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  Race 2 Win - Billy And Buckshot Jones . . . Like Father, Like Son
Billy Jones started Buckshot Racing in 1993 when his son showed interest in taking his weekend hobby to the highest level.
The entire family is a part of this race team and it allows us to be around each other and do something we enjoy.
Buckshot Jones has learned a great deal from his father and hopes to one day pass that along.
www.angelfire.com /sc/race2win/bj2.html   (673 words)

  
 Buckshot Jones
It didn't take long for Buckshot to realize that racing was his passion, and his goal was to reach the pinnacle of the sport the NASCAR Winston Cup series.
He understood that major league racing is a business and to get ahead in one of the most competitive forms of auto racing, Buckshot earned a degree in business management, keeping an average GPA of above 3.0 at the University of Georgia.
The bullrings of Georgia would prove to be the training grounds, Buckshot's first racing in the All-American Division at the Lanier Raceway just outside of Gainesville, Ga. It took him little time to become a winner, scoring his first victory in the All-American Division in 1992; he wound up eighth in points that same year.
groups.msn.com /BuckshotJones/buckshotampracing.msnw   (554 words)

  
 Race 2 Win - Sandy Jones Joins Buckshot Racing For 2000 Season
December 1, 1999- Buckshot Racing announced today that Busch Series veteran Sandy Jones has joined driver Buckshot Jones and the No.00 Team as crew chief for the 2000 NASCAR Busch Series season.
Although Sandy Jones is a new addition to the Buckshot Racing family, he is no stranger to NASCAR competition.
Buckshot is optimistic about the upcoming season and the new relationship with Sandy Jones.
www.race2win.net /gn/sj.html   (292 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Racing notes: Buckshot Jones makes mark 11/13/97
The nickname came from his grandfather, who decided the little kid was ``as tough as buckshot'' after he got knocked down and bounced right up again.
What he does care about is racing and on Sunday, barring problems in qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Jones will make his first Winston Cup start in the season-ending NAPA 500.
Billy Jones, Buckshot's father and car owner, is proud of his son's improvement.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/111397/spo_carzz.html   (977 words)

  
 List of NASCAR teams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Full-time teams are teams that attempt to qualify for every race in their division (with very few exceptions, such as those due to hauler breakdowns or deaths).
Waltrip-Jasper Racing is a second car to Bill Davis Racing.
Green Light Racing has signed many drivers and sponsors to one-race contracts in an effort to give them some exposure at the NASCAR level.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_NASCAR_teams   (646 words)

  
 Feature Vehicle: Buckshot Racing's X-5 Sand Car
Andrew Buck, owner of Buckshot Racing just smiled and hit the throttle when I said, "Sure you wanna do this?" I gotta say I was impressed.
Buckshot has several models to chose from, as well as engine/transaxle combinations.
Buckshot spends a great deal of effort in helping you design a car that will fit your needs and expectations.
www.off-road.com /dunes/products/buckshot/march_2001   (771 words)

  
 Bobby Labonte
Buckshot’s racing career began in 1990 in the All-American Division at Lanier Raceway, a track near the University of Georgia.
Buckshot finished in the top 10 in the Busch point standings in 1997 and 1998 and was voted Winston Cup Scene’s Most Popular Driver for the Busch Series in 1998.
Buckshot, 31, and his wife Jina have just moved back to Georgia and were expecting their first child the day this was written.
www.diecastdigest.com /2002/Jan_02/Driver.htm   (1950 words)

  
 Race 2 Win - Cheez-It Renews Sponsorship With Buckshot Racing
The 2000 season marks the fourth consecutive year of Keebler's sponsorship of the Buckshot Racing team.
Keebler increased its involvement from associate sponsorship status in 1997 and 1998 to primary sponsorship with their Cheez-It® brand in 1999 and again in 2000.
Cheez-It® was also an associate sponsor on Buckshot Racing's Winston Cup car in 1999.
www.race2win.net /gn/00/br.html   (166 words)

  
 AutoRacing1.com - 2001 Silly Season Page
Buckshot Jones may be out, and Compton may be in?
Lepage signed for 2 more years, but 5 years with this team is five races.
Now hearing that Skinner may drive the #4, an that Lepage is either the driver for the #94, or out of a job.
www.autoracing1.com /sillyseason2002_NASCAR.htm   (414 words)

  
 CNN/SI - NASCAR - Buckshot Jones ready for Winston Cup rookie wars - Thursday January 14, 1999 07:27 PM
The Georgia driver, expected to vie with Tony Stewart and Elliott Sadler for Winston Cup rookie-of-the-year honors this season, was a long way from that kind of notoriety when he and his father, Billy, sat down to eat one day in 1990.
Buckshot -- so nicknamed because his grandfather said the kid was as tough as buckshot -- has won two Busch Series races and established himself as a tough competitor.
Ricky Pearson, the son of retired NASCAR great David Pearson and recently promoted to general manager of Buckshot Racing, realizes it could be tough going.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/1999/01/14/buckshot_dreams   (778 words)

