This Weekend at the races ......
Monday, July 23
11:00pm Winston Cup -- New Hamp 300 TNT <- RE- Air

Recap of The New England 300 /New Hampshire   (Unofficial)
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, GO, GO, GO!!!!

-- Lap 3- Silence ~~ in memory of Dale Earnhardt

CAUTION 1 Lap # 5 Elliott Sadler and Joe Nemechek wreck

RESTART Lap #10 (after 5 caution laps)

-- Lap 13 Rusty Wallace is off the pace, he lost the motor.

-- Lap 42- Silence ~~ in memory of Kenny Irwin

-- Lap 45- Silence ~~ in memory of Adam Petty

CAUTION 2 Lap # 61 Johnny Benson cuts a tire and wrecks.

Tony Stewart got into Mark Martin coming out of the pits.
Casey Atwood drove over his jack and the jack swung back and hit a crew member in the leg.
Sterling Marlin did not pit and lead for 5 bonus points.

RESTART Lap #66 (after 5 caution laps)

CAUTION 3 Lap #90 Jeremy Mayfield blew a tire and hit the wall in turn 2.

RESTART Lap #95 (after 5 caution laps)

-- Lap 115 The top 3 in points are the top 3 leaders at this point in the race, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett and Rick Rudd

CAUTION 4 Lap #126 Dave Blaney blew a tire and hit the wall.

RESTART Lap #132 (after 6 caution laps) Dale Jarrett got out of the pits first then Ricky Rudd, Jeff Gordon, Steve Park and Kenny Schrader round out the top 5.

-- Lap 159 AT HALF WAY Dale Jarrett leads.

CAUTION 5 Lap #155 Ward Burton spins after unintentional contact from Kevin Harvick.

RESTART Lap #159 (after 4 caution laps) Dale Jarrett, Ricky Rudd, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Jimmy Spencer are the top 5.

CAUTION 6 Lap #162 Stacy Compton got into Ron Hornaday, Hornaday climbed the wall and spin into the infield.

RESTART Lap #166 (after 4 caution laps) Dale Jarrett, Ricky Rudd, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Jimmy Spencer continue to lead.

-- Lap 169 Robby Gordon was caution for excitable driving by NASCAR officials for not letting lead lap cars pass on the restart.
-- Lap 178 Matt Kenseth and Sterling Marling get together, No Caution.
-- Lap 212 John Andretti is in the pits for a 13.6 second stop!  This begins GREEN FLAG Pits. Kenny Schrader is in for a 16.2 stop, Dale Jarrett gives up the lead to Ricky Rudd for five points. Ricky Rudds jack man fell and Dale Jarrett got out of the pits first. Steve Park had a 14.6 pit!
-- Lap 226 Ricky Craven lost his motor.

CAUTION 7 Lap #225  Kevin Lapage spins, then Bill Elliott spun in oil.

15 cars came in before the pits were open ... Mark Martin, Bobby Hamiton, Michael Waltrip, Jerry Nadeau, and others (sorry I couldnt keep up, Megan just came in from the movies!)
John Andretti was held for a lap ... NASCAR said he ran the stop/go paddle at the end of pit road.

RESTART Lap #241 (after 6 caution laps)

-- Lap 242 Bobby Labonte spins -- No caution!
-- Lap 246 Robert Pressley looses a tire

CAUTION 8 Lap #248 Debris from Pressley's car

Jeff Gordon hit a large piece of the debris.

RESTART Lap #254 (after 6 caution laps) Ricky Rudd, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Tony Stewart and Jimmy Spencer are the top 5.

-- Lap 259 Hut Strickland lost his ignition, he is out.

CAUTION 9 Lap #273 Elliott Sadler gets loose spins and wrecks hard into the inside and outside walls, Elliott was helped out if the car and limped to the ambulance. He is okay. He was wearing the Hutchins device.

RESTART Lap #280 (after 7 caution laps) 20 laps to go -- Ricky Rudd, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Tony Stewart and Steve Park are the top 5.


-- Lap 216 Dale Jarrett is racing Jeff Gordon Hard for second while Todd Bodine spins ... No caution

CAUTION 10 Lap #292 Jimmy Spencer and Jerry Nadeau got together. (OH, BAD WORDS FROM SUE)  Jerry Spins and wrecks.

