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Post by bnsf1995 on May 3, 2023 20:09:04 GMT -5
 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Yes, the inexorable wait has ended, and the 1988 season of the Start Your Engines! timeline has come! 1987 was the prologue; THIS is where it truly begins! Silly Season changes
Drivers
- Ernie Irvan, who won the pole at last year's spring Bristol race, will run a full schedule in the #2 Kroger Pontiac for US Racing
- The Pacific Coast Racing #02 has received a total refresh; the car will be run as the #80 for the first time since the 1980 Los Angeles Times 500, and Tim Johnson, son of five-time Winston Cup champion Sheldon Johnson Jr., and grandson of three-time Grand National champion Sheldon Johnson; the car also has new sponsorship from Nintendo, marking the first time a video game company has sponsored a major motorsports team
- Ricky Rudd has moved to the #26 Quaker State Buick at King Racing; his old ride, the #15 Crisco Ford at Bud Moore Engineering, will now be driven by Brett Bodine; finally, Morgan Shepherd, who ran the #26 last season, will now run for his own team in the #57 Heinz Buick, as an owner-driver
- Grant Adcox, who has been a part-time driver since 1974, had made a name for himself in ARCA in 1986, and after running a few Winston Cup races in early 1987 (getting an unexpected top-ten finish at the spring Bristol race), he decided to run the rest of the 1987 season starting with Southern 500, and completely shocked the NASCAR world by completely dominating the fall Dover, Rockingham, and Atlanta races, as well as winning five poles; for 1988, Adcox will run full-time as an owner-driver, driving the #24 Tab Chrysler
Teams
- Jack Roush, founder of Roush Performance, has thrown his hat into NASCAR, fielding the #6 Stroh's Light Ford for Mark Martin, a driver with a tumultuous history in NASCAR no thanks to resident narcissist JD Stacy
- Testa Racing will run the full schedule, fielding the #68 Purolator Ford for 1987 Rookie of the Year contender Derrike Cope
- Kennedy Racing, a longtime fixture of the Winston Modified Series, will expand to the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, running the #03 ShowBiz Pizza Time Pontiac for Melvin Kennedy; because the team is a bit short on funds, they will use an older 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 instead of the new, sleeker 1988 Grand Prix
- Kelman Racing ran a part-time schedule last year using equipment from the bankrupt DiGard Motorsports, not even bothering to change the car's number; for 1988, the team has become a satellite of Pacific Coast Racing, and will run the #86 AT&T Chrysler for Ryan Kelman
Sponsors
- Dale Earnhardt has a brand-new look, with GM Goodwrench going from associate sponsor to primary sponsor; the car is now an all-over black, and Earnhardt has gained the new nickname "The Man in Black"
Manufacturers
- Chrysler is back, fielding the new Chrysler LeBaron; built on the J-Body platform, the LeBaron is considered the successor to the Dodge Mirada that had been Dodge's NASCAR entry until they pulled whatever factory support they were still providing in 1985, leaving Pacific Coast Racing to mount three successful campaigns from 1985 to 1987; Chrysler has managed to assemble a coalition of ten teams in 1988, including #24 Grant Adcox, #30 Michael Waltrip, #43 Richard Petty, #44 Sterling Marlin, #52 Jimmy Means, #55 Phil Parsons, #80 Tim Johnson, #83 Lake Speed, #86 Ryan Kelman, and #90 Ken Schrader
- Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick all have new bodies; Pontiac has debuted the newly-refreshed Grand Prix, which is much, much sleeker than the Grand Prix 2+2; Oldsmobile and Buick have ditched the Delta 88 and LeSabre, respectively, and gone back to the Cutlass Supreme and Regal
Schedule
| No. | Race title | Track | Date | TV |
| Busch Clash Wildcard Race | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | February 7 | CBS |
| Busch Clash | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | February 7 | CBS |
| Twin 125 Qualifiers | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | February 11 | CBS | | 1 | Daytona 500 | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach
| February 14 | CBS | | 2 | Pontiac Excitement 400 | Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond | February 21 | TBS |
