Wally Dallenbach News

Dallenbach in the #50 at Richmond?

Dallenbach in the #50 at Richmond?

April 28, 1998
The hot rumor has Wally Dallenbach in the #50 Bud Chevy at Richmond in June and other teams are looking at him.(RPM2Nite)(4-28-98)

Shepherd in the #46 at Dallenbach leaves

Shepherd in the #46 at Dallenbach leaves

April 27, 1998
UPDATE: Mike Skinner may also miss the California Cup race next week and Morgan Shepherd may sub for him again in the #31 Lowes Chevy. Skinner has a doctor's appointment on Monday at which time a decision will be made on his participation in the May 3 event. (4-25-

Wally Dallenbach and Felix Sabates part ways

Wally Dallenbach and Felix Sabates part ways

April 27, 1998
Our first driver change of the year(not involving an injury and rumored here for weeks): Wally Dallenbach and Felix Sabates(SABCO) have decided to part ways. Morgan Shepherd will drive the #46 First Union Chevy as an interim driver with the exception of the two road

David Blair talking to Dallenbach

David Blair talking to Dallenbach

April 26, 1998
If Chevrolet officials don't keep an eye on Wally Dallenbach, he might end up back on the Ford roster. Car owner David Blair(#27 Ford, Kenny Irwin ran some races in this car in 1997), who worked with Ford's Robert Yates last year in developing rookie Kenny Irwin, has

Robby Gordon, Dallenbach options to replace Craven

Robby Gordon, Dallenbach options to replace Craven

April 26, 1998
Word from several sources is that Robby Gordon is a long shot to replace Craven/LaJoie in the No. 50 car. A new possibility is Wally Dallenbach, who's been struggling in his second season for Team Sabco. Word is that crew chief Tony Furr would love the chance to work

Dallenbach to Childress?

Dallenbach to Childress?

April 24, 1998
Wally Dallenbach conceded that he keeps hearing all the rumors that Felix Sabates might fire him, but says he's talked with Sabates and he'll be in the car at least the next two weeks. Sources close to the situation say that Shepherd is under consideration for the

Dallenbach’s future

Dallenbach’s future

April 24, 1998
There is more talk surrounding Wally Dallenbach and his future with Sabco Racing and the 46 First Union Team. Everyone is aware of his qualifying problems and his past performances at the 2.66 mile do not help his chances of keeping the ride very much. We may see a

Wally Dallenbach out of the #46? Not this week

Wally Dallenbach out of the #46? Not this week

April 23, 1998
Sources tell me that Wally Dallenbach will be out of the #46 First Union ride by the end of the week, no idea on a sub yet.(4-19-98), looks like Dallenbach will be in the car for Talladega(4-23-98)

Cup owner points

Cup owner points

April 18, 1998
From Henry of Stock Car Fans: WC Owner points are used as tie-breakers in qualifying, and today we had ties for 3rd (Jeff Gordon/Rudd), 15th (Jeff Burton/Kyle Petty), 23rd (Dale Jarrett/Lake Speed), and 37th (Dick Trickle/Wally Dallenbach

Testing at Greenville-Pickens

Testing at Greenville-Pickens

April 9, 1998
Sterling Marlin, Wally Dallenbach and David Green tested at Greenville-Pickens Speedway(SC) today in Cup cars. Hank Parker Jr. was in the #78 BGN car.(MRM)(4-9-98)

Dallenbach returns

Dallenbach returns

April 1, 1998
"Wally Dallenbach will be back in the pilot's seat for Sunday's race. That seat will probably be a little warm due to Shephard's decent run last week in the #46 First Union Chevy. He made the field last week and finished 24th, something that Dallenbach has not been

Shepherd to replace Dallenbach?

Shepherd to replace Dallenbach?

March 30, 1998
I hear Morgan Shepherd may replace Wally Dallenbach permanently in the #46 First Union Chevy and that the team was ecstatic with his performance at Bristol.(3-30-98)

Shepherd to sub for Dallenbach at Bristol

Shepherd to sub for Dallenbach at Bristol

March 26, 1998
Wally Dallenbach, will miss the Bristol WC race as he has a hernia. Morgan Shepherd will drive the #46 First Union SABCO Chevy at the Food City 500 Sunday. Dallenbach hopes to return for Texas, if not Shepherd would fill in there also(NASCAR Online)(3-26-98)

Testing at Texas canceled due to weepers

Testing at Texas canceled due to weepers

March 24, 1998
Randy LaJoie(#50), Wally Dallenbach(#46) and Andy Hillenburg(#95) were at Texas Motor Speedway today, but didn't get track time as even though the weather was perfect, the 'weepers' were still present, water seeping thru the track.(WC Today Radio/PRN), Dallenbach scraped

Testing at Texas rained out

Testing at Texas rained out

March 17, 1998
Testing at Texas was rained out on Monday, Sterling Marlin, Terry Labonte, Joe Nemechek, Wally Dallenbach, Ricky Craven and Jerry Nadeau were on hand. They'll try again Tuesday(WinstonCup Today)(3-16-98) - Defending Craftsman Truck Series champion Jack Sprague joined