2001

OOPS! 

 The final results are in from the three manufacturer’s tests held at Daytona during the month of January. Topping the speed charts in non-drafting runs were Matt Kenseth in a Ford @ 182.271. Following were Steve Park in a Chevrolet @ 182.190 and Tony Stewart in a Pontiac @ 182.065. The fastest Dodge was Stacy Compton who recorded a top speed of 180.821. With 52 teams testing multiple cars during the test sessions, the speed chart range was from 182.271 to a low posted by Carl Long @ 173.077. Twenty four drivers failed to break 180 mph during the test sessions.

 During the ARCA RE/MAX series testing held @ the speedway in December, Dan Pardus recorded a top speed of 183.745. OOPS! Faster than all the Cup cars. In fact most of the ARCA drivers testing were faster than the Cup cars. 

 Speaking from the shop in Charlotte, Crew Chief Larry Moore said, "I think we can expect a little tinkering with the rules before the race in February. The Powers-That-Be are never happy when we run faster than the Cup cars. Whatever they finally mandate, we still believe we will run up front."

OUTDOOR CHANNEL JOINS JJM FOR 2001

TEMECULA, Calif. -(12-14-2000) Management of The Outdoor Channel, Inc. announced plans to sponsor the #42 car owned by Jim and Judie Motorsports   driven by Dan Pardus of Daytona Beach, Florida in the ARCA/ReMax Series in 2001.

Pardus will drive The Outdoor Channel Chevrolet in nine races in 2001,  of which eight are partnered with Nascar Winston Cup events. The schedule includes...Press Release

ARCA TESTS IN DAYTONA

Most race car drivers aspire to race in Winston Cup. 

Visit the garage area of any ARCA race event and it seems as if most Winston Cup team owners aspire to race in ARCA. Strolling through the garage area during an ARCA event one will spot the transporters of Penske Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Dale Earnhardt, Inc., Junie Dunlavey Racing, and Eel River Racing. These are a few of the many Winston Cup teams now...Full Story

THE FLORIDA TEST
(HANGING CHADS AND DIMPLES!)

   Contacted at his home in Port Orange, Florida, Dan Pardus stated that Hanging Chads and Dimples have always been a concern at Daytona International Speedway. “The high bank turns at the 2 1/2 mile oval demand smooth surfaces and clean air. Dimples in the sheet metal can cause drag and slow the car down. A protruding bit of metal (chad) can displace the air flow and create handling problems”

   Dan added. “We hope to eliminate these problems before the race. ARCA officials rarely change race results...Full Story

RED LIGHT/GREEN LIGHT

DAN PARDUS STARTS 22ND, FINISHES 11TH IN GEORGIA BOOT 400

Children play a game called red light/green light. The leader is the stop light. All others line up at a distance behind the stop light. The stop light faces away from the others and says "green light" Everyone tries to move forward towards the stop light. At any point, the stop light may say "red light" and turn around. If he sees anyone moving, he can make them go back to the starting point. The stop light's decision to make you go back is final.

Dan Pardus and Team 42 got to play a racing version of RED LIGHT/GREEN LIGHT last weekend. During pre-qualifying practice...Full Story

Dan Tests at Atlanta

Dan participated in the ARCA test day at the ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY on Monday, October 30. The test day was in preparation for the ARCA season finale, The GEORGIA BOOT 400 on Saturday, November 18 at the Atlanta area track in Hampton, GA.

Dan's fast lap was @180.704 around the 1.54 paved oval. It was 14th fastest on the speed chart for the day. Crew Chief, Larry Moore explained after the session. "This was a test day, not...More

Working through Adversity

Photos from Talladega

Fans like to see twisted sheet metal. Drivers and owners are not keen with it because they know the countless hours spent night after night to hammer out racecar bodies in preparation for race day. On lap 59 at the Winn Dixie 300 ARCA race at Talladega, the "Big One" happened. It became glory day for sheet metal fabricators when Randall Ritter and Calvin Councilor came together in front of an approaching lead pack of about ten cars drafting together. Dan was at the end of this lead car draft. Trying to drive through the spinning cars in front of him, Dan...Full Story

Find the Gremlins!

