MSUSpartanKat
10-14-2004, 09:55 AM
Now Terry Labonte has mentioned (http://www.nascar.com/2004/news/headlines/cup/10/12/bc.car.nascar.labonte.ap/index.html) he also will NOT be running a full schedule next year. That makes Bill Elliot, Labonte and possibly Martin not running a full schedule with pending retirements for Martin and Wallace )=
Labonte is following in the footsteps of 49-year-old Bill Elliott, who scaled back to a part-time schedule this season. He said his decision was inspired in part by Elliott's example.
Rusty Wallace also has announced that 2005 will be his final season; other longtime NASCAR mainstays probably aren't too far behind.
Car owner Jack Roush said in August that 45-year-old Mark Martin indicated next season will be his last, and the two have called a news conference for Thursday.
Dale Jarrett and Ricky Rudd were born the same year as Labonte and Wallace. Sterling Marlin and Jimmy Spencer are 47, and Kyle Petty is 44.
Jarrett will NOT (http://www.nascar.com/2004/news/headlines/cup/10/14/djarrett_char/index.html) be retiring, to put internet rumors at rest:
Labonte is following in the footsteps of 49-year-old Bill Elliott, who scaled back to a part-time schedule this season. He said his decision was inspired in part by Elliott's example.
Rusty Wallace also has announced that 2005 will be his final season; other longtime NASCAR mainstays probably aren't too far behind.
Car owner Jack Roush said in August that 45-year-old Mark Martin indicated next season will be his last, and the two have called a news conference for Thursday.
Dale Jarrett and Ricky Rudd were born the same year as Labonte and Wallace. Sterling Marlin and Jimmy Spencer are 47, and Kyle Petty is 44.
Jarrett will NOT (http://www.nascar.com/2004/news/headlines/cup/10/14/djarrett_char/index.html) be retiring, to put internet rumors at rest: