Steve Park News

Talladega Testing:

Talladega Testing:

January 6, 2000
Ten NASCAR Winston Cup and BGN teams began a two-day test session at Talladega Superspeedway in preparation for the upcoming racing season. Three Cup and seven BGN teams were on the track at Talladega Wednesday for the first day of two day testing. Mike Dillon tested

Rudd Tests:

Rudd Tests:

December 16, 1999
Ricky Rudd tested the #28 Texaco Ford at Lakeland , FL on Monday and Tuesday while on Wednesday #1-Steve Park, #40-Sterling Marlin and #27-Jeff Fuller tested there( Winston Cup Today Radio )

Hasbro Signs Drivers:

Hasbro Signs Drivers:

November 19, 1999
Hasbro Sports announced today that it has reached agreements with 29 NASCAR drivers enabling the leading publisher to develop interactive games featuring the drivers, their vehicles and teams. Hasbro Sports plans to release several NASCAR titles for a range of gaming

Chevy Test UPDATE 2:

Chevy Test UPDATE 2:

November 11, 1999
Several Chevrolet drivers will run the 2000 Chevy Monte Carlo in a test session Monday at Miami-Homestead Speedway, following the Cup race( That's Racin' ) -- UPDATE: Not all Chevy teams will be testing at Homestead. Andy Petree's team will be testing its 2000 Monte

Pit Road Incident:

Pit Road Incident:

November 8, 1999
Defending Phoenix race winner #2-Rusty Wallace lost any chance of repeating in an incident with #1-Steve Park and #60-Geoffrey Bodine as they left pit road during a caution-flag pit stop on lap 121. All three cars made contact and suffered sheet metal damage. Wallace

Park at Homestead:

Park at Homestead:

November 4, 1999
The Marsh Racing/Whelen BGN team will be running with the #84 at Homestead with Steve Park at the helm because Dale Earnhardt Jr. has #3 and Ron Hornaday will be using the #31 for Homestead. The team expects to use the #31 next season with Hornaday using the #3 next

DEI Grand Opening:

DEI Grand Opening:

November 2, 1999
A daylong celebration is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 9th at Dale Earnhardt Inc. starting with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony scheduled for 9:30 AM. Dale Earnhardt, his wife and business partner, Teresa Earnhardt, along with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Steve Park

Pit Crew Competition – #99 Wins:

Pit Crew Competition – #99 Wins:

October 26, 1999
Pit Crew Competition - #99 Wins: The Union 76/Rockingham World Pit Crew Competition is on Saturday October 21, 2000, 11:00am/et at North Carolina Speedway. Bobby Labonte and the Interstate Batteries Pontiac team took home the trophy and the bragging rights as being

2000 Pit Crew Competition – #99 Wins:

2000 Pit Crew Competition – #99 Wins:

October 26, 1999
2000 Pit Crew Competition - #99 Wins: The Union 76/Rockingham World Pit Crew Competition is on Saturday October 21, 2000, 11:00am/et at North Carolina Speedway. Bobby Labonte and the Interstate Batteries Pontiac team took home the trophy and the bragging rights as

Homestead Testing:

Homestead Testing:

October 21, 1999
#1 Pennzoil Chevy driver Steve Park teamed up with a new BGN team, while former CTS regular Boris Said tested the #14 Irvan-Simo Ford at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Wednesday. Said plans to run in the Pennzoil 400 presented by Kmart. Park joined Ron Hornaday and Steve

#13 News:

#13 News:

October 20, 1999
hearing Ted Christopher, driver of the Ted Marsh #13 Whelen Chevy will leave the team for a 2000 full time BGN ride in 2000. Supposedly Steve Park will drive the the #13 in some short track events next year(9-7-1999) - UPDATE hearing Steve Park will drive the #13 Whelen

2000 Chevy Test UPDATE:

2000 Chevy Test UPDATE:

October 17, 1999
Most Chevy teams are expected to test the 2000 Monte Carlo on Monday and Tuesday at Talladega. Sterling Marlin will drive for Team Sabco. Hendrick Motorsports will use Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte and Jerry Nadeau. Kenny Wallace will drive for Andy Petree. Dale Earnhardt

Testing CORRECTION:

Testing CORRECTION:

October 5, 1999
#98-Rick Mast, #45-David Green and a Roush test car with primer #97 on it tested Thursday at Greenville Pickens(SC) in preparation for Martinsville. #1-Steve Park finished up testing at Talladega on Thursday(10-1-1999) - CORRECTION: The #97 Ford was Anthony Lazzaro

Notes from watching qualifying:

Notes from watching qualifying:

October 1, 1999
#10-Ricky Rudd's Ford looked very tie-dyed; #05-Morgan Shepherd's Pontiac was totally white no sponsor on it; the #26 Cheerios Ford is gold; #33-Ken Schrader has the blue Skoal scheme; the #91-LJ Racing/Larry's Homes car is red and yellow. Practice Accidents: #18-Bobby

2nd Half Leaders:

2nd Half Leaders:

September 24, 1999
Its not an official category, but the top 10 in points accumulated in the Winston Cup seasons second half (since the Pepsi 400 at Daytona) makes an interesting conversation topic. Rookie Tony Stewart leads with 1,422 points, followed in order by Dale Jarrett (1,298