With NASCAR on a short-time frame hiatus, news is going to be tedious within the coming weeks. To motivate possess the NASCAR void, we map on taking you on a each day out down memory lane spanning the years since the Jayski’s set inception. The employ of our news archives pages, here’s a investigate cross-take a look at motivate at what’s took place on this date by the final 23 years in NASCAR:
In the imply time in NASCAR historical past: April 14
Years we have now got pulled on the present time’s most famous objects from: 2017, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2002, 2000, 1997
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2017:
- NASCAR attempting to salvage strategies to forestall airborne crashes: On Tuesday, nonetheless, NASCAR was browsing for strategies to tedious vehicles down at Daytona Global Speedway. Joey Logano was surely one of 5 drivers taking half in an aerodynamic snort focussed on discouraging pick-off on autos at restrictor plate tracks.[More](4-14-2017)
2010:
- Kahne to Hendrick in 2012 UPDATE 2 HMS PR: #9-Kasey Kahne, essentially the most up to this level doable free agent in NASCAR coming into the season, has signed a multiyear settlement to affix Hendrick Motorsports in 2011, a number of sources conclude to negotiations confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. The details of the deal, comparable to which car Kahne will power, are silent being finalized, sources acknowledged. The existing map is Kahne will choose the #5 car currently driven by Imprint Martin, sources acknowledged. Martin signed a contract extension final twelve months by the 2011 season. There’s room for Martin and Kahne within the Hendrick family. Stewart Haas Racing receives chassis, engines and technical toughen from HMS. So Kahne is also housed there till Martin‘s contract was up, if critical. In 2008 Dale Earnhardt Jr. signed a five-twelve months address Hendrick. Jimmie Johnson final twelve months signed an extension by 2015, and Jeff Gordon has a lifetime contract. Kahne is within the closing twelve months of his contract with Richard Petty Motorsports, and plans to enact the season within the #9 Ford, sources acknowledged. It is unknown whether or now not Kahne‘s sponsor, Budweiser, will accompany him to HMS [which sponsored Hendrick‘s #25 Chevy for years]. Hendrick Motorsports officers had no comment. Calls placed to Kahne, who turned 30 final weekend, and to his agent have been now not returned.(ESPN)
UPDATE: Richard Petty Motorsports offered that driver Kasey Kahne has told the crew he’s now not going to renew his contract on the conclusion of the 2010 NASCAR Speed Cup Series season. Kahne, driver the #9 Budweiser Ford Fusion, has been with RPM since coming into NASCAR‘s premier assortment in 2004. “Kasey is a truly proficient driver and I essentially have enjoyed watching him bustle. All of us need him nothing however the finest and hope he succeeds in anything he chooses to attain,” acknowledged crew owner Richard Petty. “Drivers treasure Kasey Kahne are the very motive we got into this sport. Kasey has helped us procure to the set we’re on the present time,” George Gillett, owner of Richard Petty Motorsports acknowledged. “We need him effectively in his future nonetheless we have now got the comfort of this season to bustle collectively and we‘re having a investigate cross-take a look at forward to a marvelous remainder of the twelve months.”(RPM)(4-13-2010)
MORE: It was reported within the origin that Kahne‘s address Hendrick would originate up in 2011. A source conclude to the scenario instructed ESPN.com that Kahne will discover over the #5 car for the 2012 season, but his 2011 plans are silent undecided. “I‘ve essentially map plenty about that but I‘m now not fine what I‘m going to attain subsequent twelve months,” Kahne acknowledged after taking batting be aware with the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park on Tuesday. “I‘ve given it some map though.” Sources verify that Imprint Martin will power the #5 car by the 2011 season. There’s room for Martin and Kahne within the Hendrick family. Stewart Haas Racing receives chassis, engines and technical toughen from HMS. So Kahne is also housed there till Martin‘s contract was up. Kahne is within the closing twelve months of his contract with Richard Petty Motorsports, and plans to enact the season within the No. 9 Ford, sources acknowledged. It is unknown whether or now not Kahne‘s sponsor, Budweiser, will accompany him to HMS. Imprint Wright, vp of media, sports actions and leisure marketing for Anheuser-Busch, Inc., acknowledged Budweiser is currently focused only on essentially the most contemporary season with Kahne. “There have been no discussions relative to our sponsorship as of yet. We glance forward to having those on the exact time,” Wright acknowledged.(ESPN)(4-14-2010)
UPDATE2 — HMS PR: Foundation with the 2012 NASCAR Speed Cup Series season, Kasey Kahne will power the #5 Chevys of Hendrick Motorsports after signing a lengthy-time frame contract with the group. Imprint Martin, 51, essentially the most contemporary driver of Hendrick Motorsports‘ #5 crew, will total the 2010 and 2011 seasons. When Kahne takes over in 2012, he will join teammates Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Hendrick‘s four-car exact. “In Kasey, we seen a possibility to cement a mammoth fragment of our future,” acknowledged Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports. “He possesses implausible skill and a astronomical dedication to his craft, and all americans knows he‘ll be a astronomical match interior our firm. Kasey has earned the honour of his future teammates by the fashion he‘s handled himself on and off the racetrack, and all americans knows he‘ll be a contributor to the success of Hendrick Motorsports for many future years motivate. To have any individual of his caliber join our crew is an improbable opportunity for us.”
“I essentially have a comfort stage with Mr. Hendrick, my future teammates and the tradition of the group,” acknowledged Kahne, whose contract with Hendrick Motorsports will glide by the 2015 Speed Cup season. “For me, it‘s the shining match on every stage, and I have it presents me a astronomical likelihood to procure races and compete for championships. “Figuring out the subsequent step in my profession has been a truly important course of, and I‘m excited and relieved to have the decision made and offered. Now it‘s my accountability to place all of my vitality into a hit races and having a marvelous 2010 with my most contemporary crew and our sponsors.” Though 2012 and past has been solidified, Kahne is now not scheduled to power a Hendrick Motorsports entry in 2011 attributable to NASCAR‘s four-car limit. Whereas who he will bustle for has now not yet been fine, Kahne intends to power a fat Speed Cup Series time table subsequent season. “If this likelihood was going to happen, I knew having some unanswered questions would possibly perchance be phase of the scenario at this stage,” Kahne acknowledged. “Hendrick Motorsports has a dedication to Imprint Martin that they are searching out for to fulfill, and that‘s crucial. It‘s phase of what attracts me to the crew.”(Hendrick Motorsports)(4-14-2010)
2009:
- Jim France stepping down as CEO of ISC: Jim France will step down as chief executive officer of Global Speedway Corporation efficient June 1 with Lesa Kennedy succeeding him in that characteristic. Jim France is the son of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., brother of mature NASCAR chairman Bill France Jr. and uncle of most contemporary NASCAR chairman Brian France. Brian France is Lesa Kennedy‘s brother. Jim France will support his characteristic as chairman of ISC‘s board of administrators. Lesa Kennedy will remain vice chair of the ISC board. John Saunders, currently the executive vp and chief working officer of ISC, will discover over as ISC president — the title beforehand held by Lesa Kennedy.(Charlotte Observer)(4-14-2009)
2007:
- Childress working the #3…..in Insensible Units with grandson: NASCAR fans in most cases quiz Richard Childress when he‘ll bring motivate the gloomy #3 Chevrolet made well-known by the tedious Dale Earnhardt. Fans who attended final Saturday‘s filth-be aware races at 311 Speedway know the acknowledge. And they know that Childress, who has acknowledged since Earnhardt‘s demise that it would discover a masses of scenario to bring motivate the finest-known quantity in NASCAR, stayed upright to his observe. The driver he selected to glide #3 is younger and proficient, sexy-lower and polite and thinks the sector of Childress. He‘s Childress‘ oldest grandson, Austin Dillon. Per the fashion he drove in his first Successfully-organized Insensible Mannequin bustle, there would possibly perchance arrive a day when Dillon is tedious the wheel of a same-having a investigate cross-take a look at car in NASCAR. In his first try in filth racing‘s elite division, Dillon licensed fifth from a self-discipline of more than 30, then drove treasure a veteran, expansive-sliding by the corners, stepping on the accelerator to compose the automobile flip and bright the drivers in entrance of him on nearly every lap. Childress watched from the stay of the crew hauler, right as he has performed for many years all over Nextel Cup races. Every proceed brought a mammoth smile to his face. “He‘s using the heck out of it,” Childress acknowledged. “He‘s doing upright for a 16-twelve months-mature kid.” Childress dotes on his grandsons, Austin and Ty, who’s two years youthful than Austin and origin his have racing profession. They are the sons of Mike Dillon, a lengthy-time Busch Series driver, and Childress‘ daughter, Tina.(gape fat memoir on the Atlanta Journal-Structure and an characterize of the automobile at tommysracingphotos.com(4-14-2007)
2006:
Martin phase-time Cup in 2007? #6-Imprint Martin is hedging on his announce to now not return to Nextel Cup in any phase-time ability after transferring to a fat-time Craftsman Truck Series amble subsequent twelve months. He now says if the shining opportunity items itself, he also can discover into consideration doing Cup races that glide alongside with truck events.(Tampa Tribune)(4-14-2006)
