Drivers idle ahead of 13 weeks of racing Aug 29, 2009
The younger Villeneuve also tried his hand a stock car racing a few years ago, never making a race and surviving a horrible experiment with Bill Davis Racing. Although the Sprint Cup series has not ventured outside American borders in many years, there is a history of racing in Canada. (Brewton Standard, AL)
Sorenson recovering from carbon monoxide sickness Aug 6, 2009
The 1997 Formula One champion attempted to drive Cup cars in 2008 for Bill Davis Racing, but he failed to make the season-opening Daytona 500 and never secured sponsorship to keep the team afloat. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Manteca native Speed is all smiles heading into Sonoma race Jun 19, 2009
Speed is set to marry Amanda Mathis next month in Salem, N.C. They met last year when he raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck series and she was a media relations coordinator for his Bill Davis Racing team. Speed and Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch announced a deal this week to run in a July 4 Grand-Am Rolex Series race for Chip Ganassi Racing, followed later in the day by the Coke Zero 400, both at Daytona International Speedway. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Boone Speedway Saturday Racing Wrap-up May 20, 2009
"Lots of times, though, you go up top and a couple of laps later you have to go race at the bottom. Not tonight - the top side was working all race long." Davis virtually "grew up" in the racing game, watching his father Bill Davis win countless late model, then modified, features through a long career that ended just a couple of years ago ... Bill Davis Jr., Des Moines; 2. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
NASCAR's Mayfield fails drug test May 10, 2009
Since Mayfield, 39, lost his ride at Bill Davis Racing in the fall of '07, he has been a Cup-irregular, making just 13 starts in the last two seasons. This year he's been running his own one-car team, earning money by turning laps at the back of the field. (CNN)
Skinner A Winner In Rain-shortened Truck Race At Kansas Apr 28, 2009
"We got us one, and it's really cool. We got a lot of effort going on here to build this whole program at Randy Moss Motorsports with Tayler (Malsam) and myself. We're just going to keep digging man, and hopefully we can win another one or two of these things before the year's out." Skinner spent the past four years with Bill Davis Racing, but after the team folded due to economically troubling times, he moved over to Moss and teamed with Malsam. The 250-mile race at Kansas was scheduled for... (ABC 7 News, DC)
Molle, Wanninger, Gifford win at Boone Speedway Apr 28, 2009
Bill Davis Jr., Des Moines; 22. Stacy Warren, Ames. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
This Week in Auto Racing March 27 - 29 Mar 25, 2009
" This weekend will mark the 25th anniversary of Hendrick Motorsports' first Cup victory. Geoff Bodine drove the No.5 car to Victory Lane at Martinsville in 1984, giving car owner Rick Hendrick his first win in the series. Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 - Martinsville Speedway - Martinsville, VA The start of the 2009 season is not what Johnny Benson had expected as the defending Camping World Truck Series champion sits 29 points out of the top-10. Benson, in his first season for Red Horse... (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Blickensderfer keying Kenseth's rebirth Mar 19, 2009
A gig at Bill Davis Racing followed before he caught on at Roush working on Mark Martin's No. 6 car. The big break came while running Carl Edwards' No. 60 Nationwide car last year. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Matt Kenseth rallies in the rain, soaks in first Daytona 500 win Feb 16, 2009
Industry estimates put the crewmember layoffs as high as 1,000, and the desertion of sponsorship money caused longtime organizations such as Petty Enterprises, Dale Earnhardt Inc. and Bill Davis Racing all of which had won the Daytona 500 to merge or close. The recession also has affected fans' bank accounts, and attendance was flat or down at the majority of tracks last season. (USA Today -- Sports)
Winning Daytona doesn't always lead to fame Feb 15, 2009
"I've won more than one race, I've won Nationwide, I've won poles,'' said Cope, who failed to make the 43-car field for this year's race with his No. 75 Dodge following the duel 150-mile qualifiers on Thursday.Cope's story is hardly unique. For every Richard Petty or Jimmie Johnson - drivers who vaulted to superstardom after winning the 500 - there is a Cope or a Ward Burton, blue-collar guys who were thrust briefly into the spotlight thanks to some hard work and a little racing luck.Burton came... (MSNBC -- Sports)
DAYTONA 500: Winning here isn't everything, but it's darn close (Today) Feb 15, 2009
Burton came from nowhere to win the 2002 race for Bill Davis Racing when Sterling Marlin hopped out to fix a busted fender while the race was halted by a red flag ... But Burton faded to 25th in the points in 2002 as Bill Davis' small operation failed to keep up with the warp-speed technological advances that were changing the sport on a weekly basis ... Winning the 500 opened the doors for Burton to move on to bigger teams with deeper pockets, but he opted to stay with Bill Davis. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Checking the field Feb 15, 2009
Baldwin who lost his job when Bill Davis sold his organization, opted to start his own team during the offseason. In eight starts at Daytona, Riggs has just one top 10 and an average finish of 27th. (CBS News)
Downshift is felt Feb 15, 2009