| Goodyear NASCAR 500 | Calder Park Thunderdome, Melbourne | February 28 | ESPN | | 3 | Goodwrench 500 | North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham | March 6 | ESPN | | 4 | Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 | Atlanta International Speedway, Hampton | March 20 | ABC | | 5 | TranSouth 500 | Darlington Raceway, Darlington | March 27 | ESPN | | 6 | Valleydale Meats 500 | Bristol International Speedway, Bristol | April 10 | ESPN | | 7 | First Union 400 | North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro | April 17 | ESPN | | 8 | Pannill Sweatshirts 500 | Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway | April 24 | SETN | | 9 | Winston 500 | Alabama International Motor Speedway, Lincoln | May 1 | ESPN | | 10 | Diet Coke 500 | Coca-Cola Superspeedway, Denver | May 7 | CBS |
| Winston Open | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord | May 22 | ABC |
| The Winston | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord
| May 22
| ABC | | 11 | Coca-Cola 600 | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord
| May 29 | TBS | | 12 | Budweiser 500 | Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover | June 5 | ESPN | | 13 | Budweiser 400 | Riverside International Raceway, Riverside | June 12 | ESPN | | 14 | Miller High Life 500 | Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond | June 19 | SETN | | 15 | Miller High Life 400 | Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn | June 26 | CBS | | 16 | Pepsi Firecracker 400 | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | July 2 | ABC | | 17 | Tab 500 | Coca-Cola Superspeedway, Denver | July 10 | CBS | | 18 | AC Spark Plug 500 | Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond | July 24 | Showtime | | 19 | Talladega DieHard 500 | Alabama International Motor Speedway, Lincoln | July 31 | CBS | | 20 | Budweiser at The Glen | Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen | August 14 | ESPN | | 21 | Champion Spark Plug 400 | Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn | August 21 | ESPN | | 22 | Busch 500 | Bristol International Speedway, Bristol | August 27 | ESPN | | 23 | Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway, Darlington | September 4 | ESPN | | 24 | Miller High Life 400 | Richmond International Raceway, Richmond | September 11 | TBS | | 25 | Delaware 500 | Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover | September 18 | ESPN | | 26 | Goody's 500 | Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway | September 25 | ESPN | | 27 | Oakwood Homes 500 | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte | October 9 | SCORE | | 28 | Holly Farms 400 | North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro | October 16 | ESPN | | 29 | AC Delco 500 | North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham | October 23 | ESPN | | 30 | Checker 500 | Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale | November 6 | ESPN | | 31 | Atlanta Journal 500 | Atlanta International Speedway, Hampton | November 20 | ESPN |
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Post by bnsf1995 on May 3, 2023 22:57:07 GMT -5
The Speedweeks That Changed EverythingThe following contains excerpts from the nascarman History video The Daytona 500 That Changed Everything: Speedweeks 1988
Prologue Speedweeks 1988 was the biggest moment of change NASCAR had seen in years. It was a week filled with new rules, new surroundings, uncertainty, and chaos on the track. The biggest change was the reintroduction of restrictor plates. For a few years in 1971, NASCAR used the plates to slow down big engines and make smaller motors more competitive. The plates were back in 1988 to slow the cars on superspeedways (in 1987, NASCAR used a smaller carburetor to slow speeds in the remaining two superspeedway races). With speeds climbing north of 210 MPH, the deaths of innocent spectators was becoming more likely. On the weekend of the 1987 Winston 500, history was made. In qualifying, Dennis Malone, driving the #02 Dodge Mirada, won the pole for the race at a record speed of 212.809 mph (44.998 seconds) using a new Mopar engine, a record that still stands today and will likely never be broken. But in the race itself, Bobby Allison, in the #22 Miller American Buick LeSabre, had a tire blow on Lap 21, sending his car flying into the catchfence, tearing out a 100-foot section. The worst injury was a woman losing an eye, but amazingly, nobody was killed. Later in the race, on the last lap, Charlie Rudolph was killed in a head-on crash into the wall involving Dave Marcis, dying of a basilar skull fracture. "A problem that we've had with our cars more recently is they get airborne. They're going so fast that they try to fly."
Darrell Waltrip on the increasing speeds "Stock cars. So fast that they threaten to fly into the grandstands and kill people. Do speeds have to be limited?"
Dave DeSpain "That was an awakening, so to speak, and everybody said 'we gotta slow these cars down, particularly at Daytona and Talladega, before one of them leaves and goes in the grandstands'. 200 MPH is too fast."
