Tony Roper

Tony Roper

Tony Roper News

#50 News:

#50 News:

June 1, 2000
#50 News: hearing the #50 Dr Pepper team and driver Tony Roper will not run at Dover this weekend(6-1-2000)

Hoff News:

Hoff News:

June 1, 2000
Hoff News: Bill Hoff, of Langhorne, PA, will carry Snyder's of Hanover sponsorship on his WMMR-FM #93 Chevy for three area Busch Grand National races: Saturday at Dover, July 16 at Nazareth and Sept. 23 at Dover. Snyder's bakery is an associate sponsor on the #50-Dr

#50 News:

#50 News:

May 28, 2000
#50 News: Tony Roper will be back in the #50 next week and for the remainder of the year. Stanton Barrett practiced and made a qualifying attempt in the #50 car at Charlotte, but supposedly it was only a temporary change(BGN Racing Site)(5-28-2000)

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

RIR Testing UPDATE 3:

RIR Testing UPDATE 3:

April 20, 2000
RIR Testing UPDATE 3: Testing at RIR “ Richmond International Raceway was rained out today. BGN teams were there to test: #24-David Green(yes, helping out), #18-Jason Leffler, #21-Mike Dillon, #2-Kevin Harvick, #45-Adam Petty and #98-Elton Sawyer(4-18-2000) UPDATE:

Texas Testing:

Texas Testing:

March 21, 2000
Texas Testing: Testing at Texas Motor Speedway Monday and Tuesday are #15-Jack Sprague; #18-Jason Leffler; #50-Tony Roper and Rich Bickle in the #91 Popeye's Pontiac(TMS Site)(3-21-2000)

Roper and the #55 CTS UPDATE:

Roper and the #55 CTS UPDATE:

October 6, 1999
Tony Roper will be running the #55 Icehouse Ford in the CTS at Louisville next week and may possibly another(Tony Roper Site)(10-1-1999) - UPDATE: Ron Barfield has been released as the driver of the #55 Icehouse Beer Ford F150 campaigned on the Craftsman Truck Series

Roper Leaves UPDATE:

Roper Leaves UPDATE:

August 31, 1999
Tony Roper will no longer be driving the #61 IWX Motor Freight Pontiac in the BGN. Roper had three top-10 finishes this season in 16 starts with the Xpress team. Prior to joining Xpress, Roper competed for two seasons in the CTS Series gaining 8 top-10 finishes. Roper

Testing:

Testing:

July 6, 1999
I hear Tony Roper and the #61 BGN team will testing at Myrtle Beach on Tuesday and Wednesday, the #35 team testing on Wednesday to Friday with Elliott Sadler doing the testing on Wednesday and Lyndon Amick testing on Thursday and Friday(7-6-1999)

Drivers at the Glen:

Drivers at the Glen:

June 24, 1999
In addition to the seven Busch North Series drivers already entered in the Busch Series event at The Glen, three more drivers have filed late entries for the race. Those drivers are J.D. Gibbs, Eric Bodine (cousin of Power Team's Geoffrey Bodine) and Canadian Jason

Testing at Gateway:

Testing at Gateway:

June 16, 1999
Some test speeds from Gateway, unofficial: #29-Curtis Markham 132.042mph; #45-Adan Petty 131.965; #19-Matt Skensiky?? 131.849; and #61-Tony Roper 131.695(6-16-1999)

Testing:

Testing:

June 1, 1999
Tony Roper and the #61 Xpress Motorsports team spent Tuesday, June 1 at the .420-mile South Boston (Va.) Speedway testing for the Textilease/Medique 300 presented by Advance Auto Parts which will be contested on June 12(Xpress PR)(6-1-1999)

RIR Tuesday Testing:

RIR Tuesday Testing:

April 21, 1999
Tony Roper tested the #61 Pontiac and Phil Morris tested the #01 Chevy at Richmond on Tuesday. Morris ran 121.457mph and Roper ran 121.076mph(NOL) Additional news on Morris can be found in the news section of the Phil Morris Racing Site(4-21-1999)

RIR Testing UPDATE 4:

RIR Testing UPDATE 4:

April 17, 1999
Some Cup teams will test at Richmond early next week. The #45 10-10-345 Pontiac and Rich Bickle will be one team testing(RPM2Nite) -- UPDATE 1: I hear the drivers testing at RIR on 4/19 and 4/20 will be #45-Rich Bickle, #36-Ernie Irvan and #22-Wrad Burton( Inside Motorsports

BGN and Cope UPDATE:

BGN and Cope UPDATE:

March 17, 1999
I hear Derrike Cope will not return to the #61 BGN IWX Freight Pontiac. Tony Roper will driver the car at Darlington(per www.derrikecope.com) and for the rest of the season. The initial plan was for Cope to drive 20 races and Roper the rest -- The Official Press Release

BGN and Cope UPDATE:

BGN and Cope UPDATE:

March 17, 1999
I hear Derrike Cope will not return to the #61 BGN IWX Freight Pontiac. Tony Roper will driver the car at Darlington(per www.derrikecope.com) and for the rest of the season. The initial plan was for Cope to drive 20 races and Roper the rest - The Official Press Release

Xpress Xpands Schedule:

Xpress Xpands Schedule:

January 8, 1999
Xpress Motorsports, the team which fields the #61 IWX Motor Freight Pontiac, will race the full 32-race BGN schedule in 1999. Recently, the team announced a 20-race program with driver Derrike Cope. That schedule will be enhanced as the team will compete in the remaining

Liberty Racing Looking:

Liberty Racing Looking:

December 18, 1998
The #84 Porter Cable Liberty Racing truck team has many possibilities as a driver out there: newly released Joe Ruttman along with Dave Rezendes, Tony Raines, Lonnie Rush, Tony Roper and Kevin Harvick.(NASCAR Online)(12-18-98)

Tony Roper named to #55 Truck

Tony Roper named to #55 Truck

June 11, 1998
Tony Roper has been named the full-time driver of the #55 Ice House Ford Truck; Dave Rezendes subs for Mike Bliss in the #2 Ford next week.(SpeedNet)(6-11-98)