After being with Melling Racing & Cartoon Network for most of
1999, Jerry signed up with Hendrick Motorsports for 2000. And
while that was good news for Jerry it was bad news for
Melling. That meant Melling was not going to have a driver
for 2000, so Melling and Jerry decided to part ways near the
end of the 99 season so Melling could find a good driver to
start out the 2000 season for #9. But that left Jerry with
out a ride for the rest of 99. But a week before that driver
Ernie Irvan of the #36 M&M's Pontiac wrecked in Busch
practice at Michigan Speedway puting him in the hospital.
So that left MB2 Motorsports owner of the M&M's #36 searching
for a releif driver. That releif driver was Jerry Nadeau.
Jerry was only known as releif driver for one race, because
the next race history would be made. The weekend of the
Darlington race Ernie Irvan announced his retirement and made
Jerry the official driver of the M&M's #36 Pontiac for the
rest of the 1999 season. So now the M&M's #36 was his, and
it was a cool car too. The primary color was yellow the same
yellow on the M&M's Peanuts bag. The hood featured a bunch of
M&M's and the M&M's logo. On the right in front of the rear
tire was the red m&m acting as spotter. On the left in front
of the rear tire was the blue m&m acting as crew cheif. The
TV Pannel had to have been one of my favorite parts. It
featured the yellow m&m as scared as could be holding on to
his M&M's Rcaing hat. On the rear decklid was the
Pedigree logo, and the 36 on the car was blue. Check out
pictures of this cool car at the M&M's #36 Picture
Section. This car had some good races and
some bad ones. Its best finish was 16th at Dover Speedway.
This was a good car and was a great way to finish off the
century for Jerry Nadeau.