Darrell Waltrip on the 1987 Winston 500 crash Preseason Testing After Bobby Allison's scary crash, insurance companies warned NASCAR: get these unguided missiles under control, or lose your insurance coverage. That was a sobering threat, and it was obvious, as testing opened for next month's Daytona 500, that NASCAR took it VERY seriously. The 1988 model cars were capable of running well over 200 MPH, and that's too fast, said the insurance companies. So, NASCAR cut speeds by requiring carburetor restrictor plates. The first plates NASCAR tried (1-1/8") out didn't slow the cars enough, only to the mid-190s, so an even more severe restrictor (1") was issued, and now, speeds were in the high-180s. That was okay. But officials also realized at least some of the drivers were sandbagging, deliberately posting slower test speeds to keep away from even tougher restrictors. "I understand what they're trying to do. At Daytona, Talladega, and the new Coca-Cola Superspeedway we'll be running later this year, we CANNOT send cars flying through the air, we cannot! Period! End of discussion!"1973 Winston Cup Series champion Benny Parsons on the necessity of the restrictor plates Despite the avout intention to make racing safer to slow down cars on its supertracks, NASCAR's mandate of carburetor plates had the potential to intensify the competition to an UNBELIEVABLE extent. On track, several manufacturers changed models to improve aerodynamics. Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac had completely-different bodies compared to what they ran the previous year. In 1987, Buick ran the LeSabre, Oldsmobile the Delta 88, and Pontiac the Grand Prix 2+2 (the latter of which had been homologated alongside the Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe in NASCAR after the dominance of the 1985 Ford Thunderbird). For 1988, Buick and Oldsmobile went back to the Regal and Cutlass Supreme, respectively, while Pontiac had debuted a new generation of Grand Prix in the showroom that was divorced from the previous generation. The new Grand Prix was sleeker and more aerodynamic, specifically to homologate it for NASCAR competition. The manufacturer making headlines, though, was Chrysler. The manufacturer had left NASCAR in 1985 after years of issues that could be traced back to the introduction of the Dodge Magnum in 1978. The Magnum was so un-aerodynamic, that by the midpoint of 1978, Richard Petty had switched to Chevrolet, and Neil Bonnett had switched to Oldsmobile, leaving Pacific Coast Racing as the only major Mopar team left (it helped that PCR exploited innumerable loopholes in the NASCAR rulebook to make the boxy Magnums competitive, and managed to get a few wins with them). When the smaller cars were introduced in 1981, Chrysler attempted to lure Richard Petty back with their new Dodge Mirada, but alas, it was unable to go any faster than 185 MPH because the car had a high coefficient of drag. Only Pacific Coast Racing (with their new driver, Dennis Malone) and Buddy Arrington toughed it out with the new car, and while Arrington never won any races, Malone was very competitive, as PCR had once again exploited rule loopholes to make the Mirada viable. Malone finished eighth in the 1981 standings with three wins and Rookie of Year, fifth in 1982 with two wins, ninth in 1983 with two wins, 17th in 1984 with no wins, won the championship in 1985 with eight wins, third in 1986 with four wins, and fifth in 1987 with six wins. Chrysler had a headstart on the other manufacturers when it came to the restrictor plates. As they had no data for comparisons, they were able to make the LeBaron very aerodynamic. NASCAR had a new tire, as well. The tiny Hoosier Tire Co. with sixteen employees challenged Goodyear's monopoly by entering the sport. While the tire war was a big part of 1988, both brands performed equally in the Daytona 500. To go with the new rules, new cars, and new tire, there were a handful of team changes, as well. Mark Martin returned to full-time Cup racing, with Roush Racing expanding from road racing into NASCAR. Ricky Rudd moved to Kenny Bernstein's team, and Bud Moore now had Brett Bodine in his car. Dale Earnhardt was now driving a black Goodwrench car instead of his familiar Wrangler colors. But all eyes were on three particular teams. Kennedy Racing, a longtime fixture of the Modified Series, would run a full season with the #03 ShowBiz Pizza Time Pontiac driven by Melvin Kennedy. Kelman Racing would go full-time in 1988 with the #86 AT&T Chrysler driven by Ryan Kelman. And Pacific Coast Racing would once again have a Johnson racing in the Winston Cup Series, with the son of five-time Winston Cup champion Sheldon Johnson Jr., Tim Johnson, making his debut in the #80 Nintendo Chrysler. Tim's twin sister Chloe would run an identical car in the 1988 Busch Series season, then move up to Winston Cup in 1989 in the #60. All three drivers, coming from families with NASCAR ties dating back to its founding, formed the strongest class of rookie drivers in recent memory. NASCAR was looking good going into 1988, as nearly 70 cars vied for 42 positions in the field for the Daytona 500. Not only was NASCAR becoming a more popular form of racing for car owners, but for marketing and promotional executives, as well. Over 30 cars adorned big-name products on the sides as sponsors, some teams receiving as much as $2 million to complete the full schedule. With all these storylines going in, the 1988 Daytona 500 promised to be the climax of one of the most chaotic Speedweeks anyone could remember. Speedweeks Begins