2002:
- Harvick Parked for Martinsville, Kenny Wallace within the #29 for the bustle: Winston Cup driver #29-Kevin Harvick has been “parked” by NASCAR officers and is now not going to be allowed to power in Sunday‘s Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR officers confirmed Sunday morning. A formal announcement of the circulation is anticipated on the be aware Sunday morning. Kenny Wallace will power Harvick‘s #29 GM Goodwrench Chevy Sunday. He would must originate up on the rear of the self-discipline since he didn’t qualify the automobile. Harvick‘s “parking” — defined within the NASCAR rulebook as an emergency circulation that’s “final, non-appealable and non-reviewable” — comes in maintaining with NASCAR officers‘ query he park his truck after spinning Coy Gibbs in Saturday‘s CTS bustle at Martinsville. Harvick and Gibbs tangled on the be aware several times over the course of several laps. Gibbs spun
Harvick one time exiting Turn 4. Following a warning on Lap 188, Harvick rammed Gibbs‘ rear bumper coming into Turn 1 and lastly spun him exiting Turn 2. NASCAR had ample, gloomy-flagged Harvick and parked him for the day. Harvick parked his #6 Chevy in entrance of the Truck assortment hauler blueprint pit toll road. He was instructed to file to the NASCAR hauler and met with assortment officers for almost 90 minutes following the bustle. Harvick was already below probation from his submit-bustle incident with Greg Biffle on the BGN bustle at Bristol final month. Harvick was fined $15,000 and placed on probation till Aug. 28. After Sunday‘s bustle, Harvick would possibly perchance receive a more outmoded suspension, which is also appealed below NASCAR strategies, sources acknowledged.(ThatsRacin.com), additionally gape NASCAR.com: The Buzz: Harvick suspension impending? and Harvick ordered to meet with NASCAR after incident. AND from the Kenny Wallace set: An emergency call sends Kenny Wallace to Martinsville. NASCAR and Richard Childress known as DEI to release Wallace for the Martinsville bustle. Wallace drove to Martinsville and is staying with bother Rusty for the night time.AND RacingOne.com experiences that a press conference with #29 car owner Richard Childress was scheduled for 9: 00am/et at Martinsville Speedway, while Harvick was to address the media at 10: 00am/et.AND NASCAR.com pronounces: Harvick now not allowed to power in Virginia 500: NASCAR‘s statement: “NASCAR officers have offered they’ve “parked” NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick till the conclusion of the Virginia 500 NASCAR Winston Cup occasion at Martinsville Speedway. Harvick, on probation following an incident at Bristol Motor Speedway March 23 for actions all over a NASCAR Busch Series occasion, was parked all over Saturday‘s Approach Auto Parts 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series occasion. That time has been prolonged, battling him, but now not the No. 29 RCR Winston Cup crew, from taking half by the completion of the occasion at Martinsville.”(4-14-2002)
2000:
- Recent Yates Sponsor in 2001? UPDATE 3: Dale Jarrett will it seems have a brand fresh sponsor subsequent season on the #88 Robert Yates owned Ford. UPS(United Parcel Carrier), supposedly a $15 million or $16 million sponsorship deal, sources acknowledged. Ford‘s Quality Care sponsorship would likely transfer to a Jack Roush crew, in maintaining with PitNow sources(PitNow)(4-3-2000)
UPDATE: I hear from a upright source that Robert Yates Racing(RYR) is working with Ford to continue it‘s relationship/sponsorship with the #88 and are working with UPS on an accomplice sponsorship on the #28 Texaco Ford(4-4-2000)
UPDATE 2: Rumors recently surfaced that Robert Yates was alive to on a swap from Ford Credit to UPS as most famous sponsor for the Dale Jarrett #88 bustle crew in 2001. The more likely scenario here is that UPS, who has been itching to procure into Winston Cup racing with a exact crew for roughly a twelve months, will arrive on board as an accomplice sponsor on one or BOTH Yates Racing Fords(Inner Motorsports)(4-9-2000)
UPDATE 3: This weeks Winston Cup Scene Magazine experiences that UPS is talking to Yates and Roush Racing about sponsoring a car. #28 and #88 owner Robert Yates confirmed he’s talking to UPS but wouldn‘t order if it was for an accomplice or most famous deal for one or every vehicles. Yates address Ford Quality Care is finished on the stay of the 2000 season. Roush Racing acknowledged they’d casual talks but that was it and that Roush Racing is working on renewals with Valvoline and John Deere for the #6 and #97 groups(4-14-2000)
1997:
- The Food Metropolis 500 at Bristol this past weekend tied a memoir for essentially the most cautions in a WC assortment occasion with the yellow flag popping out 20 times, tying the ticket at Bristol in 1989. The beginning self-discipline at Bristol frail to be plight at 36 vehicles, but a trade within the NASCAR strategies, which permits up to 43 vehicles within the self-discipline for any bustle, allowed essentially the most to originate up this twelve months‘s occasion. The warning flag flew for 132 laps(4-14-97)
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April 14, 2018
- Saturday Bristol Notebook: Atomize in final be aware knocks Kurt Busch off entrance row; Michael McDowell‘s qualifying effort a step forward for Entrance Row; Speedy Strokes[More](4-14-2018)
- Delighted Hour (final) be aware for the Food Metropolis 500 Monster Vitality NASCAR Cup Series bustle at Bristol Motor Speedway is over, after 50 scheduled minutes, the stay five, slowest and notes:
#38-Ragan 127.487
#9-Elliott 127.073
#11-Hamlin 126.997
#41-Busch 126.537
#34-McDowell 126.295
finest 10 consecutive lap avg (of 31 drivers): #18-Busch 125.483
slowest: #51-Rhodes 121.774 & #55-Sorenson 120.907. No tempo: #15-Chastain.
notes: #41-Busch spun with 5 minutes left in be aware and hit the interior wall. He’ll proceed to a backup car.
Test up on the quickest speeds, finest 10 consecutive lap moderate, laps glide on the Delighted Hour Put collectively speeds page (pdf) (4-14-2018) - First Saturday be aware for the Food Metropolis 500 Monster Vitality NASCAR Cup Series bustle at Bristol Motor Speedway is over, after 55 scheduled minutes, the stay five, slowest and notes:
#42-Larson 129.004
#78-Truex, Jr. 128.952
#10-Almirola 128.943
#18-Busch 128.934
#95-Kahne 128.830
finest 10 consecutive lap avg (of 25 drivers): #20-Jones 127.292
slowest: #51-Rhodes 121.983 & #66-Finchum 120.808. No tempo: #15-Chastain & #55-Sorenson.
Test up on the quickest speeds, finest 10 consecutive lap moderate, laps glide on the Second Put collectively speeds page (pdf) (4-14-2018) - Pit Stall Picks: The selections of pit stalls for the Food Metropolis 500 Monster Vitality NASCAR Cup Series bustle at Bristol Motor Speedway have been made.
With 39 vehicles working, pit stalls 21, 22, 33, and 43 have been eliminated.
Pole winner #18-Busch selected pit stall 1, the first stall on hand [as do most pole sitters].
Start air pole winner #41-Busch. took pit stall 23, the first stall on the backstretch, with a gap in entrance of it.
The final pit stall on the frontstretch was taken by #17-Stenhouse, Jr, who begins 4th.
#88-Bowman, who begins eighth, took final pit stall on the backstretch.
To perceive the set the drivers/groups pit stall is, gape the pit more than a number of chart on Jayski.com‘s Pit Stall Selection chart.(4-14-2018) - Hemric car failed submit bustle, bumped from subsequent Dash4Cash bustle: Daniel Hemric has been replaced in subsequent week‘s Hotfoot 4 Money self-discipline at Richmond by Brandon Jones because Hemric‘s car failed inspection after Saturday‘s bustle at Bristol. NASCAR stated only that Hemric‘s car failed “mechanical dimension.” The crew would possibly perchance face extra penalties subsequent week. [More](4-14-2018)
- Chevrolet would possibly perchance trade Camaro nostril: Chevrolet is reportedly seeking procure trade approval from NASCAR for a brand fresh nostril on its XFINITY Series version of the lengthy-lasting car. [More](4-14-2018)
- Ryan Preece wins NASCAR Xfinity bustle at Bristol-and $100,000 bonus: Ryan Preece is doing every little thing he can to salvage a everlasting dwelling in a stock car. At the stay of his to-attain checklist is a hit, which he did for the second time in seven NASCAR Xfinity Series begins on Saturday when he outran Justin Allgaier to procure the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.[More](4-14-2018)
- Preece wins Bristol Motor Speedway XFINITY bustle: #18-Ryan Preece won the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway for his second profession procure and first procure at Bristol.
Preece additionally took dwelling the $100,000 Dash4Cash bonus from assortment sponsor XFINITY.
#7-Justin Allgaier carried out second, followed by#21-Daniel Hemric, #1-Elliott Sadler, #23-Spencer Gallagher, #19-Brandon Jones, #9-Tyler Reddick, #00-Cole Custer, #4-Ross Chastain, and #11-Ryan Truex.
There have been 12 cautions for 93 laps and 13 lead changes among 8 leaders.
Preece took obedient thing a number of warning 18 laps from the enact. He took four tires, while teammate, and chief on the time, #19-Brandon Jones, took two tires. Preece took the lead 9 laps from the enact.
The favored tempo was 67.857mph.
Complete results are on the Bristol bustle results page (pdf). (4-14-2018) - Bustle stage winners:
Stage 1 — lap 85 — Winner, #20-Christopher Bell
Stage 2 — lap 170 — Winner, #18-Ryan Preece
Stage 3 — lap 300 — Bustle winner, #18-Ryan Preece - Bristol XFINITY Bustle Speedy Info:
Ryan Preece won the 36th Annual FITZGERALD GLIDER KITS 300, his second victory in 43 NASCAR
XFINITY Series races.Right here’s his first victory and third high-10 enact in 2018.Right here’s his first victory and first high-10 enact in three races at Bristol Motor Speedway.Justin Allgaier (second) posted his ninth high-10 enact in 15 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his
fifth high-10 enact in 2018.Daniel Hemric (third) posted his third high-10 enact in three races at Bristol Motor Speedway.Tyler Reddick (seventh) was the very supreme finishing rookie.Elliott Sadler leads the level standings by 6 points over Daniel Hemric.
(NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(4-14-2018) - XFINITY Driver standings following Bristol Motor Speedway:
1) #1-Elliott Sadler, 261
2) #21-Daniel Hemric, 255, -6
3) #9-Tyler Reddick [1 win], 247, -14
4) #7-Justin Allgaier, 240, -21
5) #20-Christopher Bell, 226, -35
6) #00-Cole Custer, 218, -43
7) #11-Ryan Truex, 211, -50
8) #23-Spencer Gallagher, 208, -53
9) #19-Brandon Jones, 193, -68
10) #16-Ryan Reed, 183, -78
11) #2-Matt Tifft, 167, -94
12) #4-Ross Chastain, 163, -98
Test up on total owner and driver standings on the driver standings(pdf) and owner standings page (pdf).(4-14-2018) - Free Stoop — Who got a lap motivate on every warning: (and their enact)
Warning 1: none
Warning 2: #15-Nemechek, 19th
Warning 3: #90-Williams, 22nd
Warning 4: #0-Smithley, 17th
Warning 5: #1-Sadler, 4th
Warning 6: #35-Gase, 16th
Warning 7: #15-Nemechek, 19th
Warning 8: #78-McLeod, 20th
Warning 9: #0-Smithley, 17th
Warning 10: #35-Gase, 16th
Warning 11: #22-Cindric, 12th
Warning 12: none
(4-14-2018) - Custer on XFINITY pole at Bristol: #00-Cole Custer won the Busch pole for the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway with a tempo of 127.157mph. #7-Justin Allgaier will originate up second. The remainder of the stay 10: #20-Christopher Bell, #21-Daniel Hemric, #42-John Hunter Nemechek, #19-Brandon Jones, #18-Ryan Preece, #3-Shane Lee, #23-Spencer Gallagher, and #22-Austin Cindric.
Did No longer Qualify: #89-Morgan Shepherd.
The beginning lineup is posted on the Bristol beginning lineup page (pdf).(4-14-2018) - Bristol Motor Speedway XFINITY Qualifying Notes:
Cole Custer won the Pole Award for the 36th Annual FITZGERALD GLIDER KITS 300 with a lap of
15.090 seconds, 127.157 mph.
Right here’s his first pole in 45 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
Right here’s his first pole and sixth high-10 originate up in 2018.
Right here’s his first pole in three races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Justin Allgaier (second) posted his fifth high-10 originate up of 2018 and his 13th in 15 races at Bristol Motor
Speedway.
Christopher Bell (third) posted his first high-10 originate up at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his fifth in seven
races this season.
Christopher Bell (third) was the quickest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(4-14-2018) - “Drive Days” for Talladega fans all over bustle week: Whereas the supreme drivers within the sector will be competing on Talladega Superspeedway on April 27-29 all over an effective tripleheader weekend (GEICO 500, Sparks Vitality 300, Long-established Tire 200), fans would possibly perchance have the flexibility to hit the pavement first and power their private car round NASCAR‘s greatest and most aggressive be aware earlier within the week all over “Drive Days.” On Tuesday (April 24) and Thursday (April 26), “Drive Days” will provide participants to discover their street true autos for 3 thrilling laps at toll road tempo tedious a Talladega Security/Tempo truck on Talladega‘s 2.66-mile, 33-stage excessive banks for right $50.[More](4-14-2018)
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April 14, 2017
- NASCAR attempting to salvage strategies to forestall airborne crashes: On Tuesday, nonetheless, NASCAR was browsing for strategies to tedious vehicles down at Daytona Global Speedway. Joey Logano was surely one of 5 drivers taking half in an aerodynamic snort focussed on discouraging pick-off on autos at restrictor plate tracks.[More](4-14-2017)
- Keselowski‘s Darlington plan released: At Darlington Raceway on September 3, Crew Penske is bringing motivate a conventional fan favourite — the #2 Miller Pleasurable Draft Ford Fusion.[More](4-14-2017)
- Martins Motorsports Returns to NASCAR XFINITY Series: Martins Motorsports will return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Bristol Motor Speedway within the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 on April 22nd with driver Tommy Joe Martins & sponsorship from very lengthy time accomplice Diamond Gusset Jeans. Bristol would possibly perchance be the first of a 9-bustle Xfinity time table for the newly minted #45 crew. The crew plans to compete on the Spring & Fall events at Bristol, Dover, & Richmond, as effectively as Chicagoland, Kansas, & Indianapolis. Kevin Eagle will return as the Crew Chief, and the crew will continue to glide Chevrolets.[More](4-14-2017)
- Dover Speedway to host Global Drone Racing Series‘ USA Bustle from 2017-19: The Global Drone Racing Association (IDRA) has offered a brand fresh partnership with Dover Global Speedway. The IDRA will withhold its USA occasion on the be aware famously known as “The Monster Mile” June 2-4, 2017, alongside with Dover‘s NASCAR tripleheader bustle weekend. The occasion will be free and originate to the public to ogle in Dover‘s FanZone.[More](4-14-2017)
- Richmond to host Smithfield PWBA Tour Championship: The season finale of the Legitimate Females‘s Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour will happen at Richmond Global Raceway (Richmond) in Richmond, Virginia, all around the be aware‘s tumble NASCAR bustle week festivities. Richmond-basically based entirely QubicaAMF will set up bowling lanes for the occasion as phase of its fresh sponsorship of the PWBA. The Smithfield PWBA Tour Championship is determined for September 3-6 within the Ragged Dominion Constructing on the Richmond Raceway Complex.[More](4-14-2017)
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April 14, 2016
- Bristol Notice Notes & History:
� Groundbreaking for Bristol Global Speedway, as Bristol Motor Speedway was within the origin known, took recount in 1960. The be aware was an exact half-mile.
� First NASCAR Speed Cup bustle was July 30, 1961; Jack Smith won the occasion (with reduction from Johnny Allen).
� The total NSCS races have been scheduled for 500 laps, excluding for every races in 1976 and the second in 1977, which have been 400 laps.
� In the tumble of 1969, the be aware was reshaped and re-measured to .533-miles.
� The name changed to Bristol Global Raceway in 1978.
� The first night time bustle was held within the tumble of 1978.
� The outside was changed from asphalt to concrete in 1992.
� The name changed to Bristol Motor Speedway in Would perchance perhaps presumably also 1996.
� The be aware was resurfaced between races in 2007, and the turns have been flooring down in 2012 to put off phase of the revolutionary banking.
