ROUNDUP : JARRETT WINS PUTS HIM NEAR BONUS.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Dale Jarrett Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956 in Newton, North Carolina) is an American race car driver. Jarrett currently races in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series exclusively, driving the #44 Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing. set himself up for a run at a $1 million bonus by running away from the field in NASCAR's longest race, in Concord, N.C. Jarrett dominated the second half of the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. at Charlotte Motor Speedway and finished 11.98 seconds - more than one-third of a lap on the 1.5-mile trioval - ahead of Dale Earnhardt This article is about the elder Dale Earnhardt. For his son, see Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. For the racing team he founded, see Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. . The victory put Jarrett in position to join Bill Elliott as the only drivers to win the Winston Select Million. The bonus goes to any driver who wins three of the sport's four jewels in a year. Fines: Stock car racing's sanctioning body imposed fines of up to $5,000 on 16 Winston Cup teams whose cars were found to have inferior steel tubing in their roll cages. NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. inspectors found the improper tubing Thursday and made the teams reinforce the roll cages before they could resume practice runs in preparation for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. ``Even though they all fixed the problem,'' NASCAR spokesman Kevin Triplett said, ``the rule book still holds the crew chief ultimately responsible for the specs of that car.'' The three teams that had inferior tubing in both doors of their cars were fined $5,000 each. The 13 with bad tubing in just one door were fined $2,500 apiece. The drivers whose cars had bad roll-cage tubing in both doors were Jeff Gordon Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is a professional American race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. , Steve Grissom Steve Grissom is a NASCAR Busch Series driver. He drives the #49 Advil Ford Fusion for Jay Robinson Racing. Steve was the 1993 Busch Series champion. Steve has eleven Busch wins and as of 2006 holds the Busch champions provisional. and Robert Pressley. The other 13 were Johnny Benson, Todd Bodine, Jeff Burton, Ward Burton, Wally Dallenbach, Dale Earnhardt, Bobby Hamilton, Bobby Hillin, Randy MacDonald, Sterling Marlin, Lake Speed, Jimmy Spencer and Kenny Wallace. Dion does it: Dave Dion of Hudson, N.H., rallied from the back of the field after stopping to avoid an accident to win the Chevy/Busch 150 at Holland International Speedway in Holland, N.Y. |
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