What ever happened to ... DNQs of the '94 Brickyard? (cont'd)

Steve Sellers
Sellers had what could be considered an extremely short racing career. He made his Winston West debut at Coos Bay in 1993 and finished 13th out of 13 cars after his engine expired. His best finish in 11 total starts was sixth at Mesa Marin in 1994, and Indy was his lone foray into Cup. The younger brother of driver and car owner Jack Sellers, Steve Sellers had a ready-made sponsor -- Sacramento Coca-Cola -- since he and his two brothers owned the bottling company in town.

James Hylton
Hylton was a successful crew chief turned driver. One of 13 children, Hylton began working as a mechanic for Rex White, then as crew chief on Ned Jarrett's 1965 championship team. As a driver, Hylton won rookie of the year honors in 1966 and a pair of Cup races in the early '70s. Advancing age hasn't seemed to slow down Hylton, who attempted to become the oldest man to make the Daytona 500 field in 2007, and at age 74, he continues to compete regularly on the ARCA circuit.

Loy Allen Jr.

Loy Allen Jr.
Allen made a huge splash in his rookie season, winning the pole for the 1994 Daytona 500, then adding two more at Atlanta and Michigan. However, the underfunded and underpowered team failed to make 12 races -- including Indy -- which wrecked his rookie of the year chances. Running only a part-time schedule for Junior Johnson in 1995, Allen scored a top-10 finish at Talladega, and seemed ready for a rebound in 1996. However, he suffered two huge crashes at Daytona and Rockingham, the second one knocking him unconscious and leaving him with a neck injury that ultimately ended his career after only 48 total starts. He returned to Raleigh to start a construction business with his brother and flies the company plane on a regular basis.

Stan Fox
Fox had a star-crossed life. The Wisconsin native won 19 USAC open-wheel features and after crashing in practice for the 1984 Indianapolis 500, Fox made the field three years later and finished seventh. He scored another top-10 finish in the 1991 500, then dabbled in Cup the next season, finishing 36th at Talladega and 37th at Michigan. He also started a pair of Truck events. But a frightening first-lap crash in the 1995 Indy 500 left Fox with severe head injuries which ended his racing career. Sadly, he was killed in 2000 when his van collided head-on with a car on a two-lane highway in New Zealand.

Lance Wade
The Canadian made his Winston West debut at Portland in 1992, finishing fourth. He would go on to record 16 top-10 finishes over the next seven years, including finishing second to Ernie Cope at Portland in 1995. A former late model champion at Western Speedway in British Columbia, Wade stepped in for younger brother Ryan earlier this season and won the 60-lap feature event.

Robert Sprague
Sprague was not related to any of the other Spragues in NASCAR history. The North Bend, Ore., driver had 10 top-five finishes in 33 Winston West career starts, beginning in 1989. And he can also claim to have led a lap in his only Cup start, coming in a joint Cup-West event at Sonoma in 1991. Sprague is still active, running in the sportsman division at nearby Coos Bay Speedway.

Jack Sellers
Co-owner of the Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Sellers got the racing bug when he sponsored John Krebs in 1984. One year later, he decided to climb behind the wheel at age 40, and hasn't stopped since. Sellers has made 212 West starts, including six races in 2009, with a total of 32 top-10 finishes. The "Coca-Cola Cowboy" owns a 23-acre racehorse farm in the San Joaquin Valley and is an avid sportsman.

Charlie Glotzbach
"Charging" Charlie was another old-timer lured out of retirement by the idea of racing at the Brickyard. Of course, in his case, he'd already tried it in an open-wheeled car. Glotzbach failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in 1969 and 1970. A former ARCA rookie of the year and four-time Cup winner, Glotzbach never ran a full schedule and walked away after a 34th-place finish in the 1976 World 600. However, the racing bug bit Glotzbach again in 1981, and another time in 1990. He wound up his career in 1992 by running seven races in Junie Donlavey's Fords. He currently owns a truck dealership in Indiana.

Ben Hess
Hess was an accomplished ARCA driver who won twice at Daytona and once again at Atlanta and Pocono between 1989 and 1992. He made his Cup debut at Rockingham in 1988, finishing 20th in his own car. He seriously considered running the entire 1989 season -- starting nine of the first 10 races -- but apparently finances scuttled that idea. He would make only two more Cup starts, although he attempted a handful of races in 1994 and 1995 without success. His last ARCA appearance came in 2001.

Joe Heath
Heath came up through the ranks at Saugus Speedway and made his Winston West debut in 1992. The Northridge, Calif., native's best season was in 1994, when he recorded eight top-10 finishes on his way to sixth in the season points. He raced six more times in 1995, finishing 17th at the Las Vegas Bullring in his final start.

Delma Cowart
To some, Savannah's Cowart was considered the "clown prince" of NASCAR. One of his slogans was, "I never won a race but I never lost a party." He made his Cup debut at Atlanta in 1981. Over the next 16 years, Cowart spent more time missing than making races, but he did race in the Daytona 500 four times, and finished a surprising 25th in 1992. He owns a construction company in his hometown, building swimming pools and installing septic tanks.

Kerry Teague
Teague's Cup resume is quite checkered. He crashed and finished 37th in his debut, the 1991 fall race at Charlotte. He tangled with Rick Wilson in the 1992 Daytona 500 and wound up 33rd. Driving for Donlavey at Darlington, Teague parked the car after 15 laps. And he made a pair of appearances at Pocono in 1993 for Jim Rosenblum, and wasn't around for the finish either time. He ran 12 races for Rosenblum in the inaugural season of the Truck Series in 1995.

P.J. Jones
The oldest son of two-time Indy 500 winner Parnelli Jones, P.J. went the go-kart/midgets route early in his racing career. He landed a ride with Dan Gurney's Toyota Eagle GTP cars in 1992 and the next season, placed second in the championship standings. He made his Cup debut in McGriff's last race -- at Sonoma in 1993 -- driving for Harry Melling. He wound up making a total of six starts, including an eighth-place finish at Watkins Glen. Since then, Jones has been used mainly as a road-course specialist, finishing fourth for A.J. Foyt at the Glen in 2002. Jones also made a pair of Indy 500 starts and drove a team car for Robby Gordon at Sonoma this spring but finished 43rd after encountering power steering problems.

Butch Gilliland
Gilliland was another Winston West veteran who made the trip east with the hope of a huge paycheck. He had just scored his first series win at Sonoma earlier that season. Gilliland would follow that up with 14 more victories, including five in his 1997 championship run. He made a total of 10 Cup starts, beginning in 1990, all in combination Cup-West races at either Sonoma or Phoenix. Gilliland, father of current Cup driver David Gilliland, was still winning races at Meridian Speedway in Idaho as recently as 2008.

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