(NASCAR) - Fire at Richard Petty Museum UPDATE: Statement from Richard Petty Motorsports: There was a hearth on the present time [Saturday] on the historical set of Petty Enterprises and now essentially the most contemporary set of Petty‘s Garage and Richard Petty Museum. The fire was contained to a share of the constructing and was controlled instant. There have been no injuries and minimal hurt to the construction. The Petty Household is grateful to the first responders.(Richard Petty Motorsports)(4-3-2016)
UPDATE: The Petty Household Foundation donated $1,000 to the Level Corrupt Fire Department as their map of thanking the native firefighters for their motivate with a most contemporary minor fire. Living 43 firefighters spoke back instant final week after a tiny fire was reported at essentially the most contemporary set of Petty‘s Garage and the Richard Petty Museum, the historical set of Petty Enterprises. “Thanks to their efforts, hurt to our facility was minimal,” acknowledged Shannon Newman, Director of Pattern for the Petty Household Foundation. “This donation from the Petty family is their map to level to their appreciation and toughen for our neighborhood firefighters. They are the sort of very important phase of the Level Corrupt neighborhood, and we sincerely thank Chief Russell and his employees.” A fireplace was reported on Saturday, April 2, but was contained to a share of the constructing and was controlled instant by the native fire division. There have been no injuries and minimal hurt to the construction. Both The Richard Petty Museum and Petty‘s Garage continue to operate. The Museum is currently offering half-off admission costs as sexy up continues. Successfully-organized up is anticipated to be total by mid-Would perchance perhaps presumably also.(Petty Household Foundation/Richard Petty Museum)(4-14-2016) - Vickers silent that you just would possibly perchance take into consideration for an Indy 500 amble: Schmidt Peterson Motorsports crew owner Sam Schmidt says NASCAR driver Brian Vickers and the tedious Justin Wilson‘s brother, Stefan, are silent potentialities for the crew‘s third car within the Indy 500. The crew owner, whose masses of candidates consist of — but usually are now not confined to — staunch veteran Oriol Servia and Verizon IndyCar Series sophomore Gabby Chaves, acknowledged: “The same four or five guys have been circling the sandbox for the final 45 days. One week surely one of them will be all fired up and there‘ll be LOIs [letters of intent] exchanged…after which nothing occurs and it‘s left putting. We seem to be spending masses of time on it for the time being, which I hoped now not to be doing by now, but that‘s the personality of the trade. So let me put it this fashion: as of this morning, the door‘s silent originate to all!” Schmidt, whose crew took pole on the 2011 Indy 500 with Alex Tagliani, confirmed that newcomers Vickers and Wilson remain within the working for the third SPM seat on Memorial Day Weekend. Schmidt acknowledged no clear favourite had emerged among his doable third drivers for the 100th Indy 500.(Motorsport)(4-14-2016)
- Dale Jr. says he‘ll be apprehensive to meet Peyton Manning: #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. has met Peyton Manning sooner than, but that doesn‘t imply he won‘t procure apprehensive when he meets the recently retired Successfully-organized Bowl champion quarterback Sunday. Manning is scheduled to affix Earnhardt all over driver introductions sooner than the Speed Cup Series bustle at Bristol Motor Speedway. Appropriate treasure fans in most cases procure when they meet NASCAR‘s most authorized driver, Earnhardt expects to procure quite of tongue-tied when round Manning as they amble round within the pickup truck waving to fans following driver introductions. “We‘ll gape how that goes,” Earnhardt acknowledged Wednesday. “That will most certainly be gorgeous attention-grabbing to have him there in that course of and amble round on the motivate of the truck. I‘m fine I‘ll lock up and procure stage fright and procure all apprehensive round him — that‘s in most cases what I attain round celebrities.” Manning will be an honorary bustle pleasurable for the Food Metropolis 500 as the be aware tries to faulty-promote the bustle as effectively as the Sept. 10 football sport between Tennessee and Virginia Tech. Earnhardt and Manning every are spokesmen for Nationwide.(ESPN)(4-14-2016)
- Three drivers seem on “Dude Supreme” tonight: Texas Motor Speedway will help as the backdrop for the NASCAR-themed episode of Thursday evening‘s The Dude Supreme Hide on CMT. The Dude Supreme crew of Tyler Toney, Garrett Hilbert, Cody Jones and twin brothers Coby and Cory Cotton filmed at Texas Motor Speedway all over final November‘s AAA Texas 500 NASCAR tripleheader weekend that integrated visitor appearances by drivers as effectively as Dude Supreme in an honorary bustle characteristic. The episode, which airs at 9: 30pm/et, is the second within the demonstrate‘s debut season for the five Texas A&M; College mates that turned YouTube sensations over seven years ago with implausible basketball trick images. This episode revolves round Dude Supreme being named by Texas Motor Speedway to power the honorary tempo car for the O‘Reilly Auto Parts Advise XFINITY Series bustle on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. With only one seat up for grabs, Toney and Hilbert have some fierce competitors to discover who will power the Chevrolet Camaro pleasurable tempo car that will lead the XFINITY Series self-discipline to the inexperienced flag. Hilbert within the extinguish prevails, however the Camaro has a stick shift and he desires to enlist the likes of NASCAR drivers Scuttle Elliott and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to procure him positioned for his honorary characteristic.(TMS)(4-14-2016)
- Johnson to be honored at Bristol: Food Metropolis Bustle Night will acknowledge #48-Jimmie Johnson for his contributions to the game of NASCAR and the racing neighborhood on Friday, April 15, on the Bristol Motor Speedway Pepsi Stage (Hospitality Situation). Johnson will discover the stage at 6: 30pm/et for the recognition alongside with Jerry Caldwell, executive vp/authorized supervisor of Bristol Motor Speedway and Mike Helton, president of NASCAR. Larry McReynolds of NASCAR on FOX would possibly perchance be the master of ceremonies. Food Metropolis will compose a donation to the Jimmie Johnson Foundation in its 24th twelve months of sponsoring the bustle occasion at Bristol.(HMS)(4-14-2016)
- Jeff Gordon and critical other again gala in NYC for upright plight off: Jeff Gordon alongside at the side of his critical other, Ingrid, attended the Breast Most cancers Overview Foundation gala in Recent York Metropolis on Tuesday night time. The “Sizzling Purple Occasion” was held on the Waldorf Astoria luxurious hotel in Midtown The massive apple. The occasion was additionally highlighted with a masses of efficiency by legendary singer, pianist and composer Elton John.(FoxSports)(4-14-2016)
- Sad Data — Joni Roberts: Joan M. Hensel (Joni) Roberts died Tuesday, April 12, within the Huntsville (AL) Clinic. She was 58. Her demise came on the stay of a 10-month warfare with lung cancer after being identified the day sooner than her birthday final June. Mrs. Roberts was a devoted employee of the Marshall County Successfully being Department. Mrs. Roberts was working within the avionics self-discipline when she relocated to the Atlanta rental. It was there she met her husband, Guntersville native Tom Roberts, who was the public family director at Atlanta Global Raceway on the time. Tom moved on to be the assistant authorized supervisor of the Nashville Global Raceway and the couple have been married in 1981 in Nolensville, TN. The couple bought a weekend cabin at Pine Island Point and moved there to are living in 1989 as Tom was now traveling on the stay stage NASCAR circuit working with drivers, groups and sponsors. After serving as hospitality director for driver Alan Kulwicki‘s crew for about a seasons, Mrs. Roberts was drained of the toll road and lastly landed her situation on the effectively being division.
Carrier data, fat obituary, condolences, donation data at carrfuneralhomeguntersville.com.(4-14-2016) - McLeod Motorsports pronounces Bristol sponsor: B.J. McLeod Motorsports offered that the crew has signed Indispensable Gates as the principle marketing accomplice for driver B.J. McLeod‘s #78 Ford Mustang this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. Eight years ago, all over Florida‘s worst ever housing glide, Indispensable Gate Enterprises started with the office within the owner‘s dwelling and the tools in an mature barn on an abandoned dairy farm. In 2016, the firm will be working out of a 35,000 sq. foot facility in Wauchula, Fla. Indispensable Gate builds its recognition on outstanding service, attentive buyer service and proudly being the single gate firm in Florida that has every a recount licensed constructing contractor, as effectively as a recount licensed electrical contractor on employees. (McLeod Motorsports)(4-14-2016)
- Sparks Vitality sponsoring Gase at Talladega: Sparks Vitality Inc., an electrical operations and restoration firm basically based entirely out of Danville, Alabama, will sponsor Joey Gase and the #52 Jimmy Approach Racing Chevrolet for the upcoming NASCAR XFINITY Series bustle at Talladega Superspeedway on April 30. Standing as the entitlement sponsor for the Sparks Vitality 300 at Talladega, the firm will signal on with Gase for a one-bustle deal. Since 2007, Sparks Vitality Inc. has equipped companies on excessive voltage powerlines and industrial methods all the map in which by the United States with a highlight in transmission and distribution. They’ve restored energy for families and companies all the map in which by the country for more than a decade. Gase has a exact dose of momentum after they head into the 2.66-mile be aware as they’re hot off a profession-finest fifth-recount effort one twelve months ago at Talladega. One amongst the components that play into plate racing in NASCAR is the heightened stage of opportunity for smaller groups. This is applicable for Joey Gase and Jimmy Approach Racing as they have been ready to set their legendary #52 Chevrolet within the lead draft sooner than gaining six spots within the final two laps to enact within the fifth situation. To affix Sparks Vitality Inc., Donate Existence Alabama and Alabama Organ Heart [AOC] will return as sponsor for the 300-mile occasion. The Alabama Organ Heart [AOC] is dedicated to offering an even bigger fantastic of life for those folks who require organ or tissue transplants, while respecting the families who fragment the reward of life. AOC will continue to commit itself to offering an even bigger fantastic of life for those folks who require organ and tissue transplantation, while respecting those families who fragment.(Joey Gase Racing), gape an characterize of the automobile on the #52 crew paint schemes page.(4-14-2016)
- Cope pronounces Bristol sponsors: DCR with JP Motorsports are ready to attain warfare at “The Remaining Giant Colosseum,” and instruct companions for the upcoming Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series bustle on the Bristol Motor Speedway. Returning to the #70 all all over again as a co-most famous sponsor is E-hydrate. Offering the sector‘s first line of top charge pure dietary products, E-hydrate offered a partnership with Ingles Markets, a series of food stores with over 200 areas. Furthermore on the automobile as a co-most famous sponsor for the Bristol bustle is To The Point Attire. To The Point, basically based entirely out of Winston-Salem, NC, is celebrating its 20th twelve months in trade supplying custom emblem attire to companies and organizations nationwide. ICE-AID — beforehand known as Beer Frost — an environmentally pleasurable, all pure, mineral basically based entirely product that turns your cooler of ice true into a freezer — will continue its toughen of DCR and will most certainly be featured as a co-most famous sponsor on the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 on the #70 Camaro. Furthermore on board the #70 for the Bristol occasion is Fatz Cafe of Bristol(Derrike Cope Racing)(4-14-2016)
- Watkins Glen to unveil $11M be aware project: Watkins Glen Global will unveil its newly resurfaced bustle be aware on Friday, after which let the public discover their have vehicles on the be aware this weekend to try it out. Contractors started work on the $11 million repaving project started shining after the NASCAR Speed Cup bustle final August and endured by the cool climate. The finishing touches are being placed on this spring, right in time for WGI‘s annual Opening Weekend festivities, when fans can discover laps to elevate money for charity. “Right here’s a form of wow initiatives, for everyone, from the fans to the drivers to the media,” acknowledged WGI President Michael Printup. “It‘s going to be awesome.” The final most famous resurfacing was performed about 20 years ago, Printup has acknowledged, and attributable to the cool Northeast winters, frost heave was a relentless disadvantage. Drivers in your entire assortment that bustle at WGI, from sports actions vehicles to NASCAR, will peep a “dramatic” distinction, Printup says. He says there’ll be better grip within the corners and he‘s looking forward to memoir speeds within the Speed Cup bustle. WGI will withhold a ribbon-slicing ceremony at 11: 15 a.m. Friday. Bob Varsha, a TV racing announcer, would possibly perchance be the MC, and special mates will consist of sportscar drivers Andy Lally and Derek Bell, who’ve 10 victories on the Glen between them. Later on, vehicles from the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association will discover the first laps on the fresh surface. Fans are invited to stare the on-be aware festivities freed from cost within the Argetsinger and Seneca grandstands by coming into by Gate 2 off County Route 16.(Corning Leader)(4-14-2016)
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April 14, 2015
- Appeals panel reduces penalty for #33 crew: The Nationwide Motorsports Appeals Panel on the present time heard and regarded as the appeal of a P4 penalty issued on March 25, 2015 to Joseph Falk (owner) and Richard Labbe (crew chief), relative to NASCAR Speed Cup Series car #33 at Auto Membership Speedway. The penalty considerations the next sections within the 2015 NASCAR rule book:
12.1: Actions detrimental to stock car racing;
20.14.2: Rear Suspension: Truck Trailing Arm
E. The left and shining aspect truck trailing palms must be mounted to the truck trailing arm mounting brackets the employ of a one-fragment, minimal ¾ hurry diameter magnetic metal trail.
