Mike Bliss News

New BGN/CTS team:

New BGN/CTS team:

June 13, 2002
Elite Motorsports announced the opening of its doors in Huntersville, NC. With the partnership of Donny Morelock, Mark Smith, and Randy Fenley, Elite Motorsports promises to be one of the most cost effective teams in motorsports. Elite Motorsports plans to have a limited

Musgrave wins at Dover:

Musgrave wins at Dover:

May 31, 2002
#1-Ted Musgrave won the MBNA America 200 at Dover after teammate #2-Jason Leffler fell out of contention when he pitted outside his pit stall during an early caution and was penalized a lap. It is Musgrave's second win of the season he also won at Darlington and the

Crawford gets pole at Dover:

Crawford gets pole at Dover:

May 30, 2002
#14-Rick Crawford won the first pole of 132 CTS race career with a speed of 150.414mph at Dover for the MBNA America 200 at Dover International Speedway (ESPN at 3:3opm/et). 2nd was #1-Ted Musgrave and #2-Jason Leffler with #29-Terry Cook being fourth and #60-Travis

Bliss wins at Pikes Peak:

Bliss wins at Pikes Peak:

May 19, 2002
#16-Mike Bliss earned his first win since returning to the CTS at Pikes Peak. Pole sitter #2-Jason Leffler was 2nd, with #60-Travis Kvapil third, 4th was #29-Terry Cook and #75-David Starr was fifth. See ThatsRacin.com for Race Results.(5-19-2002)

Leffler wins pole at Pikes Peak:

Leffler wins pole at Pikes Peak:

May 18, 2002
#2-Jason Leffler won the pole position for Sunday's CTS race at Pikes Peak with a lap of 132.460mph, Lefflers second pole this season. Teammate #1-Ted Musgrave was second-fastest at 131.047. #16-Mike Bliss was third at 130.900. For the lineup, see ThatsRacin.com or

Bliss wins pole at Gateway:

Bliss wins pole at Gateway:

May 4, 2002
#16-Mike Bliss edged #46-Dennis Setzer to win the pole Saturday for the Dodge Ram Tough 200 at Gateway International Raceway. Bliss qualified his Chevy at 129.549mph, and will start on the pole Sunday for the first time since May 16, 1999. It was his 15th career pole

Setzer comes from the back to win at Martinsville:

Setzer comes from the back to win at Martinsville:

April 14, 2002
#46-Dennis Setzer beat #16-Mike Bliss by .422 seconds to win the Advance Auto Parts 250 at Martinsville Speedway and now holds the record for coming from the farthest back in the field to win a series race (he started 33rd). It was Setzers seventh series win and first

Musgrave wins at Darlington:

Musgrave wins at Darlington:

March 15, 2002
#1-Ted Musgrave won the 2nd was #18-Robert Pressley and #16-Mike Bliss was 3rd. Pressley and Musgrave are now tied with the points lead at 360. 3rd is rookie #4-Brian Rose with 317. See ThatsRacin.com for Friday's Truck series race results and a column: Musgrave, Dodge

#16 gets some help:

#16 gets some help:

February 14, 2002
A Bill Davis Busch Series team will pit crew the #16 Chevy entry of Mike Bliss. (Daytona Beach News Journal)(2-14-2002)

Musgrave wins the pole for Daytona:

Musgrave wins the pole for Daytona:

February 12, 2002
#1-Ted Musgrave won his third CTS pole of his career and first at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday with a lap of 187.215mph. His speed is the fastest qualifying lap so far during Speedweeks. #24-Ron Hornaday, who returned to the Truck series after running

Testing over at Daytona:

Testing over at Daytona:

January 21, 2002
The third and final day of CTS testing at Daytona had drivers turning laps in the pack and posting fast speeds in the 187mph range. Turning the top five fastest laps in today's drafting session were Matt Crafton, Chevrolet, 187.566, Rick Crawford, Ford, 187.512; Bryan

Testing at Talladega:

Testing at Talladega:

January 4, 2002
For the second straight day, snow stalled a testing session at Talladega Superspeedway as temperatures continued to hover in the mid-30s in northeast Alabama. Early Thursday morning, a small storm front brought a light coating of snow and ice across central Alabama

Atlanta Testing UPDATE Day 1:

Atlanta Testing UPDATE Day 1:

December 11, 2001
Some Chevrolet truck drivers will be testing Tuesday and Wednesday [Dec 11th and 12th] at Atlanta Motor Speedway. #60-Travis Kvapil, #46-Dennis Setzer, #75-David Starr, #?-Mike Bliss, #20-Coy Gibbs and #90-Lance Norick are all expected to take part in the two-day test

Leffler to the CTS?

Leffler to the CTS?

December 6, 2001
Reports have Jason Leffler (current driver of the #01 Cingular Dodge and rumored to be out of that ride for Jimmy Spencer) taking over the #2 Dodge Truck in the CTS next year. The #2 CTS team is owned by Jim Smith [who also owns the #7 Ford -- to be Dodge in 2002]

Mike Bliss News:

Mike Bliss News:

October 11, 2001
Mike Bliss News: former Cup driver, Mike Bliss, will replace Brian Tyler in the Kroger/Folgers/Pringles/Sunny Delight Gaerte/Beast for this Saturday night's "USAC 200" Sprint car race at South Boston Speedway in Virginia. Team owner Dick Hoffman selected Bliss after