RESTART Lap #295 (after 3 caution laps) Single file restart -- 5 LAPS TO GO -- Ricky Rudd, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Tony Stewart and Jimmy Spencer are the top 5.

-- Lap 296 Dale Jarrett bumps (Slight) Ricky Rudd and takes the lead. Jeff Gordon takes second.  Ricky Rudd said, "He Hit me, He hit me."

Dale Jarrett wins.  His fourth win of the season, 1st win in New Hampshire and he retakes the lead in the points championship, due to having more wins, other wise he and Jeff Gordon are tie.  Dale saluted the fans with a polish victory lap!

Dale Jarrett dedicated this race to the Irwin's and the Petty's.

One of Jeremy Mayfield's crew members fell off the hauler putting the car back up in the hauler, he was rushed to a local hospital -- Derick White .... Pray.

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RACE Results After The New England 300 /New Hampshire (Unofficial)
1  88 Dale Jarrett        Ford
2  24 Jeff Gordon         Chevy
3  28 Ricky Rudd          Ford
4  26 Jimmy Spencer       Ford
5  20 Tony Stewart        Pont
6  1 Steve Park           Chevy
7  18 Bobby Labonte       Pont
8  29 Kevin Harvick       Chevy
9  8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr   Chevy
10  7 Mike Wallace         Ford
11  99 Jeff Burton         Ford
12  19 Casey Atwood        Dodge
13  11 Brett Bodine        Ford
14  50 Rick Mast           Chevy
15  66 Todd Bodine         Ford
16  17 Matt Kenseth        Ford
17  40 Sterling Marlin     Dodge
18  6 Mark Martin          Ford
19  77 Robert Pressley     Ford
20  22 Ward Burton         Dodge
21  9 Bill Elliott         Dodge
22  36 Ken Schrader        Pont
23  43 John Andretti       Dodge
24  44 Buckshot Jones      Dodge
25  31 Robby Gordon        Chevy
26  45 Kyle Petty          Dodge
27  01 Jason Leffler       Dodge
28  15 Michael Waltrip     Chevy
29  55 Bobby Hamilton      Chevy
30  4 Kevin Lepage         Chevy
31  92 Stacy Compton       Dodge
32  5 Terry Labonte        Chevy
33  25 Jerry Nadeau        Chevy
34  14 Ron Hornaday        Pont
35  90 Hut Stricklin       Ford
36  10 Johnny Benson       Pont.
37  93 Dave Blaney         Dodge
38  32 Ricky Craven        Ford
39  12 Jeremy Mayfield     Ford
40  21 Elliott Sadler      Ford
41  33 Joe Nemechek        Chevy
42  32  Kurt Busch         Ford
43  2 Rusty Wallace        Ford

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Points After The New England 300 /New Hampshire   (Unofficial)
1 Dale Jarrett        2695
2 Jeff Gordon         2695
3 Ricky Rudd          - 28
4 Tony Stewart        -274
5 Sterling Marlin     -281
6 Rusty Wallace       -353
7 Kevin Harvick       -376
8 Dale Earnhardt Jr., -417
9 Bobby Labonte       -437
10 Johnny Benson       -502
11 Matt Kenseth        -504
12 Mark Martin         -521
13 Steve Park          -539
14 Jimmy Spencer       -567
15 Jeff Burton         -597
16 Elliott Sadler      -712
17 Bobby Hamilton      -715
18 Ward Burton         -720
19 Bill Elliott        -729
20 Ken Schrader        -823
21 Jerry Nadeau        -852
22 Kurt Busch          -922
23 Robert Pressley     -959
24 Michael Waltrip     -967
25 Jeremy Mayfield     -968
26 Dave Blaney         -972
27 Terry Labonte       -993
28 Brett Bodine        -1059
29 Ricky Craven        -1088
30 Mike Skinner        -1094
31 John Andretti       -1163
32 Todd Bodine         -1205
33 Stacy Compton       -1244
34 Casey Atwood        -1253
35 Jason Leffler       -1357
36 Ron Hornaday        -1360
37 Joe Nemechek        -1392
38 Mike Wallace        -1419
39 Buckshot Jones      -1601
40 Kevin Lepage        -1662
41 Hut Stricklin       -1667
42 Kyle Petty          -1852
43 Andy Houston        -1871
44 Kenny Wallace       -1940
45 Robby Gordon        -1997
46 Rick Mast           -2084
47 Ryan Newman         -2437
48 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. -2521
49 Jeff Green          -2540
50 Dale Earnhardt      -2563
51 Jeff Purvis         -2563
52 Boris Said          -2568
53 Scott Pruett        -2571
54 Dave Marcis         -2591
55 Dorsey Schroeder    -2607
56 Wally Dallenbach    -2610
57 Ted Musgrave        -2619
58 Shawna Robinson     -2634
59 Ron Fellows         -2641
60 Brian Simo          -2658

