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In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  The Oak Ridger Online -- NASCAR
ATLANTA -- When Robert Pressley started last week's race at the Phoenix International Raceway, he wasn't in the mood to celebrate the fact it was his 200th career start in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
Robert Pressley: Veteran driver will not race for Jasper Motorsports next season and is weighing his options.
Pressley is one of at least 11 drivers without a commitment for the 2002 season, so every lap in the final four races has become a high-speed audition.
www.oakridger.com /nascar/driversrace.html   (429 words)

  
 The Official Website of Robert Pressley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Robert Pressley said it best: "The best thing about having a bad race is you're only a week away from forgetting it with another one." ST Motorsports will be happy to forget their problems at last Saturday night's Charter 250 at the Gateway International Raceway.
Pressley was born in Buncombe County and was a son of the late William Edward and Georgia Mae Lance Pressley.
Robert Pressley's dad is pretty ill this week, and we're thinking about Robert and his family, and hopefully he can come back over here and race this race; it's going to be really good in the draft.
www.robertpressley.net /newspr.html   (7080 words)

  
 Robert Pressley Official Website: Pressley Fights Ill-Handling Truck to Finish Ninth at Nashville
Robert Pressley and the No. 18 Dickies Square D Dodge began the weekend with high hopes of a trip to victory lane, but when the checkered flag had fallen the team had to settle for a top ten finish.
Pressley continued to try and get the truck to turn in the corners, while maintaining his position in the top ten.
Pressley still managed to stay in the top ten and record a ninth place finish, which was the seventh time in a row dating back to Milwaukee in June.
www.race2win.net /rp77/ns.html   (580 words)

  
 Robert Pressley Official Website: Biography
Pressley is the son of short-track ace Bob Pressley, who has plied his trade throughout the Southeast for more than 20 years.
Pressley was a dominant force at short tracks near his home in Asheville, N.C., winning track championships at New Asheville Speedway and Greenville-Pickens (S.C.) Speedway before forming a NASCAR Busch Series team co-owned by Cleveland Cavaliers center Brad Daugherty.
Pressley finished the 1996 season behind the wheel of the Cartoon Network Chevrolet, after leaving the Skoal Team in the latter stages of the year.
www.race2win.net /rp77/bio.html   (394 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Pressley edges Leffler in Michigan 200   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pressley, driving a Dodge Ram pickup, led 74 of 100 laps and won for the second time this season.
Pressley, who started eighth in a field set by owner points when time trials were rained out, came to the front for the first time at lap 15, passing Rick Crawford's Ford F-150.
He trailed Pressley by half a second at lap 198 and 0.3 seconds at lap 189 but was blocked by the leader as he tried to pass between the two-mile superspeedway's third and fourth turns.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nascar/2002-07-27-truck-finish_x.htm   (394 words)

  
 Bobby Hamilton Racing
Robert Pressley had his eighth top ten in a row slip through his fingers on the final lap of the Virginia is for Lovers 200, when his teammate and owner crashed in front of him and several other trucks.
Pressley's night began from the 11th position, and his night was fairly uneventful until the final lap of the race.
Pressley and the team had made the decision early in the event to take their time and not do anything that might cost them points.
www.bobbyhamiltonracing.com /releases/bhr090902pst.htm   (1778 words)

  
 Around the Track Truck Articles February thru June 03
Robert Pressley was a veteran cup driver before losing his job driving the No. 77 Jasper Ford to Dave Blaney at the end of the 2001 season.
Robert Pressley, another former Cup driver who was routed out of that series, finished in the tenth position.
Robert Pressley and Jon Wood both lost three spots down to eighth and ninth with a -119 and a -150.
tms1231.tripod.com /truck03/febthrujun03.html   (6727 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Pressley has earned a full-time ride
After Robert was replaced for the two road courses I didn't expect him to return to the Jasper team for the 2002 season and I hoped that he didn't return.
Robert has not always had the best of luck or equipment, but he is a true talent.
Robert Pressley deserves a team capable of winning any week, no matter what series it is. Like many other talented drivers, Pressley has been for years stuck in some equipment that is not week after week front-runner material.
espn.go.com /rpm/wc/2002/0201/1321260.html   (725 words)

  
 Sports: Pressley nearly wins
Robert Pressley has now gone 150 races without a Winston Cup win.
Pressley's team took a gamble during a caution period on Lap178, and it nearly worked.
Pressley inherited the lead on Lap180 and held it for five laps until Tony Stewart passed him.
www.sptimes.com /News/061300/Sports/Pressley_nearly_wins.shtml   (690 words)

  
 mopar parts - motorsports - teams - ncts - robert pressler
Veteran driver Robert Pressley has been racing for over 20 years, during which time he has earned multiple track championships and victories in just about every type of car he has driven.
Pressley's driving career began on the bullring in Asheville, N.C., where he recorded a string of six consecutive track championships in the 1980s, along with over 150 wins in Late Model cars around the South.
At that time, Pressley received a call from Bobby Hamilton to race fulltime in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and also in a limited number of Winston Cup Series events for Bobby Hamilton Racing (BHR).
www.mopar.com /m_msports_teams_ncts_racer_pressley.html   (275 words)

  
 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Racing Series - RACE #13 MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY 2002 - By TRUCKWORLD ONLINE! ®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
BROOKLYN, Mich. (July 28, 2002) - When Robert Pressley opened the 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season with a victory at Daytona and a second-place finish at Darlington, many assumed that he would be the man to beat for this year's championship.
Well, a strange thing happened on the way to the banquet table - Pressley and his No. 18 Bobby Hamilton Racing team were plagued by inconsistency that found the former NASCAR Winston Cup driver with just two top-five finishes and an average finish of 12th in his next 10 races.
From there, it was practically all Pressley, who ended the race by leading all but 12 of the final 86 laps.
www.truckworld.com /racing/nascar-truck/02-michigan/02-michigan.html   (755 words)

  
 Race 2 Win - Robert Pressley's Trek on the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America
Robert Pressley had to cut the ride short today when he learned that his dad did not get dismissed from the hospital and left to be with him.
Robert Pressley was impressed with the size and differing geographies of Texas.
Robert Pressley and I are having a great time getting used to our Yamaha motorcycles.
www.angelfire.com /sc/race2win/ride.html   (1021 words)

  
 Sports: Crafty Pressley wins in last-lap truck dash
Pressley won his series debut Friday in the Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona International Speedway, working the draft to move from third to first on a late restart.
Pressley, 42, spent nine years trying to make it with four teams in Winston Cup.
Pressley, who led 50 laps, drove the same truck Joe Ruttman won with in the 2001 opener.
www.sptimes.com /2002/02/16/news_pf/Sports/Crafty_Pressley_wins_.shtml   (740 words)

  
 JS Online: Pressley Gets Win in 1st Truck Start   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pressley, who started 10th, appeared to have the fastest truck, consistently powering his way to the front of the field.
Pressley, running third, pulled low in Turn 2 with drafting help from Musgrave, Rose and Ruttman.
Rose, Pressley's teammate with a team owned by Winston Cup driver Bobby Hamilton, led three lap and had a career-best finish.
www.jsonline.com /sports/race/ap/feb02/ap-car-dodge-deale021502.asp?format=print   (483 words)

  
 SpeedwayMedia.com, Online Resource For Motorsports Information, NASCAR stats, NASCAR tickets, NASCAR news, and more!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Robert Pressley was born on April 8, 1959 in Ashville, North Carolina.
In 1993, Pressley won the Mark III Vans 200 at Darlington, the Laneco 200 on the 1-mile Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and the New England Chevy 250 at New Hampshire.
Pressley qualified on the outside of the front row for the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona and finished 4th.
www.speedwaymedia.com /Articles/05/121905Madding.asp   (1267 words)

