cooliop.blogg.se - 1999 nascar craftsman truck series

New Personnel at JGR: Joe Gibbs Racing announced this week that Steve de Sousa has joined the team as vice president of Busch Operations.Country Cool Article: Connecting the Circuits: Truckin’ on to Kansas(8-25-1999).DEI called Jones’ leaving a “mutual separation.” Hmiel will fill the role until a replacement is found( NOL)(8-27-1999) Hornaday Crew Chief: Sandy Jones is out as crew chief for Ron Hornaday and Steve Hmiel is in on an interim basis on the #16 DEI truck.No word on where Hensley will go or who Petty will choose as a new driver( NOL)(8-27-1999) Hensley to leave: Jimmy Hensley driver of the #43 Dodge and owner Richard Petty have mutually agreed to part ways at the close of the 1999 CTS season.

See the full story at Menard has NASCAR on mind by Dave Kallmann of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel(8-29-1999) In 89 starts, Reffner has five top-five finishes with a best of third (Flemington, N.J., 1998) and about $650,000 in earnings in the series. He was in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, working with a chassis builder and talking to existing teams about purchasing used equipment. But Reffner, 35, also will wield considerable influence in the management. Thomas Knapp, the general manager of Menard’s IRL team, will take on a similar role with the NASCAR team. Initially, at least, the truck operation will be based in the same shop in Indianapolis as Team Menard of the Indy Racing League, or in a nearby building. Reffner said he could not reveal the terms. Menard and Reffner, the 1996 Truck Series rookie of the year from Wisconsin Rapids, have agreed upon a multiple-year contract.

With the aim of reaching the Winston Cup Series and the Daytona 500 within five years, Menard is starting a NASCAR team that will compete with driver Bryan Reffner on the Craftsman Truck Series next season.

Menard to NASCAR: John Menard, the Wisconsin billionaire who has spent millions trying to win the Indianapolis 500, has set his sights on the crown jewel of stock-car racing, as well.

After the test, Lind is now optimistic, saying Harvick has a 50-50 shot at winning a spot on speed PitNow(8-29-1999) Before this week’s Darlington test, Lind was figuring Harvick, who had never seen Darlington Raceway, had maybe a 10 percent chance of making the field. No idea if RCR has a hand in the Harwick deal(8-19-1999) - UPDATE: Kevin Harvick will get his first ride with Richard Childress at Darlington next week in a Busch car prepared by Will Lind. Suposedly will run select races in the remainder of the season.

Harvick BGN News UPDATE: Hearing that the #65 Sasser Motorsports BGN team, the one house in Junior Johnson’s shops will field two teams, one for Kevin Harvick, the other for Kevin Schwantz.