Ricky Craven News

Craven Double Duty:

Craven Double Duty:

April 26, 1999
Ricky Craven will drive in the Winston West race at Calforina, sponsor to be determined. Also Hollywood Video will be on the #58 Cup car at California, still a race-to-race deal

Testing:

Testing:

April 14, 1999
I hear the #23 Winston Team with Jimmy Spencer, Darrell Waltrip in the #66, Chad Little in the #97 and #75-Ted Musgrave are testing at Greenville-Pickens Speedway today in preparation for Martinsville this weekend. Also #58-Ricky Craven and #2-Rusty Wallace tested

Craven Testing UPDATE:

Craven Testing UPDATE:

March 30, 1999
I hear Ricky Craven will test the #58 Hollywood Video Ford at Talladega on April 6/7 (rain date the 8th) -- UPDATE: Actually this is a Ford test date for Talladega and most of the Ford teams are expected to participate

Hollywood Video/Craven UPDATE:

Hollywood Video/Craven UPDATE:

March 25, 1999
Looks like Hollywood Video is doing a race by race deal with Ricky Craven. They will be on the #58 SBIII Ford at Texas -- UPDATE: I hear Hollywood Video has signed on for the entire 1999 season

Craven still Hollywood:

Craven still Hollywood:

March 12, 1999
Hollywood Video has signed on with the #58 SBIII Motorsports Ford and Ricky Craven for the Cracker Barrel 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the TranSouth Financial at Darlington Raceway.( Ricky Craven Site , stop by and email Hollywood Video)

Nadeau on the Pole and he wins:

Nadeau on the Pole and he wins:

March 5, 1999
for the Winston West The Orleans 150. Nadeau ran a lap of 166.246mph. Ricky Craven was second quickest in qualifying, turning a lap at 165.052( WRAL ) by the way as far as I know there will NOT be any TV coverage of the Winston West race -- Jerry Nadeau is having a

Craven and Hollywood:

Craven and Hollywood:

March 3, 1999
besides having Hollywood Video as a primary sponsor at Vegas, SBIII Motorsports will continue to carry the web address for NFL Hall of Famer(an CART team owner) Walter Payton, who is suffering from a rare disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and is in

#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

Nadeau goes West, so does Ricky and Steve Park CORRECTION:

Nadeau goes West, so does Ricky and Steve Park CORRECTION:

February 26, 1999
Jerry Nadeau will pilot the #9 Melling Engine Parts Ford in the Orleans 150 NASCAR Winston West Series race at the speedway on Froday March 5(Cotter Group PR) -- Ricky Craven will also race in the Winston West race at Vegas in the #58 Hollywood Video Ford, check out

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

#58 Goes Hollywood again:

#58 Goes Hollywood again:

February 20, 1999
Ricky Craven's #58 Ford has sponsorship from Hollywood Video for Rockingham this weekend, no idea if this will extend for the rest of the season -- but the car was more black and not as done up as in Daytona

TWIN 125’s:

TWIN 125’s:

February 11, 1999
Totally missed them myself but Bobby Labonte won the 1st Twin and Dale Earnhardt won the 2nd twin. Results can be found at NASCAR Online , Speedworld , That's Racin' and Racin' with Russ . For a list of who will use provisionals and who missed the race see Jayski's

Craven/#58 tryout:

Craven/#58 tryout:

February 7, 1999
Scott Barbour and driver Ricky Craven are sponsored by Hollywood Video for the Speedweeks events. If everything goes well, the sponsor might sign on for the full season(Times Dispatch)

Craven Snowmobile Ride:

Craven Snowmobile Ride:

February 5, 1999
Ricky Craven's last weekend before the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup season kicks off was a busy one. On January 30, 1999, Craven sat on the pole for the 2nd Annual Charity Ride and led a field of 350 snowmobiles around the scenic Moosehead Lake snow course. The single digit

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