June 28,2002 |
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IRL's Hornish nears a deal to drive some NASCAR races
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By Curt Cavin IndyStar,June 28, 2002 ![]() Sam Hornish Jr. is just about ready to dip his toes in NASCAR's waters. Ty Norris, executive vice president for high-profile Dale Earnhardt Inc., confirmed Wednesday plans are being finalized to have the defending Indy Racing League champion compete in "some" stock car races next season. Hornish likely will drive in the Busch Grand National division, although John Barnes, general manager of Hornish's IRL team, Panther Racing, said the deal could include a Winston Cup program for the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400. "We're two or three weeks away from knowing our entire lineup for next year," Norris said. "But Hornish is something we want to do if we can get the details worked out." NASCAR officials became interested in Hornish after his second-place finish in his first stock car race, the International Race of Champions event at Daytona in February. Hornish, who turns 23 next week, emphasized he will remain a full-time IRL driver, in part because he's locked in to Panther through next season.
The Indianapolis-based team officially exercised its third-year option on Hornish in January and is negotiating an extension through 2005. Both sides hope to sign the contract by season's end.
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Sponsorship again on the line Bodine climbed into the Discover car for the Dover race in June. This off-weekend will be the last respite for Winston Cup teams before next Saturday's Pepsi 400 begins a grueling streak of 20 consecutive weeks of racing. It's no wonder most drivers, crew chiefs and team members are enjoying one last hurrah with their families before crunch time kicks off. But for at least one driver, he'd likely rather be racing this weekend. After all, Todd Bodine has had way too many weekends off this season -- 10, to be exact. After sponsorship from Kmart dried up, Bodine was forced to the sidelines before Discover Card gave him a new six-week license on his racing life earlier this month. |
--RUDD RETIRING, SADLER ADDED AT YATES? -- PETREE LANDS PEPSI 400 SPONSORSHIP -- TRUCK SERIES MOVING TO SPEED CHANNEL? --PETREE TO FIELD 2ND ENTRY AT DAYTONA -- DARLINGTON SUES EX-SPONSOR --KEVIN HARVICK TO APPEAR ON VH1
--IN-CAR VIEWS PAYING OFF?
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Kentucky Speedway waits for Winston Cup date
Jerry Carroll couldn't help smiling as he gazed out upon his most ambitious creation. A track-record 71,299 fans descended upon the $154 million Kentucky Speedway for a NASCAR Busch Series event on June 15, packed into the 66,000-seat facility like commuters on a rush-hour subway train. |
Petree Dials Up Sponsorship SpeedFX.com,June 28, 2002 ![]() Wallace hopes to "collect" a win
in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona.
They say NASCAR is a family sport. In the Wallace family, it definitely is. Recently, Kenny Wallace found out that 1-800-CALL-ATT was looking for sponsor a car. And guess who ended up with the deal? Older brother Mike. So Kenny helped broker a deal between AT&T and Andy Petree Racing to put Mike in the No. 33 car for the Winston Cup race at Daytona International Speedway on July 6. RUDD RETIRING, SADLER ADDED AT YATES? _____________________________________ GEICO Direct insurance will be on Wallace’s No. 4 Busch Series car for Daytona and two other races. But the CALL-ATT deal is just for Daytona.![]() Barkdoll and Wallace hope the sponsorship leads to more races. “We should be able to go there and make a very competitive showing,” Wallace said. “I feel we have the capability of winning the race. If you’re going to do a one-off deal, you try to put five aces in the deck, and we’re doing that by going to Daytona.” FULL STORY
Gaughan rolls dice in racing ![]()
NASCAR actually has a driver whose name is Brendan Gaughan, which, at least in terms of a name, is a long way from Fireball Roberts or even Speedy Thompson. Brendan Gaughan conjures up the image of an Irish poet or actor. Come to think of it, Russell Crowe would be a more likely name for a stock-car racer than Brendan Gaughan. Gaughan is actually a stock-truck racer. He is likely — barring a comeback from another truck racer, Bill Lester, with an unlikely background — to be the Craftsman Truck Series’ Raybestos Rookie of the Year. He already has his first victory, which came June 7 at Texas Motor Speedway. The son of a Las Vegas, Nev., gaming mogul, Gaughan also is a former college basketball player. He was a walk-on at Georgetown, where he was a teammate of NBA star Allen Iverson. "Coach (John) Thompson has a long relationship with my father from Las Vegas, just from the fact that we used to allow his team to stay at our properties, which we don’t allow any college program to stay at," Gaughan recalled. "But because of his reputation, we allowed the Hoyas to stay at the Barbary Coast. |
Guest Columnist's From Team Racin.com -- The death of Single Car teams in Winston Cup Karen Hart -- Online Racing – taking NASCAR fans by storm! – Part I Ann Stacy -- Whiner of the Week / Yes, I am still alive! Lenny Draper -- LOOKING FOR MR. GOODWRENCH: THE SEQUEL Pammy -- - No Win For Daddy Evelyn Adams --The Rumor Mill Keeps Goin and Goin And Goin Don Smith
Team owner's first love: baseball
Larry Hedrick loves baseball. Yes, the Larry Hedrick who has been best-known as a NASCAR team owner for about 10 years. Hedrick has never even driven a race car, but he stepped up to the plate numerous times in college and high school. "Baseball has structure and differs greatly from NASCAR," Hedrick said. "I like structure." |
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Mark Martin's son racing at Lowe's Daytona Beach News Journal June 28, 2002
Matt Martin is on the road again. The 10-year-old son of Mark Martin is participating on a part-time basis in the Lowe's Motor Speedway Summer Shootout Series racing a couple of Bandolero cars. Mark, who is second in Winston Cup points heading into next weekend's Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway, said Matt has made incredible gains in his driving ability over the last year. "In Matt's driving knowledge, there's been a tremendous change in his driving from last year to this year," said Mark. "Big time. He's more experienced, more confident, more sure of himself and real solid. He's just shown a lot more maturity." _____________________________________ Roush Racing Citgo team - "Not just a Sunday guy" _____________________________________ Matt's crew crief Shane Henry, echoed Mark's opinion of the youngster's driving ability."Matt has really been doing great," said Henry, 25, a former dirt tracker racer. "He's lapped just about everyone in those races, except for two or three drivers. Usually, by the middle of the race, he has a half-lap lead on everyone." This is Matt's third year of competition, which started at a quarter-midget track in Apopka. He really got a feel for racing last year at Little New Smyrna Speedway. FULL STORY
Meeting in '77 set paths
for Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree Andy Petree, then a tire changer, heads for the left-front of the Skoal Bandit car driven by Ken Schrader at Bristol in 1998
Andy Petree was a teenage gearhead back in 1977, building his own race car, when 20-year-old Dale Jarrett stopped by for a look.
Jarrett’s visit to the garage where Petree spent every spare minute would shape both men’s lives in ways they never could have imagined.
Jarrett, of course, went on to become one of racing’s top stars and the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup champion. Petree became a respected crew chief and now owns his own team.
Back then they were just Dale and Andy.
Jarrett was a talented athlete at Newton-Conover High School in Newton, N.C. Name the sport and he was on the team: football, basketball, baseball. He excelled at golf.
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Winston Cup driver Kyle Petty is gearing up for a big week on the road. But instead of piloting his #45 Sprint Dodge, Petty will be on a Victory motorcycle leading a pack of 250 riders cross-country for the Sprint/Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America.
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