Race car fish comes to life as FastBass novelty
Jackson Mississippi a former car salesman Derek Wright and partner Tony Taylor launch FastBass a line of five pound die cast trophy bass painted in NASCAR schemes. The first editions go on sale on the Web and in sporting goods stores by summer with a $49.95 price tag.
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Miss
Dale Earnhardt
Derek Wright
FastBass
Wright
Tony Taylor
Talladega Superspeedway
Alabama
Terry Labonte
Taylor
Earnhardt
Victory’ Lane Productions
Tomi Cotter
Cotter
Nascar
Piete
Brandon
DieHard 500 and related racing events at Talladega track
Schedule and results wrap for Talladega events including DieHard 500 with details on qualifying rounds and race day. Fast facts note Earnhardt leads Talladega wins. upcoming events at Fontana and Long Beach, plus CART and NHRA notes and next races.
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Talladega
Ala
ESPN2
ABC
Dale Earnhardt
Mark Martin
Martinsville
Martin
Earnhardt
Dick Brooks
Jeff Gordon
Gordon
Napa Auto Parts
Fontana
Calif
Sipes named GM of Topeka track
Topeka native Tim Sipes is named executive vice president and general manager of Heartland Parks Topeka, replacing president Bill Kentling. Sipes, a Washburn graduate with a KU master, joined HPT in 1997 as sales director and previously led Downtown Topeka Inc. Kentling becomes COO of ProSports Agency in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Torpeka
Topeka
Tim Sipes
Heartland Parks
Sipes
Bill Kentling
Washburn University
Kansas University
HPT
Downtown Topeka Inc
Kentling
ProSports Agency
Charlotte
N.C
Prudhomme to enter Motorsports Hall of Fame with Foyt
Drag racing great Don Prudhomme, famed for his pet named after rival racers, joins A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2000. Also enshrined are Craig Breedlove and Nelson Piquet, as accolades note their combined dominance across motorsports.
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Ala
Don Prudhomme
Foyt
Prudhomme
Ayrton Senna
A.J
Pruedhomme
NHRA
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
Senna
Mario Andretti
Craig Breedlove
Nelson Piquet
Andretti
Associated Press
Hall
Don Naman
Petty Eyes Talladega Toll and Busch 200s Pace
Talladega race notes Kyle Petty says the track mentally drains drivers and compares racing there to chess with many moving parts. Randy LaJoie will start his 200th Busch Series race in the Touchstone Energy 300 at Talladega, while Patrick Carpentier misses at least two CART races after a wrist injury. Memo Gidley to replace Carpentier at Long Beach and Rio events. Mike Wallace leads Truck standings after NAPA 250. WorldBestBuy sponsors Indy car driven by Ronnie Johncox with team changes to Riley & Scott chassis.
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BellSouth
Fontana
Calif
CART
Long Beach
ESPN
Juan Montoya
Chip Ganassi
City
Nazareth
Alex Zanardi
Patrick Carpentier
Shinji Nakano
Rio de Janeiro
Memo Gidley
Carpentier
Bryan Herta
Nakano
Rio
Brazil
Kyle Petty
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega
Petty
LaJoie
Ala
Canada
Las Vegas
Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe
Gidley
Bryan, Herta
Walker
Mike Wallace
Bobby Hamilton
Martinsville
Wallace
Andy Houston
WorldBestBuy.com
Ronnie Johncox
Jonathan Byrd
McCormack Motor- Ler
Johncox
Drag Racing Driver Standings Across Classes
Top Fuel leaders include Tony Schumacher at 357 and Gary Scelzi at 348. Funny Car shows Jerry Toliver leading at 338 while Pro Stock has Jeg Coughlin Jr at 406. Pro Stock Motorcycle is headed by Tony Mullen at 193 with Angelle Seeling at 191. By The Associated Press.
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Nhra O'Reilly
Baytown
Texas
Houston Raceway Park
Doug Herbert
Tony Schumacher
NHRA
John Force
Kurt Johnson
Mark Osborne
Kenny Bernstein
Joe Amato
Las Vegas
Jim Epler
Jeg Coughlin
Angelle Seeling
Bob Panella
Schumacher
Gary Scelzi
Virginia
Larry Dixon
Doug Kalitta
Cory McClenathan
Bob Vandergriff Jr
David Grubnic
Funny Car
Jerry Toliver
Tony Pedregon
Ron Capps
del Worsham
Dean Skuza
al Hofmann
Scotty Cannon
Whit Bazemore
Pro Stock
Jeg Coughlin Jr
Warren Johnson
Mark Pawuk
Ron Krisher
Troy Coughlin
Richie Stevens
Jim Yates
Kurt Johnsoni
Bruce Allen
Tom Martino
Tony Mullen
David Schultz
Matt Hines
Craig Treble
Antron Brown
CART to Race in Europe Debuts 2001 in England or Germany
CART chief Andrew Craig confirms European debut planned for 2001 with venues in England or Germany. He says the schedule will stay at about 20 races, with possible add ons, aims for U.S. roots and fan friendly oval venues, cost around six million dollars per European event.
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Europe
Andrew Craig
Championship
England
Germany
Craig
London
CART
U.S
St. Louis
United States
Canada
Japan
Brazil
Australia
Rockingham’ Motor Speedway
Corby
Berlin
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Indy Racing League
Buddy Lazier
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Ariz
Michael Schumacher
Mika Hakkinen
Imola
Italy
Silverstone
Craftsman
Portland
Oregon
Snake
BellSouth Mobility
Nashville
Tenn
Chad Little
John Deere
Deere
Deere.com
Oan
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