Felix Sabates "will run" driver Jeff Green in the No. 1
Chevrolet sponsored by cellular phone company TracFone in
seven Winston Cup races this year, becoming the third Sabco
Winston team, according to David Poole of the CHARLOTTE
OBSERVER. Sabates, on Green: "Driving ability is only part
of it. You've got to look for somebody who has nice looks.
... Today, this is marketing" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 5/23).
NASCAR NOTES: The USPS unveiled a "commemorative stamp
honoring stock car racing" before The Winston at Lowe's
Motor Speedway in Charlotte Saturday. The stamp is one of
15 honoring the 50s as part of the Postal Service's
"Celebrate the Century" program (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 5/22).
...All profits "from the sale of merchandise associated
with" the special car driven by Dale Jarrett in The Winston
"will be donated" to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation (Greensboro NEWS & RECORD, 5/22)....The IRL's
Galles Racing team promises that 50% of the "money raised
for racing sponsorships will go to medical research" to
benefit people with spinal cord injuries, and that 90% of
money raised by the Spinal Conquest Foundation "will go to
research" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS, 5/24).
