News By Topic: 2001 Daytona Speedweeks News

NASCAR Trucks: Ford drivers ready for challenge of Daytona

Feb 14, 2001

Last year's Craftsman Truck Series season opener at Daytona was arguably one of the most exciting of SpeedWeeks. The race, which was ultimately won by Mike Wallace, is remembered as much for the accident involving Geoffrey Bodine as for its exciting finish and 31 lead changes. Terry Cook, who started the race in 32nd p ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: PJ Jones has confidence heading to Daytona

Feb 14, 2001

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.,-- Confidence is an important tool for any young stock car racer. According to PJ Jones, driver of the No.1 Yellow Racing Pontiac, there is no better time to have it than during Saturday’s NASCAR Busch Grand National Series opener, the NAPA Auto Parts 300 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedw ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Ford Racing Notes and Quotes, Daytona Qualifying

Feb 14, 2001

RICK CRAWFORD-14-Milwaukee Electric Tools Ford F-150 (qualified 28th) - "We were where we thought we would be. Realistically, that was it. We had a good lap, the truck went where it was supposed to go and the handling characteristics of the Milwaukee Electric Tools Ford F-150 was where it was supposed to be. It was a s ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Rookie Ricky Hendrick Top Chevy in Qualifying at Daytona

Feb 14, 2001

CHEVROLET NOTES AND QUOTES NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES SEASON-OPENING EVENT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY TUESDAY, FEB. 13, 2001 RICKY HENDRICK, #17 GMAC/HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET SILVERADO, was the top-qualifying Chevrolet today, placing fifth behind four Dodges. He was second quickest rookie in the field, wit ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau, Dave Marcis Second Round Qualifying Notes

Feb 13, 2001

What are your thoughtsgoing into 2nd round qualifying? “We just need to post a time,that’s all we’re here for. Thentomorrow we can work on a race setup. Tony (Furr, crew chief) and the guys have worked real hard. The guys at the engine shop have put a lotof time in this motor. It’s kind ofweird ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Practice kicks off at Daytona for the Truck Series

Feb 13, 2001

Craftsman Truck Series practice kicked off today in Daytona, and with a full day's worth of practice before Tuesday's first round of qualifying, 11 Ford teams made laps around the 2.5-mile oval. Rick Crawford enters the 2001 season as one of the veterans in the Ford camp, and has expectations of getting back into Victo ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Chevy Truck Notes and Quotes, Daytona

Feb 13, 2001

JACK SPRAGUE, #24 NETZERO/HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET SILVERADO (12th in first session, first in second, third in final session. Quick lap: 48.734/184.676 in second session): ON OVERALL PRACTICE: "With so many trucks on the track today it was pretty tough to get a clean lap. No matter how hard you tried, you always ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: 100th Anniversary of Ford Racing: The Great Race, Daytona 500

Feb 13, 2001

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., - Who will be the next NASCAR Winston Cup driver to pull into Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway? Will he be with a first-year team, like Dale Jarrett in 1996? Will he be driving - very, very slowly - a car with a badly damaged front end, like David Pearson in 1976? Will he be a winless ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Valvoline Team Ownership Begins at Daytona

Feb 12, 2001

Valvoline begins a new chapter in its storied NASCAR history in Sunday's Daytona 500, with the company's largest-ever financial investment in the sport, co-owning and sponsoring the No. 10 Valvoline Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Johnny Benson. After working with Benson in the months leading up to Daytona, company offici ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Tony Stewart, Bobby Labonte Quotes, Bud Shootout

Feb 12, 2001

* Tony Stewart's victory in the 2001 Budweiser Shootout gives Pontiac its first-ever victory in the event and GM's first win in the event since 1997 (Jeff Gordon). BOBBY LABONTE, NO. 18 INTERSTATE BATTERIES PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: (HOW WAS YOUR CAR TODAY?) "Our car was really good and Tony's car was really fast. We hung ou ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Earnhardt Jr. Sixth in Budweiser Shootout

Feb 12, 2001

Tony Stewart grabbed his first Budweiser Shootout victory today at Daytona International Speedway. Stewart held off a furious late-race charge by Dale Earnhardt, who finished second in the 70-lap, non-points all-star race that starts the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished sixth in the Budweiser ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Chevy Driver Notes and Quotes, Bud Shootout

Feb 12, 2001

Dale Earnhardt, No. 3 GMGoodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet Monte Carlo (noting last year’s race, BillFrance Sr. would be rolling in his grave): “But I’d say he’d be jumpingaround this year about this kind of racing. Well, it was pretty exciting. But he (Stewart) had too strong a car. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Q & A with Bobby Hamilton, No. 55 Square D Chevrolet

Feb 12, 2001

Q: This is your first qualifying effort with the Square D Racing Team? What are your feelings about the position you secured for the Twin 125's? A: I am pretty happy. I mean, we had a goal of being in the top-15 today and we made that. We had a good test here. Our goal was to qualify first round and everything laid acc ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Joe Ruttman Ready to Attack Daytona Again

Feb 12, 2001

Unfinished Business: Over the winter, there has been one theme that has echoed throughout Bobby Hamilton Racing's new race shop in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, the unfinished business at Daytona and during the season. Last year, Ruttman and the team had the trucks to beat in the race before an accident took both Ruttman an ... Continue reading

ARCA: Ryan Newman wins Daytona

Feb 11, 2001

Daytona Beach FL--With 24 lead-lap machines lined up in the mirror and a five-lap shootout looming, an undaunted Ryan Newman, in Roger Penske’s ALLTEL Ford, held off the hungry pack of ARCA RE/MAX Series warriors Sunday afternoon at Daytona Int’l Speedway to win the thrilling 38th annual Discount Auto Parts ... Continue reading