- 1999 nascar craftsman truck series driver#
- 1999 nascar craftsman truck series series#
1999 nascar craftsman truck series driver#
Hornaday News: #16 CTS driver Ron Hornaday, who will move in 2000 to the BGN in the #3 NAPA Chevy, may have as many as five stock car races this fall to prepare for a full BGN season in 2000.
1999 nascar craftsman truck series series#
Childress said that his team will deemphasize its NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series program to concentrate on its Cup and BGN( NOL)(8-21-1999) Richard Childress will have a press conference at 10am/et Saturday to announce his intentions as far as the Craftsman truck series next year - UPDATE: Richard Childress and Kevin Harvick confirmed that Harvick will drive for Childress in the #2 ACDelco Chevrolet in the BGN series in 2000. Jay Sauter is studying his options(BGN #59?).
#3 RCR CTS team and BGN news: GM/Goodwrench will not be back with the #3 CTS Childress team in 2000. Reffner recently was driving the #7 Conley truck but left last week(8-23-1999) Menard to the CTS? hearing IRL owner, John Menard is looking to start a Truck team with former CTS Rookie of the Year Bryan Reffner. He has a history with Joe Gibbs through Interstate Batteries, which sponsored his powerboat team from 1991 until he retired as a driver and sold his team in 1995(Joe Gibbs Racing PR)(8-23-1999) De Sousa, a former World Champion Formula One powerboat racer, was a founding partner of Progressive Motorsports, which fields cars for Jeff Green and Jason Keller in the Busch Series. De Sousa will be responsible for the development and management of the #18 Busch Grand National entry sponsored by MBNA and driven by Jason Leffler, and a planned second team, if sponsorship can be secured. New Personnel at JGR: Joe Gibbs Racing announced this week that Steve de Sousa has joined the team as vice president of Busch Operations. Country Cool Article: Connecting the Circuits: Truckin’ on to Kansas(8-25-1999). DEI called Jones’ leaving a “mutual separation.” Hmiel will fill the role until a replacement is found( NOL)(8-27-1999) 
Hornaday Crew Chief: Sandy Jones is out as crew chief for Ron Hornaday and Steve Hmiel is in on an interim basis on the #16 DEI truck. No word on where Hensley will go or who Petty will choose as a new driver( NOL)(8-27-1999) Hensley to leave: Jimmy Hensley driver of the #43 Dodge and owner Richard Petty have mutually agreed to part ways at the close of the 1999 CTS season. See the full story at Menard has NASCAR on mind by Dave Kallmann of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel(8-29-1999) In 89 starts, Reffner has five top-five finishes with a best of third (Flemington, N.J., 1998) and about $650,000 in earnings in the series. He was in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, working with a chassis builder and talking to existing teams about purchasing used equipment. But Reffner, 35, also will wield considerable influence in the management. Thomas Knapp, the general manager of Menard’s IRL team, will take on a similar role with the NASCAR team. Initially, at least, the truck operation will be based in the same shop in Indianapolis as Team Menard of the Indy Racing League, or in a nearby building. Reffner said he could not reveal the terms. Menard and Reffner, the 1996 Truck Series rookie of the year from Wisconsin Rapids, have agreed upon a multiple-year contract. With the aim of reaching the Winston Cup Series and the Daytona 500 within five years, Menard is starting a NASCAR team that will compete with driver Bryan Reffner on the Craftsman Truck Series next season. Menard to NASCAR: John Menard, the Wisconsin billionaire who has spent millions trying to win the Indianapolis 500, has set his sights on the crown jewel of stock-car racing, as well. After the test, Lind is now optimistic, saying Harvick has a 50-50 shot at winning a spot on speed PitNow(8-29-1999) Before this week’s Darlington test, Lind was figuring Harvick, who had never seen Darlington Raceway, had maybe a 10 percent chance of making the field. No idea if RCR has a hand in the Harwick deal(8-19-1999) - UPDATE: Kevin Harvick will get his first ride with Richard Childress at Darlington next week in a Busch car prepared by Will Lind. Suposedly will run select races in the remainder of the season. 
Harvick BGN News UPDATE: Hearing that the #65 Sasser Motorsports BGN team, the one house in Junior Johnson’s shops will field two teams, one for Kevin Harvick, the other for Kevin Schwantz.
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