Rick Mast News

This is not good UPDATE 1, whoops, good news:

This is not good UPDATE 1, whoops, good news:

April 24, 1999
When Wayne Burdette invested in Cale Yarborough's #98 team, it gave Rick Mast a ride and kept the team in operation. Although Mast has had his moments - he is 22nd in the points and had a top-10 finish at Daytona - a sponsor has not been found. Burdette has apparently

Sponsorship?

Sponsorship?

April 17, 1999
The season is well into its third month and business is booming, yet still four regular Winston Cup teams lack reliable, week-to-week sponsorship. Four owners -- Junie Donlavey, Joe Falk, Cale Yarborough/Wayne Burdette and Billy Jones -- do not a principal sponsor.

Smith Brothers Motorsports News:

Smith Brothers Motorsports News:

April 14, 1999
Bill Moore of Denver, N.C. has joined Smith Brothers Motorsports and driver Skip Smith to help lead their BGN efforts in 1999. Moore will serve as Supervising Technical Consultant for Smith Brothers. Working hand-in-hand with crew chief Terry Hess, Moore's responsibility

#98 Sponsor UPDATE:

#98 Sponsor UPDATE:

March 5, 1999
Went to the Jelly Belly site and found this info: "Late breaking news...We are proud to announce that Rick Mast of Burdette/Yarborough Motorsports will be driving the Jelly Belly Ford Taurus #98 in the Las Vegas 400 Race in pursuit of his first NASCAR Winston Cup Series

#91 Test

#91 Test

February 26, 1999
at ATLANTA(not Darlington doh!), Tuesday and Wednesday Steve Grissom had a top speed of ~190.700mph( LJ Racing ) -- other drivers and speed: Rick Mast had the fastest lap at Atlanta at 190.909 mph, followed by Steve Grissom (190.843), Ricky Craven (189.344), Kenny

Atlanta Test UPDATE:

Atlanta Test UPDATE:

February 23, 1999
The #91 Joe Falk- LJ Racing Chevy and the #77 Jasper Engines Ford with Robert Pressley driving is testing today and Wednesday at Atlanta(NASCAR Online and LJ Racing) -- Add #55-Kenny Wallace, #58-Ricky Craven and #98-Rick Mast to those testing at Atlanta. Wallace was

Qualifying Postponed UPDATE results:

Qualifying Postponed UPDATE results:

February 19, 1999
Rain has postponed Cup qualifying at the Rock. One round of qualifying will take place at 10:45am/et with 45 minutes of practice at 9am/et. Positions 1-36 will be determined and each driver will get one lap. 2nd round has been canceled(NASCAR Online) -- One round of

Long Time:

Long Time:

February 14, 1999
Today's 5th place finish by Michael Waltrip was his first top 5 in 86 races, Rick Mast and the #98 team posted a nice 10th place finish, Jerry Nadeau posted his best career finish ever with an 11th and how about Dave Marcis, he pulled off a 16th place finish

Yarborough Sponsor UPDATE 3:

Yarborough Sponsor UPDATE 3:

February 3, 1999
It's not UPS as was rumored here, but I hear the #98 team has signed a sponsor for 1999 and will be announcing it very soon -- I am hearing three possible sponsors for the team in 1999: Bell Helmets, Galaxy Phone Card or Sonic Drive In Restaurants -- From NASCAR Online

#98 Update 2:

#98 Update 2:

January 10, 1999
Team owner Cale Yarborough has a new investor for the team which will have Rick Mast as the driver and Michael McSwain as the crew chief. The investor is South Carolina car dealer Wayne Burdett(sp). Also the #98 Ford will carry the Budweiser colors for the Bud Shootout

#98 Sponsor?/Driver?

#98 Sponsor?/Driver?

December 31, 1998
#98 Sponsor?/Driver? UPDATE 6 Sue's ADNASCAR Daily Newsletter reports that on Monday(todau) there might be an announcement by Cale Yarborough regarding a driver and sponsor(12-21-98) -- Sue reports that she hears the announcement will not happen until next week(if

2nd Elliott Team

2nd Elliott Team

December 29, 1998
2nd Elliott Team/ yet another UPDATE 4: A week ago I mentioned the #13 team would race at the Bud-Shootout Qualifying race with Dennis Setzer driving. Actually it'll be the #89 team and they will do 3-4 other races with special McDonald's promotions of some sort. The

#13 Back? NOPE Done UPDATE 3

#13 Back? NOPE Done UPDATE 3

December 8, 1998
I hear that the Elliott/Marino #13 Ford Team may be sponsored again by First Plus with Rick Mast as the driver for the 1999 season -- also from the Times-Dispatch : The Bill Elliott/Dan Marino team is planning an announcement later this week concerning the #13 car.

DW update

DW update

December 2, 1998
The long version DW in A Ford?/Kmart/Carter UPDATE 7 or 8 but who's counting : Hearing the second Travis Carter team(currently owns the #23 No Bull Ford) is close to becoming reality with Rick Mast as the driver. Jimmy Spencer even talked about it on the radio(Winston

August 13, 1998

August 13, 1998

August 13, 1998
Rick Mast will drive Jimmy Spencer's BGN #12 Zippo Chevy at Michigan on Saturday.(RPM2Nite) (08-13-1998)