Posted: November-14-2010 at 4:53pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Hey Robbie,

More details to come soon..... but, the black #99 Late Model will be "back on track" in 2011 for some events at Kingsport Speedway.

Shawn and I will have some art work to post soon.

Posted: November-24-2010 at 8:49pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Can we start a poll on who we think it might be? hmmm , ideas coming here.

Posted: December-04-2010 at 9:13am | IP Logged	Tweet

The traditional Day-Glow Red and White on Black colors of Coyote Racing will be replaced by new colors in 2011.

Posted: December-04-2010 at 9:27am | IP Logged	Tweet

The car will still be black, and here is a look at the new colors. Shawn and I will have a 3D Render of the complete car posted on here soon. Also, the plan at present is for the #99 to run all the events at Kingsport Speedway in 2011. We are working on scheduling at present and it is looking like that is a workable plan.

Posted: December-13-2010 at 5:50pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Yep...... That was the beginning of Rick's career.

By the way, Bobby Isaac won the race that day in the K&K Dodge #71.

Posted: December-13-2010 at 11:28pm | IP Logged	Tweet

First look at the colors on the car.....

Posted: December-14-2010 at 8:15am | IP Logged	Tweet

Hey "dp"..... Appreciate the input! 

Actually, it isn't lime green... it is Pantone 354 Green, but it's not possible to display true colors by the time you convert from vector graphics files to JPG format to posted on Internet. And, as Van 84 pointed out above, the actual car will have more green on it when it is completed.  HA HA   The basic stripe which is on the rocker panels in the first pass image above is just there to keep the side from being all black, and will be replaced by a more intricate green and white graphic on the sides.  The image above is just a basic layout with the basic colors on the car. If you think the above is a little much... then you "ain't gonna like the finished product at all"  LOL   It is gonna be BRIGHT!  

If everybody liked the same thing, all race cars would look alike wouldn't they?  Personally... I like to be different. 

Also, we have to go with what pleases the sponsor(s). That is always a real important factor in design.

Posted: December-14-2010 at 8:27am | IP Logged	Tweet

HA HA  ......ahhhhhh Robbie, I figured you would notice that.

The driver will have on a Coyote Racing shirt at the Late Model division meeting at Kingsport Speedway Friday evening (12/16).

Posted: December-14-2010 at 9:41am | IP Logged	Tweet

Hey Dewey..... look on the front side of the rear spoiler in the image above. The image here is just a little too small for it to show up good.

Posted: December-14-2010 at 10:14am | IP Logged	Tweet

Haha..... I guess if you add some white in their with the green it won't be all that bad haha.... I looked up that Pantone 354 green.... It's definitely not my style to put on a race car haha..... But it could look a lot worse... I think it will look pretty good... But I'm not much of a fan of green on cars in the first place.... I think you should go black and orange.... Just sayin

Posted: December-14-2010 at 11:08am | IP Logged	Tweet

Hey dp..... if you want to provide the funding to run the car, plus additional OSA fee, we would consider making the car look like a Halloween pumpkin for you if that would work.   However, "consider" is the key word.  LOL  I have been known to decline sponsorship offers when they didn't fit in with our program. The last NASCAR Late Model Stock Car track championship won by one of my cars, the car looked much like the one depicted above..... i.e., zero sponsors on the car.

I think that we will just keep the car the way it is and the way the sponsors want it. Actually, this color scheme ties with some other things we are doing, so it all may make more sense later.

I must assume that you are in the graphics design business and that you also letter race cars? Therefore you understand that a lot of (most) colors do not show in true shades when viewed in a low resolution JPG image on a home computer monitor. THAT was my point. Even with the system I have, I do not see the same green depicted in the low resolution JPG on this forum that I see in my original vector graphics file when viewed in my graphics program.

BTW... I just threw out that Pantone 354 Clover Green color to say that is closest to how the color shows up in the JPG image posted above, which you called Lime Green.  HA HA  The color to be used on the car is Fluorescent Green..... and Fluorescent Green is not Lime Green.... not even close. As I said above, the true Fluorescent Green color just cannot be depicted here, and it is sort of pointless to quibble over the shade of green or what somebody else prefers.   LOL  If you personally don't like it, that is not a problem. Like I said, if we all liked the same thing the race cars would all look alike wouldn't they, and wouldn't this be a dull world?

Posted: December-14-2010 at 11:37am | IP Logged	Tweet

Well.... A hint...... ?     uh....... No.

The car....... The last time Coyote Racing ran a Late Model car on a regular basis was in 1997..... a few years ago...... and the last time a Coyote Racing Late Model competed was the final event of the year at LPR in 2005, when we took a car which we had been using as a show car (for JohnBoy & Billy Genuine Mountain Spring Water, JohnBoy & Billy Grillin' Sauce and TheBigShow.com) out there for a special team reunion deal to run that event.  There is a photo of that car and the story of that event on this thread somewhere.

