NASCAR Trucks: Chassis Notes, Indianapolis Raceway Park
Aug 4, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 4, 2001 17 RICKY HENDRICK, NO. 17 GMAC SILVERADO. T-Rex1. This Hendrick chassis has competed in three races this season: Memphis (7th), Pikes Peak (5th) and Homestead (5th). 20 COY GIBBS, NO. 20 MBNA SILVERADO. ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Bobby Hamilton Looking for 'Blackjack' at IRP
Aug 1, 2001
August 1, 2001 Looking for Blackjack: Bobby Hamilton will be making his 21st start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP), and he is hoping that the decision to pull double duty this week will produce his second win of the year. Hamilton will be traveling back and forth between the Bric ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Defending Champion Joe Ruttman ready for repeat at IRP
Aug 1, 2001
August 1, 2001 Defending Winner: Last year, Joe Ruttman and the Bobby Hamilton Racing Dana Dodge Team won the pole for the Power Stroke 200 with a record lap of 111.843 MPH. Then they went on to lead the most laps, 152, and win the event in a dominating fashion. Ruttman also raced his way to a new contract in the proce ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Willy T. Ribbs looks forward to return to Indy
Aug 1, 2001
August 1, 2001 Past History: When Willy T. Ribbs arrives at Indianapolis, Indiana on Thursday of this week, he will be returning to the site of one of his greatest accomplishments in his career. In 1991, Ribbs entered and qualified for his first Indianapolis 500, making him the first African-American driver to compete ... Continue reading
ARCA TRUCKS: Guinn wins at Lorain County
Jul 31, 2001
July 31, 2001 SOUTH AMHERST OH– Last year’s ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series rookie of the year Chad Guinn proved himself a veteran Saturday night at Lorain County Speedway. The Erie, Michigan driver scored his second win this season and eighth of his career after stealing the lead from Old Milwaukee Pole ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Silverado Teams Ready to Roll at IRP
Jul 31, 2001
July 31, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.: It's just possible that Team Silverado, after a powerful 1-2-3-4 finish in New Hampshire, is getting back on track as the 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series heads to Indianapolis Raceway Park on August 3 for round 15 of the 24-event series. If one looked at the beginning of the season, ... Continue reading
NASCAR: Jeff Green To Run Triple Duty At Indianapolis
Jul 29, 2001
July 29, 2001 (Mooresville, NC) Jeff Green, driver of the No. 10 Nestlé Nesquik Ford Taurus on the NASCAR Busch Series and defending Busch Series champion, will add two other driving duties to his schedule during the upcoming weekend at Indianapolis. Beside trying to acheive his first win at Indianapolis Raceway Park ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Silverados Sweep Top 4 in New Hampshire
Jul 22, 2001
July 22, 2001 With it¹s sweep of the top four positions and controlling every lap of the New England 200, Chevrolet Silverado clearly demonstrated that it was the longest-lasting, most-dependable pickup truck today in the 14th round of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Polesitter Jack Sprague, in the No. 24 NetZero P ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Hamilton looks to finish what he started in Loudon truck race
Jul 19, 2001
July 19, 2001 Last Year: Bobby Hamilton and the No. 4 Dana Dodge Team will be looking to finish what they started last year at New Hampshire International Raceway. In last season's running of the New England 200, Hamilton had the dominate truck until a late race flat tire caused damage to the suspension and dropped him ... Continue reading
ARCA Trucks: By inches, Witham wins Dixie ARCA Truck thriller
Jul 16, 2001
July 16, 2001 BIRCH RUN MI – In a near-photo finish, ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series stand-out Johnny Witham turned back a late-race charge by Darren Jones and capped off a perfect day at the races to win the thrilling Lincoln Electric-AGA Gas 50-lap feature event Friday night at Dixie Motor Speedway. Jones got ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Sprague's Silverado is third in Kentucky
Jul 15, 2001
July 15, 2001 It was a tough race for a tough guy in a tough Silverado. Polesitter Jack Sprague, in the No. 24 NetZero Platinum Silverado, had an excellent chance to win his second race of the 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and be the only two-time winner for Silverado. (Silverados have won three races this season ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Surviving Attrition Key at Kentucky for Power Motorsports
Jul 15, 2001
July 15, 2001 SPARTA KY. (July16, 2001)â“ Surviving the attrition this weekend was the key to the #55 Powers Motorsports best finish of the 2001 season. Starting on their time from the 31st spot, driver Tom Powers was able to stay out of harms way and bring the 5 Star Lighting and Recreation Dodge home to a 20 ... Continue reading
Sprague/Hendrick/Silverado claim front row in Kentucky
Jul 14, 2001
SILVERADO RACING NOTES AND QUOTES KROGER 225 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES -- ROUND 13 KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY SPARTA, KY. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2001 SILVERADO 1-2 IN KENTUCKY; SPRAGUE AND HENDRICK TAKE FRONT ROW FOR SECOND TIME IN 2001 For the second time in 2001 teammates Jack Sprague and Ricky Hendrick of Hendrick Motorsports ... Continue reading
ARCA Trucks: Lincoln Welders Trucks Steer for Chicago Motor Speedway
Jul 12, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 12, 2001 TOLEDO, OHIO - The ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series, in its 3rd season of competition, is headed for Chicago. Chicago Motor Speedway, in Cicero, Illinois, will host the versatile ARCA trucks August 17-18, with an inaugural 50-lap main event. T ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Ribbs ready for Kentucky coming off second best finish
Jul 12, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 12, 2001 Willy T. Ribbs and the No. 8 Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge Motorsports Team enter this weekend's race at Kentucky Speedway feeling good about their second best finish of the season. Last week at Kansas Speedway, Ribbs recorded a 15th place finish ... Continue reading
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