"Fighting to compete But car owner Tommy Baldwin proved it was possible for a ragtag team to take on well-heeled competitors. Baldwin, a crew chief who was laid off from Bill Davis Racing Dec. 1, started Tommy Baldwin Racing Jan. 5. "We started with nothing, absolutely nothing," he said.With the assistance of several volunteers who had been displaced by layoffs at other race shops, Baldwin prepared an unsponsored Toyota for driver Scott Riggs, who put the car in the 43-car Daytona field when he... (Boston Globe)
NASCAR may be facing tough season Feb 15, 2009
Mayfield formed his own team less than a month ago, while Riggs was persuaded to drive for former crew chief Tommy Baldwin, who found himself out of work when Bill Davis Racing folded in late December. France believes NASCAR will prosper if the underdogs can find some success. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Gordon, Busch win duel qualifying races at Daytona Feb 15, 2009
He was finally swayed by Tommy Baldwin, who was crew chief and competition director at Bill Davis Racing before the sponsor-strapped team folded in late December. Baldwin was putting together a startup race team, and lured Riggs to the driver seat. (Longview Daily News, WA)
NASCAR: Winning Daytona 500 doesn't guarantee success Feb 14, 2009
Burton came from nowhere to win the 2002 race for Bill Davis Racing when Sterling Marlin hopped out to fix a busted fender while the race was halted by a red flag ... But Burton faded to 25th in the points in 2002 as Bill Davis' small operation failed to keep up with the warp-speed technological advances that were changing the sport on a weekly basis ... Winning the 500 opened the doors for Burton to move on to bigger teams with deeper pockets, but he opted to stay with the Bill Davis. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Truck series opens tonight at Daytona Feb 14, 2009
By The Associated Press Saturday, February 14, 2009. Benson should ve known better. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
As Cope knows, winning Daytona 500 is no guarantee of greatness Feb 14, 2009
Burton came from nowhere to win the 2002 race for Bill Davis Racing when Sterling Marlin hopped out to fix a busted fender while the race was halted by a red flag. The illegal move sent Marlin to be the back of the pack and opened the door for the defining moment of Burton's moderately successful career. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Riggs, Baldwin are Daytona underdogs Feb 13, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009. Search stories on N&O.com. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Braun Takes Pole For Daytona Truck Race Feb 13, 2009
During the offseason, Benson left the now-defunct Bill Davis Racing team and came on board with Red Horse to drive the No.1 Toyota. He won the 2008 title by just seven points over Hornaday, Jr., making it one of the closest championship battles in the series. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Economy's slowdown opens doors for NASCAR's 'little guys' Feb 13, 2009
For a sport that has seen some of its most venerable organizations (Dale Earnhardt Inc., Petty Enterprises and Bill Davis Racing) disappear because of financial hardship, the silver lining to the recession might be that there's room for the underdog again if not in the winner's circle, at least on the track. The new team owners include Tommy Baldwin Jr., who was a winning crew chief with Bill Davis Racing before losing his job after last season. (USA Today -- Sports)
Strange start to season for NASCAR as Daytona revs up Feb 8, 2009
Bill Davis Racing, The Wood Brothers and Petty Enterprises had massive layoffs. Even powerhouse teams like Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing and Roush Fenway Racing endured cutbacks. (San Francisco Chronicle)
BOWLES: NASCAR sponsors looking to invest in familiar names Feb 8, 2009
Tommy Baldwin Racing is the most notable of those; the former crew chief for Bill Davis Racing has bought some equipment, signed veteran Scott Riggs, and is attempting to run the full season as a single-car operation -- without a primary sponsor, no less. Hoping the Car of Tomorrow produces the parity NASCAR has always trumpeted, Baldwin believes he can be competitive without the multi-million dollar network four-car teams like Hendrick Motorsports bring to the track this week. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Johnson is getting a grip Feb 8, 2009
He inherited a spot in the top 35 in owner points from the No. 22 car, fielded last year by Bill Davis Racing, when Roger Penske took on Davis this week as a minority owner. Dave Blaney drove that car to 31st in the points. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Tom BowlesINSIDE NASCAR Feb 8, 2009
e., Bill Davis, Teresa Earnhardt, Chip Ganassi and Richard Petty), it became clear that as many as five cars with "locked in" spots wouldn't show up for the season opener ... But after owner Roger Penske bought the points of Bill Davis' No. 22 operation for Hornish's No. 77 car, that won't happen at Daytona. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
NASCAR Sprint Cup '09: It's time to pop the cork on another season (Today) Feb 8, 2009
Hundreds of team members have been laid off since November's season-ending race, and the cutbacks spanned the entire spectrum: deep-pocketed Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing and Roush Fenway Racing all made small reductions to their work forces, while underfunded Bill Davis Racing, The Wood Brothers and Petty Enterprises had massive layoffs. Despite all the economic issues facing the sport, France remained confident 2009 will prove NASCAR's perseverance. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