Posted: December-14-2010 at 1:55pm | IP Logged	Tweet

I have never declined sponsorship because we didn't want funding, but I have declined sponsorship offers when the chemistry wasn't right..... i.e., when it involved personalities which just didn't fit with our group.  You see, the one constant in the equation is our group, so we really do make an effort to form marketing partnerships with people/companies we know we can effectively represent.

Motorsports marketing is another area where I spent a lot of time over the past 35-40 years. A big part of effective marketing relationships is putting the right entities together for the most beneficial deal for all parties concerned. If it doesn't fit, it won't be good. So, yes, it may be difficult for some to understand, but I did decline some sponsorship offers for my own team over the years, and in some cases actually helped pair up entities, who approached us as potential sponsors, with other teams where I could see better results for the sponsor with another team. Successful marketing/sponsorship relationships aren't all about just getting some names on the car and some money in the account.

Posted: January-08-2011 at 10:45am | IP Logged	Tweet

I have had several questions about the return of Coyote Racing and need to point out something. 2011 will mark 45 years that I have been actively involved in the local racing scene. I started out at Kingsport Speedway way back in 1966.

With Kingsport Speedway reopening, Jeff and Kim Roark, (Jeff Roark Motorsports), who are long-time very dear friends of ours, wanted to do something special for 2011 to mark that 45th anniversary on the local racing scene. They proposed bringing back Coyote Racing and the #99 for the year. Driver Caleb Roark loved the idea and said that he would be honored to drive the #99 NASCAR Late Model, so we are back with the JRM car becoming the Coyote Racing #99 car for 2011.

Cortney Roark will be driving the Coyote Racing #99 Pure4, and later in the season the #99 Camaro Street Stock at Kingsport Speedway this season.

We plan for both Caleb and Cortney to compete in all of the 2011 regular weekly events at Kingsport Speedway.

Posted: January-08-2011 at 11:20am | IP Logged	Tweet

Pictured below are two guys who became very dear friends of ours through racing. We teamed up with driver Tommy Hilbert and crew chief/team manager Gary Duncan when we all put our collective racing equipment together at the end of the 1981 season. Our very first race together resulted in an 8th place finish in the first ever NASCAR Busch Series race at Bristol. We raced together as a team through the 80's and early 90's. We had such a great group of guys together in that effort, along with Tommy and Gary, our crew consisted of David Fowler, Danny Francis Steve Treadway, Junior Wilson and Johnny Puckett.

Posted: January-08-2011 at 10:23pm | IP Logged	Tweet

RW wrote: [QUOTE=SpeedRacer2] Hey Lynn, I didn't realize you also had a Street Stock car.

Posted: January-26-2011 at 7:42am | IP Logged	Tweet

Here are few progress photos of the Coyote 99 being prepped for the 2011 season.   (photos by Colin Eades)

Posted: February-04-2011 at 7:09pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Connie Saylor's reverse roll flip in the 1981 Daytona 500 qualifying race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0cbsZ_nWjc

Posted: February-23-2011 at 10:06pm | IP Logged	Tweet

The Coyote 99 "Back on Track"

Photos from first practice session of 2011, this week at Kingsport Speedway.

Posted: February-25-2011 at 2:46pm | IP Logged	Tweet

More photos from Wednesday's practice session.

Caleb ready to take to the track

Cortney waits her turn to go on track

The Coyote returns...... First lap at Kingsport Speedway for Caleb Roark.

Posted: February-25-2011 at 2:55pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Back to the pits for some brake adjustments

Da old coach, and the young Coyote Racing drivers.....

Looking forward to a fun season in alliance with Jeff Roark Motorsports.

Posted: February-25-2011 at 9:00pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Cortney after a good practice run.

Cortney will compete in both Pure4 and Street Stock divisions at Kingsport Speedway this season in her black, hot pink and purple Honda and Camaro race cars.

Posted: March-14-2011 at 4:49pm | IP Logged	Tweet

photo by Randall Perry, PRM Motorsports Photography

Posted: June-09-2011 at 4:27am | IP Logged	Tweet

Look for a big change when the Coyote Racing/JRM #99 Late Model returns to action in a couple of weeks. We did a competition test session at LPR last Saturday, competing in the ASA sanctioned Late Model Division. The car has undergone some major chassis changes and updating at the SS Green Light Racing facility in Mooresville, NC. We did a private test session on Memorial Day morning, May 30, at LPR and then returned to LPR for a racing test session on June 4.

The big change coming?  Last Saturday's event at LPR was the final race for the #99 as a Dodge.