  
 1998 in NASCAR Busch Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Moore's Snacks 250 was held March 28 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Failed to qualify: Robert Pressley (#59), Hank Parker Jr.
The Coca Cola 300 was held April 4 at Texas Motor Speedway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1998_in_NASCAR_Busch_Series   (1164 words)

  
 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Racing Series - RACE #1 DAYTONA 250 - By TRUCKWORLD ONLINE! ®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pressley dominated the 100-lap Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at "The World Center of Speed," leading 50 laps overall.
Pressley started the race in the 10th position but wasted little time getting to the front.
Pressley, who hadn't won a major NASCAR race since he took a Busch Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway in 1993, is off to a great start in his truck series career.
www.truckworld.com /racing/NASCAR-Truck/02-1-daytona/02-daytona.html   (1120 words)

  
 The Mountaineer: Robert Pressley to host Bowling for Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
NASCAR driver Robert Pressley will host the Haywood County Schools Foundation Bowling for Education Tuesday at Sky Lanes Bowling Center in Asheville.
Pressley will be joined by Winston Cup Series drivers Bobby Hamilton and Jimmy Spencer, Busch Series driver Bobby Hamilton Jr.
Pressley said they will get in on the action this year.
www.themountaineer.com /archives/2002/08/19/topstories_robertpressleytohost.html   (505 words)

  
 AutoRacing1.com - NASCAR News Page
But Pressley's car was no match for Harvick's, who seemed to be the only one that could ride the outside groove all day.
Pressley's second palce finish was his career best finish, his previous best had been a third place finish at Texas in 1998.
Pressley got more of a challenge for second place, attempting to hold off Ricky Rudd who moved up quickly on the restart.
www.autoracing1.com /htmfiles/2001/NASCARStuff/0715ChicagoRace.htm   (3567 words)

  
 Dick Trickle - Preseason Testing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Drivers Dick Trickle, Ricky Craven, Robert Pressley, Mark Gibson and Mike Harmon are scheduled to test at the 2.5-mile track for two days, Sunday and Monday.
Pressley will test the No. 77 Ford Taurus for Jasper Motorsports, while Daytona Beach native Gibson, a regular ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series driver, will test a Ford with hopes of making his hometown NASCAR Winston Cup Series race.
Among the other drivers who tested were Robert Pressley in the No. 77 Jasper Engines Ford (48.034 seconds, 187.367 mph), Mike Harmon in the No. 90 Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce Ford (48.449, 185.762), Ricky Craven in the No. 58 SBIII Motorsports Taurus (48.527, 185.464) and Mark Gibson in the No. 59 JaniKing Ford (48.896, 184.064).
www.tricklefan.com /last2/99-0101.html   (2976 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Crawford finally ends victory drought   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pressley was leading about 200 yards from the finish line, but Crawford turned to the inside just before the tri-oval to make the winning pass.
A three-truck accident on the next-to-last lap brought out the caution, and since series rules mandate the green-flag finish, the event was stretched by six laps.
Pressley made the biggest run after the final restart, moving up from sixth.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nascar/2003-02-14-trucks-daytona_x.htm   (516 words)

  
 Joyce & Robert Pressley (God Is Good) - Reviews - GospelFlava.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Robert (age 17) is a high school senior at Oakwood Adventist Academy, continuing in that rich Oakwood tradition.
The title track features both Joyce and Robert on lead vocals and is a laidback tune heralding the goodness of the Father.
With strong musical arrangements and an undeniable vocal integrity, Joyce and Robert Pressley have a hit record on their hands.
www.gospelflava.com /reviews/joycerobertpressley.html   (437 words)

  
 The History of Field Emission Displays
Robert Pressley had just sold his previous startup, XMR, a manufacturer of industrial excimer lasers, to Amoco Corporation.
Pressley recruited Robert Duboc from Coloray, Ted Fahlen, VP of RandD at XMR, and Chris Spindt, son of Capp Spindt with a newly minted Ph.D. from Stanford, to work at SVC.
The existing P22 CRT phosphors are adequate, they took twenty years to optimize in the beginning of color television and any new and better ones are unlikely in any reasonable time.
www.indiana.edu /~hightech/fpd/papers/FEDs.html   (8725 words)

