The Career Of Steve Fulton(Nascar Racing 2002 Season) 2nd Attempt

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I am going to do a "career" on NR2002. I have downloaded almost 1000 cars from 1997-2015 and have the car sets set up to run a "career" myself since there is only season mode on this older game. I will start out with my own upstart/sponsorless team looking to make a name for myself and get an offer to drive for an established team and/or gain sponsorship for my team.

In NASCAR the first five races of the season had provisional starting spots based on the previous years point standings. If you weren't in the top-35 in points the previous year you aren't locked into the race. Since my team is brand new we will have no points to fall back on so I will need to qualify for each race or I will simulate a DNQ(did not qualify) by retiring before the green and receive zero points. If I out qualify the last place car I make the race. After the first five races the top-35 cutoff goes to the current season's standings.

I am going to start the career on 100% difficulty. Each year it will go down 1% as a default simulating me gaining experience until I can consistently contend for championships. There may be some storylines that could cause that percentage to go back up as well.

This playthrough may not go by what happened in real life and I might make up my own story lines. For instance, drivers retiring and switching teams may not mirror real life but at the start of this all the teams/drivers I have in the roster are correct for 1997. Except my team of course which is not real.

Also to keep the races from being too long and having too many cars out or laps down I'm running 50% race length with damage turned off. A few tracks have issues with cars running into each other during a caution taking some lead cars out so I just turned the damage off to prevent this.

Edit: After season one I have decided to take race length down to 25%.

So, let's get in the time machine and travel back to when NASCAR was in the midst of it's "glory" days. When even back-marker teams had multi-million dollar companies on the sides of their cars. The stands were packed, the lights were bright, the year was 1997 and lets head to Daytona!

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DRIVER HISTORY

1996
Caraway Speedway | Late Model Division
#83 | Belews Lake Marina | Ford | Fulton Motorsports
25 Starts | 15 Poles | 10 Wins | 15 Top-5's | 20 Top-10's | Champion


1997
NASCAR | Winston Cup Series
#83 | Unsponsored | Ford | Fulton Motorsports
17 Starts | 0 Poles | 0 Wins | 1 Top-5 | 2 Top-10's | 41st in Points


1998
NASCAR | Winston Cup Series
#30 | Gumout | Pontiac | Bahari Racing


NASCAR | Busch Series
#83 | Texas Pete | Ford | Fulton Motorsports

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NASCAR CHAMPIONS BY YEAR
1996 - Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports
1997 - Mark Martin | Roush Racing

NASCAR TOP-10 POINT STANDINGS BY YEAR
1996
1. Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports
2. Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports
3. Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates Racing
4. Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing
5. Mark Martin | Roush Racing
6. Ricky Rudd | Rudd Performance Racing
7. Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing
8. Sterling Marlin | Morgan-McClure Racing
9. Bobby Hamilton | Petty Enterprises
10. Ernie Irvan | Robert Yates Racing

1997
1. Mark Martin | Roush Racing
2. Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates Racing
3. Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing
4. Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing
5. Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports
6. Jeff Burton | Roush Racing
7. Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs Racing
8. Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports
9. Ken Schrader | Andy Petree Racing
10. Jeremy Mayfield | Michael Kranefuss Racing

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1996 - Johnny Benson | Bahari Racing
1997 - Mike Skinner | Richard Childress Racing

POLE KING AWARD(MOST POLES)
1996 - Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | 5 poles
1997 - Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | 9 poles

"TOP GUN" AWARD(MOST WINS)
1996 - Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | 10 victories
1997 - Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates Racing | 7 victories

MOST POPULAR DRIVER
1996 - Bill Elliott | Bill Elliott Racing
1997 - Bill Elliott | Bill Elliott Racing

MOST IMPROVED DRIVER
1996 - Bobby Hamilton | Petty Enterprises
1997 - Ward Burton | Bill Davis Racing

[Jeffrey99]

Sound very cool. Will definitely be keeping a eye on this.

Honestly don't remember if I ever played NR2002. Assuming I did but remember 2003 the most.