F. The horizontal centerline of the very supreme truck trailing arm mounting trail mustn’t be increased than the stay surface of the truck trailing arm crossmember, on the respective truck trailing arm mounting bracket, when the automobile is at inspection orientation.
INFRACTION: The ¾ hurry diameter magnetic metal truck trailing arm mounting trail was now not installed horizontally.
J.Truck trailing arm must conform to the next drawing as specified within the NASCAR rule book: Rear Suspension-Truck Trailing Arm: A-008-00183-14 Rev.C
INFRACTION: Truck trailing arm monoball sleeve doesn’t meet the drawing specifications. Sleeve is required to be minimal .125 hurry minimal thick x two inches large sleeve machined for press match of .750 I.D. or .875 I.D. monoball assembly.
20.3.3.2.1: Truck Trailing Arm Crossmember Assembly:Truck Trailing Arm Mounting Brackets
B. Truck trailing arm mounting brackets must be constructed of magnetic metal flat plate with a minimal thickness of 0.169 hurry.
INFRACTION: Truck trailing arm mounting bracket adapter was machined from Aluminum solid.
20.20: Assembled Automobile Overall Principles
A. Except for in conditions explicitly authorized within the NASCAR strategies, set up of extra ingredients and/or changes of unique ingredients to impress the aerodynamic properties of the automobile is now not going to be authorized, alongside with but now not restricted to, safety methods, chassis and roll cage, suspension, steering methods, brake methods, warmth shields, physique fillers, physique sealers, filler panels, drivetrain ingredients and employ ingredients.
The distinctive penalty assessed integrated a $50,000 comely, three-bustle suspension and probation by Dec. 31 to Labbe and the inability of 25 championship car owner points to Falk. The Appellants (Joseph Falk and Richard Labbe) appealed every penalties. Upon hearing the testimony, the decisions of the Nationwide Motorsports Appeals Panel are:
· The Appellants violated surely one of many strategies plight forth within the penalty peep, namely with regards to the aluminum divulge, but that the masses of infractions are self-discipline to interpretation.
· The panel amends the distinctive penalty levied by NASCAR to a P2 penalty as follows:
o Lack of 10 NASCAR Speed Cup Series Championship car owner points for Joseph Falk
o $20,000 comely, three-bustle suspension (two of which have already been served) plus any non-championship races or special events which also can happen all over that point frame, and probation by Dec. 31 for crew chief Richard Labbe.
The panel consisted of the next three folks: Mr. Russell Hackett, Mr. Lake Tempo, Mr. John White.
(NASCAR)(4-14-2015) - Jeb Burton adds sponsor: BK Racing and Estes Direct Lines have partnered collectively for the 2015 season as a sponsor on the #26 Toyota of Jeb Burton, beginning at Richmond Global Raceway. Estes Direct Lines, a acquainted name within the NASCAR neighborhood, and returning sponsor of the Rookie of the Year Contender, will originate up its partnership with BK Racing below the lights for the Toyota Owners 400. Estes, a high-fantastic transportation firm, started their racing crawl within the Tenting World Truck Series in 2014. Estes‘ power and dedication to their prospects falls in an instant in maintaining with the NASCAR mission to procure excellence.(BK Racing)(4-14-2015)
- Kyle Busch to meet with media: #18-Kyle Busch, injured in an accident all around the Daytona XFINITY Series bustle, will meet with participants of the media on Wednesday afternoon. The clicking conference will be shown are living at NASCAR.com.(4-14-2015)
- Attempting out at Kentucky: Eight NASCAR Speed Cup drivers and groups are scheduled to discover half within the April 15 originate take a look at at Kentucky Speedway sooner than the be aware‘s Quaker Mutter 400 in July. The originate take a look at will be preceded by a closed Goodyear tire take a look at on April 13 and 14 with one crew every from the next organizations: Chip Ganassi Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing, Richard Childress Racing and Roush Fenway Racing. On April 15, #16-Greg Biffle, #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #20-Matt Kenseth, #22-Joey Logano, #1-Jamie McMurray, #10-Danica Patrick, #31-Ryan Newman and #9-Sam Hornish Jr. are scheduled to discover half within the originate take a look at with April 16 serving as a rain date sooner than the Speed Cup Series heads to Bristol Motor Speedway subsequent weekend.(NASCAR.com)(4-10-2015)
UPDATE: #16-Greg Biffle, #1-Jamie McMurray, #55-Brett Moffitt and #31-Ryan Newman are taking phase in a Goodyear tire take a look at Monday and Tuesday at Kentucky Speedway. There’ll be an originate take a look at there Wednesday. Each Speed Cup group can have one car take a look at there. Right here’s the second of three Goodyear tire tests this month. Groups have been at Richmond Global Raceway final week. The month‘s third tire take a look at is scheduled for April 27-29 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Groups that will have one car at that tire take a look at will be Hendrick Motorsports, Furniture Row Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports and BK Racing.(NBC Sports actions)
AND Jamie McMurray equipped a look of NASCAR‘s fresh excessive tech dashboard all over a take a look at at Kentucky Speedway. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver despatched out a assortment of Tweets on Monday while taking phase in a Goodyear tire take a look at that gave a couple views of what the fresh dashboard also can perceive treasure when it‘s implemented. The dashboard has the flexibility to display screen a diversity of files alongside with lap times and tire stress as effectively as maintaining drivers told on masses of objects all over pit stops. NASCAR has stated at some level the solutions gathered by the fresh machine would possibly perchance be on hand to fans and provide an interactive map to display screen a car‘s efficiency. Actually NASCAR rule book states the a digital glide demonstrate “is also frail the least bit Events after August 5, 2015. Digital glide demonstrate employ is now not going to be authorized sooner than August 5, 1015. Efficient January 1, 2016, a digital glide demonstrate must be frail the least bit Events.”(Motor Racing Community)(4-14-2015) - Gordon wants NASCAR to put off pit toll road timing lines UPDATE: Friday #24-Jeff Gordon was requested in regards to the increased assortment of penalties issued to groups this season:
Jeff Gordon: “I have the digicam machine speaks for itself. It‘s gloomy & white at the same time as you would possibly perchance very effectively be searching out for to must place it that map. When things roll out of the box or guys proceed away over the wall too soon or you power by too many boxes, it‘s going to bust you. And so it‘s made all of us would possibly perchance silent be that famous cleaner and accomplish our jobs that considerably better and pay more consideration to more things than we frail to. That didn‘t have anything to attain with what I did final week [when he got caught for speeding late in the race at Martinsville]. That was right us searching to discover obedient thing about tempo lines. I have that‘s the subsequent step. We‘ve got to procure rid of those tempo lines. It doesn‘t compose any sense. The charge limit is the bustle limit. It’s likely you’ll silent by no means be ready to interrupt the bustle limit. It’s likely you’ll silent elevate the bustle limit your entire map down pit toll road. What we attain is salvage pit stalls to ascertain out to procure round that. So we‘re ramping up and slowing down and that‘s what got us in Martinsville. We have been right too aggressive with it.”(Crew Chevy Racing)(4-11-2015)
UPDATE: Jeff Gordon‘s advice for changing the fashion NASCAR officers police speeds on pit toll road has advantage, in maintaining with now not lower than one NASCAR pleasurable, nonetheless it‘s now not going a brand fresh machine will be adopted anytime soon. “The timing loops essentially play into our most contemporary timing and scoring machine, so we reflect it‘s essentially the most shining machine to have on the present time,” Steve O‘Donnell, NASCAR‘s executive vp and chief racing fashion officer, acknowledged Monday. “However as we perceive forward … and as we combine our timing and scoring machine potentially with the Pro System and masses of the fresh technology on the bustle be aware, I have you would possibly perchance gape us evolve to that potentially in due course … However (Gordon‘s) shining via something we’re searching out for to work collectively on in due course and continue to toughen upon.”(NASCAR.com)(4-14-2015) - Nature Blast sponsoring Hornish: Increasing their relationship with Richard Petty Motorsports, Nature Blast offered they’re taking their partnership to the subsequent stage. The cleaning present firm will help as the principle sponsor for the #9 Ford and driver Sam Hornish Jr. all around the NASCAR Speed Cup Series bustle at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 19. Nature Blast is a slicing-edge firm that produces cleaning products for dwelling and legit employ, all of which can be made in The united states and eco-gracious. All Nature Blast products toughen the ECO emblem as licensed inexperienced products, which address the environmental, safety and effectively being considerations facing on the present time‘s households by offering products with low toxicity and VOC‘s, readily bio-degradable in ready to make employ of system. The firm was an accomplice sponsor of Hornish and the #9 crew all around the Daytona 500 and witnessed the energy of RPM and Hornish. Nature Blast has already considered the advantages of their partnership on the B2B entrance by forming a brand fresh relationship with SHOP.COM. Kicking off Bristol bustle weekend, Nature Blast products will now be bought on SHOP.COM. To have a obedient time this thrilling news, SHOP.COM will be featured on the #9 Nature Blast Ford.(Richard Petty Motorsports)(4-14-2015)
