Get those 96 nascar dats ready

Here are some of the changes for the upcoming season. I took them from the March issue of Circle Track & Racing Technology magazine. Some of the cars were not listed (ie Gordon, Martin etc.). I think this is because there wasnt any reported changes from last season. The title of the article was NASCAR Teams of 96 Who's going where. Car# Make Driver Sponsor Comments 1 Pontiac Rick Mast Skoal Classic Switch in Make 2 Ford Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Switch in Sponsor 3* Chevy Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Switch in Personnel 5 Chevy Terry Labonte Kelloggs Renewed contract 8 Ford Hut Sticklin None listed Switch in Driver/Sponsor 9 Ford Lake Speed Spam Switch in Personnel 10 Ford Ricky Rudd Tide Switch in Personnel 11* Ford Brett Bodine Lowe's Switch in Owner/Personnel 18 Chevy Bobby Labonte Interstate Batt New contracts 19 Ford Loy Allen Heathsource Switch in Personnel 21* Ford Michael Waltrip CITGO Switch in Driver 22 Pontiac Ward Burton MBNA First full season 23 Ford Jimmy Spencer Camel CigarettesSwitch in Engine Supply 25 Chevy Ken Schrader Budweiser Switch in Personnel 26 Ford None Quaker State Team disbanded 27* Ford Elton Sawyer None listed Switch in Owner 28 Ford Ernie Irvin Texaco/Havoline Switch in Driver/Personne 29 Chevy Steve Grissom Catroon Network Switch in Sponsor/Personn 30* Pontiac Johnny Benson Pennzoil Switch in Driver 33 Chevy Robert Pressley Skoal Bandit Switch in Personnel 41* Chevy Ricky Craven Kodiak Switch in Owner 42 Pontiac Kyle Petty Coors Light Switch in Personnel 43* Pontiac Bobby Hamilton STP Added assoc sponsor 75* Ford Morgan Shepherd Remington Arms Switch in Driver/Sponsor 77 Ford Bobby Hillin Jasper Engines Switch in Owner/Personnel 87 Chevy Joe Nemechek Burger King Switch in Personnel 88 Ford Dale Jarrett Quality Care Switch in Driver/Sponsor 97* Pontiac Chad Little John Deere Switch in Make/Sponsor 98 Ford Jeff Burton Exide Batt New Team No sponsor was announced for the #7 at this time and I hear its Dr. Pepper but chose not to list it because I haven't seen it confirmed yet. * section #3 car: May field a second team for SuperTruck Champion Mike Skinner #11 car: Brett Bodine Purchased the team from Junior Johnson #21 car: Is changing its paint scheme (Predominately orange with white and burgandy trim) #27 car: New Owner David Blair, Plan to run full schedule if sponsor is found to replace outgoing Hooters #30 car: New driver Johnny Benson is last season's Busch Grand National champion #41 car: Ricky Craven becomes part owner #43 car: Ferguson Enterprises becomes associate sponsor #75 car: Factory Stores becomes associate sponsor instead of primary #97 car: Owner Mark Rypien plans to run a full Busch schedule with up to an additonal five Winston Cup races I hope this aids in all the inspiring artists to get the new cars out before the Daytona (less than a month you know).

The update here is correct except for the sponsor of the #1 Rick Mast Pontiac, which will be Hooters for '96(as reported on Nashville Network). Rob -- *Rob Cornelius "Remember, nothing says "Happy Birthday Christ" * *614-593-8480 better than a three pound beef-stick." * *127 Franklin Avenue -Me, at the Hickory Farms, 11/18/95 *

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>Here are some of the changes for the upcoming season. I took them from >the March issue of Circle Track & Racing Technology magazine. >Some of the cars were not listed (ie Gordon, Martin etc.). I think >this is because there wasnt any reported changes from last season. The >title of the article was NASCAR Teams of 96 Who's going where. >Car# Make Driver Sponsor Comments > 1 Pontiac Rick Mast Skoal Classic Switch in Make

[stuff deleted] just read in Winston Cup Scene (issue of Jan 11, 1996) that Rick Mast picked up Hooters as their sponsor for 1996... (that one ought to be easy enough to do :) Go #6 Mark Martin and #16 Ted Musgrave - Jack Roush Racing!! NASCAR Racing!! http://camalott.com/~sean/nascar/nascar.htm <--NASCAR Racing Sim page

More info (taken from various sites on the net): #1 - Hooters takes over as sponsor #2 - Miller Racing "new" sponsor, will promote MGD and Lite in "fine print" #6 - new paint, resembles Martin's 1995 Brickyard 400 design #8 - Kendall is new sponsor #15 - Wally Dallenbach signed as driver for now, looking for sponsor #42 - new red, blue and gold paint job #43 - new silver and Petty blue 25th anniversary design #71 - Olive Garden gone, new sponsor not announced yet #77 - Federal-Mogul joins Jasper #81 - Square D new primary sponsor, probably blue/gold colors #87 - expect a new paint job #94 - new paint, white accents on front of car #99 - Jeff Burton's Exide ride is #99, not #98 Can't wait for Daytona! (too bad us Papyrus-sim racers can't race there)