(10/5/00) Until you unload the racecar off the transporter at the track and take the first practice lap you'll never know how well it will perform.

The Lowes Motor Speedway car was rebuilt after the August Kentucky Speedway event. "On my first lap, it felt slower than rush hour traffic on I-4". Dan added, "I knew we would be looking for gremlins today."

Crew Chief, Larry Moore got his gremlins-bustin gear out. "We had a miss, so first we changed the carburetor. No improvement. We started changing electrical components. No better. We looked for gremlins in fuel lines and air chambers. They were well hidden." Qualifying time came and the team did not feel ready. We made the qualifying run at 33.123, our slowest run of the year. We were 3.2 seconds slower than the pole qualifying speed. This was a big obstacle for any driver to overcome in second round qualifying...Full Story

Going Racing!

(9/21/00) With speedway racing about to resume in the ARCA Bondo/Mar Hyde Series, Dan and Crew are completing car preparations for next week’s Talladega Test Day.

“We’ll be taking our 99 Chevrolet Monte Carlo to next Wednesday’s test day.” Dan spoke from the shop in Charlotte. “It’s the same speedway car we ran last year in Talladega and at Daytona this year. The car performs well, running in the top ten at both tracks...Full Story

Irv Continues Recovery at Home...

(9/11/00) Irv MacDougall, team manager for Dan Pardus who was injured in a motorcycle accident in August, is now recovering at home and doing very well. Irv's recovery has been nothing short of miraculous. If all goes well Irv should be back 100% in the upcoming months. His plans are to take the rest of the season off and return to the track for Speedweeks 2001. 

Irv and Linda MacDougall have been a part of Dan's racing career...More 

MAKING LAPS

(8/26/00) Dan Pardus finished 35th in the Kentucky Bluegrass Quality Meats 200 in a borrowed car.

Speaking after the race, Dan commented, "We just didn't have the time to make the set-up on the car fit track conditions. We had less than an hour pre-race track time and little time to install and adjust our set-up package. It just didn't work out." Because of several early caution flags in the race...Full Story

BLUEGRASS BIRTHDAY BASH

(8/26/00) Jim Gardner, Co-Owner of Jim & Judie Motorsports with ARCA driver, Dan Pardus cannot remember celebrating a birthday away from a racetrack. Jim’s father was a mechanic for the famed Novis in the Indy 500. Jim first attended the Brickyard Speedway when he was ten in 1946. Later following college, he joined the crew of Jimmy Clark’s Lotus team and also worked for Dan Gurney’s All American Racing Team.

Switching to NASCAR racing, “Big Jim” helped Elmo Langley on that circuit for thirty-five years. In 1992, Jim formed his own ARCA race team when...Full Story

"Survivors"

(8/24/2000-Sparta, KY) The Jim & Judie Motorsports Chevy is not quite race ready with qualifying scheduled within the hour. After completing a good few laps, second fastest in the pre-race qualifying practice session, the car got loose in turn three, spun & backed into the wall. "I guess I got a little too aggressive. We thought we could be the fastest, now we're the slowest." Dan commented as he surveyed the damage with co-owner Jim Gardner in the garage area.

All is not done for the JJM team this weekend. "We've got a good engine, and we're knocking on doors to find a car to put it in. We'll know something before the day is done. Meanwhile, the crew is gathering at the motorhome to eat some grub worms, drink rainwater and wait to see if the ARCA Tribal Council votes us out of the garage area. 

Stay tuned here for the continuation of "JJM Survivors."

IRV RECOVERING

Irv McDougall, Team Manager for Jim & Judie Motorsports is recovering from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident at Ormond Beach, Fl on August 6^th. Irv is presently recovering at Halifax Memorial Hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida and is improving each day. Release from the hospital is anticipated next week. 