- FanVision renews address NASCAR: FanVision, the in-venue technology and direct material provider frail at legit sporting events all the map in which by the country, offered a four-twelve months extension of an unique commercial license settlement with NASCAR. FanVision will remain NASCAR‘s extraordinary handheld television in-venue bustle direct material broadcaster by the 2019 season. FanVision tool and companies provide fans customizable procure true of entry to to the are living bustle broadcast, a number of in-car digicam feeds, quick replays, in-depth statistics, and a digital scanner to listen to drivers and crews. Fans can rent or pick their have FanVision tool trackside at any surely one of many firm‘s eight retail areas at every bustle.(FanVision)(4-14-2015)
- Top 10 Driver Rankings at Bristol Motor Speedway:
#20-Matt Kenseth 103.4
#18-Kyle Busch 100.0
#24-Jeff Gordon 99.9
#2-Brad Keselowski 98.6
#16-Greg Biffle 93.5
#48-Jimmie Johnson 91.9
#4-Kevin Harvick 91.6
#41-Kurt Busch 91.6
#42-Kyle Larson 91.6
#11-Denny Hamlin 90.1
Recount: Driver Rankings compiled from 2005-2014 races (20 total) among inspiring drivers at Bristol Motor Speedway. Formulation combining the next categories: Acquire, Produce, Top-15 Produce, Practical Running Space while on Lead Lap, Practical Tempo Below Green, Quickest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Produce. Maximum: 150 points per bustle.Test up on an explanation how the Driver Rating is calculated at NASCAR.com.(NASCAR) - Sponsor renews with Cope for Bristol: Nature Nate‘s Honey buzzes on board the Derrike Cope Racing #70 Camaro as the principle sponsor for the quickest half mile within the sector, Bristol. Serving nature‘s sweetest nectar, Nature Nate‘s Honey is 100% Pure, Raw & Unfiltered, the fashion nature intended. Nature Nate‘s is a Texas firm that prides itself in promoting honey that’s fully sourced by American bees, encouraging beekeeping practices that put off pesticides, antibiotics and adulterated honey.(Derrike Cope Racing), gape an characterize of the automobile on the #70 crew paint schemes page.(4-14-2015)
- FedEx, Autism Speaks and Dover Global Speedway renew sponsorship settlement: FedEx Corp., Autism Speaks and Dover Global Speedway instruct their renewed collaboration for the “FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks” NASCAR Speed Cup Series bustle on Sunday, Would perchance perhaps presumably also 31, 2015. This marks the fifth twelve months the three have labored collectively to elevate consciousness for a truly important plight off. With its return as title sponsor of the “FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks,” FedEx continues to withhold a exact presence in NASCAR, alongside with their most famous sponsorship of the #11 FedEx Toyota Camry, driven by Denny Hamlin and fielded by Joe Gibbs Racing. FedEx, Autism Speaks and the Speedway are working to finalize extra ingredients of the bustle weekend, but instruct the return of the standard Autism Speaks Day on the Races program. This special occasion returns for the fourth twelve months and presents the chance for those on the autism spectrum and their families to again a NASCAR bustle in a gather ambiance. The tag bundle involves pre-bustle appearances by NASCAR drivers and personalities; short displays by academic audio system within the morning; foods and drinks; seating within the air-conditioned grandstands on the Monster Mile, which presents astronomical views of the bustle alongside the backstretch of the be aware; and loads more and loads more. A reserved rental blueprint their seats presents a restful zone, with muted lights and sound, permits attendees to discover a spoil from the bustle and crowds when critical. The room involves happy seating, video games, and video displays to motivate fans set up with the races or ogle family gracious movies. This marks the ninth straight twelve months that Autism Speaks, the sector‘s main autism science and advocacy group, will accomplice with Dover Global Speedway to motivate elevate funds and consciousness for the plight off throughout the weekend. Autism Speaks will all all over again be represented by drivers in all three national touring assortment, who will characteristic decals on their vehicles throughout the weekend. Right here’s something that has taken recount in old bustle weekends at Dover, with 67 drivers taking half in 2014.(Dover Global Speedway)(4-14-2015)
- Bristol Motor Speedway cellular app on hand: Bristol Motor Speedway mates attending the Food Metropolis 500 in Enhance of Steve Byrnes will be ready to cease up to this level on every aspect of the bustle weekend actions with the Speedway‘s fresh cellular app for iPhone and Android customers. The free app will be updated exact-time with occasion schedules, tag files, essentially the most contemporary news, leisure alternatives, photos, maps, directions, as effectively as are living audio of bustle pronounces. The fresh app is on hand on iTunes and Google Play by browsing Bristol Motor Speedway. Company must register within the utility to impact procure true of entry to to the fat characteristic plight and communications.(BMS)(4-14-2015)
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April 14, 2014
- Subway ‘exploring‘ F1 sponsorship: Subway is alive to on a flooring-breaking sponsorship address Formulation One which can gape several of the game‘s groups and celeb drivers teaming up to promote the emblem. Subway was founded within the US in 1965 by billionaire Fred DeLuca however the UK and Ireland has develop into its greatest market originate air The united states since the firm opened its first store all the map in which by the Atlantic in 1994. Its sponsorship approach centres on athletes comparable to English boxer Anthony Ogogo and Holly Bleasdale, who holds the British pole vault memoir. Zak Brown, chief executive of JMI which handles Subway‘s motorsport sponsorship, says that F1 would possibly perchance be the “ideal” match. “I took the Subway Chief Marketing Officer to meet Bernie [Ecclestone, F1‘s chief executive] in Montreal final twelve months, and I’d order they’ve been exploring it for a twelve months,” says Mr Brown. “They are all in regards to the client, they’re huge media patrons so that they would perceive at a sport and gape if it stacks up from a media level of stare and Formulation One does.” Subway is JMI‘s oldest shopper and first labored with it in 2002. JMI is responsible for bringing Subway to F1‘s American rival NASCAR, the set it sponsors a crew, a driver and a bustle (#99 Carl Edwards, no Cup bustle in 2014). Mr Brown says it is probably going Subway would be aware the same model in F1.(in phase from The Telegraph), no observe if thie would affect the sponsor of the #99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford and/or Carl Edwards.(4-14-2014)
- Darrell Waltrip to communicate Tuesday at Samford College: NASCAR Hall of Famer and NASCAR on Fox analyst Darryl Waltrip will develop into downright professorial when he speaks subsequent Tuesday, April 15, at Samford College in Birmingham, AL. The college‘s Journalism and Mass Communication Department will host Waltrip, who will communicate on campus in Reid Chapel, beginning at 11: 00am/et, followed by a one-hour meet-and-greet with Waltrip later on. Whereas admission is free and originate to the public, there’ll be a restful public sale of NASCAR memorabilia to elevate money for Feed the Youth, a charity Waltrip supports that affords resources for those without life‘s necessities.(NBC Sports actions)(4-14-2014)
- Early Darlington TV Rankings: Primetime coverage of “NASCAR Speed Cup Racing From Darlington ” with 5.921 million viewers, adults 18-49 a 1.4 rating in entrance on Saturday. In 2013 FOX was the stay map on Saturday (4-13-2013) with its coverage of “NASCAR: Speed Cup Racing from Texas” (5.908 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1).(Futon Critic), for past TV Rankings for the 2014 races and a 5-twelve months comparison chart, gape the 2014 TV Rankings page.(4-14-2014)
UPDATE: Saturday‘s NASCAR Speed Cup Southern 500 from Darlington (SC) earned a 3.2 overnight rating on FOX, down 9% from every of the past three years (3.5) and the lowest ever for a Speed Cup telecast on FOX (dates motivate to 2001). The old low for NASCAR on FOX was a 3.3 overnight for the 2009 Subway New Match 500 from Phoenix, additionally on a Saturday night time. Six of the seven lowest rated NASCAR races on FOX within the metered markets every took recount on a Saturday night time — 2014 Darlington (3.2), 2013 Richmond (3.4), 2012 Richmond (3.4), 2011 Richmond (3.4), 2010 Richmond (3.4), and 2009 Phoenix (3.3). The lone exception was the rain-soaking moist 2012 Fontana bustle, which earned a 3.4 overnight on a Sunday afternoon. Sooner than this twelve months, the Darlington bustle took recount in Would perchance perhaps presumably also reverse the NBA Playoffs.(Sports actions Media Explore / Sports actions Alternate Each day)(4-14-2014) - Darlington Bustle and Industrial Breakdown: For those of you NASCAR fans that treasure stats and judge to abominate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturday‘s bustle. Began recording the times on the Invocation of the bustle at 6: 30 PM, and stopped on the waving of the checkered flag at 10: 41 PM (all times are EST). Fox was the published crew for this occasion.
Total assortment of commercials: 125
Total assortment of companies or entities marketed: 72
Amount of outmoded commercials (now not spoil up-mask): 112
Total assortment of companies or entities marketed: 68
Amount of ‘Facet-by-Facet‘ commercials all over bustle broadcast (spoil up-mask): 13
Total assortment of companies or entities marketed: 10
Amount of times Fox utilized ‘Facet-by-Facet‘ commercials all over this broadcast: 3
Total assortment of short promos of products/companies all around the bustle broadcast: 50
Total amount of time these short promos discover all over broadcast: app. 6 min. 10 sec.