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Manufacturer's Championship Standings After The New England 300 /New Hampshire  (Unofficial)
Pos Manu. Points Wins
1 Chevy     137 9
2 Ford      132 8
3 Pont.      89 2
4 DODGE      69 0

How Manufacturer points are awarded: 1st -9 points, 2nd-6 points, 3rd-4 points, 4th-3 points.

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Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings After The New England 300 /New Hampshire   (VERY, VERY Unofficial) (this is just a guide ONLY)
1 Kevin Harvick 237
2 Kurt Busch    194
3 Casey Atwood  159
4 Ron Hornaday  160
5 Jason Leffler 149
6 Andy Houston  108

Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site 
 
Kyle at New Hampshire? UPDATE 5 Will Race:  A Statement From Kyle Petty: This is going to be a pretty tough week for our family, the 45 team and for everyone at Petty Ens. Bob and Gary Bahre are the greatest people in the world. We feel as badly for them as we do anterprises. We.re anxious to race and we.re anxious to do well but we are in New Hampshire with mixed emotionyone. The fans in New England are fantastic and are some of our favorite people. It.s hard to find better and more dedicated fans anywhere. The Bahres and the fans up here are a large part of the reason we.re racing this weekend. But we have one more very big reason. Adam would want me and the 45 team to come here and race. As a tribute to Adam, we've repainted his race car. We wanted to do something special. We wanted an on-track memorial to him and to those who love him. This isn't a Sprint car or a Petty Enterprises car or anything like that. For this weekend, this is an Adam car. I want this car to speak for itself. Adam's car and this statement will be all we have to say this weekend. Pattie and I, my mother and father, our entire family and the members of the 45 team would just rather not do any interviews at all this weekend, and we appreciate the media.s understanding. The guys at the #43 and #44 have said they would be glad to talk about their race cars but they, too, want to join us in honoring Adam by letting the race car speak for itself. I love Adam, we all love Adam, and miss him terribly. Thank you for letting us come back to New Hampshire with such an understanding and loving manner.(Williams Company PR)(7-20-2001)

Magazine Stuff: Nancy and John Andretti are featured in the July 23 edition of Newsweek. The two-and-a-half page spread, which marks the first time a NASCAR-related feature story has been noted on the cover of the prestigious magazine, concerns families in NASCAR racing, and uses Nancy and John, as well as Jarett, Olivia and Amelia, as the example of how families cope with the extraordinary life of travel and competition. The writer was veteran reporter Daniel McGinn. It marks the first time a NASCAR-related feature story has appeared in Newsweek since November, 1999, when the magazine ran a two-page spread on the "Science Of Stock Car Racing," and featured the Mobil 1 Taurus team of Jeremy Mayfield(Williams Company), see the story online: Married to NASCAR
AND The marketing firm of Body Dynamics Racing Bodies, Inc., is proud to announce, that through their efforts working with America's Most Wanted and fulfilling the request of John Walsh to profile the case of missing intern Chandra Levy on a Winston Cup car has gained notoriety for Melling Racing and their driver Stacy Compton. "Organization of this project was through the efforts of multiple talents," Stated Scott Davis, Media Relations Manager for Body Dynamics, "From Mr. Walsh's Publicist Avery Mann, to the public relations manager of Melling Racing Andrea Pemberton, we all worked together to place Chandra's picture on the car for the Pepsi 400. Which yielded eight calls into the 1-800-CRIME-TV phone bank." The most recent publicity comes from PEOPLE magazine, in the July 23 issue in which the Chandra Levy case in addition to Molly Bish, Amy Bradley and Jill Behrman three other unsolved missing persons cases out of Washington, DC are profiled. In this article an inset photograph of the #92 Melling Race car carrying the picture of Chandra Levy is seen, with a mention that the NASCAR driver Stacy Compton publicized the case in a July 7 race in Daytona Beach, Fla.(Body Dynamics PR)(7-22-2001)

