Green wins at Nashville:

David Green wins at Nashville:

April 12, 2003
#37-David Green passed #21-Johnny Sauter on the backstretch of the final lap Saturday to win the Pepsi 300 at the Nashville Superspeedway. Green won for the first time on the Busch Series since June 1996 and has six overall series victories. With the Winston Cup Series

Earnhardt Jr wins at Talladega:

Earnhardt Jr wins at Talladega:

April 5, 2003
#87-Joe Nemechek ran out of time. #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran out of gas. But a timely caution with two of 117 laps remaining in Saturday's Aaron's 312 at Talladega Superspeedway, allowed Earnhardt Jr. to claim the victory as two of the top-three cars ran out of gas

Happy Hour at Talladega:

Happy Hour at Talladega:

April 4, 2003
#59-Stacy Compton was the fastest in Happy Hour with a speed of 192.948, followed by #20-Mike Bliss, #32-Lyndon Amick, #12-Kerry Earnhardt and #5-Brian Vickers. For speeds, see BGN Racing and NASCAR.com.(4-4-2003)

Talladega Notes:

Talladega Notes:

April 2, 2003
The winners of each of the last three NASCAR Busch Series races at Talladega are entered in the Aaron's 312: #87-Joe Nemechek, #34-Mike McLaughlin and #57-Jason Keller. Three of the four rookies (#18-Coy Gibbs, #19-Chad Blount and #27-Chase Montgomery) entered in the

Nemechek wins at Texas:

Nemechek wins at Texas:

March 29, 2003
#87-Joe Nemechek started last and finished first in Saturday's O'Reilly 300 Busch Series race, but for the second straight day that part of the story took a backseat to NASCAR's version of justice at Texas Motor Speedway. One day after NASCAR took away Tony Stewart

Harvick wins at Bristol:

Harvick wins at Bristol:

March 22, 2003
#21-Kevin Harvick won the Channellock 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway just beating #33-Tony Raines, who finished 2nd for the third time in his Busch career. It is Harvick's 9th career Busch Series win. "How about Tony Raines? He's going to win some races, not just in

Nemechek wins at Las Vegas:

Nemechek wins at Las Vegas:

March 1, 2003
#87-Joe Nemechek won the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Stopping for fuel only on his final pit stop, Nemechek charged to the front, survived a side-by-side battle with #92-Todd Bodine and finally held off #21-Kevin Harvick by 0.603 seconds to win. Harvick

Las Vegas Open Testing os over:

Las Vegas Open Testing os over:

January 30, 2003
The Jan.27-30 Cup/BGN testing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is over, the following are the driver who tested and the fastest four for each day, no other speeds were posted: Jan. 27-28 #17-Matt Kenseth (fastest on the 27th with a speed of 162.247) #60-Stanton Barrett (

Dale Earnhardt Jr fastest in Day 4 testing at Daytona:

Dale Earnhardt Jr fastest in Day 4 testing at Daytona:

January 25, 2003
#8N-Dale Earnhardt, Jr at 183.520, followed by #48A-Shane Hmiel at 182.146, #7-Randy LaJoie at 182.013, #03-Mike McLaughlin at 181.936 and #57A-Jason Keller at 181.594. Overall top five for all test sessions were: #19-Jimmy Vasser, Dodge, 184.158 #20-Mike Bliss, Pontiac

Jimmy Vasser fastest in Day 2 testing at Daytona:

Jimmy Vasser fastest in Day 2 testing at Daytona:

January 21, 2003
#19-Jimmy Vasser was the fastest in BGN testing at Daytona on Day 2 with a fast lap at 184.158 mph, followed by #20-Mike Bliss at 184.030, #38-Kasey Kahne at 183.453, #19-Chad Blount at 183.001 and #21-Kevin Harvick at 182.964.(BGN Racing), no drafting testing was

Crawford not happy with Dodge testing dominance:

Crawford not happy with Dodge testing dominance:

January 12, 2003
#14-Rick Crawford said he has made a reservation in the NASCAR hauler and plans to speak his mind. Crawford, who was runner-up to Mike Bliss for the 2002 CTS championship, is thoroughly disgusted with Dodge's dominance in preseason testing. The three-day session at