Start up time to memoir bustle/commercial lessons: 6: 30 PM
Dwell time to memoir bustle/commercial lessons: 10: 41 PM
Total minutes of total bustle broadcast: 251
Minutes of bustle broadcast: 194
Minutes of outmoded commercials (now not spoil up-mask): 57
Minutes of ‘Facet-by-Facet‘ commercials (spoil up-mask): 6
Amount of skipped over restarts: 0
Amount of ‘thriller cautions‘ (debris now not shown): 0
Total bustle brdcst time 194
Total comm. brdcst time 57
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The commercials all around the bustle are equal about 15 minutes of commercials for every 60 minutes of total time (15 minutes of commercials, 45 minutes of the bustle). As an example, a 30 minute sitcom on network TV in most cases airs approx. 8 minutes of commercials.(4-14-2014) - Texas TV Rankings: Rainout coverage of ultimate week‘s NASCAR Speed Cup bustle from Texas earned a 2.4 final rating and 3.8 million viewers on FOX. The bustle was postponed to Monday.(Sports actions Alternate Each day / Sports actions Media Explore)(4-14-2014)
- Sadler goes inexperienced at Richmond: OneMain Monetary and NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler will toughen the NASCAR Green initiative in a month-lengthy marketing campaign to map style out environmental consciousness. The selling campaign will culminate with a inexperienced paint plan for the #11 OneMain Monetary Toyota at Richmond Global Raceway. At some level of the month, the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship contender will discover half in several inexperienced initiatives, comparable to helping in RIR‘s tree-planting occasion on the stay of April at a native park alongside the James River. As effectively as to the all inexperienced paint plan at Richmond, OneMain Monetary will instruct a masses of partnership later within the month to extra toughen its dedication to environmental sustainability and masses of inexperienced initiatives.(Joe Gibbs Racing), gape an characterize of the automobile on the #11 crew paint schemes page.(4-14-2014)
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April 14, 2013
- Truex, Jr‘s car too low UPDATE: NASCAR fine that second recount finisher #56-Martin Truex, Jr‘s car was “too low within the entrance” in postrace inspection. NASCAR will investigate cross-take a look at it extra and address any that you just would possibly perchance take into consideration penalties early within the week.(4-14-2013)
UPDATE: Martin Truex Jr. faces a that you just would possibly perchance take into consideration six-level penalty for the entrance of his car being too low following his second-recount enact within the NRA 500 Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. Crew chief Chad Johnston acknowledged the shocks on Truex‘s car would now not rebound after the bustle. “We tried to pull the shaft out of the physique, and it‘s right (caught),” he acknowledged. “There‘s something going on, whether or now not it‘s debris (interior) or ingredients and objects of the shock.” NASCAR will instruct any penalties within the subsequent few days. Being too low in tech cost Kyle Busch six points in 2011 and a $25,000 comely for his crew chief.(Sporting Data)(4-14-2013) - Keselowski lashes out at NASCAR: #2-Brad Keselowski lashed out at NASCAR officers after Saturday‘s bustle at Texas Motor Speedway consequently of NASCAR inspectors forcing his crew to trade the rear-stay housing within the #2 Ford sooner than the bustle. Both vehicles for Penske Racing, alongside with teammate #22-Joey Logano, had to compose the trade moments sooner than the bustle. Logano barely made it out in time for the inexperienced flag. Logano started within the motivate, but carried out fifth. Keselowski carried out ninth. “I essentially have one upright thing to impart,” Keselowski acknowledged. “That‘s my crew and effort they put in on the present time in combating motivate with the absolute bull that‘s been the final seven days on this garage rental. The things I‘ve considered over the final seven days have me questioning every little thing that I reflect in, and I‘m now not delighted about it. I don‘t have anything obvious to impart and I potentially would possibly perchance silent right proceed away it at that.”
However he didn‘t. Vivid most famous penalties are likely for his crew, the defending Speed Cup champion made his feelings clear. “There‘s so famous stuff going on … you have gotten no f—— map what‘s going on,” he acknowledged. “And that‘s now not your fault and that‘s now not a slam on you. I could perchance tell you there‘s nobody, no crew on this garage with the integrity of the 2 crew. And the fashion we‘ve been treated over the final seven days is principally monstrous. I essentially feel treasure we‘ve been focused over the final seven days more than I‘ve ever considered a crew focused. However my guys kept their heads on straight and they showcased why they are a a hit crew and championship crew. We‘re now not going to discover it. We‘re now not going to be treated this fashion.”(gape more at ESPN.com)(4-14-2013) - NASCAR takes ingredients from every Penske vehicles UPDATES: Speed Cup champion #2-Brad Keselowski, teammate #22-Joey Logano and their Penske Racing groups face doable penalties as NASCAR confiscated rear-stay housing ingredients and objects from their vehicles all over prerace inspection Saturday at Texas Motor Speedways. The groups frantically labored to interchange the objects an hour forward of the scheduled originate up of the NRA 500. “We‘re taking (rear-stay) housing and some masses of things. & It‘s a neighborhood of objects that surrounds the rear suspension rental,” NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton acknowledged. “It‘s right something that’s now not within the spirit of the strategies.” Pemberton acknowledged the sanctioning physique would now not eject the crew chiefs from the speedways and the drivers would set their beginning positions for the bustle Saturday night time. Any penalties is also offered as early as Monday, though NASCAR on the total waits till Tuesday to instruct penalties. Seemingly penalties on the total would possibly perchance consist of points penalties, fines and crew suspensions. (Sporting Data)(4-13-2013)
UPDATE: Keselowski was ready to set his 16th-recount beginning recount. However every groups is also in for penalties attributable to ingredients that Robin Pemberton, NASCAR‘s vp for competitors, instructed reporters have been “now not within the spirit of the rule of thumb.” “In pre-bustle inspection they felt treasure there was something that was a questionable merchandise that they wished replaced,” acknowledged Travis Geisler, Penske‘s director of competitors. “We replaced your entire ingredients in search files from. They’ve all of them. We‘re working by the course of here as it goes to procure by inspection. Sadly quite of tighter timeline here than we‘d choose to be on, but I surely realize their situation and don‘t disagree with the set they’re.” The Penske autos have been the final two autos within the garage rental, and Keselowski‘s car efficiently cleared the laser inspection platform as driver introductions hurt down. Crewmen endured to scamper below the rear of the #22 car, which wished three passes to procure though the laser platform, and passed the closing phases of inspection right as the snort in confidence to originate up engines was given. “That‘s what these guys attain for a living, so it‘s now not essentially a disaster,” Geisler acknowledged of the 11th-hour changeover. “We attain those kinds of things all over be aware at times. Every person‘s plight up for it. It‘s clearly now not anticipated at this level within the day, but that‘s racing. It is most famous to demand the unexpected, and that‘s the fashion it goes.” Having gotten the vehicles heading within the true route in time for the originate up of the bustle, the Penske crew now faces the prospect of penalties from NASCAR. “We continuously have a upright, originate dialogue with them. They‘ll set us within the loop about how they essentially feel about what‘s going on there,” Geisler acknowledged. “I‘m fine effectively all discuss that within the upcoming days.”(NASCAR.com)(4-14-2013) - Labonte in terrible health, Bliss on standby UPDATE: JTG Daugherty Racing tweeted, “#47-Bobby Labonte has a abdominal virus. He plans to bustle the #47 BUSH‘S Toyota. Mike Bliss will be on standby in maintaining with Bobby Hutchens.”(4-13-2013)
UPDATE: Bobby Labonte stayed on a short checklist of NASCAR drivers who’ve started every Speed Cup bustle in Texas — barely. Labonte, who grew up in South Texas, was battling a abdominal virus and deliberate to originate up Saturday night time sooner than giving map to a backup driver. He made it by 40 laps, but deliberate substitute Mike Bliss was silent on the be aware in his have car. Labonte took his #47 Toyota to the garage and went to the infield care center while his crew waited for a backup. In the extinguish, Labonte‘s crew had to scamper to compare the seat for Michael McDowell after he parked his amble. The crew had already labored on becoming the automobile for Bliss. By making the originate up, Labonte joined Jeff Burton, Imprint Martin and Jeff Gordon as the single drivers to originate up all 25 Cup races in Texas. (Associated Press)(4-14-2013)
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April 14, 2012
- Biffle wins at Texas: #16-Greg Biffle won the Samsung Cellular 500 Speed Cup Series bustle at Texas Motor Speedway for his 1st procure of the twelve months, 2nd at Texas and 17th profession procure. It was Biffle‘s first procure since Kansas in Oct 2010, a span of 49 races and the first profession procure for crew chief Matt Puccia.
#48-Johnson carried out 2nd [his 37th career 2nd place, tied for 13th all-time] followed by #55-Martin, #24-Gordon, #17-Kenseth, #56-Truex, Jr.(the pole sitter), #5-Kahne, #99-Edwards, #29-Harvick and #88-Earnhardt Jr.
2011 Speed Cup Series Chemp #14-Stewart, in a backup car, carried out 24th with an in terrible health-handling car. #2-Keselowski supposedly had gasoline pump complications and lost many laps within the garage, finishing 36th. There have been only 12 vehicles that carried out on the lead lap. With only two cautions, there was a be aware memoir moderate tempo for the bustle of 160.575mph.