  
 ESPN.com - AUTO - No room for franchising in NASCAR
One of the biggest issues in the split of open-wheel racing in America revolved around this concept and I believe it would be just as detrimental to NASCAR if implemented.
If a driver knows that he, or she, is guaranteed a spot in the next race and in the money at year?s end, why take any chances of racing hard and risk getting hurt?
If you believe that Terry Labonte or Chad Little deserve to be in the race regardless of their qualifying speed then the current system works just fine.
espn.go.com /auto/columns/dunlap_ray/391109.html   (882 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - The Buzz: August 7, 2001 - August 7, 2001
Buckshot Racing's BGN car will be sponsored by Jesel Valve Trains and Gasoline Alley Motors at Michigan.
Fedewa, whose hometown is Holt, Mich., has driven in five Busch races for Buckshot's team so far this season with a best finish of seventh last Saturday in the Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park.
It is worth noting that Buckshot Jones, who is competing fulltime on the Winston Cup circuit this season with Petty Enterprises, set the Busch qualifying record a year ago at Michigan with a speed of 184.786 mph.
www.nascar.com /2001/NEWS/thebuzz/08/07/thebuzz_0807   (267 words)

  
 Racing Forums - Buckshot
Buckshot is a mediocre driver who got a ride in both series through buying his way in.
All that Buckshot needs is a good team, a team that unfortunately never surfaced in the 44 he can win in Busch, I think he can win one in Winston or I mean Nextel Cup.
BUCKSHOT BUCKSHOT BUCKSHOT He did well!!! That was his forst run in over a year...
www.racing-forums.com /vb/showthread.php?t=9499   (713 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - The Buzz: July 10, 2001 - July 10, 2001
Fedewa, who was recently released as the driver of the Phillips 66 Chevrolet, made his first start for Buckshot Racing’s BGN team at Milwaukee on July 1.
Fedewa is also the top candidate to be behind the wheel of Buckshot Racing’s Busch No. 00 Chevrolet at the Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park on Aug. 4.
Buckshot Racing’s car is presently unsponsored for both the St. Louis and Fountain races.
www.nascar.com /2001/NEWS/thebuzz/07/10/buzz_071001   (139 words)

  
 Buckshot Jones
He was given the nickname as a child by his grandfather after chasing his cousin and running into a table and bouncing right back up.
His grandfather commented that he was as tough as a "buckshot", and the nickname has stuck since.
On Saturday, December 19, 1998, among candles and Christmas trees, NASCAR Winston Cup driver Buckshot Jones and longtime girlfriend Jina Cadena married at the First Baptist Church of Duluth in Duluth, Ga. The newlyweds gathered at Sugarloaf Country Club following the ceremony with more than 500 family and friends to celebrate their marriage.
groups.msn.com /BuckshotJones/keepingupwiththejones.msnw   (303 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Bodine making mark in two series
Driving a car that struggled to make races and stay competitive for two seasons with Waltrip at the wheel, Bodine has the team qualifying near the front and making an impact on race day.
He rejoined Cicci-Welliver Racing, the team that gave him his first full-time NASCAR ride in 1991, and ran the full schedule in that division in 1999 and 2000 before joining Carter's team.
Of course, having a driver who has proven he can win races, no matter the division, can be a motivating factor for both teams.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2001/mar/15/511569644.html   (772 words)

  
 Buckshot : Hommage
Buckshot Run is in the Loup East deer unit.
Buckshot was my favorite show, it aired on CFCN in Calgary f...
Buckshot Dot - otherwise known as Dee Strickland Johnson was voted Female Cowboy Poet of 1997 by her peers in the Academy of Western Artists.
www.hommage.ca /?Top=Buckshot   (447 words)

  
 Feb 24, 2001 - Rockingham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
All eyes were on "The Rock" last weekend; even non race fans watched and attended in honor of our fallen leader in the sports, Dale Earnhardt.
Racing from the beginning of the race, was a scramble to get to the front; however, only after the first lap, a few cars got together causing the first caution of the day to come out.
After a series of caution flags at the start of the race, Raines was making his way through the field.
www.alka-seltzer.com /nascar/recaps01/022401_rockingham.htm   (383 words)

  
 Motorsport.com: News channel
Buckshot Racing will be fielding a brand new car this weekend at Darlington Raceway.
Underneath the new Chevrolet Monte Carlo body will be a new Hopkins chassis, a first for Buckshot Racing.
In the past, Buckshot Racing has always used Laughlin chassis' and Hopkin's front snouts.
www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=50944   (189 words)

