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Today In Nascar History
February 10, 1980
Dale Earnhardt wins the 2nd running of the Busch Clash, his first of a record 34 wins at Daytona.
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Starting spot of Dale Jr. in the Shootout on Saturday and last 2 Daytona 500 winners starting position.
At the start of the 2002 season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had five victories.
from Shawn
I found this link at www.jayski.com
http://www.motorsportsone.net/ It has up to date info on Drivers,
races, etc. It is full of stats!
Shawn
Thanks Shawn. I appreciate it. So will my readers.
from twerp
Momma,
I'm by far a jr basher(he is a chip off the ole block so to speak)
but isn't it ironic that winston cup has never had a car start from the
rear of a field and finish first until now. In all sports (not just racing)
it seems when some record or something spectacular needs to happen it suddenly
appears. Just to name a few ( Earnhardt winning Daytona,the Patriots winning
the Super Bowl with no superstars, Jerry Rice and Tim Brown records,and
recently the Michael Jordon drama) to name a few. So what's next in racing....Rusty
Wallace winning the Daytona..and yes i'm a Rusty fan. I just thought I'd
give the viewers something to ponder while watching any sports event on
the tube. Thanks for letting me spout off and we really enjoy your mail.I've
even sent your cloumn out to alot of friends to subcribe and they love
it.
thanks again.
twerp2
Well, I’m gonna leave that alone, cuz I sometimes wonder too….but I don’t think anyone helped Jr. on Saturday nite.
from Dale
Momma,
Thanks for posting my question about African-American drivers on your
page. Also thanks to those who supplied info, and a special thanks to DE3FAN
for the link he provided.
Dale
And on that note, read below Dale!
from RD
Momma,
There is only one Black driver in NASCAR currently, he is Bill Lester,
runs for Bobby Hamilton in a Dodge truck. Willy T Ribbs used to run NASCAR
briefly back in 1986.Wendel Scott ran NASCAR back in 1961 through 1973.
rd
Once again, guys, you should check out RD’s page…he’s a hoot and so are the people involved. It’s definitely a NO HOLDS BARRED list, but fun! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NASCAR_ANARCHY
from Trudy
Hey Momma!! Sorry to be gone so long. Thanks for all the
wonderful things about Junior!!! He really is a "chip off the old
block"!!! He RULES, especially in the eyes of my 15-year-old daughter,
who would LOVE to have that cardboard stand-up!!! And the picture
with Mikey...WHOOHOO!!
HOWEVER, what about Ward????? No pics of the great lil man?;(
As far as Joe Nemechek...I have been a member of his fan club, which
is great. (His mother and wife are AWESOME!!!) But he NEVER takes
responsibility for wrecking or anything else. It's ALWAYS someone
else's fault. Too bad for him. He wouldn't even give me an
autograph until I told him I was a member of his fan club. Even Tony
Stewart gave me one..."just one, darlin'."
Thanks for a wonderful list!!!
Trudy
Welcome back Trudy…missed you and your comments. Gotta fess up here guys, I have a stand up of Jr. up on my wall at work. It is so awesome! I have a stand up of Sr. too….but I keep him at home! As far as Joe N goes, I know of quite a few drivers that are the same way. Listen to Todd Bodine sometimes! You should listen to Elliott Sadler too. Every time he gets in a wreck, it’s always his “best” or “favorite” car. He is such a hoot!
from hunichouse
Thanks Mom! Finally it arrived.
Thanks again, I missed ya.
No problem. If you have more probs, let me know. Hubby has several lists and he gets a lot of complaints from AOL users, and he know’s how to fix most of ‘em.
from Jeff
I really enjoy receiving your newsletter. Keep up the good work.
Today I forwarded my newest newsletter that I received from you to a couple
of guys that I know that due to work don't get to watch much of the Nascar
Winston Cup races. I hope that they will subscribe to your newsletter
to keep up on the information availible from your newsletter.
Your newsletter ROCKS!!!...and I' don't plan on unsubscribing any time
soon.
Thanks…..make sure they sign up….the more the merrier I always say!
