Ricky Craven News

Testing at Martinsville:

Testing at Martinsville:

September 26, 2001
Testing at Martinsville: Several teams are scheduled to test at Martinsville Speedway next week. #2-Rusty Wallace will test Monday and Tuesday. #36-Ken Schrader, #20-Tony Stewart, #18-Bobby Labonte, #13-Hermie Sadler, #55-Bobby Hamilton, #29-Kevin Harvick and #32-Ricky

Kirby to attempt Lowes:

Kirby to attempt Lowes:

September 21, 2001
Kirby to attempt Lowes: Stuart Kirby, the 20-year-old ARCA driver from Bowling Green, KY was fourth fastest on the unofficial watches at Lowes Motor Speedway testing Tuesday and Wednesday. Making his first laps in a Winston Cup car, Kirby showed the poise of a veteran

Give Kids the World:

Give Kids the World:

September 21, 2001
Give Kids the World: On May 13, Colin Albo, his sister and grandparents visited Give Kids The World. Colin thought it was just another day to play at the Castle...but his grandparents were keeping a secret. Representatives from Procter & Gamble, along with race car

Fox sorces say race will be cancelled:

Fox sorces say race will be cancelled:

September 11, 2001
Fox sorces say race will be cancelled: Although sources have indicated to FOX Sports Net's Totally NASCAR that Sunday's Winston Cup race at Loudon, N.H., will be cancelled, NASCAR announced only Friday's qualifying at Loudon is cancelled(see story above). If the Winston

Marlin Wins at Michigan:

Marlin Wins at Michigan:

August 19, 2001
Marlin Wins at Michigan: #40-Sterling Marlin wins the Pepsi 400 at Michigan Intl Speedway when the race was called after 162 laps because of rain. It is Marlins first win since July 6, 1996 at Daytona (also in the Pepsi 400) a streak of 169 races. It is also Dodge'

Wells/PPI Motorsports in Trouble? UPDATE 2 McDonalds to the #32 in 2002 as an Assoc:

Wells/PPI Motorsports in Trouble? UPDATE 2 McDonalds to the #32 in 2002 as an Assoc:

August 3, 2001
Wells/PPI Motorsports in Trouble? UPDATE 2 McDonalds to the #32 in 2002 as an Assoc: Some who should know believe owner Cal Wells is worse off than many believe and could be out of the game after this season. Wells faces the loss of McDonald's, sponsor of his #96 team

New Crew Chief for Shawna:

New Crew Chief for Shawna:

July 31, 2001
New Crew Chief for Shawna: Tropicana sponsored Robinson over the Chicago weekend two weeks ago, the first time it had sponsored a Winston Cup stock car. The company also sponsored the Chicago race. The Brickyard 400 will be the first race for Jay Born as crew chief

Wells/PPI Motorsports in Trouble?

Wells/PPI Motorsports in Trouble?

July 30, 2001
Wells/PPI Motorsports in Trouble? Some who should know believe owner Cal Wells is worse off than many believe and could be out of the game after this season. Wells faces the loss of McDonald's, sponsor of his #96 team, and is negotiating with Tide, sponsor of his #

Craven Re-ups with Wells:

Craven Re-ups with Wells:

July 20, 2001
Craven Re-ups with Wells: PPI Motorsports (PPIM) announced today it has extended its relationship with Ricky Craven, driver of the #32 Tide Ford in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, by renewing his contract to drive for the team in 2002. The agreement keeps intact PPIM

Good Guy – Kyle Petty:

Good Guy – Kyle Petty:

July 15, 2001
Good Guy - Kyle Petty: Since 1999, the Sporting News 'rates' the sports top 'Good Guy's', athletes who are helping their communities, Kyle Petty was chosen as NASCAR's top 'Good Guy', others include: Jeff Gordon. Jeff Burton, Ricky Craven, Jimmy Spencer, Terry Labonte

Gordon Dominates at Dover:

Gordon Dominates at Dover:

June 3, 2001
Gordon Dominates at Dover: #24-Jeff Gordon won the MBNA 400 at Dover, leading 381 or 400 laps and breaking Mark Martins record of 379 (for a 400 miler) set in Sept 1998. The win is Gordon's 54th, which ties him for 7th on the all-time list with Rusty Wallace and Lee

PPI Layoffs? UPDATE 2 changes, crew chief:

PPI Layoffs? UPDATE 2 changes, crew chief:

June 2, 2001
PPI Layoffs? UPDATE 2 changes, crew chief: hearing that PPI Motorsports laid off some employee's on Tuesday. No word on who or why, supposedly like a dozen were let go UPDATE: PPI Motorsports' Joe Garone has announced his resignation from his position as crew chief

Winston Open and the Pits:

Winston Open and the Pits:

May 22, 2001
Winston Open and the Pits: from the PPI Motorpsorts site, an explanation of what happened - Ricky Craven and the Tide team posted a strong run during the first segment of the two-leg Winston Open competition at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Starting fourth, Craven jockeyed

Testing at Kentucky:

Testing at Kentucky:

May 16, 2001
Testing at Kentucky: PPI Motorsports Cup drivers #32-Ricky Craven and #96-Andy Houston as well as Morgan-McClure Motorsports Cup driver #4-Kevin Lepge completed two days of testing on Kentucky Speedway's 1.5-mile tri-oval on Tuesday, May 15. Craven brought two new

Grubb Out of the #37? UPDATE – NOT

Grubb Out of the #37? UPDATE – NOT

May 7, 2001
According to a source close to Brewco Motorsports, Kevin Grubb has been released as the driver of the #37 Timber Wolf Chevy. Ricky Craven is rumored to be the driver of the car for next weekend's BGN race at New Hampshire. Elliott Sadler and Ron Hornaday have been