  
 Rising Star Publication, Inc.
Robert Pressley, the son of short-track ace Bob Pressley, was a dominant force at short tracks near his home in Asheville, N.C. He won track championships at New Asheville Speedway and Greenville-Pickens (S.C.) Speedway before forming a NASCAR Busch series team co-owned by former Cleveland Cavaliers center Brad Daugherty.
ROBERT PRESSLEY: Profiles in American Stock Car Racing chronicles Robert's life from his days growing up in North Carolina to the beginning of his rookie year on the Winston Cup circuit.
He began covering stock car racing full-time in 1990, and met Robert Pressley for the first time during that year.
www.risingstarpub.com /pg2.htm   (271 words)

  
 ROBERT PRESSLEY NO. 18 DODGE NOTES & QUOTES - RacingWest
For the event in Daytona, the No. 18 truck, driven by Robert Pressley, will carry the Dodge Motorsports logos as a token of appreciation for everything they do for Bobby Hamilton Racing and its three teams.
Pressley will drive the No. 18 Dodge Ram in the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 on Friday, and then the Melling Racing No. 92 Dodge in the Daytona 500 on Sunday.
This Week’s Truck: Pressley will be driving the same truck, Freak, that went to victory lane at Daytona International Speedway last year with Joe Ruttman behind the wheel.
www.racingwest.com /news/story.php3/3343   (539 words)

  
 Robert Pressley News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Robert Pressley News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Pressley has spent years on the road, traveling to racetracks around the country.
Con-Way to Sponsor Robert Pressley at NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series...
rss.topix.net /nascar/robert-pressley   (250 words)

  
 Bobby Hamilton Racing Media Release
The No. 18 Dickies Dodge team with Robert Pressley driving enters the last race of the year in the seventh position in the points standings by one point over the eighth place team so the last race will be filled with drama for the team as they try and hold on to the spot.
Earnings: When Pressley takes the green flag to start the Ford 200 event he will surpass the $ 400,000 mark in career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series earnings.
Testing: Pressley tested a NASCAR Winston Cup car at the Homestead Miami Speedway last week in hope of running the race on Sunday.
www.bobbyhamiltonracing.com /releases/pres111102pre.htm   (664 words)

  
 WhoWon.com ... The Internet Source for Motorsports News and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pressley died on Sept. 24, 1994, after suffering a heart attack on the backstretch of the track during the final regular race of the season.
Tonight it's in the 6th annual event at the speedway destined to become a city park.
Because he served as pastor of two churches, Pressley had thousands of friends, followers and fans to attend his funeral.
www.whowon.com /Results.asp?TrackID=924&StoryID=10868   (490 words)

  
 Motorsport.com: News channel
The 10-time Busch Series winner is part of a two-team operation with ST Motorsports that will team him with series veteran Stacy Compton as the organization makes the manufacturer switch to Ford in 2004.
Pressley, who won a series-best five races in 1992 and finished third in the 1993 Busch Series final point standings, has also experienced success a the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway.
Pressley won the 2002 Florida 250 Craftsman Truck Series race and was involved in a wild three-wide finish in last year's truck series event where Rick Crawford and Travis Kvapil edged him out across the finish line.
www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=144373   (1220 words)

  
 DuPont Personal Protection NOMEX® Racing Apparel – who wears NOMEX®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Racing professionals like Jeff Gordon, Ray Evernham, Robert Pressley, Gerhard Berger and Jos Verstappen wear racing gear of NOMEX® for a variety of reasons: it's lightweight, flexible, breathable and comfortable.
Robert Pressley is a veteran competitor on both the Winston Cup circuit and the Busch Grand National Series.
In 1992, Pressley began driving duties in the #59 Alliance-sponsored car, owned by Daniel and Barbara Welch, and led the Busch Series with five victories and two pole positions that year.
www2.dupont.com /Personal_Protection/en_US/products/nomexracing/whowearsnomex.html   (802 words)

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