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  Nascar Winston Cup Scene
Winston Cup Scene has given us permission to post a copy of the following article that appeared in their September 7, 2000 issue.
Selberg, from his years as a crew chief, knew there was a need for someone to serve as a go-between for a person who wanted to leave a team, but didn't want to be seen talking to a possible new employer.
Hubner said everyone wants to work in Winston Cup but they need to realize that's not realistic, especially in the driving department.
www.racecityresumes.com /news_wcssep00.htm   (1190 words)

  
 Racelinecentral: NASCAR Winston Cup Series Dale Earnhardt Crash Story
The beloved Intimidator of NASCAR's Winston Cup series crashed hard into the wall during Sunday's final lap at the Daytona 500.
It was the greatest finish ever for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. But by then, the seven-time Winston Cup champion was already gone, slumped in the driver's seat of his Richard Childress-owned Goodwrench Chevrolet.
And as a hoarse Michael Waltrip deliriously celebrated his first NASCAR Winston Cup victory, he was barely aware that his car owner had even crashed.
www.racelinecentral.com /thestory.html   (1580 words)

  
 One Cryo Cryogenic Processing for NASCAR Winston Cup Racing
When Klingbiel started making the rounds at Winston Cup race shops, crew chiefs looked at him as though he was selling snake oil.
Furr says Winston Cup teams are sometimes slow to respond to new technology, embracing the if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it motto.
Winston Cup people are just plain slow to change.
www.onecryo.com /onecryo/motorsport-wcsdec97.htm   (1299 words)

  
 No more Winston Cup?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Winston Cup in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series may be gone after 2003.
Many have considered Winston to be a saving grace to NASCAR, establishing a points fund and pumping millions of dollars into the sport.
Winston Cup has become synonymous with NASCAR in the years since.
www.capitolhillblue.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=14&num=1711&printer=1   (576 words)

  
 Winston Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Grand National was NASCAR's top championship series from 1949 until 1971, when R. Reynolds began sponsoring it as the Winston Cup series.
NASCAR lists the original Grand National champions as Winston Cup champions, in part to avoid confusion with the current Busch Grand National series, which was formerly the Late Model Sportsman series.
The Winston Cup championship is based on a point system.
www.greezedlightnin.com /racesandschedules/racewinstoncup   (120 words)

  
 Winston Cup Series Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
That point fund will be divided among the top 25 drivers in the NWCS point standings at the conclusion of the Winston Cup season.
The NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion will claim the winner's share of the $5 million point fund on the stage of New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in December.
The Winston No Bull 5 took effect in 1998, offering five drivers a chance to win a $1 million bonus in each of five prestigious events during the season.
www.markmartin.org /winaward.html   (341 words)

  
 Winston-Salem Journal | Winston Cup Museum, which will open to the public today, commemorates role of city, RJR in ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Winston Cup Museum is at 1335 Martin Luther King Jr.
Will Spencer and the Winston Cup Museum took the green flag yesterday, and now the race is on.
Spencer, who owns and operates JKS Motorsports, which is next to the museum on Liberty Street, said he got the idea for the museum when he was talking with Childress about all of the cars that Spencer had in storage.
www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782643972   (788 words)

  
 Winston Cup is for sale
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. said Wednesday it has given NASCAR permission to look for a new sponsor for its Winston Cup Series, meaning the naming rights for the top racing series are for sale.
Winston Cup has become synonymous with NASCAR ever since.
Winston, after all, is a cigarette brand and RJR is a big tobacco company.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/02/07/spt_wwwsptzcar1a7.html   (1526 words)

  
 NASCAR WINSTON CUP RACING TEAM OPTIMIZES CAR HANDLING AND STABILITY WITH ALGOR CHASSIS ANALYSIS
Behind the scenes of Winston Cup season excitement, teams of mechanics and engineers work year-round to achieve the best possible performance from their race cars.
Team SABCO was first subjected to this scrutiny during its 1988 Winston Cup appearance with the Peak Antifreeze-sponsored Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Luck also plays a role in Winston Cup racing as Team SABCO found out at the 1999 Daytona 500, where both Joe Nemechek and Sterling Marlin were caught up in the same collision on lap 135.
www.algor.com /news_pub/cust_app/nascar/nascar.asp   (2719 words)

  
 The Motor Sports Forum - PR-NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES NEWS & NOTES — Homestead-Miami Speedway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Dale Jarrett is 10 points behind Benson, and the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup champion is clinging to the opportunity to finish in the money for the 16th time in his 16 full-time seasons in the series.
Drivers in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series are scheduled to experience the new 20-degree variable banking on Wednesday.
The track was reconfigured at the midpoint of each of the four turns, from six degrees of banking at the bottom to progressive increases of 18 degrees at the bottom, 19 degrees in the middle to 20 degrees on the outer level.
motorsportsforum.com /contents/showthread.php?threadid=8299   (2662 words)