The stock car portion of Speedweeks 1988 began on Wednesday, February 3, with practice for IROC and ARCA. All eyes were on the comeback of Indy Car star Roberto Guererro. In 1987, Guererro lost the Indy 500 after hitting a loose wheel and losing the clutch on his car. While the wheel killed a spectator in the stands, the Colombian driver escaped with his life after it came inches from hitting his head. In September, Guerrero once again cheated death. Four days after winning at Mid-Ohio, he crashed while testing at Indianapolis. A broken rear suspension sent his car into the wall. The right-front tire came back and hit Guererro in the head. Unconscious and in critical condition at Methodist Hospital, it was not an optimistic forecast from neurosurgeon, Dr. Michael Turner, who stated it would be six months to a year before they would be fully sure how much he would recover. In a coma for over three weeks, Guererro was given experimental, near-toxic levels of barbituates by Dr. Steven Olvey to reduce pressure on his brain. Miraculously, the driver made a full recovery, and rehabbed his brain to pre-accident condition. The IROC event five months later was to be his first race back, but in practice, the feel-good story ended. Running in a three-car draft, Guererro was spun by 1987 IMSA GTP champion Chip Robinson, and hit the wall in Turn 3. He was diagnosed with a broken foot, and would miss the IROC race. The comeback story was over before it began. Practice for the Daytona 500 began on Friday with NASCAR inspectors tearing apart illegal cars. Busy crews did corrective surgery on Pontiac and Oldsmobile decklids that measured an inch too long. And it wasn't an isolated case. Virtually EVERY Pontiac and Olsmobile in the field was chopped up. Bobby Allison also had an illegal car, and he kept his tongue firmly in his cheek, providing explanations such as the car "swelling up" in the hauler, and "displacing itself in the wrong places on its diet". For this first practice session, all eyes were on Tim Johnson, and he did not disappoint, being the fastest, and becoming the favorite to win the pole. *SECTION ON POLE QUALIFYING WILL BE UPDATED AFTER I RUN THE DAYTONA 500 IN NR2003*The 1988 Busch Clash was one of the most interesting in the event's history. In 1987, only seven drivers had started on the pole, meaning only seven drivers (Dale Earnhardt, Terry Labonte, Tim Richmond, Bill Elliott, Dennis Malone, Ernie Irvan, and Grant Adcox) were eligible for the race. Of those seven, only six would start, as Dennis Malone had stepped away from Winston Cup racing to let Tim Johnson take over the car. Faced with a miniscule field for the first green-flag laps of 1988, NASCAR quickly expanded eligibility for the Busch Clash. All past winners of the event were now eligible, which added Buddy Baker, Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison, and Neil Bonnett to the field. This still wasn't enough cars, so NASCAR added the Busch Clash Wildcard Race, to be run before the Busch Clash, in which the top-ten finishers would advance to the main race. This race was only open to drivers who had started at least one race in 1987, meaning Tim Johnson, Melvin Kennedy, and Mark Martin, among others, were ineligible to run the event. 32 drivers ended up entering the race, the major omission being Richard Petty, who chose not to run the run. Ken Schrader won the pole for the Wildcard Race on the random draw. Busch Clash Wildcard Race Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Make/Model | Status | | 1 | 55 | Phil Parsons | Jackson Brothers Motorsports | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 2 | 86 | Ryan Kelman | Kelman Racing | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 3 | 16 | Larry Pearson | Pearson Racing | 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running | | 4 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Donlavey Racing | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 5 | 21 | Kyle Petty | Wood Brothers Racing | 1988 Ford Thunderbird | Running | | 6 | 89 | Jim Sauter | Mueller Brothers Racing | 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix | Running | | 7 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Blue Max Racing | 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix | Running | | 8 | 1 | Dale Jarrett | Ellington Racing | 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running | | 9 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | Stavola Brothers Racing | 1988 Buick Regal | Running | | 10 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahari Racing | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 11 | 28 | Davey Allison | Ranier-Lundy Racing | 1988 Ford Thunderbird | Running | | 12 | 70 | JD McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix | Running | | 13 | 97 | Morgan Shepherd | Shepherd Racing | 1988 Buick Regal | Running | | 14 | 95 | Trevor Boys | Sadler Brothers Racing | 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running | | 15 | 04 | Hershel McGriff | McGriff Motorsports | 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix | Running | | 16 | 15 | Brett Bodine | Bud Moore Engineering | 1988 Ford Thunderbird | Running | | 17 | 4 | Rick Wilson | Morgan-McClure Motorsports | 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | Running | | 18 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Motorsports | 1987 Ford Thunderbird | Running | | 19 | 33 | Harry Gant | Mach 1 Racing | 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running | | 20 | 29 | Cale Yarborough | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | Running | | 21 | 57 | Morgan