Post by bnsf1995 on Nov 1, 2018 4:04:14 GMT -5
It's time.
Time for the
First off, the schedule for this year:
1. Texas 400 @ Texas World Speedway
E. Busch Clash
2. Daytona 500 by STP @ Daytona International Speedway
3. Huntsman 500 @ Progressive Speedway
4. GM Goodwrench 500 @ North Carolina Speedway
5. Pontiac Excitement 400 @ Richmond International Raceway
6. Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 @ Atlanta International Speedway
7. Pabst Blue Ribbon 400 @ The Milwaukee Mile
8. TranSouth 500 @ Darlington Raceway
9. Food City 500 @ Bristol International Speedway
10. First Union 400 @ North Wilkesboro Speedway
11. Diet Coke 500 @ Coca-Cola Superspeedway
12. Hanes 500 @ Martinsville Speedway
13. Winston 500 @ Talladega Superspeedway
14. Harley-Davidson 250 @ Road America
E. Winston Open
E. The Winston
15. Coca-Cola 600 @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
16. Budweiser 500 @ Dover Downs International Speedway
17. Save Mart 300K @ Sears Point Raceway
18. British NASCAR Grand Prix @ Silverstone Circuit
19. Coor's 400 @ Pikes Peak International Speedway
20. Winston Western 500 @ Riverside International Raceway
21. Pepsi 400 @ Daytona International Speedway
22. Nazareth 400 @ Nazareth Speedway
23. Miller Genuine Draft 500 @ Pocono Raceway
24. DieHard 500 @ Talladega Superspeedway
25. Jack Daniels 500 @ Progressive Speedway
26. Budweiser At The Glen @ Watkins Glen International (new configuration)
27. Champion Spark Plugs 400 @ Michigan International Speedway
28. Mountain Dew 400 @ The Milwaukee Mile
29. Bud 500 @ Bristol International Raceway
30. Mountain Dew Southern 500 @ Darlington Raceway
31. Miller Genuine Draft 400 @ Richmond International Raceway
32. Peak AntiFreeze 500 @ Dover Downs International Raceway
33. Goody's 500 @ Martinsville Speedway
34. Tyson Holly Farms 400 @ North Wilkesboro Speedway
35. Mello Yello 500 @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
36. Goodyear NASCAR 400 @ Nazareth Speedway
37. AC Delco 500 @ North Carolina Speedway
38. Pyroil 500K @ Phoenix International Raceway
39. Budweiser 500 @ Riverside International Raceway
40. Sprite 500 @ Coca-Cola Superspeedway
41. Hooters 500 @ Atlanta International Speedway
New tracks: Nazareth Speedway
Returning tracks: The Milwaukee Mile (adding additional seating capacity), Road America (repaving)
Removed tracks: Virginia International Raceway (races too long), San Jose Superspeedway (narrow track surface caused major and frequent wrecks, to be rebuilt and returned to the schedule in 1994)
Tracks considered for addition: Bridgehampton Race Circuit
Returning races: Winston Western 500
Track changes: Watkins Glen adds bus stop chicane before the Inner Loop (turn 4) after injury of IMSA driver Tommy Kendall and death of JD McDuffie
Buick ended factory support for NASCAR, and as a result, the remaining three full-time Buick teams (Bobby Allison Motorsports, Stavola Brothers Racing, and King Racing) switched to Fords. Their old Buicks were picked up by small-time teams. Several teams are using "Fake Buicks", which use the Buick bodies but are branded as, and use the engines of, Oldsmobiles. One team, though, a new startup known as Horton Motorsports, is going a bit further. They're using Buick bodies, but the chassis and engines are coming from none other than Toyota. As a result, these "Fake Buicks" are branded as Toyota Camrys. This has been approved by NASCAR, who had allowed manufacturers to "test the waters". Difference is, though, that Horton is not only planning to run the full schedule, but it's also a three-car operation much like Pacific Coast Racing.
Other changes include:
* Mom n' Pops now sponsors the #31 car at RCR for Neil Bonnett
* Bill Elliott left Melling Racing for Junior Johnson, now running the #11 Ford Thunderbird with Sterling Marlin as a teammate; Harry Melling, completely blindsided, has managed to sign Phil Parsons for the first three races of the season, and has had no choice but to become a part-time team
* Dale Jarrett, who ran for the Wood Brothers last season, has moved to a brand-new team owned by Joe Gibbs; yes, that Joe Gibbs of the Washington Redskins who has three Super Bowl rings; Jarrett is driving the #18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet in an all-green car
* Morgan Shepard has filled the seat at Wood Brothers
* Belle Johnson will now enter under her legal name Belle Sammonds
* RahMoc Enterprises has lost Valvoline as a sponsor, and is now running an unsponsored car driven by Dick Trickle; Valvoline has moved to Roush to sponsor 1990 champion Mark Martin
* Levi Garrett has terminated its sponsorship deal with Hendrick Motorsports after the Ricky Rudd scandal; Tide is now the sponsor of the #5
Now, I cannot promise that 1992 will be as dramatic as the real 1992 season, mainly due to the unpredictabilty of the AI. What I can promise, however, is another season of intense racing.
Oh, and as for my grandpa I mentioned in the last post for 1991, he actually had a heart attack and was clinically dead for a bit (they even got to the point of Last Rites), but he bounced back and is recovering nicely.
