Wally Dallenbach News

Budweiser leaving Hendrick?

Budweiser leaving Hendrick?

August 31, 1998
"Officials at Budweiser are mulling over what to do next season, and there is still speculation that the company might leave the Hendrick family. Among the drivers on Budweiser's wish list are: Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton, Ward Burton, John Andretti and Bobby Labonte

August 30, 1998

August 30, 1998

August 30, 1998
Budweiser, sponsor of the #50 Chevy, which has a contract with Hendrick Motorsports through 2000, likely would be the last to bolt. Hendrick, one of NASCAR's top four multi-car operations, has a way of keeping sponsors happy, although Bud has not won with Hendrick

August 28, 1998

August 28, 1998

August 28, 1998
Teams that failed to make the field in first round qualifying and are 26th or worse but are guaranteed to make the CMT300 based on owners points: #40-Sterling Marlin(14th in points and he missed a race); #16-Kevin Lepage(16); #97-Chad Little(17

Sprague promised a ride?

Sprague promised a ride?

August 26, 1998
UPDATE: Good Story at Speed Magazine on Wally Dallenbach, Jr: Contract may be win away for Dallenbach by Godwin Kelly. - something I missed in this story Brad pointed out to me: "There are a couple of factors that could change Dallenbach's luck. Jack Sprague, the defending

August 22, 1998

August 22, 1998

August 22, 1998
2nd round qualifying is over: 14 teams stood on their 1st round times, including all drivers from 26th thru 36th place and #50- Wally Dallenbach, #36 Ernie Irvan and Darrell Waltrip in the #35 Pontiac. DW made the race once again on the past champions provisional

August 19, 1998

August 19, 1998

August 19, 1998
In part from the JournalNow: The Wood Brothers, who are now part of the Jack Roush camp, with Roush handling sponsor and driver negotiations and marketing, with rookie Matt Kenseth at the wheel that would be based somewhere north of Charlotte. But the 2nd team is

August 11, 1998

August 11, 1998

August 11, 1998
Ricky Craven has resigned from the #50 Bud Chevy ride. Wally Dallenbach take over the ride at Michigan for the rest of 1998.(RPM2Nite), more info on the story can be found at NASCAR Online or at ESPN SportsZone - Auto Racing an AP story. (08-11-1998)

August 10, 1998

August 10, 1998

August 10, 1998
From Mike Mulhern's column on the JournalNow site: Officials at Hendrick Motorsports had little comment yesterday on the reports that Ricky Craven might soon be replaced as driver of Tony Furr's Chevy. "Ricky is our driver, and those are just rumors," Hendrick's

August 8, 1998

August 8, 1998

August 8, 1998
"One question this weekend is the whereabouts of Wally Dallenbach. Dallenbach, a star road racer who had two impressive runs in a Rick Hendrick Chevy in June, was expected to run here, for someone, perhaps Hendrick. But Dallenbach turned down an offer to run Travis

The latest on the #50

The latest on the #50

July 30, 1998
UPDATE: Geez, not much of a chance huh? From RPM2Nite: Speculation is that the Brickyard 400 could be Ricky Craven's last race in the #50 Bud Chevy. Rpm2Nite reported this and said that Wally Dallenbach is the front runner for the job. Dallenbach said he will wait

Dallenbach tests IRL

Dallenbach tests IRL

July 28, 1998
Wally Dallenbach tested an IRL car at Atlanta today.(WC Today Radio) (07-28-1998)

Dallenbach replacing Skinner?

Dallenbach replacing Skinner?

July 4, 1998
Hearing that Mike Skinner may get released soon from the #31 Lowes Chevy RCR team. The name being tossed around is Wally Dallenbach, Jr who just finished subbibg for Ricky Craven in the #50 Bud Chevy.(many sources)

Dallenbach to test IRL car at Texas

Dallenbach to test IRL car at Texas

July 1, 1998
NASCAR Winston Cup regular Wally Dallenbach Jr., is scheduled to test an Indy Racing League car for Pennzoil Panther Racing during the upcoming Goodyear Tire Test at Texas on August 4 and 5. If all goes well and schedules permit, Dallenbach will run the second Pennzoil

Second round qualifying

Second round qualifying

June 27, 1998
Second round qualifying is over and who would have though Wally Dallenbach would need a provisional to make a road course event and Tommy Kendall missed the race. The #41 team took it's 11th provisional of the year(in 16 races), but since they are not in the top 25

Dallenbach to replace Dale Earnhardt at RCR?

Dallenbach to replace Dale Earnhardt at RCR?

June 24, 1998
Here's a really off-the-wall rumor that we suspect will stay a rumor, but.... Wally Dallenbach is rumored to be in line for a ride with Richard Childress next year. That's easy to believe as Childress and Dallenbach are close friends already. While common speculation