  
 Jeff Burton Wins NASCAR Winston Cup Race At Phoenix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
You take a guy that is auditioning for a job and wanting to win his first Winston Cup race in only his fourth start in that car, that’s going to be an aggressive guy to get by.
It was the 50th Winston Cup win for team owner Jack Roush, whose drivers swept all three major races at Phoenix International Raceway with Greg Biffle winning Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race and Saturday’s Busch Grand National event.
For Burton, Sunday’s win came at a good time for the driver who was expected to contend for the NASCAR Winston Cup title, but finds himself in 10th place in the standings.
www.circletrack.com /eventcoverage/48058   (1161 words)

  
 Winston Cup Offers Big Money Races
But, as is the case every week on the Winston Cup circuit, the sum does not accurately reflect the actual money the drivers are chasing.
The No Bull 5 replaces the Winston Million, a $1 million bonus that was offered to any driver who could win three of the sport's four crown jewels in a single year.
Mayfield also is eligible this week for the Winston Leader Bonus, a $10,000 reward to a driver who can win a race while he is leading the points race.
www.race-it.com /nascar/5-21-1.htm   (682 words)

  
 WINSTON CUP, BUSCH SERIES STARS TO APPEAR AT FOURTH ANNUAL SPEED - RacingWest
To date, 17 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Busch Series drivers have agreed to participate in the auction.
The NASCAR Winston Cup Series will be represented by 1989 champion Rusty Wallace, Robby Gordon, Brett Bodine, Jeff Green and Shawna Robinson.
Fans are invited to bid on a chance to ride in a convertible with their favorite Winston Cup driver during the driver introductions for the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 on Sunday, March 3.
www.racingwest.com /news/story.php3/3364   (475 words)

  
 CupSeries.com - NASCAR Winston Cup Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Four of Jeff Gordon's 61 NASCAR Winston Cup victories have come at North Carolina Speedway, but it's been four years since his last victory lap at the 1.017-mile speedway.
Jack Sprague made just the seventh start of his Winston Cup career and his first attempt in the Daytona 500 a successful one finishing 14th in the annual NASCAR Winston Cup Series season opener Sunday.
Gordon, series champion in 1995, ’97-98 and 2001, is coming off a fourth-place finish in last season’s NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship, his ninth consecutive season among the Top 10 in the points.
www.cupseries.com /archive_front.htm   (2762 words)

  
 LastCowboys.com - News and commentary from the world of NASCAR Nextel Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
But the lines between when to call it Winston and when to call it Nextel are so blurry in some places that it’s simply not worth the effort to worry about it.
For example….Jeff Gordon has four Winston Cup championships, but he is also a four-time champion who drives in the Nextel Cup series, thus making him Nextel Cup Series champion.
He is a Nextel Cup Series champion not because he won a championship when Nextel was the title sponsor, but because he won a championship in the series that is now known as the Nextel Cup Series.
www.lastcowboys.com /GetContent.asp?ContentID=158   (798 words)

  
 Winston Cup - Year 2000 Display   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Collect all the Winston Cup winners of the 2000 season — 37 1/64th scale cars in all.
Every 2000 Winston Cup race name and date is screen-printed below where the car is to be displayed.
The fully embroidered “2000 Champion” center is where the overall Winston Cup champion is to be displayed.
www.ascottenterprises.com /wincupyear20.html   (107 words)

  
 nascar winston cup scene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
WINSTON CUP SCENE NASCAR Winston Cup Scene is the...
NASCAR Winston Cup Scene is the largest weekly racing newspaper in the country...
Published 50 times per year, NASCAR Winston Cup Scene is the nation's largest weekly racing newspaper and brings...
www.earnhardtnascar.com /nascar-winston-cup-scene.html   (324 words)

  
 Racing Straight and Flat for a Quarter Mile -- NASCAR Winston Cup Commentary by Grandstand Bob
My favorite part of a Winston Cup race is when the green flag drops for the first time.
Over beers and sandwiches before the race, each told me how I was in for a cool experience: something like, “If you like Winston Cup racing and the noise and power of it, you’re going to love this.” They were right.
The Pro Stocks were cool enough, running over 200 MPH in a quarter-mile, faster than I had ever seen a car go, but they were mild compared to their top-fuel brethren.
www.arsracing.com /grandstandbob/drags.html   (763 words)

  
 Victory Lane Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The reigning NASCAR NEXTEL Cup champion finished second at Lowe’s, closing the gap between himself and leader Stewart from 224 to 142 points.
Seven of the 10 drivers who made it into the 2005 Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup are doing so for the second straight year: Greg Biffle, Rusty Wallace, and Carl Edwards are new to the Chase in 2005.
Nine of the 10 drivers competing in the 2005 Chase for NASCAR NEXTEL Cup have scored at least one victory in the 2005 season.
www.victory-ln.com   (5939 words)

  
 RACING.UPS.COM Behind the Scenes Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Dale Jarrett is an accomplished driver in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
Although Dale Jarrett didn't get to start a Winston Cup event against his dad, he may have the opportunity to do so against his oldest son, Jason.
If Jason makes the race, it will be the first Winston Cup event the father-son duo has started together and they will do so as teammates.
www.racing.ups.com /racing/news_results/article.cgi?file=excl_20030928_20030923   (619 words)