Saturday Night's Shootout Most Watched Ever: Saturday's telecast by Fox Sports of the first nighttime running of the Bud Shootout posted a 5.5 rating, a 10 share nationally, according to Nielsen Media Research. The event generated an average audience of 9.5 million people, making it the most- watched Shootout in its 25-year history. - The Tampa Tribune
Domino's has signed a five-year deal to become the first official pizza of NASCAR, according to this week's Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal. Sources told the publication's Terry Lefton that Domino's will support the sponsorship "with at least $30 million in media, promotions and rights fees over the life of the deal, with additional marketing support anticipated from local Domino's franchises." Domino's first TV ad, which was produced by J. Walter Thompson and features driver Michael Waltrip and his family, will air this week.
Diageo has announced that its Smirnoff Ice Triple Black beverage will be the primary sponsor for Roush Racing's No. 17 Ford driven by Matt Kenseth for eight Winston Cup races. The flavored malt beverage will be an associate sponsor for the remainder of the season. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Exide Technologies announced today that its Exide Batteries division will provide associate sponsorship for Reiser Enterprises and driver Matt Kenseth for the No. 17 Ford in 15 Busch Series races this year. Financial terms were not disclosed.
By JIM UTTER
ThatsRacin.com Writer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A timely caution and a heavy rain combined to help Robert Huffman to his third consecutive NASCAR Dash series victory at Daytona International Speedway.
It is likely also to be his last.
Huffman, of Claremont, N.C., stayed out while others pit on Lap 33, taking over the lead and held off newcomer Dusty Williams before rain halted the race after 44 of 60 laps.
NASCAR is not expected to sanction the series, which features smaller-bodied cars with six cylinder engines, after this season. Huffman was won the series championship four times (1990, 1998-2000).
"It's nice to win here no matter how many times it is," Huffman said. "The race played out there in the end right into our hands.
“We needed a caution lap around Lap 24-25 and we got it. We could make it on gas and everybody else couldn't, to they pitted again and we didn't."
The race was slowed three times for caution, the final time for rain, for a total of 19 laps. There were four lead changes among four drivers.
Arlene Pittman hit the inside retaining wall hard on Lap 27 and was immediately transported to Halifax Medical Center, where her condition will be evaluated.
Ricky Rudd brought a new paint scheme -- and a new ride -- to Speedweeks. Credit: Autostock
Rudd starting year with new team, attitude
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The Wood Brothers finished second in the Daytona 500 last year, cashed in their winnings and immediately paid back their father the money they owed him.
A year later, things aren't nearly as tight.
Eddie and Len Wood are back at Daytona with veteran driver Ricky Rudd, a major commitment from sponsor Motorcraft and a ton of support from Ford Motor Company.
For the first time since 1994, when Morgan Shepherd ended the year sixth in points for the 54-year-old family owned Virginia-based team, the Wood Brothers have targeted finishing in the Top 10 as their season goal.
"We feel better than we have in a long time," said Len Wood, who along with older brother Eddie, runs the business started by father Glen and uncle Leonard the year after NASCAR was founded.
"Our immediate goal is to get to (the awards ceremony) in New York and the closer to the stage, the better. But we think we've got a shot at getting there."
Rain forced a 24-hour postponement of Sunday's pole qualifying for the Feb. 16 race, so Rudd and his new team sat idle through the storm thinking about what could be the beginning of a comeback for the famed No. 21 Ford.
Rudd takes over the car from Elliott Sadler, who drove it to a runner-up finish here last season, only to announce a few months later he wanted out of his contract to go to a more competitive team.
When owner Robert Yates decided not to renew Rudd's contract after three seasons, Sadler and Rudd essentially swapped seats.
Rudd is confident he can bring the car back to prominence. The Wood
Brothers
have 97 career wins -- 36 by David Pearson from 1973 to 1978 -- but only
three victories since 1988.
"Everyone thinks this is a tiny team tucked away in Stuart (Va.) and 100 years behind," Rudd said. "But it's the total opposite. I know what we've got to work with, I know where we are and I know where we are headed.
"At this time of the year, all the teams are optimistic, but we really are feeling good about our chances."
To get Rudd, the Wood Brothers needed to significantly upgrade their program. They had the money to pay the salary Rudd was looking for, but meeting his demands would have meant skimping in competition areas.
