Stacy Compton News

Melling Assoc:

Melling Assoc:

January 12, 2001
Melling Assoc: Autoliv ASP Inc., the largest supplier of automotive safety systems, announced that they have teamed with Melling Racing(#92-Dodge and driver Stacy Compton). The sponsorship will provide Autoliv the opportunity to develop, validate and implement additional

Compton and the trucks:

Compton and the trucks:

January 11, 2001
Compton and the trucks: #92 Melling Racing driver, Stacy Compton said that he's trying to put together a deal to drive in the season-opening truck race at Daytona. Compton would likely drive for Impact Motorsports, the team he drove with before moving to Winston Cup

Dodge Test at Vegas UPDATE 2:

Dodge Test at Vegas UPDATE 2:

January 8, 2001
Dodge Test at Vegas UPDATE 2: Hearing there is a private Dodge test scheduled for this Sunday and Monday(Jan 7th-8th) at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Drivers scheduled to test are #22-Ward Burton and #93-Dave Blaney of Bill Davis Racing, #40-Sterling Marlin for Chip Ganassi

Melling Reorg:

Melling Reorg:

January 8, 2001
Melling Reorg: Mark Melling, owner of the #92 Kodiak Dodge, borrowed the tag line from Dodge's ad campaign when he planned his team's transition to the manufacturer's Winston Cup program. "We simply had to do something different," explained Melling. "Being competitive

Dodge Testing at Daytona UPDATE 4:

Dodge Testing at Daytona UPDATE 4:

November 3, 2000
The Chip Ganassi Racing team with driver Sterling Marlin and the Melling Racing team with driver Stacy Compton will be at Daytona International Speedway Tuesday, October 31, and Wednesday, November 1, for a two day Dodge manufacturers test. The test will be CLOSED

Homestead Testing UPDATE 4:

Homestead Testing UPDATE 4:

October 26, 2000
Homestead-Miami Speedway will be holding a test session for several of the top NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams on Tuesday/Wednesday, October 24-25. Some drivers that will test include: #26-Jimmy Spencer, #20-Tony Stewart, #18-Bobby Labonte, #99-Jeff Burton, #24-Jeff

#9 Crew Chief? UPDATE 2 Official:

#9 Crew Chief? UPDATE 2 Official:

October 23, 2000
hearing that Evernham Motorsports car chief, Chad Knaus is being considered for the crew chief job at the #9 Kodiak/Melling Racing Ford team and driver Stacy Compton. Melling Racing will be switching to Dodge in 2001 and to a new number, #92 and have worked closely

#9 Crew Chief leaves UPDATE:

#9 Crew Chief leaves UPDATE:

October 5, 2000
Mark Melling, owner of the #9 Kodiak Ford NASCAR Winston Cup Series car, announced today the departure of crew chief, Jerry Pitts. "In this sport, it's unfortunate, but these things happen," said Melling. "On a very positive note though, we've got everything in place

Riggs Out? UPDATE:

Riggs Out? UPDATE:

October 3, 2000
hearing the #86 Impact Motorsports team and driver Scott Riggs have parted ways, effective immediately, maybe something to do with auditioning for Roush? UPDATE: Riggs is out and Stacy Compton will run the final two races for the #86 team in 2000(9-28-2000) UPDATE

Lowes Testing UPDATE 2:

Lowes Testing UPDATE 2:

September 20, 2000
In preparation for the Oct. 8 UAW-GM Quality 500 Cup race, Lowes Motor Speedway has invited all NASCAR Winston Cup teams to participate in a two-day open testing session at the 1.5-mile superspeedway on Tuesday, Sept. 19th from 4:00 - 10:00pm/et and on Wednesday, Sept

Melling Changes UPDATE:

Melling Changes UPDATE:

September 16, 2000
hearing that Team Manager, Jeff Buice, and the #9 Melling Team have parted ways(9-13-2000) UPDATE: Stacy Compton said he has been approached by several teams about driver vacancies next season, but his preference would be to stay with Melling Racing(#9 Kodiak/Cougar

#66 ride – Carter Waiting on Gordon UPDATE 4 Gordon stays with the #13 – Bodine in?

#66 ride – Carter Waiting on Gordon UPDATE 4 Gordon stays with the #13 – Bodine in?

September 11, 2000
as reported on ESPN2's RPM 2Night, #66 team owner, Travis Carter, is waiting on Robby Gordon's decision to either drive the #66 Big Kmart/Rt 66 Ford in 2001 or if Gordon will stay with the #13 Team Gordon team that he partially owns, which is looking for a primary

Compton Status UPDATE:

Compton Status UPDATE:

August 31, 2000
#9 Kodiak Ford driver, Stacy Compton met with his doctor on Tuesday morning and was told his broken right collarbone is healing faster than planned. He does not plan to have a relief driver this weekend at Darlington(Times Dispatch) UPDATE: Stacy Compton will qualify

Hillin to drive the #9 for Compton:

Hillin to drive the #9 for Compton:

August 26, 2000
Melling Racing announced Saturday afternoon that BGN driver Bobby Hillin will drive the #9 Ford in Saturday night's race at Bristol in place of regular driver Stacy Compton. Compton had broken his right collarbone while playing raquetball last Monday, but had practiced

Compton Hurt may need relief UPDATE:

Compton Hurt may need relief UPDATE:

August 24, 2000
Veteran NASCAR driver, Bobby Hillin, has agreed to stand-by for Stacy Compton in preparation for this weekend's Cup race at Bristol. Compton, driver of the #9 Kodiak/Melling Racing Ford Taurus, sustained a broken right collar bone this week while playing racquetball