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1997 DRIVERS LIST

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1 | Morgan Shepherd | R and L Carriers | Pontiac | Precision Products Racing
2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Ford | Penske Racing
3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench | Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing
4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Film | Chevrolet | Morgan-McClure Motorsports
5 | Terry Labonte | Kellog's Corn Flakes | Chevrolet | Hendrick Motorsports
6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Ford | Roush Racing
7 | Geoff Bodine | QVC | Ford | Geoff Bodine Racing
8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City | Ford | Stavola Brothers Racing
9 | Lake Speed | Spam | Ford | Melling Racing
10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Ford | Rudd Performance Motorsports
11 | Brett Bodine | Paychex | Ford | Brett Bodine Racing
15 | Larry Pearson | Unsponsored | Ford | Bud Moore Engineering
16 | Ted Musgrave | Primestar | Ford | Roush Racing
17 | Darrell Waltrip | Western Auto | Chevrolet | Darrell Waltrip Racing
18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Pontiac | Joe Gibbs Racing
21 | Michael Waltrip | Citgo | Ford | Wood Brothers Racing
22 | Ward Burton | MBNA | Pontiac | Bill Davis Racing
23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Smokin' Joe's | Ford | Travis Carter Racing
24 | Jeff Gordon | Dupont Automotive Refinishes | Chevrolet | Hendrick Motorsports
25 | Ricky Craven | Budweiser | Chevrolet | Hendrick Motorsports
28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco Havoline | Ford | Robert Yates Racing
29 | Robert Pressley | Cartoon Network | Chevrolet | Diamond Ridge Motorsports
30 | Johnny Benson | Pennzoil | Pontiac | Bahari Racing
31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's Home Improvement | Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing
33 | Ken Schrader | Skoal Bandit | Chevrolet | Andy Petree Racing
35 | Todd Bodine | Tabasco Products | Pontiac | IRC Venture Motorsports
36 | Derrike Cope | Skittles | Pontiac | MB2 Motorsports
37 | Jeremy Mayfield | K-Mart/RC Cola | Ford | Kranefuss Racing
40 | Robby Gordon | Coor's | Chevrolet | SABCO Racing
41 | Steve Grissom | Kodiak | Chevrolet | Larry Hedrick Racing
42 | Joe Nemechek | Bellsouth Mobility | Chevrolet | SABCO Racing
43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP | Pontiac | Petty Enterprises
44 | Kyle Petty | Hot Wheels | Pontiac | Petty Enterprises
71 | Dave Marcis | Realtree | Chevrolet | Dave Marcis Racing
75 | Rick Mast | Remington Arms | Ford | Butch Mock Motorsports
77 | Bobby Hillin | Jasper Engines | Ford | Jasper Engines Racing
81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Ford | Fillmar Racing
83 | Steve Fulton | Unsponsored | Ford | Fulton Motorsports
88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford Quality Care | Ford | Robert Yates Racing
90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers Furniture | Ford | Junie Donlavey Racing
94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Ford | Bill Elliott Racing
96 | David Green | Caterpillar | Chevrolet | American Equipment Racing
97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Ford | Roush Racing
98 | John Andretti | RCA | Ford | Cale Yarborough Racing
99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Ford | Roush Racing

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Quote: Originally Posted by Jeffrey99

Sound very cool. Will definitely be keeping a eye on this. Honestly don't remember if I ever played NR2002. Assuming I did but remember 2003 the most. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk

Thanks for checking it out. Yeah, 2003 is the better game and I am planning on getting it eventually. 2002 is pretty much the same game just doesn't have the amount of mods for it but it has enough to get me by. I can't stand the console NASCAR games because I was spoiled by Papyrus as a teen.