Bliss out of the #27? hearing driver Mike Bliss and the Eel River Racing team have parted ways. The team has failed to make the last six Cup races(7-21-2001)

New Seat/Cocoon? UPDATE: An innovative driver's compartment that could become NASCAR's most revolutionary safety device sat behind a closed garage door Tuesday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Only the most privileged in the Winston Cup division got to see it. What the participants saw of the cocoon-shaped compartment which bolts into the cockpit of a stock car, they liked. Especially the drivers. "It's real nice and it's definitely safer," said former series champion Rusty Wallace, among those testing at the Speedway in preparation for next month's Brickyard 400. "I can't wait for NASCAR to let me give it a whirl." Instead of the simple aluminum seat, which NASCAR has used for decades, the new driver-encompassing device is made of stronger but more forgiving carbon fiber. That's the same material used in the tubs that protect Indy-car drivers. The compartment on display Tuesday was designed by PPI Motorsports, a Winston Cup team owned by Cal Wells, who came to the series from Championship Auto Racing Teams. Matt McArdle, the team's technical director who designed the device, declined to discuss his creation. NASCAR has yet to approve it for use in its cars.(Indianpolis Star)(7-18-2001)
UPDATE: Jeff Burton said he is close to being ready to discuss his data on a new driver compartment and composite seat. Burton has been working with PPI Motorsports on carbon-fiber seats and safety enhancements in the driver area. He's waiting to go over the final data with a manufacturer, then plans to release his findings. The composite seat he has worked with Cal Wells' operation to develop will be tested again in another week or two. Once finalized, Burton plans to release his findings(Richmond Times Dispatch) AND Manufacturer representatives and NASCAR officials met with drivers and crew chiefs this week to discuss safety updates at Indianapolis after one of the days of testing there. A second group of drivers is scheduled to test there next week, and a similar meeting will be held. Teams were shown the capsule seat PPI Motorsports and Jeff Burton have worked on along with Reynard and Dr. John Melvin, a Michigan-based biomedical engineer and one of the leading experts on racing injuries. A capsule seat was bolted into the skeleton frame of a car and many drivers sat in it and tested getting out of the vehicle. Drivers also were told of updated test results on the various head restraint systems and were shown crash-test video. "They had a lot more technical information than they had the first time," said Todd Bodine, referring to January meetings at Daytona during testing. "They had a lot of experts there that really made everybody understand why certain things were the way they were and why they worked that way. Before, they just kind of told us what was the best. "Everybody was really happy with what they did and why they did it and looking forward to more of them and ... making everybody safer."(Racing Extra)(7-21-2001)

Marcis Grand Opening: Dave Marcis, driver/owner of the #71 Realtree Chevy is having the grand opening at his recently purchased restaurant and resort motel in Rib Lake, WI this weekend and will be on hand for it(7-21-2001)

Insider Racing News

The Last Word on Black Helicopters and Conspiracies By Michael Lynch
The media can’t seem to let The “Fix at Daytona” story die. I picked up my copy of “Winston Cup Scene” this week and about 2/3 of the way through I found a page of comments and opinions by media notables concerning the “Fix” of Dale Jr’s win in the Pepsi 400. I will at this point clarify my personal feeling toward Dale Earnhardt and any one involved with him. I was, am and always will be....

What Caused All The Tire Failures At Chicago?
Crews are still reviewing the numerous unexpected tire problems in Sunday's race at Joliet. Some crew chiefs suspected tires were cut by tiny shards of steel belts from the truck tires NASCAR used to drag the Joliet track Saturday before the 400. But Goodyear officials dismissed that possibility and said the tiny cuts were simply blisters, though they said they were surprised that the compound picked for that new asphalt - a compound already successfully run at Texas -- created so much heat, because it was a compound designed to shed heat through wearing. But there was virtually no tire wear during the 400.(Journal Now)(7-22-0

Edd Berrier Will Qualify BGN Car For Harvick
When the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series heads to Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain, Colo., next week, Kevin Harvick will be one busy man. He will travel back and forth 4,196 miles by airplane so he can compete in both the NAPA AutoCare 250 (July 28) at PPIR and the Cup event - the Pennsylvania 500 (July 29) at Long Pond, Pa. However, because Harvick's schedule is so hectic, Ed Berrier will qualify his No. 2 AC Delco Chevrolet Friday at PPIR. Harvick will then return for the race which is slated to begin at 1:30 p.m. MDT Saturday at PPIR.(NASCAR.com)(7-21-01)

