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Just a few of the items from 5 years ago this week.
According to several sources, Dale Earnhardt was released from the hospital Monday, and was told by doctors not to drive on or off the track until they can determine what happened to him during the beginning of the Southern 500. Apparently they have run an exhaustive battery of tests on Dale, and have so far been unable to explain why the 7 time champion hit the wall in Turn 1 and Turn 2 right after the green flag dropped, then spent two laps trying to find pit road. He was taken to the infield care center, then rushed to a nearby hospital. ``I don't know what happened,'' Earnhardt said. ``I feel great now.'' NASCAR spokesman Kevin Triplett said Monday night that officials from the sanctioning body would talk to Earnhardt, team owner Richard Childress and the doctors before clearing Earnhardt to race Saturday at Richmond. ``That's our standard procedure,'' Triplett said. ``We're not doctors, so we have to talk to them before we give anybody clearance to race.'' Triplett visited Earnhardt at the hospital Sunday night along with NASCAR president Bill France Jr. Driver Dale Jarrett also visited Earnhardt, who spent 24 hours undergoing tests trying to determine what caused the incident.
Sources tell Jayski there is no truth to Robert Yates Racing(RYR) going to a three car team in 1998 (Jayski)
Chuck Rider of Bahri racing has attained attorneys and if Benson leaves for Rousch we will sue. He is even looking at getting a restraining order to keep other teams from talking to him.
found in reading this week's Winston Cup Scene that, regardless of my informal poll result showing a 3 to 1 margin in favor of Jeff Burton allowing teammate Mark Martin to regain his lap at the DeVilbiss 400, all of the writers in the "From Our Readers" section were overwhelming NOT in favor of the "team concept".
Banjo's Performance Center, a leader in the race car building industry, closed its doors August 25. Jodi Matthews, the son of the firm's founder, Banjo Matthews said it was no longer financially feasible to keep operating the Arden, NC firm. He mentioned the trend toward teams developing their own chassis as a contributing factor to the decision.
Grand National rookie Bill Hoff made history at Darlington Raceway last Thursday when he became the first driver to make contact with the wall in the "new" Turn 4. Said Huff: "This is the hardest race track I have ever seen in my life"
According to several sources, Dale Earnhardt was released from the hospital Monday, and was told by doctors not to drive on or off the track until they can determine what happened to him during the beginning of the Southern 500. Apparently they have run an exhaustive battery of tests on Dale, and have so far been unable to explain why the 7 time champion hit the wall in Turn 1 and Turn 2 right after the green flag dropped, then spent two laps trying to find pit road. He was taken to the infield care center, then rushed to a nearby hospital. ``I don't know what happened,'' Earnhardt said. ``I feel great now.'' NASCAR spokesman Kevin Triplett said Monday night that officials from the sanctioning body would talk to Earnhardt, team owner Richard Childress and the doctors before clearing Earnhardt to race Saturday at Richmond. ``That's our standard procedure,'' Triplett said. ``We're not doctors, so we have to talk to them before we give anybody clearance to race.'' Triplett visited Earnhardt at the hospital Sunday night along with NASCAR president Bill France Jr. Driver Dale Jarrett also visited Earnhardt, who spent 24 hours undergoing tests trying to determine what caused the incident.
Sources tell Jayski there is no truth to Robert Yates Racing(RYR) going to a three car team in 1998 (Jayski)
Chuck Rider of Bahri racing has attained attorneys and if Benson leaves for Rousch we will sue. He is even looking at getting a restraining order to keep other teams from talking to him.
found in reading this week's Winston Cup Scene that, regardless of my informal poll result showing a 3 to 1 margin in favor of Jeff Burton allowing teammate Mark Martin to regain his lap at the DeVilbiss 400, all of the writers in the "From Our Readers" section were overwhelming NOT in favor of the "team concept".
Banjo's Performance Center, a leader in the race car building industry, closed its doors August 25. Jodi Matthews, the son of the firm's founder, Banjo Matthews said it was no longer financially feasible to keep operating the Arden, NC firm. He mentioned the trend toward teams developing their own chassis as a contributing factor to the decision.
Grand National rookie Bill Hoff made history at Darlington Raceway last Thursday when he became the first driver to make contact with the wall in the "new" Turn 4. Said Huff: "This is the hardest race track I have ever seen in my life"