So sponsor Motorcraft upped its commitment and Ford did everything it could to lend its support.
With a sudden surplus of cash, the Woods are guaranteed a minimum of 120 hours in the wind tunnel this season -- each hour costs $2,100 -- to improve their technology.
And they are one of just a handful of teams using an innovative 40 percent model program, which gives them a scaled-down version of a Winston Cup car to try new technologies on and take to the wind tunnel at half the cost.
But they were forced to wait until Monday to see how far they've come in the short time since Rudd was hired in August.
The delay was the first time Daytona 500 qualifying was postponed since 1983.
Rudd knows he should have a good car, based on testing results, his eighth-place finish in Saturday night's Budweiser Shootout, and Sadler's success last season in the car.
But he knows it will be a crowded field and is already acknowledging Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Michael Waltrip are probably the favorites.
"We'll have to deal with the No. 8 (Earnhardt) and No. 15 (Waltrip)," Rudd said, "but after that, we've got as good a chance as anyone."
Crewmembers roll Jack Sprague's damaged Pontiac back to the garage area.
Credit: Autostock
Practice crash forces two teams
to backups
By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A five-car accident with less than 10 minutes remaining in the day's only NASCAR Winston Cup practice cost at least two teams their primary cars for the Daytona 500.
Teams were conducting drafting practice preparing for Thursday's Gatorade 125-Mile Qualifying Races at Daytona International Speedway when the cars of Jack Sprague and Steve Park made side-to-side contact heading into Turn 1.
Sprague's NetZero Pontiac bounced off Park's Pennzoil Chevrolet and crossed the track into Mike Skinner's Kodak Pontiac, which was running on the inside of what was developing into a three-wide situation.
Skinner's car was knocked into a spin and it collected the trailing M&M's Ford of Elliott Sadler and the CITGO Ford of Jeff Burton. It was the second straight year that Burton was involved in a crash in practice.
Burton's Roush Racing team and Sadler's Yates Racing teams immediately said they would go to back-up cars.
Skinner's team unloaded its back-up car and began sending it through inspection to use it in Wednesday's 10:05 a.m. ET Winston Cup practice. The team intends to fix the damaged car to use in the first Gatorade 125.
Sprague said his Haas CNC team would try to repair his Pontiac's nose to use that car.
By DAVID POOLE
The Charlotte Observer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It took his father's old team, and a driver who kept trying to tell people that he had something up his sleeve, to deny Dale Earnhardt Jr. the pole for the Daytona 500 on Monday.
Jeff Green and his Chevrolet from Richard Childress Racing, the team
the late
seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt brought to glory, trumped
Earnhardt Jr. in the rain-delayed time trials by running 186.606 mph to
earn the top starting spot for Sunday's race.
Green, driving the No. 30 Monte Carlo, was lined up right behind Earnhardt Jr. in the qualifying order and to a large degree seemed to be in his shadows as 50 cars vied for the front-row starting spots in the 500.
Earnhardt Jr. went out 35th and ran 186.382 mph in his No. 8 Chevrolet owned by the team his father built with the money he earned from winning races in Childress' cars. That put him on the pole at the time, but before the cheers had even died down Green one-upped him in the next car out.
"I really expected it," Green said. "A lot of people looked at me like I had four eyes when I said it."
Green didn't do a lot of practicing on Saturday because he saw no reason to tip his hand. Rain on Sunday then pushed qualifying back a day, forcing Green through an agonizing wait.
"Yesterday was the longest day of my life because I knew how good of a car we had," he said. "I kept telling my wife, Michelle, how good it was. She was just shaking her head, but we made a believer out of her today."
Green credited his team's new crew chief, Mike Beam, and all the people who build the cars and the engines for Childress' teams. Childress, who was smiling after seeing all three of the Chevrolets he owns among Monday's six fastest qualifiers, credited Earnhardt, too.
"He was the man here for many, many years," Childress said.
And it looked like his son, who won the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway, was going to be the man here during Speedweeks 2003.
Earnhardt Jr. had been strong in Saturday's 500 practice before the Shootout, and after his Dale Earnhardt Inc. teammate Michael Waltrip went 185.460 mph to set the early mark on Monday, nobody was surprised to see the No. 8 pop to the top of the scoreboard after Earnhardt Jr. made his run.
