Steve Park News

NASCAR and Charity:

NASCAR and Charity:

March 11, 2003
NASCAR ON TRACK FOR CHARITY BEGINS NATIONAL FUNDRAISING TOUR IN TEXAS NASCAR today announced the national expansion of NASCAR On Track For Charity, a family-friendly event to help raise funds for the Victory Junction Gang Camp and Speedway Children's Charities. Due

Park Called to the Big Red Trailer:

Park Called to the Big Red Trailer:

March 10, 2003
Officials summoned #1-Steve Park to the NASCAR trailer for running into #43-John Andretti and #01-Jerry Nadeau on pit road [towards the end of the race].( St Petersburg Times ), no word on the outcome or what happened.(3-10-2003)

Park to be Synthetic in May/June:

Park to be Synthetic in May/June:

March 6, 2003
#1-Steve Park will run a special Pennzoil Synthetic paint scheme at The Winston thru the race at Infineon Raceway in June.( Diecast Depot Newsletter )(3-6-2003)

Nemechek wins at Las Vegas:

Nemechek wins at Las Vegas:

March 1, 2003
#87-Joe Nemechek won the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Stopping for fuel only on his final pit stop, Nemechek charged to the front, survived a side-by-side battle with #92-Todd Bodine and finally held off #21-Kevin Harvick by 0.603 seconds to win. Harvick

Buschwackers at Las Vegas:

Buschwackers at Las Vegas:

February 27, 2003
Nine Winston Cup regulars are scheduled to drive in Saturday's Sam's Town 300 Busch Series race at LVMS including the most recent Busch race winner, Jamie McMurray [#42 in Cup, #1 in Busch]. Other Cup drivers attempting to make the 43-car field on Saturday are Steve

Fines and Suspensions? UPDATE 2:

Fines and Suspensions? UPDATE 2:

February 21, 2003
Rumor has it that NASCAR will pass out some fines -- and possibly suspensions -- for indiscretions that occurred during Speedweeks 2003. The penalties could come as early as Thursday morning. The fines could rival Speedweeks 2001, when more than $36,000 in fines and

Park has 2 months?

Park has 2 months?

February 12, 2003
AutoRacing1.com (need subscription to view) is reporting that #1-Steve Park has two months left to prove his worth to DEI. Park has been given through April to show he deserves to remain in the #1 Pennzoil Chevrolet past the 2003 season. How big is the deal at Chance2

Real Horsepower:

Real Horsepower:

February 11, 2003
Greg and Donna Griffith have combined their love of thoroughbred and auto racing in a unique manner: naming some of their young horses for their favorite NASCAR drivers. The Griffiths, who breed and train 75 horses at their D & G Thoroughbreds, Inc., in Ocala,

NASCAR TV Guides hit stand Feb 10th:

NASCAR TV Guides hit stand Feb 10th:

February 7, 2003
In its February 15 issue (on newsstands Monday, February 10), TV Guide magazine offers its 2003 NASCAR preview issue, which features three different moving-image collector's covers. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon are each featured on one of the special

Hicks Honored:

Hicks Honored:

February 5, 2003
Larry Hicks, the ex-Marine who rescued Winston Cup car owner Jack Roush from near certain death in a lake outside Troy, AL last April, has been named the 2002 recipient of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA)/Pocono Spirit Award. The award each year recognizes

Las Vegas Testing – Day 2 – Johnson fastest:

Las Vegas Testing – Day 2 – Johnson fastest:

January 29, 2003
For the second straight day #48-Jimmie Johnson led all drivers with a fast lap in race trim with a speed of 168.666mph. #24-Jeff Gordon was 2nd fastest at 168.010, #97-Kurt Busch at 167.681, #1-Steve Park at 167.053 #20-Tony Stewart at 165.776 mph). #16-Greg Biffle

Stewart and Kid Rock? UPDATE 3 Looks like a NO at Lowe’s in May but:

Stewart and Kid Rock? UPDATE 3 Looks like a NO at Lowe’s in May but:

January 27, 2003
hearing that Tony Stewart will drive the #8 Kid Rock Chevy in the Busch/BGN race at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May.(1-23-2003) UPDATE: however, it has been reported that Steve Park will race the #8 BGN car at Lowe's, so not too sure about this one.(1-24-2003) UPDATE

Stewart and Kid Rock? UPDATE 3 Looks like a NO at Lowe’s in May but:

Stewart and Kid Rock? UPDATE 3 Looks like a NO at Lowe’s in May but:

January 27, 2003
hearing that Tony Stewart will drive the #8 Kid Rock Chevy in the Busch/BGN race at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May.(1-23-2003) UPDATE: however, it has been reported that Steve Park will race the #8 BGN car at Lowe's, so not too sure about this one.(1-24-2003) UPDATE

Truex Jr in a Dale Jr owned BGN car? UPDATE 2:

Truex Jr in a Dale Jr owned BGN car? UPDATE 2:

January 24, 2003
hearing that New Jersey [home of Jayski] driver Martin Truex Jr will drive for Dale Earnhardt Jr in up to seven BGN races in 2003. Steve Park is also supposed to drive five or so races and Dale Earnhardt Jr will also drive in a handfull of BGN races, most with special

Dale Jr BGN team takes a Chance, plus three Cup races UPDATE:

Dale Jr BGN team takes a Chance, plus three Cup races UPDATE:

January 22, 2003
Teresa Earnhardt helped Dale Earnhardt Jr. unveil a new name for the race team they've formed to compete in the BGN this year. The team is called Chance 2. The original Chance Inc. was a company Dale and Teresa Earnhardt formed in 1994 to give Earnhardt's children,