Craven Re-Signs With PPI
PPI Motorsports announced today it has extended its relationship with Ricky Craven, driver of the No. 32 Tide Ford in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, by renewing his contract to drive for the team in 2002. The agreement keeps intact PPIM's annual option to maintain its contract with Craven for forthcoming seasons. "Ricky's experience and motivation have been a tremendous asset to both the Tide team and the development of our overall racing program," said Owner Cal Wells. "By renewing our agreement with him now, we bring some consistency to the No. 32 team that will help us move closer to our long-term competition objectives."(PPI Motorsports PR)(Jayski)(7-21-01)

Burton Wonders, Where Are The Changes?
As the Winston Cup circuit goes back to New Hampshire this weekend, there has been hardly a peep from the drivers despite the fact that there will be no restrictor plates in use this time. "It's odd, isn't it?" asked Jeff Burton, who led all 300 laps in winning the race at NHIS in September. "I don't know why because nothing has changed. There has been no new technology with the exception of in-car stuff. I'm sure people feel better about what they're doing inside their car, but there has been nothing that has been made better for the race track." NHIS still has a long back straight that leads into an almost 90-degree bend in Turn 3. Irwin and Petty both hit the concrete wall on the outside of Turn 3 when their throttles apparently hung as they ran down the backstretch. No acceptable soft-wall technology has emerged to make that wall any less imposing. And there haven't been any major changes in the construction of Winston Cup cars, believed by some to have become so stiff in the front ends of their chassis that too much force from wrecks is being transferred to the driver's compartment.(That's Racin')(7-20-01)

NASCAR Backs Down On One Lap Qualifying
At least for this week, NASCAR has decided to put the one lap qualifying on the back burner. NASCAR announced about a month ago that on the tracks one mile or larger, except the restrictor plate tracks, there would be only one lap of qualifying, but after seeing the conditions at New Nampshire, they decided to hold off of that rule until next week at Pocono. New Hampshire Speedway recently re-sealed the track and it seemed to be fairly slick, so NASCAR decided to wait.(Totally NASCAR)(7-20-01)

Gutsy Call Gives St. Amant Redemption in Tecumseh 300
Defending ASA National Champion Collects 17th Career Win

TECUMSEH 300
SALEM, IN - The final results from Saturday's American Speed Association ACDelco Series $237,010 Tecumseh 300 at the .540-mile Salem Speedway. Listed is finishing and starting position (in parenthesis), driver, make of car, laps completed and reason out,
if any.

1)(5) Gary St. Amant, Chevrolet, 300
2)(15) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 300
3)(6) Scott Hansen, Ford, 300
4)(12) Mike Cope, Chevrolet, 300
5)(3) Joey Clanton, Chevrolet, 300
6)(10) Kevin Cywinski, Chevrolet, 300
7)(9) Mike Eddy, Chevrolet, 299
8)(8) Robbie Pyle, Chevrolet, 299
9)(2) Tim Taylor, Chevrolet, 299
10)(18) Tristan Dupuis, Chevrolet, 298
11)(13) Russ Tuttle, Pontiac, 298
12)(24) J.C. Beattie Jr., Chevrolet, 296
13)(7) Mike Garvey, Chevrolet, 296
14)(22) Johnny Spaw, Chevrolet, 296
15)(25) Davin Scites, Chevrolet, 295
16)(19) Greg Stewart, Pontiac, 293
17)(14) Ricky Bryant, Pontiac, 292
18)(20) Matt Sielsky, Chevrolet, 291
19)(23) Chad Wood, Chevrolet, 272
20)(1) Butch Miller, Chevrolet, 237, handling
21)(21) Chris Wimmer, Chevrolet, 218
22)(4) Brian Ross, Pontiac, 181, electrical
23)(11) Mike Miller, Pontiac, 173, accident
24)(27) Travis Price, Pontiac, 168, driver fatigue
25)(26) John Silverthorne, Chevrolet, 162, accident
26)(28) John Webb, Pontiac, 160, accident
27)(16) Greg Williams, Chevrolet, 125, accident
28)(30) Francesco Gaudesi, Chevrolet, 69, transmission
29)(17) Ted Smokstad, Ford, 52, wheel bearing
30)(29) Mark Cole, Pont