Ward Burton News

Home Depot leaving? UPDATE:

Home Depot leaving? UPDATE:

May 29, 2000
Home Depot, negotiating to re-up with Joe Gibbs' #20 Tony Stewart team, may not come back, and if it doesn't, MBNA could return to a full time Cup sponsorship(it used to sponsor the #22 Ward Burton/Bill Davis car). MBNA currently sponsors the #18 BGN Gibbs car in the

Bill Davis Notes:

Bill Davis Notes:

April 27, 2000
Bill Davis Racing hopes to move into their new facility within the next three weeks. The new facility will house both NASCAR Winston Cup operations and the existing facility will become the new NASCAR Busch Series operation. Ward Burton will compete in the NASCAR Busch

RIR Testing UPDATE:

RIR Testing UPDATE:

April 20, 2000
Testing at RIR - Richmond International Raceway was rained out today. Some team supposedly there were #36-Kenny Schrader, #90-Ed Berrier, #91-Todd Bodine, #16-Kevin Lepage, #22-Ward Burton and #93-Dave Blaney. Teams are expected to return Wednesday. No new on if #60

One More Lap:

One More Lap:

April 17, 2000
#22 Car owner Bill Davis said the reason Ward Burton dropped from second to 10th on the final lap was that Burton thought the race ended when one lap actually remained(Roanoke Times)(4-17-2000)

Nine Different Winners:

Nine Different Winners:

April 16, 2000
Jeff Gordon is the ninth different Winston Cup winner in the first nine races in 2000. This extends the NASCAR all time record of nine, beating last weeks eighth. The old record was seven that happened in 1991 when the first seven winners were Ernie Irvan, Dale Earnhardt

Penalties UPDATE a rundown:

Penalties UPDATE a rundown:

April 10, 2000
Five teams got caught by NASCAR's new rules concerning tires left on pit road at Martinsville. #24-Jeff Gordon, #22-Ward Burton, #16-Kevin Lepage, #44-Kyle Petty and #36-Ken Schrader all were forced to start at the end of the longest line on caution-flag restarts(goracing

Eight Different Winners:

Eight Different Winners:

April 9, 2000
Mark Martin is the eighth different Winston Cup winner in the first eight races in 2000. This breaks the NASCAR all time record of seven that happened in 1991 when the first seven winners were Ernie Irvan, Dale Earnhardt, Kyle Petty, Ken Schrader, Ricky Rudd, Rusty

Burton Honored:

Burton Honored:

April 5, 2000
Ward Burton, whose Wildlife Foundation supports and encourages the preservation of the natural habitat on both private and state-owned land throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, is the first quarter nominee for the NASCAR True Value Man of the Year Award. True Value

Stats:

Stats:

April 2, 2000
Only five times in NASCAR's modern era(1972-present) has the eventual champion not won by the sixth race of the season. Those champions were Benny Parsons in 1973, Terry Labonte in 1984 and 1996, Darrell Waltrip in 1985 and Dale Jarrett in 1999. Winners after the first

Burton Skips:

Burton Skips:

April 1, 2000
Burton Skips: Ward Burton did not race in the event as he injured his left foot in a CUP practice on Friday, he will race in the CUP race, just didn't want to take the chance. Kenny Wallace ran the #22 Siemens Pontiac for Burton(4-1-2000)

Polaris diecast:

Polaris diecast:

March 23, 2000
Racing Champions Corporation has recently added the Polaris license to its extensive line of branded die-cast recreational vehicles. As one of the industrys largest die-cast manufacturers, Racing Champions Ertl has created a variety of Polaris replicas including snowmobiles

Don’t forget Geoffrey UPDATE 2 The Winston:

Don’t forget Geoffrey UPDATE 2 The Winston:

March 19, 2000
Geoffrey Bodine is back in The Winston. Bodine was added to the field Wednesday when NASCAR discovered that he had been mistakenly left off the list of eligible drivers. According to the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Media Guide, Sterling Marlin is eligible for The Winston

Virginia Lottery:

Virginia Lottery:

March 12, 2000
Rick Mast said he's one of seven Virginia drivers who will be featured on a new lottery game expected to debut this spring. The other Cup and BGN drivers are Jeff and Ward Burton, Elliott and Hermie Sadler and Kevin and Wayne Grubb(Roanoke Times)(3-12-2000)

Darlington Test UPDATE:

Darlington Test UPDATE:

March 8, 2000
The following drivers/teams will test at Darlington on Tuesday, March 7th: #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #9-Stacy Compton, #20-Tony Stewart, #18-Bobby Labonte, #1-Steve Park and #32-Scott Pruett and BGN drivers #18-Jason Leffler, #96-Gus Wasson, #90-Mike Stefanik and #46-

To the Wind Tunnel:

To the Wind Tunnel:

February 21, 2000
NASCAR has heard the complaints and will head to the wind tunnel to test its cars. The decision comes with General Motors teams griping and the Daytona 500 producing only four on-track passes for the lead in 200 laps. Even before Dale Jarrett led a top-five sweep by