  
 Live Coverage: 2006 BITD Blue Water Resort & Casino Parker "425"
Donahoe recently swapped out his race seats from Brand X to Mastercraft in his stock full and described the difference in the seat manufacturing.
At first glimpse one would have thought that Pflueger Racing was in town with for a run in a Class 1500 car, but a real look instead of a glimpse determined that the new Monster Energy drink car was that of Buckshot Racing.
The Buckshot Racing Crew told DirtNewz that they’ve tested the car extensively, however they’ve yet to race the car and this race would be the first of many for the innovative designed race car.
www.dirtnewz.com /events-06/parker425/parker425-main.shtml   (698 words)

  
 Buckshot Racing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Buckshot Racing is a highly focused company that designs, builds and sells the most technologically advanced high-performance sand and desert racing long-travel cars in the off-road industry.
Previously employed by FMF Racing and CT Racing as well as a few other high performance shops before starting Buckshot Racing in 1992, Andrew became something of a secret weapon for many top racers.
Buckshot continues to embrace and pioneer new technologies and will continue leading the way with improvements in safety, performance and reliability.
www.buckshotracing.com /company-info/index.asp   (257 words)

  
 From The Inside Presented By The Army National Guard by Todd Bodine
In the end we crossed the line in 19th, completing all 300 laps behind race winner Jimmie Johnson.  It was a good run for the team and a big rebound from Chicago, leaving us hopeful for better things this weekend in Pocono.
We ended up leading the race since we were the final car to take on gas.  We put a strategy into place and needed a caution for our plan to work.
I am hoping for a great race on Sunday and hope that you will be keeping an eye on the National Guard Ford along with your favorite driver(s).
www.catchfence.com /html/2003/tb072503.html   (731 words)

  
 Jayski's® Silly Season Site - Past News Page
He had one provisional remaining entering this weekend(at Pocono) and his team contemplated withdrawing from the race in order to save his provisional for the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, where he is making an announcement of his retirement plans on Aug. 5.
The Buckshot Racing team expects to make a decision in the next week or so on it's 2000 plans.
Dick Trickle is unable to occupy the driver's seat of the #91 Chevy because of a prior commitment to participate in the BGN at Pikes Peak.
www.jayski.com /past/1999/990719.htm   (2526 words)

  
 2006 V.L.F.R.L Championship Chase
Buckshot Racing set a new 2006 Victory Lane score record at Pocono this weekend.
Its only four weeks to go, but one bad week and the race is on.
One wrong move by the Buckshot team and we will be back in the race.
buckshot440.tripod.com   (579 words)

  
 week9-21   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Buckshot Jones, was fined $2000 for trying to wreck the series point leader, Randy Lajoie, during a caution period at
Buckshot recently announced a limited deal to race up to 8 Winston Cup races in 1998.
Buckshot's accident happened in turn 2, there's no way his crew could even see what happened, as they were in the pits on the front stretch.
pages.prodigy.com /soup/week9-21.htm   (396 words)

  
 Jayski's® Silly Season Site - Past Team News
Congrats to Buckshot: Buckshot Jones and his wife Gina are the proud parents of a son, Kolton Ray, who was born at 7:10pm/et, Monday, Nov. 26th.
Leffler Subs for Buckshot: #01-Jason Lefflerm who fell out of the Southern 500 early, was able to gain experience and get some track time at Darlington Raceway in the #44 Dodge as he took over for Buckshot Jones on lap 197 and finished the event bringing the team a 35th place finish.
Buckshot to run Atlanta: Buckshot Jones, who will drive full-time in the Winston Cup Series next year for Petty Enterprises, will attempt to qualify for the Cup race at Atlanta in a Chevy fielded by Buckshot Racing.
www.jayski.com /teams/past/44past.htm   (15301 words)

  
 Buckshot Racing Announces Sponsorship from Brunswick Indoor Recreation
BRUNSWICK JOINS BUCKSHOT RACING AS ASSOCIATE SPONSOR IN NASCAR BUSCH AND WINSTON CUP SERIES FONTANA, Calif. (October 17, 1997) --- Buckshot Racing announced today that Brunswick Indoor Recreation Group will join them as an associate sponsor in the NASCAR Busch Series and Winston Cup Series during the 1998 season.
The sponsorship will also feature Buckshot Jones in advertising and promotional activities throughout the year.
Brunswick is a company that is involved in boat manufacturing, fishing and camping, as well as bowling.
www.theautochannel.com /news/date/19971020/news007285.html   (462 words)

  
 The Callahan Racing Page: News
NASCAR: Buckshot Racing To Compete In Winston Cup In 1999
Spartanburg, S.C. - The Buckshot Racing team has started construction on a new race shop to house their NASCAR Winston Cup team for the 1999 season.
The Buckshot Racing team is currently running it's Busch Series operations out of David Pearson's shop in Spartanburg.
www.theautochannel.com /callahan/news/98070302.html   (209 words)

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