  
 SCENEPLUS.COM -- A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT NASCAR WINSTON CUP RACING - RacingWest
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Sept. 14, 2000) -- NASCAR Winston Cup Scene, considered by many to be the preeminent stock car publication for both on and off-track action, will unveil Sceneplus.com Sept. 14 as an innovative new way for subscribers to access the magazine.
Sceneplus.com will be available only to NASCAR Winston Cup Scene's more than 135,000 subscribers.
Subscriptions to NASCAR Winston Cup Scene, including Sceneplus.com, are available for $59.50 per year.
www.racewest.com /news/story.php3/1596   (433 words)

  
 Nascar Winston Cup True Tire History
The story doesn't tell if Michelin's patent expired, was bought or turned around, but in 1990, Goodyear proposes the Eagle radial race tire which immediately proves considerably superior to the now obsolete bias-ply tire.
This puts a temporary end to Hoosier's contribution in NASCAR Winston Cup.
Hoosier tries returning to Winston Cup but succeeds to win only 3 races during the 1994 season and withdraws from Winston Cup and Busch Grand National, to concentrate on the smaller series, such as Winston West and Featherlite.
www.racelinecentral.com /tirehistory.html   (873 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Grading out Winston Cup at midpoint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The NASCAR Winston Cup Series hit its halfway point when the checkered flag was unfurled at Chicagoland Speedway last Sunday.
Going back to Daytona on July 7, it is a 20-week grind to the end of the season that will determine the Winston Cup champion.
He is seventh in points and has won twice in just 17 career Winston Cup starts.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nascar/2001-07-18-midseason-report.htm   (607 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Stewart cites Winston Cup commitments
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Tony Stewart, the reigning Winston Cup champion, Wednesday announced he has declined an invitation to compete in the 2003 IROC Series.
While Stewart cited his commitment to defend his points title as the reason for declining, fellow driver Jimmie Johnson gladly accepted the opportunity.
Johnson, who won three times in his rookie season of 2002 and finished fifth in the Winston Cup points standings, hopes to continue NASCAR's recent success in the series.
espn.go.com /rpm/iroc/2003/0108/1489232.html   (401 words)

  
 winston cup Trivia
Did you keep up with the season in the Winston Cup Series, if you didn't this will be a hard quiz.
The final Winston Cup sponsored race was held on November 16, 2003, at Homestead/Miami Speedway, to close the history of Winston Cup racing with the Ford 400.
Did you keep up with the 1999 Winston Cup Season, if you didn't then this will be a hard quiz.
www.funtrivia.com /dir/3629.html   (534 words)

  
 NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Coverage From Atlanta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
HAMPTON, Georgia - Although Dale Jarrett won his second-straight pole of the year, and his second pole in a row for the Cracker Barrel 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup champion doesn’t believe that Ford is closing the gap on Chevrolet.
Chevrolet drivers have won all three NASCAR Winston Cup races held this season.
So as the NASCAR Winston Cup teams prepare for a fast race at Atlanta on Sunday, it’s a race track that has historically favored the General Motors brands.
www.circletrack.com /eventcoverage/15078/index2.html   (656 words)

  
 Insider Racing News ~ Your Online Nextel Cup Newsletter
NBC's broadcast of the NASCAR Nextel Cup race on Saturday night (Oct. 15) was the highest overnight rating ever for the televised event.
“I was going to run the Cup car, and it was a handshake and another contract.” Bliss said he still doesn’t know why he was let go, but likely will return to the truck series, where he took the title three seasons ago.
Cup races in the second half of the season, including the 10-race Chase for the Nextel Cup, would likely air on ABC and ESPN, which are both owned by the Disney Company.
insiderracingnews.com   (3919 words)

  
 Amazon.com: DVD: NASCAR - Winston Cup 2002 (2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Restrictor plates and penalty controversies notwithstanding, NASCAR Winston Cup 2002 is a riveting, action-packed survey of one of the most memorable seasons in recent Winston Cup history.
Opting for breadth over depth, this officially authorized DVD covers all 36 races in the Winston Cup season, from Rockingham, North Carolina, to Homestead, Florida, placing special emphasis on the Holy Grail of NASCAR, the Daytona 500.
You don't release a DVD of the 2002 Winston Cup season right before the 2003 Winston Cup season is closing.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000C5RQG?v=glance   (906 words)

  
 Fultz fails to make Winston Cup race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Rodney Combs, formerly of Hamilton, was the most recent Greater Cincinnati man to drive in Winston Cup.
Combs ran in 55 Winston races over the past two decades and last competed on the circuit in the early 1990s.
Fultz, a 1987 graduate of Sycamore High School, called his Winston bid “a dream come true.” He has been a standout for years on the NASCAR Gatorade All-Pro regional circuit, having finished second in the 2000 points race.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2001/05/25/spt_fultz_fails_to_make.html   (270 words)

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