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1997 NASCAR WINSTON CUP SCHEDULE

2-9-97 | Busch Clash | Daytona International Speedway | 1996 Winner - Dale Jarrett
2-16-97 | Daytona 500 | Daytona International Speedway | 1996 Winner - Dale Jarrett
2-23-97 | GM Goodwrench 400 | Rockingham Speedway | 1996 Winner - Dale Earnhardt
3-2-97 | Pontiac Exitement 400 | Richmond International Raceway | 1996 Winner - Jeff Gordon
3-9-97 | Primestar 500 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | 1996 Winner - Dale Earnhardt
3-23-97 | Transouth Financial 400 | Darlington Raceway | 1996 Winner - Jeff Gordon
4-6-97 | Interstate Batteries 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | 1996 Winner - N/A
4-13-97 | Food City 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway | 1996 Winner - Jeff Gordon
4-20-97 | Goody's Headache Powder 500 | Martinsville Speedway | 1996 Winner - Rusty Wallace
5-4-97 | Save Mart Supermarkets 300 | Sears Point Raceway | 1996 Winner - Rusty Wallace
5-10-97 | Winston Select 500 | Talladega Superspeedway | 1996 Winner - Sterling Marlin
5-17-97 | The Winston All-Star Race | Charlotte Motor Speedway | 1996 Winner - Michael Waltrip
5-25-97 | Coca-Cola 600 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | 1996 Winner - Dale Jarrett
6-1-97 | Miller 500 | Dover International Speedway | 1996 Winner - Jeff Gordon
6-8-97 | Pocono 500 | Pocono Raceway | 1996 Winner - Jeff Gordon
6-15-97 | Miller 400 | Michigan Speedway | 1996 Winner - Rusty Wallace
6-22-97 | California 500 presented by NAPA | 1996 Winner - N/A
7-5-97 | Pepsi 400 | Daytona International Speedway | 1996 Winner - Sterling Marlin
7-13-97 | Jiffy Lube 300 | New Hampshire Speedway | 1996 Winner - Ernie Irvan
7-20-97 | Pennsylvania 500 | Pocono Raceway | 1996 Winner - Rusty Wallace
8-2-97 | Brickyard 400 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1996 Winner - Dale Jarrett
8-10-97 | The Bud at the Glen | Watkins Glen International | 1996 Winner - Geoff Bodine
8-17-97 | Devilbliss by Dirt Devil 400 | Michigan Speedway | 1996 Winner - Dale Jarrett
8-23-97 | Goody's Headache Powder 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway | 1996 Winner - Rusty Wallace
8-31-97 | Mountain Dew Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway | 1996 Winner - Jeff Gordon
9-6-97 | Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 | Richmond International Raceway | 1996 Winner - Ernie Irvan
9-14-97 | CMT 300 | New Hampshire Speedway | 1996 Winner - N/A
9-21-97 | MBNA 400 | Dover International Speedway | 1996 Winner - Jeff Gordon
9-29-97 | Hanes 500 | Martinsville Speedway | 1996 Winner - Jeff Gordon
10-5-97 | UAW-GM Quality 500 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | 1996 Winner - Terry Labonte
10-12-97 | DieHard 500 | Talladega Superspeedway | 1996 Winner - Jeff Gordon
10-27-97 | AC Delco 400 | Rockingham Speedway | 1996 Winner - Ricky Rudd
11-2-97 | Dure Lube 500 by K-mart | Phoenix International Raceway | 1996 Winner - Bobby Hamilton
11-16-97 | NAPA 500 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | 1996 Winner - Bobby Labonte

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1997 NASCAR Raybestos Rookie Of The Year Contenders

15 | Larry Pearson | Bud Moore Engineering
31 | Mike Skinner | Richard Childress Racing
40 | Robby Gordon | SABCO Racing
83 | Steve Fulton | Fulton Motorsports
96 | David Green | American Equipment Racing

This years rookie class is headed by RCR's Mike Skinner who will be piloting the #31 Lowe's Home Improvement Chevrolet. Don't overlook Robby Gordon as he has many years of racing experience in the Indycar Series. David Green and Larry Pearson look to make their marks as well.

A young upstart from Belews Creek, NC who just won the late model championship at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, NC is bypassing the Craftsman Trucks and Busch Series and taking his talents to the top series in NASCAR. He will be piloting the 83 for his family team which is headed by his grandfather Glenn Fulton. When asked about his goals for the year Mr. Fulton said we are just looking to make every race. He stated this year would be rough on the organization but will be worth it as a lesson for his grandson Steve.

Most veterans eye the rookies move to the top as "silly" and think he should be starting in trucks or Busch Series competition like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Eliott Sadler and others who are sharpening their skills at the lower levels. Time will tell if the move was good or not and I can't wait to witness it.