Mike Skinner News

Skinner Safe..for 2001:

Skinner Safe..for 2001:

June 5, 2001
Skinner Safe..for 2001: Something is happening on Richard Childress' second team(#31), where Mike Skinner works, and Skinner's future has been the subject of conversation in the Winston Cup garage for two weeks. Childress confirmed that he is talking with potential

Larry Mac Looking?

Larry Mac Looking?

June 1, 2001
Larry Mac Looking? Fox commentator Larry McReynolds is looking for a job. After the network televises its last race of the season at Sonoma, Calif., on June 24, McReynolds wants to get involved with a NASCAR team for the remaining five months of the 2001 season. "Fox

Confirmed Looney Toons Schemes for the Chevy Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond in Sept – UPDATE:

Confirmed Looney Toons Schemes for the Chevy Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond in Sept – UPDATE:

June 1, 2001
Confirmed Looney Toons Schemes for the Chevy Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond in Sept - UPDATE: #1-Steve Park, Sylvester and Tweety #5-Terry Labonte, Wylie Coyote and the Roadrunner #24-Jeff Gordon, Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd #29-Kevin Harvick, Tazmanian Devil (Taz) #30-

Robbie Gordon in a RCR car? UPDATE 4 Skinner/Lowes to Stay?:

Robbie Gordon in a RCR car? UPDATE 4 Skinner/Lowes to Stay?:

May 28, 2001
Robbie Gordon in a RCR car? UPDATE 4 Skinner/Lowes to Stay?: PRN's Garage Pass interviewed Cup, BGN, IRL team owner Richard Childress who says he may give Robbie Gordon a shot in one of his cars in the future, possibly a BGN car(The #21 at Watkins Glen?). Plus the #

Harvick/Wallace double duty UPDATE add Hamilton Jr and…:

Harvick/Wallace double duty UPDATE add Hamilton Jr and…:

May 19, 2001
Harvick/Wallace double duty UPDATE add Hamilton Jr and...: Kevin Harvick and Kenny Wallace plan to fly back and forth between Charlotte and Nazareth, Pa., next week, allowing them to compete in both The Winston (or the Winston Open, in Wallace’s case) and the BGN race

Buschwackers

Buschwackers

May 11, 2001
how did some of the Cup regulars do in qualifying at NHIS for the BGN race. (DW calls them Buschwackers). #2-Kevin Harvick is on the pole, #21-Mike Skinner starts 6th, #31-Steve Park starts 3rd, #1-Kevin Lepage starts 6th and #48-Kenny Wallace starts 9th(5-11-2001)

More Cup drivers at NHIS BGN race UPDATE

More Cup drivers at NHIS BGN race UPDATE

May 8, 2001
Mike Skinner has joined fellow Cup drivers Kevin Harvick(#29 in Cup, #2 in BGN), Steve Park(#1 and #31), Kenny Wallace(#27 and #48), Jimmy Spencer(#26 and #1), Mike Skinner(#31 and #21), (The #00 will not run at NHIS as reported) in the field for the May 12 CVS/pharmacy

More Cup drivers at NHIS BGN race UPDATE:

More Cup drivers at NHIS BGN race UPDATE:

May 8, 2001
More Cup drivers at NHIS BGN race UPDATE: Mike Skinner has joined fellow Cup drivers Kevin Harvick(#29 in Cup, #2 in BGN), Steve Park(#1 and #31), Kenny Wallace(#27 and #48), Jimmy Spencer(#26 and #1), Mike Skinner(#31 and #21), (The #00 will not run at NHIS as reported

Childress changes belts:

Childress changes belts:

May 7, 2001
Childress changes belts: Richard Childress Racing has removed Simpson seat belts from its Cup and Busch cars except Mike Skinner's #31. The team says the move was made because of driver preference(Sporting News)(5-7-2001)

Spencer wins

Spencer wins

May 5, 2001
at Richmond, his first BGN race win since Las Vegas in 1998(sure didn't seem like that long ago). #33-Tony Raines was 2nd with #21-Mike Skinner running third. See That's Racin' for Hardee's 250 Results(5-5-2001)

Ruttman goes for Pole Record:

Ruttman goes for Pole Record:

May 3, 2001
#18-Joe Ruttman, the series' oldest driver at 56, will seek his 16th pole Saturday in qualifying for Sunday's Ram Tough 200 in Madison, Ill. He matched Mike Skinner's series record last month in Martinsville, Va., then finished fourth. "The pole would be especially

Simpson Restraint UPDATE:

Simpson Restraint UPDATE:

April 28, 2001
Simpson Restraint UPDATE: Simpson Performance Products has developed a head restraint system that is quickly catching on in NASCAR's Winston Cup and Busch Series divisions. The Simpson Decelerator, a concept originally developed by NASA and common among mountain climbers

Sears Point Completes More Work – REPOST – UPDATE Testing this week:

Sears Point Completes More Work – REPOST – UPDATE Testing this week:

April 25, 2001
Sears Point Completes More Work - REPOST - UPDATE Testing this week: Construction crews have completed work on the modified Chute and NASCAR Winston Cup drivers will get their first opportunity on the re-configured segment during a two-day test session, April 24-25

The Yellow Line:

The Yellow Line:

April 22, 2001
The Yellow Line: Mike Helton, president of NASCAR, during the pre-race drivers meeting, sternly made his point to the 43 competitors and crew chiefs assembled in the room. He let them know where the sanctioning body stood on reckless driving during the 500-mile event

Three RCR Teams in 2002:

Three RCR Teams in 2002:

April 21, 2001
Three RCR Teams in 2002: Richard Childress Racing will run three Winston Cup teams next season, regardless of what has been heard about sponsor Lowe's and driver Mike Skinner. First of all, both have contracts through 2002, Childress representatives said Friday. Second