The accident occurred late Sunday evening on Highway A1A, between Flagler Beach and Ormond Beach, Fl., when Irv lost control off the shoulder of the road and skidded on the highway.

He was traveling at a slow speed at the time, and the car following him assisted at the accident scene.

Irv, a motorcycle enthusiast “forever” had just completed an extensive cross country bike tour with a friend. Their travels took them through Colorado, Wisconsin, and Canada. Irv met the race team at Pocono for the July race. Following the race, the pair continued their cross country excursion to New York and down the East Coast through the Application mountains.

Our wishes for a speedy recovery go out to Irv. Messages to Irv can be forwarded to this web site. (8/17/00)  

NEXT STOP - BLUEGRASS COUNTRY

Dan Pardus and the Jim & Judie Motorsports Team are ready, ready, ready for the next race scheduled at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky. The Blue Grass Quality Meats 200 will run on Saturday, August 26.

Speaking from his home in Port Orange, FL this week, Dan stated the team was confident they could improve on the fourth place finish they had at the Kentucky Speedway in July. “After the Pocono race in July, we participated in a Hoosier tire test at the Kentucky Speedway. The more time you can spend testing...More

SHOULD OF...  

Dan Pardus finished 22nd, one lap down in the Pepsi 200 at Pocono Speedway. He should of finished third, maybe second or perhaps even first.

Dan expressed the team's disappointment after the race. "We had a top five car going in, and felt strong about our chances to win. It just didn't happen today."

To win at a Speedway event, a hundred or more different things need to happen right all at the same time. One thing goes wrong...Full Story

SPEEDWAY CHILDREN’S CHARITIES TO RIDE IN POCONO

The Speedway Children’s Charities logo will ride again on the front hood of  Dan Pardus’ Chevy Monte Carlo this weekend in Pocono.

“We’re happy to continue promoting the work of this fine organization.” commented co-owner Jim Gardner at his shop last week. “They give back so much to the racing community...More

WAY COOL MAN, WAY COOL!

“Way Cool Man, Way Cool.” This was Dan Pardus’ reaction when finishing fourth in the Kentucky 150 at Kentucky Motorspeedway, Sunday, July 2^nd.

Dan qualified and started third. At the end of Lap 2, he was dead last. “I got a little too aggressive at the start. I thought the tires were heated up. They weren’t, and the car...
Full Story

Speedway Children's Charities to be featured 
at Kentucky

Dan Pardus and Jim and Judie Motorsports will be running in the inaugural ARCA race at the new Kentucky Speedway, Sunday July 3rd. The 2000 Chevy Monte Carlo will prominently display the logo of Speedway Children's Charities on the hood. 

Speedway Children's Charities was founded by Bruton Smith, CEO of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. in 1984 to help children. Operating as a non-profit foundation, it's purpose is to raise funds to be distributed to Charities providing services for children in need. The foundation 
has grown and now has operating chapters at all Speedway Motorsports facilities...Full Story

HELLO AMERICA!

Thanks to the Motorsports Media, we welcome new Dan Fans.

Dan Pardus attracted the attention of the Motorsports Media on Thursday at Pocono. Dan had garnered the outside pole position with a blistering lap of  54.248 seconds over the 2.5 mile triangular  track. With a speed of 165.905, both Dan and Pole-sitter, Tim Steele, had exceeded the previous ARCA qualifying track record.

On Saturday, it wasn’t long after the race start that...
Full Story   Photos from the race...

DAN TOPS TRACK RECORD!
CAPTURES OUTSIDE POLE!

Wow! The Little team that could almost did!....Win the pole that is. Dan turned in a lap of 54.248, or 165.905 mph to capture the second starting spot for Saturday's Pocono ARCA 200. Both polesitter Tim Steele and Dan broke the previous ARCA qualifying track record set last year by Blaise Alexander at 164.796 mph. The race will be televised live on TNN June 17 at 1:00pm. 

THE LITTLE TEAM THAT COULD

Dan Pardus started 11th and finished 12th in the Flagstar 200 at Michigan Speedway, Brooklyn Michigan 6-10-2000.

