Columnist Brian Hilderbrand: Change to points system would be big ... Dec 12, 2003
BIFFLE "GUARDED": The Army National Guard will serve as the primary sponsor on Greg Biffle's No. 16 Roush Racing Ford for the 2004 Nextel Cup season. The Army National Guard sponsored the No. 54 BelCar Racing entry and driver Todd Bodine this season (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
King agrees to pay $7.5M to former champ Norris Dec 11, 2003
The New York Racing Association is expected to pay millions of dollars in fines and adopt anti-corruption reforms to avoid a federal fraud prosecution, law-enforcement sources told The Associated Press. BelCar Racing fielded the No. 54 Ford for Todd Bodine last season (Seattle Times, WA)
BelCar to Close Dec 11, 2003
Published Thursday, December 11, 2003 AUTO RACING. BelCar Racing of Concord, N.C., fielded the No. 54 Ford for Todd Bodine this season (The Ledger, FL)
Promoter King pays $7.5-million in lawsuit Dec 11, 2003
The New York Racing Association is expected to pay millions of dollars in fines and adopt anticorruption reforms to avoid a federal fraud prosecution, the Associated Press reported. BelCar Racing fielded the No. 54 Ford for Todd Bodine this season (St. Petersburg Times, FL)
takes minority figure to Roush Dec 10, 2003
CONCORD, N.C. - BelCar Racing, the only full-time Cup team in NASCAR with minority ownership, is now "dormant," according to a team co-owner, Sam Belnavis. BelCar fielded the No. 54 Fords this season with driver Todd Bodine (That's Racing)
NASCAR goes to Washington Dec 5, 2003
' Tony Raines, who was reportedly up for the job in the No. 30 Chevrolet at Richard Childress Racing, said he won't leave BACE Motorsports, although that team does not have a sponsor for next season. ' Triple Crown champion J.J. Yeley, who will drive developmental schedule on the ARCA, Busch and Nextel Cup circuits next year for Joe Gibbs Racing, will make his Nextel Cup debut at Las Vegas (Dodge City Daily Globe, KS)
Question of diversity still difficult Dec 4, 2003
As of Monday, it had been 40 years since that historic stock-car racing event. The idea is to start them out at the same level where such drivers as 2003 Cup champion Matt Kenseth began - allowing them to learn their craft without the pressures of stock-car racing's major series crushing in on them from the start (That's Racing)
Haley's family interested in racing Nov 12, 2003
The family of Alex Haley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Roots," wants to associate the late writer's name with auto racing, a sport striving to reach out to African Americans. Belnavis, former sports marketing director for Miller Brewing Co., is already a partner with Travis Carter in BelCar Racing, which owns the No. 54 car driven by Todd Bodine (That's Racing)