Shepherd | Shepherd Motorsports | 1988 Buick Regal | Running | | 22 | 73 | Phil Barkdoll | Barkdoll Racing | 1987 Ford Thunderbird | Running | | 23 | 83 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 24 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Hendrick Motorsports | 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running | | 25 | 26 | Ricky Rudd | King Racing | 1988 Buick Regal | Running | | 26 | 44 | Sterling Marlin | Hagan Racing | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 27 | 98 | Brad Noffsinger | Curb Racing | 1988 Buick Regal | Running | | 28 | 7 | Alan Kulwicki | AK Racing | 1988 Ford Thunderbird | Running, 1 lap down | | 29 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running, 1 lap down | | 30 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Means Racing | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running, 1 lap down | | 31 | 68 | Derrike Cope | Testa Racing | 1988 Ford Thunderbird | Running, 1 lap down | | 32 | 10 | Ken Bouchard | Whitcomb Racing | 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running, 10 laps down |
Busch Clash Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Make/Model | Status | | 1 | 25 | Tim Richmond | Hendrick Motorsports | 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running | | 2 | 11 | Terry Labonte | Junior Johnson & Associates | 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running | | 3 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running | | 4 | 89 | Jim Sauter | Mueller Brothers Racing | 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix | Running | | 5 | 1 | Dale Jarrett | Ellington Racing | 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running | | 6 | 24 | Grant Adcox | Adcox Racing | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 7 | 86 | Ryan Kelman | Kelman Racing | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 8 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | Stavola Brothers Racing | 1988 Buick Regal | Running | | 9 | 55 | Phil Parsons | Jackson Brothers Motorsports | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 10 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Racing | 1988 Ford Thunderbird | Running | | 11 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Baker-Schiff Racing | 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix | Running | | 12 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Blue Max Racing | 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix | Running | | 13 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Donlavey Racing | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 14 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Stavola Brothers Racing | 1988 Buick Regal | Running | | 15 | 21 | Kyle Petty | Wood Brothers Racing | 1988 Ford Thunderbird | Running | | 16 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahari Racing | 1988 Chrysler LeBaron | Running | | 17 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | RahMoc Enterprises | 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix | Running | | 18 | 16 | Larry Pearson | Pearson Racing | 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe | Running | | 19 | 2 | Ernie Irvan | US Racing | 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix | Running, 1 lap down |
Sunday afternoon's ARCA race saw Mickey Gibbs hold off Red Farmer for the victory. Dennis Malone ran in this race using his 1987 Winston Cup car, finishing fifth. But getting the most attention was fourth-place finisher Jay Sommers, who had a surprising backstory. He was the most-recent winner of the Michigan Lottery, to the tune of $5.7 million, and the first thing he did with that money was go buy an ARCA car from Hoss Ellington (Pacific Coast Racing lobbied VERY hard for Sommers to purchase one of their now-surplus Dodge Miradas, to no avail). He qualified fourth, and finished fourth, in his very first Daytona start. Trials and Tribulations
On track, drivers were struggling with poor-handling cars. "How the face of stock car racing has changed. New rules have affected the way these cars behave. And even the old veterans haven't figured out the answers to all of the questions, as we're going to see."Dave Despain on the new rules To overcome the slower speeds, teams reduced drag by lowering their spoilers to near-horizontal levels. The lack of downforce meant the cars were harder to drive than ever before. It became a guessing game and a compromise. Flat spoiler, go fast? Stand it up, and be safe? It remained to be seen what each team would decide for the Daytona 500. With the cars now running in tighter packs, carnage was expected. The fear of flying cars returned on Tuesday. In Cup Practice, Tony Spanos flipped his car in the trioval. Trying to pass Ernie Irvan, apparently Spanos' engine blew, and he spun across Irvan's nose. The Rest of the Week*Section on the Twin 125s will be updated after I run the Daytona 500 in NR2003 and export the results*In the Goody's Dash Series race for compact cars on Friday, a pair of female drivers, Karen Schultz and Shawna Robinson, finished second and third, respectively. The IROC race that afternoon was calm. Chip Robinson's wall scrape was the only incident of the event. Bill Elliott was untouchable, leading every lap on his way to victory.
With all the talk about the big Winston Cup cars, hardly anyone talked about the restrictor plates being worn by the Busch Grand National cars.
*Still debating whether to run the 1988 BGN season, since there's so few 1988 BGN cars available for NR2003* |
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