First stop: Texas.
Time for the
1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
First off, the schedule for this year:
1. Texas 400 @ Texas World Speedway
E. Busch Clash
2. Daytona 500 by STP @ Daytona International Speedway
3. Huntsman 500 @ Progressive Speedway
4. GM Goodwrench 500 @ North Carolina Speedway
5. Pontiac Excitement 400 @ Richmond International Raceway
6. Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 @ Atlanta International Speedway
7. Pabst Blue Ribbon 400 @ The Milwaukee Mile
8. TranSouth 500 @ Darlington Raceway
9. Food City 500 @ Bristol International Speedway
10. First Union 400 @ North Wilkesboro Speedway
11. Diet Coke 500 @ Coca-Cola Superspeedway
12. Hanes 500 @ Martinsville Speedway
13. Winston 500 @ Talladega Superspeedway
14. Harley-Davidson 250 @ Road America
E. Winston Open
E. The Winston
15. Coca-Cola 600 @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
16. Budweiser 500 @ Dover Downs International Speedway
17. Save Mart 300K @ Sears Point Raceway
18. British NASCAR Grand Prix @ Silverstone Circuit
19. Coor's 400 @ Pikes Peak International Speedway
20. Winston Western 500 @ Riverside International Raceway
21. Pepsi 400 @ Daytona International Speedway
22. Nazareth 400 @ Nazareth Speedway
23. Miller Genuine Draft 500 @ Pocono Raceway
24. DieHard 500 @ Talladega Superspeedway
25. Jack Daniels 500 @ Progressive Speedway
26. Budweiser At The Glen @ Watkins Glen International (new configuration)
27. Champion Spark Plugs 400 @ Michigan International Speedway
28. Mountain Dew 400 @ The Milwaukee Mile
29. Bud 500 @ Bristol International Raceway
30. Mountain Dew Southern 500 @ Darlington Raceway
31. Miller Genuine Draft 400 @ Richmond International Raceway
32. Peak AntiFreeze 500 @ Dover Downs International Raceway
33. Goody's 500 @ Martinsville Speedway
34. Tyson Holly Farms 400 @ North Wilkesboro Speedway
35. Mello Yello 500 @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
36. Goodyear NASCAR 400 @ Nazareth Speedway
37. AC Delco 500 @ North Carolina Speedway
38. Pyroil 500K @ Phoenix International Raceway
39. Budweiser 500 @ Riverside International Raceway
40. Sprite 500 @ Coca-Cola Superspeedway
41. Hooters 500 @ Atlanta International Speedway
New tracks: Nazareth Speedway
Returning tracks: The Milwaukee Mile (adding additional seating capacity), Road America (repaving)
Removed tracks: Virginia International Raceway (races too long), San Jose Superspeedway (narrow track surface caused major and frequent wrecks, to be rebuilt and returned to the schedule in 1994)
Tracks considered for addition: Bridgehampton Race Circuit
Returning races: Winston Western 500
Track changes: Watkins Glen adds bus stop chicane before the Inner Loop (turn 4) after injury of IMSA driver Tommy Kendall and death of JD McDuffie
Scattered to the Wind
Buick ended factory support for NASCAR, and as a result, the remaining three full-time Buick teams (Bobby Allison Motorsports, Stavola Brothers Racing, and King Racing) switched to Fords. Their old Buicks were picked up by small-time teams. Several teams are using "Fake Buicks", which use the Buick bodies but are branded as, and use the engines of, Oldsmobiles. One team, though, a new startup known as Horton Motorsports, is going a bit further. They're using Buick bodies, but the chassis and engines are coming from none other than Toyota. As a result, these "Fake Buicks" are branded as Toyota Camrys. This has been approved by NASCAR, who had allowed manufacturers to "test the waters". Difference is, though, that Horton is not only planning to run the full schedule, but it's also a three-car operation much like Pacific Coast Racing.
Other changes include:
* Mom n' Pops now sponsors the #31 car at RCR for Neil Bonnett
* Bill Elliott left Melling Racing for Junior Johnson, now running the #11 Ford Thunderbird with Sterling Marlin as a teammate; Harry Melling, completely blindsided, has managed to sign Phil Parsons for the first three races of the season, and has had no choice but to become a part-time team
* Dale Jarrett, who ran for the Wood Brothers last season, has moved to a brand-new team owned by Joe Gibbs; yes, that Joe Gibbs of the Washington Redskins who has three Super Bowl rings; Jarrett is driving the #18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet in an all-green car
* Morgan Shepard has filled the seat at Wood Brothers
* Belle Johnson will now enter under her legal name Belle Sammonds
* RahMoc Enterprises has lost Valvoline as a sponsor, and is now running an unsponsored car driven by Dick Trickle; Valvoline has moved to Roush to sponsor 1990 champion Mark Martin
* Levi Garrett has terminated its sponsorship deal with Hendrick Motorsports after the Ricky Rudd scandal; Tide is now the sponsor of the #5
Now, I cannot promise that 1992 will be as dramatic as the real 1992 season, mainly due to the unpredictabilty of the AI. What I can promise, however, is another season of intense racing.
Oh, and as for my grandpa I mentioned in the last post for 1991, he actually had a heart attack and was clinically dead for a bit (they even got to the point of Last Rites), but he bounced back and is recovering nicely.
First stop: Texas.
