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Mike Bliss News
UPDATE:
UPDATE:
April 5, 2000
Eel River Racing Team owner Jack Birmingham announced that Mike Bliss will drive the team's #27 Pontiac at Martinsville(Keystone Marketing) no idea if this is long term or just at Martinsville(4-5-2000)
Bliss has a ride:
Bliss has a ride:
March 29, 2000
Bliss has a ride: Mike Bliss will get behind the wheel of the #19 Yellow/Kobalt Mechanics Tools/Pameco Chevy at the mile and a half Texas Motor Speedway for this weekend's BGN Albertson's 300 race. It's a one race deal at present. This weekend's primary sponsor for
Bliss has a ride:
Bliss has a ride:
March 29, 2000
Mike Bliss will get behind the wheel of the #19 Yellow/Kobalt Mechanics Tools/Pameco Chevy at the mile and a half Texas Motor Speedway for this weekend's BGN Albertson's 300 race. It's a one race deal at present. This weekend's primary sponsor for the #19 entry is
Bliss News/Foyt Driver UPDATE Bliss in Fuller Out:
Bliss News/Foyt Driver UPDATE Bliss in Fuller Out:
March 27, 2000
SpeedVision reports that Dick Trickle apparently will drive AJ Foyt's #14 Conseco Pontiac at Texas. The team is looking at candidates for the ride. Looks like Mike Bliss, who started the year in the Foyt cars, will not return. Meanwhile, talk bubbled that Bliss could
Foyt Driver:
Foyt Driver:
March 27, 2000
SpeedVision reports that Dick Trickle apparently will drive AJ Foyt's #14 Conseco Pontiac at Texas. The team is looking at candidates for the ride. Looks like Mike Bliss, who started the year in the Foyt cars, will not return. Meanwhile, talk bubbled that Bliss could
Ruttman again:
Ruttman again:
March 18, 2000
#18-Joe Ruttman won the pole at Phoenix by winning his third consecutive pole, the others were at Daytona and Homestead. Ruttman broke the CTS track record with a run of 129.204mph. Greg Biffle in 1998, Mike Bliss and Rich Bickle in 1997, Ron Hornaday in 1995 and Mike
Cope? Foyt? UPDATE Mast?:
Cope? Foyt? UPDATE Mast?:
March 18, 2000
hearing Derrike Cope, presently in the unsponsored #15 Fenley-Moore Ford may move on to the #14 Conseco Pontiac owned by AJ Foyt, if he can get out of his deal with the #15(3-17-2000) UPDATE: Ted Musgrave is likely to move into the #14 Pontiac owned by A.J. Foyt within
Babies:
Babies:
February 11, 2000
two ROTY candidates have recent family additions: Mike Bliss wife Sue gave birth to a 6-pound, 2-ounce girl, Brittney Taylor on Feb. 9, the couples first child. And Cameron Scott Pruett was born on Monday to Scott and Judy Pruett. The couples third child(Gaston Gazette
The 2000 season starts:
The 2000 season starts:
January 10, 2000
Test sessions for the Daytona 500 begin Monday at DIS with a two-day session for General Motors(Chevrolet and Pontiac) Winston Cup teams. #14-Mike Bliss, #31-Mike Skinner, #50-Ricky Craven, #36-Ken Schrader, #42-Kenny Irwin, #33-Joe Nemechek and #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr
#30 now #27
#30 now #27
December 1, 1999
UPDATE: Mike Bliss(of course this didn't happen, he went to AJ Foyt's team) is the odds-on favorite to be the driver of the #30 Eel Racing Pontiac next year. When Jack Birmingham bought the team from Chuck Rider, one of his first moves was to hire Barry Dodson to run
Foyt and Bliss…finally:
Foyt and Bliss…finally:
November 19, 1999
A.J. Foyt and Conseco announced Friday that Team Conseco has selected CTS driver Mike Bliss to drive its #14 Conseco Pontiac for the 2000 season, he'll run for ROTY honors( NOL )
Bliss not signed…yet:
Bliss not signed…yet:
October 30, 1999
Mike Bliss, who recently left the #30 Eel River Racing team and decided not to accept their 2000 deal, has not yet signed with AJ Foyt's #14 Conseco team yet, but Bliss said on Friday's RPM2Nite that he had a verbal agreement with the team and the reason he left Eel
More on Bliss:
More on Bliss:
October 29, 1999
Mike Bliss, a regular this season on the NASCAR Truck series, now appears to be the choice to drive for motorsports legend A. J. Foyts new #14 Pontiac team in Winston Cup next season. Just a week ago, it was announced that Bliss would drive next season for Eel River
Bliss Leaves Eel River Racing UPDATE:
Bliss Leaves Eel River Racing UPDATE:
October 27, 1999
Shocker! RPM2Nite reports that Mike Bliss will NOT drive the #30(#27?) Eel River Racing Pontiac but will drive the #14 Conseco Pontiac for AJ Foyt in 2000. A potential sponsor backed out of a deal with the #30 team allowing an out for Bliss. The team is now searching
Bliss Signs Up:
Bliss Signs Up:
October 19, 1999
Eel River Racing owner Jack Birmingham announced today that he has hired NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Mike Bliss to pilot the teams Pontiacs beginning with the 2000 season. Bliss, who ranks in the top-five in virtually every career statistical category in the
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