There's a bigger story than just stating the starting and finishing positions. Racing is a sport of Mega teams with Mega bucks, even in the ARCA BONDO-HYDE Series. This week’s race entries included teams backed by Roger Penske, Dale Earnhardt and Jeremy Mayfield in the race. Jim and Judie Motorsports is not a Mega Team...more

CALLING CAR 42

No Race Driver would ever start a race without his race radio turned on. Communications between driver, Crew chief, and spotter are a "must do" function of racing.  But using a cell phone!?  It will happen this weekend between Driver Dan Pardus and Crew Chief, Larry Moore.

Larry, an experienced Late Model and ARCA driver is scheduled to race the 100 lap Dirt Late Model Dream Race VII. The race will run Saturday night...more

MICHIGAN PREPARATION

What does a Driver-Owner do between races? If your Dan Pardus, you design, build, install, fabricate, weld, bondo, prime and paint your next racecar. There are just three weeks between the Easy Care 100 Race in Charlotte and the next superspeedway ARCA race in Brooklyn, Michigan on June 10th. Jim & Judie Motorsports will be running a new 2000 Monte Carlo at this race...more

LITTERBUG BITES!

Dan Pardus finished the Easy Care 100 on the lead lap in 14th place. This finish in the Coastal Auctions Chevy Monte Carlo came after difficulty in handling caused by a litterbug incident midway through the race. Dan commented, "We definitely had a top ten car today, and our Wegner motor had the power to move us to the front"....full report [photos]

DAN TO START EIGHTH IN EASY CARE 100

Dan Pardus completed his qualifying lap at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway in a time of 29.965 seconds recording a speed of 180.210. Qualifying was held Thursday evening, May 18, in preparation for the ARCA Easy Care 100 race that precedes THE WINSTON Saturday night.

Dan was ecstatic about the performance of the team and the car. Talking at the team trailer after the final results were posted...more

DAN PARDUS TOPS ARCA TEST

Dan Pardus, Daytona Beach ARCA driver led a group of 32 ARCA teams testing at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. The testing was for the upcoming May 20 ARCA EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100 Race. 

Dan and car owner, Jim Gardner, were all smiles on hearing the results. "We knew we were fast and the car felt good all the way around the track," replied Pardus. Dan posted a time of 30.47 seconds around the 1 1/2 mile oval and...more

Daytona: Disappointed, Not Dissatisfied

Race Report
125-Mile Qualifying Race
Daytona 500
February 17, 2000

"It takes the Complete Package!" Ask any Winston Cup Team Owner or Driver how to make the Daytona 500, and the answer will probably be "It takes the Total Package...Car, Driver, Team, Handling, Horsepower, Testing and Time."

The Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Car Number 65 finished 27th in the second Twin 125 mile qualifying race. The car owned by D & M Motorsports and Jim & Judie Motorsports qualified 54th during Bud Pole Qualifying. As a new team, with no provisional to fall back on, we needed to finish in the top fourteen in Thursday's Second Twin 125 race to make the field for the Daytona 500...more   [Photos]

Race Report-Daytona
ARCA Pro2Call 200 
February 13, 2000

Dan Pardus completed the first race of the 2000 season with solid seventh place finish.

Starting 12th, Dan quickly moved into the top ten,  Dan spent most of the race in the top ten, and for a time was in the top five racing with drafting partners, Bobby Gerhart, Shawna Robinson, and Kirk Shelmerdine.

A late race caution caused some confusion on the restart...more

Dan Pardus Enters Daytona 500

1/17/2000 -Dan Pardus arrived at the Daytona International Speedway Monday to participate in the mandatory two day General Motors test session for Daytona 500 entrants.

"We have been working hard in the off season...putting together a program to compete in Winston Cup." Dan commented when interviewed at the track on Monday. "Right now we are scheduled to compete in the four superspeedway events at Daytona and Talladega in addition to our ten race ARCA schedule...more

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