Mike McLaughlin News

Ward to help out McLaughlin UPDATE Sad News:

Ward to help out McLaughlin UPDATE Sad News:

September 2, 2000
Ward Burton, driver of the #22 Caterpillar Racing Pontiac, will fill in for Mike McLaughlin in the #48 Goulds Pumps Chevrolet in this weekend's Busch Series event at Darlington. "Mike's father has been very ill for some time and Mike needed to be with him in New York

McLaughlin’s Dad UPDATE:

McLaughlin’s Dad UPDATE:

August 25, 2000
McLaughlin's Dad UPDATE: Busch Series driver Mike McLaughlin's dad remains in the ICU unit in a New York hospital. Mr. McLaughlin took a nasty fall and broke several ribs and his collarbone, then developed pneumonia. He had been on a respirator over the weekend, but

Green 200th, David:

Green 200th, David:

August 21, 2000
Green 200th, David: Friday's Food City 250 at Bristol marks David Green's 200th career Busch Series start. The 1994 Busch Series champion becomes the 24th driver to reach the elite benchmark. Ten drivers with more than 200 starts are still active in the Busch Series

Burnout T-Shirts?

Burnout T-Shirts?

August 9, 2000
The who's who of Motorsports have joined the BurnOut WEAR Team. From NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin, Bobby and Terry LaBonte, Bill Elliott, and Ricky Rudd. From NASCAR Busch Series: Mike McLaughlin.

#48 News:

#48 News:

July 21, 2000
#48 News: hearing Wes Ward, former #11 Jarrett crew chief was helping out the #48 Team Goulds team and driver Mike McLaughlin as a consultant at Nazareth and is still weighing his options in the Cup, BGn and CTS circuits. The team is still without a full time crew

RacingDiva:

RacingDiva:

June 18, 2000
RacingDiva: Q&A with Mike McLaughlin by Liosliath (LiLi) Manner(6-18-2000)

Provisionals:

Provisionals:

June 16, 2000
Provisionals: Mike McLaughlin is one of only four drivers who have started all 15 races in 2000 that have not used any provisionals. Mike Dillon, Bobby Hamilton, Jr., Ron Hornaday and McLaughlin are the only four drivers out of 92 different drivers who have started

600th Start UPDATE:

600th Start UPDATE:

May 17, 2000
600th Start UPDATE: the second Cicci-Welliver Team to qualify at Charlotte will represent their 600th career NASCAR start(5-16-2000) UPDATE: this is 600 total NASCAR starts: 53 starts in the Modified Series, 1985-87, with Jimmy Spencer. 1 Cup start in 1997 with Todd

#200:

#200:

April 14, 2000
#200: Mike McLaughlin and Randy LaJoie will make their 200th career NASCAR Busch Series starts at Talladega(4-14-2000)

#48 Crew Chief:

#48 Crew Chief:

March 28, 2000
#48 Crew Chief: Darrell Terry has been released as crew chief of the #48 Goulds Pump/Innovative Motorsports Chevy team. Mike McLaughlin drives the cars. Team owner George de Bidart said a replacement is expected to be named later this week(NOL)(3-28-2000)

NOTE:

NOTE:

March 1, 2000
NOTE: a few sites are reporting that Mike McLaughlin will be starting his 200 BGN event at Las Vegas, I heard from his PR folks and he has started 193 thru Rockingham, so his 200th BGN start can't take place any sooner then Talladega on April 15th(3-1-2000)

An Addition:

An Addition:

March 1, 2000
An Addition: With the clock winding down for Goulds Pumps NASCAR Busch Series driver Mike McLaughlin's departure for the Sam's Town 300 in Las Vegas, all fingers were crossed that the Stork would make a special delivery prior to Mike heading out west. The wish came

Partnership:

Partnership:

January 21, 2000
RacingDiva, Inc. (www.racingdiva.com) is pleased to announce a new partnership with George deBidart and TSI, Inc. TSI is a sports marketing company owned by George deBidart who owns two BGN teams, the #30 Little Trees Chevy driven by Hermie Sadler and the #48 Gould

Vegas Testing:

Vegas Testing:

January 18, 2000
Seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt will return to the driver's seat for the first time since December back surgery by heading a list of 36 drivers from the CUP and BGN series who have scheduled testing times Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Sadler:

Sadler:

November 11, 1999
Hermie Sadler plans to stay with Innovative Motorsports, Inc.(#47) next season and is working to develop that needed bond with the team(Times-Dispatch) Mike McLaughlin will also drive for Innovative Motorsports and probably be #48 in the Goulds Pumps Chevy(11-11-1999