Earnhardt Jr. had no major complaints even after Green slipped ahead of him.
"I am satisfied," he said. "For me, it was a fantastic lap. I didn't expect to beat Michael. It was kind of bittersweet to lose the pole, but we've got a locked in position for the start of the race and our teammate Michael is in our 125. ...I think he's my toughest competition, so it's going to be fun to race with him."
Earnhardt Jr. and Waltrip will be the front-row starters for the second of Thursday's Gatorade 125s, qualifying races that will fill positions three through 30 in Sunday's lineup. Green will be on the pole for the first with his teammate, Robby Gordon, alongside him on Row 1.
Ricky Rudd, in his new Ford ride with the Wood Brothers, was fifth fastest on Monday with Kevin Harvick sixth in the third RCR Chevy. Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Sterling Marlin and Kyle Petty rounded out the top 10.
Reigning Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart never completed a qualifying lap in his No. 20 Chevrolet, backing off the throttle after hearing what he called a pop in his engine as he began the first of his two laps. He decided not to risk blowing up the motor and oiling down the track, further delaying time trials that started about 90 minutes late on Monday because of rain that returned to the Daytona area in mid-morning.
Stewart will start last in Thursday's second qualifying race, one that also will include Ryan Newman and Rusty Wallace, the Penske Racing teammates who were a disappointing 32nd and 42nd, respectively, on Monday. Jeff Gordon, also something of a surprise with the 29th fastest speed, will be in the first race on Thursday.
Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Jeff Gordon's divorce case spilled over to the race track Monday when attorneys for his wife tried to subpoena several car owners at Daytona International Speedway.
NASCAR officials did not allow process servers into the track.
Most of the top teams have been subpoenaed at their home offices in the past month, and all have refused to open their books to Brooke Gordon and her lawyers.
Because the divorce is being heard in Florida, her lawyers want the car owners to have to fight new subpoenas in a local court.
"We wanted to take advantage of the fact they are in Florida and issue Florida subpoenas,'' said Terry Young, an Orlando-based attorney representing Brooke Gordon.
"If they choose to contest them, we want them to go before a Florida judge to do so.''
Young said a process server was turned away Friday when NASCAR teams reported to the track to prepare for Sunday's Daytona 500, so the papers were sent again Monday with Volusia County sheriff's deputies.
Young did not know if the deputies had gotten into the track, but a NASCAR official said they did not allow the subpoenas in.
Gordon, the four-time Winston Cup champion, was aware of what was happening at the track.
"It's out of my control, but I think it's really disgusting,'' he said. "It's a real shame that they are trying to drag all these other guys into this because to me, there are other ways for them to get what they are looking for. This is just harassment.''
The Gordons met early in the driver's career in Daytona's Victory Lane when the former Miss Winston model presented him with a trophy. They were married for seven years; she filed for divorce in March, citing marital misconduct.
Since then, her lawyers asked to examine the contracts other car owners have with their drivers and sponsors to determine what Gordon is worth as a car owner. The four-time Winston Cup champion owns a stake of Hendrick Motorsports.
NASCAR contracts are closely held secrets because teams don't want to reveal what kind of deals they are able to negotiate.
Most of the car owners have been outraged at the request to open their books, even though Jeff Fisher, Brooke Gordon's lead attorney, has promised confidentiality.
"They say they will keep it a secret, but the only way it can be kept a secret is if only two people know and one of them is dead,'' said car owner Felix Sabates. "This is just plain harassment, and by sending people to the race track, it shows she has no consideration for Jeff Gordon's career and thinks NASCAR is just a toy to play with.''
Gordon had to turn over papers in November that estimated his worth at about $48.8 million and that he earned more than $18 million in 2001.
Brooke Gordon has asked for exclusive use of their Highland Beach, Fla., mansion, valued at $10.2 million, as well as alimony, two cars and periodic use of their boats and an airplane. She also wants him to continue to pay the salaries of their housekeepers, maintenance workers and chef.
The racer has countersued, saying he should not have to equally split the couple's estate because he risked his life to collect it.
Florida law requires assets amassed during a marriage to be split evenly.
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