Stanton Barrett News

Barrett to run two Cup races:

Barrett to run two Cup races:

July 16, 2002
Barrett to run two Cup races: Stanton Barrett is competing in at least 11 BGN races and at least two Winston Cup races this season. The Winston Cup races in which Barrett is scheduled to compete are Oct. 26 at Atlanta and Nov. 17 at Homestead. Barrett ran the Chicago

Barrett injured but will race at Chicago:

Barrett injured but will race at Chicago:

July 11, 2002
Although he recently broke 10 bones in his left foot during a movie stunt gone bad, Stanton Barrett plans to go ahead with plans to run the entire Busch Series race at Chicagoland. Barrett was to have jumped from one building to another on a motorcycle, and then to

New Cup team?

New Cup team?

June 21, 2002
New Cup team? Atlanta businessman Gordon Whitener and investor and Texas developer Lee Sanders have announced plans to field a Winston Cup team later this season. SWI Motorsports, which will be based near Charlotte, expects to announce a driver, crew chief and sponsor

Barrett wins stunt award:

Barrett wins stunt award:

June 1, 2002
Barrett wins stunt award: Stanton Barrett, driver of the Bojangles/OdoBan Ford in NASCAR's Cup and BGN, added another trophy to his case. Televised worldwide by ABC Friday night, May 31, Barrett won a World Stunt Award for his work in the hit movie Jurassic Park III

Hornaday wins pole at Lowes:

Hornaday wins pole at Lowes:

May 24, 2002
#26-Ron Hornaday won the pole for the CarQuest Auto Parts 300 BGN race at Lowe's Motor Speedway with a speed of 182.094mph, 2nd was #99-Michael Waltrip at 181.549, followed by #25-Bobby Hamilton Jr. at 180.832, #21-Jeff Green at 180.620 and #66-Todd Bodine at 180.608

Barrett up for Stunt Award CORRECTION:

Barrett up for Stunt Award CORRECTION:

May 24, 2002
Barrett up for Stunt Award CORRECTION: Stanton Barrett, who plans to make his season debut in the BGN series Saturday at Lowe's Motor Speedway, has been nominated for a World Stunts Award, a worldwide program that honors the best in movie and television stunt work.

New Team? UPDATE 2:

New Team? UPDATE 2:

May 16, 2002
New Team? UPDATE 2: hearing a new Winston Cup/BGN team is going to be announced next week. Jeff Hammond is heavily involved. Hear they have one of the top people from Haas-Carter Motorsports coming in as crew chief. Understand they are going to run up to four Winston

New Team? UPDATE:

New Team? UPDATE:

May 8, 2002
New Team? UPDATE: hearing a new Winston Cup/BGN team is going to be announced next week. Jeff Hammond is heavily involved. Hear they have one of the top people from Haas-Carter Motorsports coming in as crew chief. Understand they are going to run up to four Winston

BGN and Head Restraints:

BGN and Head Restraints:

September 6, 2001
BGN and Head Restraints:Seventeen drivers used a HANS device during the South Carolina 200 Busch Series race at Darlington, while 15 used the restraint system known as the Hutchens device. Three used some other type of restraint, such as a neck collar. Eight drivers

Barrett to drive for Spencer:

Barrett to drive for Spencer:

August 29, 2000
Barrett to drive for Spencer: Stanton Barrett, part-time racer and part-time Hollywood stunt man, will attempt to drive a Chevrolet owned by Jimmy Spencer at Darlington Saturday in the Busch Series event. Spencer and Barrett are testing the grounds to potentially put

#48 Team News ?? REPOST:

#48 Team News ?? REPOST:

August 16, 2000
America's Team Motorsports Inc. is coming to Winston Cup. The team is combining with Mark Smith and TriStar Motorsports and plans to run five Cup events this season. FansTeam.com, an Internet-based fan club created by the America's Team group, is sponsoring the car

#50 News:

#50 News:

May 28, 2000
#50 News: Tony Roper will be back in the #50 next week and for the remainder of the year. Stanton Barrett practiced and made a qualifying attempt in the #50 car at Charlotte, but supposedly it was only a temporary change(BGN Racing Site)(5-28-2000)

Fans Team:

Fans Team:

March 17, 2000
"FansTeam.com" has announced its intention to sponsor a Cup car during the second half of the 2000 season beginning with the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. FansTeam.com is an internet based fan club specifically designed for NASCAR team sponsorship and is the creation of America

Bad Parts:

Bad Parts:

February 16, 2000
Several Cup teams had unapproved parts confiscated by NASCAR in recent days. The most common parts taken were springs, which were taken from the cars of #55-Kenny Wallace, #31-Mike Skinner, #41-Rick Mast (two), #4-Bobby Hamilton (two), #27-Jeff Fuller, #42-Kenny Irwin

Barrett and Tri-Star? UPDATE:

Barrett and Tri-Star? UPDATE:

February 9, 2000
I hear from readers that in this weeks Brandweek at the site Sportcut.com, there is the following story: Sports/entertainment web site Sportcut.com, which claims to have attracted more than 20 million hits in the two months since it signed Pete Rose as a spokesman