There have been only 2 cautions for 10 yellow flag laps, a brand fresh memoir. There have been 18 lead changes among 7 drivers. The estimated attendence was 159,000, down from 168,400 in 2011.
Test up on bustle results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Texas Bustle Results page (pdf).(4-14-2012) - 2012 Speed Cup Driver Championship Parts Standings:
[after Texas, race 7 of 36]
1) #16-Greg Biffle [1 win], 273
2) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 254, -19
3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [0 wins], 254, -19
4) #56-Martin Truex Jr. [0 wins], 253, -20
5) #29-Kevin Harvick [0 wins], 249, -24
6) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 242, -31
7) #14-Tony Stewart [2 wins], 234, -39
8) #48-Jimmie Johnson [0 wins], 233, -40
9) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 225, -48
10) #15-Clint Bowyer [0 wins], 219, -54
wild card drivers:
11) #2-Brad Keselowski [1 win, 15th in points], 183, -90
12) #99-Carl Edwards [0 wins, 11th in pts], 215, -58
(ties broken by 1sts, 2nds, third, and loads others)
Test up on drivers championship points standings on the Drivers Parts Standings page (pdf).(4-14-2012) - Top-35 in Owner Parts and guaranteed a beginning recount at Kansas:
#83 stays within the stay 35, #10 moves motivate into the stay-35, #33 drops out by 1 level.
Nefarious) Car#-Driver/Crew, owners pts, +/-
30) #13-Mears/Germain, 119, +29
29) #34-Ragan/Entrance Row, 109, +19
30) #38-Gilliland/Entrance Row, 109, +19
31) #36-Blaney/Stanley 1st earl baldwin of bewdley, 104, +14
32) #32-Sorenson/FAS Lane Racing, 104, +14
33) #93-Kvapil/BK Racing, 103, +13
34) #10-Reutimann-Patrick/Stanley 1st earl baldwin of bewdley, 94, +4
35) #83-Cassill/BK Racing, 91, 1 sooner than 36th
these groups / drivers would possibly perchance must qualify by tempo:
36) #33-Sadler/Childress, 90, -1 from the stay 35
37) #30-Stremme/Inception, 63, -28
The groups are NOT locked in past the subsequent bustle as the owners points trade after every bustle.
For the owner points standings, gape the Owners Parts Standings page (pdf).(4-14-2012) - Bustle Speedy Info — Texas Motor Speedway:
#16-Greg Biffle won the 16th Annual Samsung Cellular 500, his 17th victory in 337 NASCAR Speed Cup Series races.
Biffle ends a 49-bustle winless scamper. His final procure came at Kansas Speedway on Oct. 3, 2010.
Right here’s his first victory and fifth high-10 enact in 2012.
Right here’s his second victory and 10th high-10 enact in 17 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Biffle locked up a recount within the 2012 NASCAR Speed All-Well-known person Bustle.
Right here’s Roush Fenway Racing‘s ninth procure at Texas Motor Speedway, most of any group.
There was a memoir for moderate tempo: 160.575 mph. Outdated quickest was 152.705 mph on Nov. 6, 2011.
There was a memoir for fewest cautions (two) and warning laps (10).
#48-Jimmie Johnson (second) posted his 13th high-10 enact in 18 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his fifth high-10 enact in 2012.
#55-Imprint Martin (third) posted his 13th high-10 enact in 23 races at Texas Motor Speedway.(NASCAR Statistics)(4-14-2012) - Texas Notes-n-Nuggets:
” Greg Biffle earned his 17th profession Cup Series victory in his 337th originate up.
” It was Greg Biffle‘s second Texas procure; he’s the sixth a number of-bustle winner on the be aware.
” Greg Biffle‘s old procure came at Kansas in Oct. 2010, 49 races ago.
” The victory was Greg Biffle‘s eighth consecutive high-10 enact at Texas, the longest most contemporary scamper.
” Greg Biffle led seven times for 90 laps, alongside with the closing 31, and now leads teammate Matt Kenseth by 19 points within the Cup Series standings.
” This was the 127th Cup victory for Roush Fenway Racing and its ninth at Texas, six more than any masses of crew.
” Jimmie Johnson (second) carried out second at Texas for the fourth time since his Nov. 2007 victory; his 155 laps led have been essentially the most of all drivers.
” Imprint Martin (third) earned his third high-10 enact in five begins this season.
” Jeff Gordon (fourth) picked up his finest enact of 2012 and only his second high-10.
” Matt Kenseth (fifth) carried out within the stay five for the 11th time at Texas, essentially the most of all drivers.
” Martin Truex Jr. (sixth) earned his fourth consecutive high-10 enact, his longest scamper of his profession.
” Carl Edwards (eighth) rebounded after a loose lug nut dropped him to 30th for the Lap 101 restart.
” Dale Earnhardt Jr. (10th) earned his fifth high-10 enact in seven races this season; it was his third consecutive high-10 at Texas.
” Notice files have been plight for fewest cautions (two) and moderate tempo (160.577 mph).
” The final 234 laps have been glide below inexperienced.(Racing Acquire/nascar.com)(4-14-2012) - TMS installs fresh circuit breakers after outage: After the lights went out on the third flip of Friday‘s O‘Reilly Auto Parts 300, Texas Motor Speedway officers determined to interchange the entire circuit breakers for the Samsung Cellular 500. An outage brought on two cautions all around the O‘Reilly 300, alongside with a 10-minute red flag to interchange the broken breaker. Repairs crews replaced the comfort of the breakers overnight. The breakers would possibly perchance have overheated, causing them to shut off to set away from extra complications. The circuit breakers have been 15 years mature, in maintaining with the file. Right here’s the second twelve months that the O‘Reilly 300 and Samsung Cellular 500 races took recount at night time.(ESPN Dallas)(4-14-2012)
- Edwards responds to feedback in book: #99-Carl Edwards took the excessive toll road Friday when requested in regards to the severe feedback mature female friend Amanda Beard wrote about him in her fresh book. “I‘m now not going to bash her or order deplorable things about her,” Edwards acknowledged within the Texas Motor Speedway media center. “She‘s a mother, she‘s a critical other and any individual I cared about.” Beard, a mature Olympic gold medal swimmer, describes Edwards as self-absorbed, insanely jealous and controlling in their two-twelve months relationship from 2005 and 2006. Sixteen pages of the 256-page book titled, “In the Water, They Can‘t Test up on You Bawl,” are devoted to their times collectively. The book additionally tiny print Beard‘s old complications with drug employ and bulimia. “I regarded as us mates and I didn‘t ticket she had all those complications,” Edwards acknowledged. “I’d have performed anything within the sector to motivate her with those. No topic what she writes in a book, if she ever desires something from me, I‘d be there to motivate her out.” However Edwards acknowledged he‘s silent dumbfounded by likely the most things Beard wrote in her book. “I don‘t know the set to originate up,” he acknowledged, “whether or now not it‘s the psychology of feelings a number of relationship that doesn‘t work out or the map in which to sell book. To be true, it‘s right extraordinary. I don‘t know address things that I don‘t take into account going on.” Edwards married Dr. Kate Downey in 2009. They’ve two formative years; two-twelve months-mature Anne and Michael, 11 months.(ESPN)(4-14-2012)
- Johnson Crowns ‘Dashing To Learn‘ Champions UPDATE: #48-Jimmie Johnson will compose a masses of high-tail to Clara Love Necessary College in Justin on Friday, April 13, to crown the 2011-2012 champions for Texas Motor Speedway‘s Dashing To Learn pilot academic program. Dashing To Learn LogoClara Love Necessary‘s 630 K-5 student physique have been racing to the enact line with more than 57,000 books learn college large. The college‘s classrooms, spoil up into two divisions with kindergarten by second grade and third by fifth grade, have been competing in opposition to every masses of to learn essentially the most books and set aside the title of Dashing To Learn champions.(TMS)(4-13-2012)
UPDATE: #48-Jimmie Johnson., the five-time NASCAR Speed Cup Series champion, paid a masses of consult with Friday to Clara Love Necessary College in neighboring Justin to crown the inaugural champions of Texas Motor Speedway‘s “Dashing To Learn” academic program. Before an enthusiastic fat-college assembly of virtually 625 college students, college and visiting of us, Johnson arrived to a thunderous, exact chant of J-I-M-M-I-E J-O-H-N-S-O-N within the auditorium to level to the a hit classrooms of the “Dashing To Learn” program with their championship trophies. Johnson presented the Kindergarten-Second Grade Division championship trophy to Ms. Abrams‘ first-grade class, which learn 10,457 books. He then presented the Third-Fifth Grade Division championship trophy to Ms. Baker‘s fifth-grade class, which learn 913 books that have been longer and more in-depth than the youthful division. The 29 classrooms learn a combined 80,083 books and more than 80% of the student physique met or exceeded their reading targets for the twelve months. Clara Love Necessary Foremost Julie Nerby reciprocated on behalf of the college and made Johnson an honorary “Lil‘ Texan” and presented him with a plaque and college t-shirt. Following the assembly, Johnson visited with the a hit college students that additionally have been presented with champions t-shirts and 4 tickets every to Saturday night time‘s Samsung Cellular 500 NASCAR Speed Cup Series bustle to ogle Johnson and his fellow competitors. He signed every of their bustle programs as a memento, posed for photos with the championship classrooms and performed one more Q&A; with the a hit college students. “Dashing To Learn” is an incentive-basically based entirely, NASCAR-themed reading program created by Texas Motor Speedway to relief college students to learn more recurrently all around the college twelve months. As effectively as to taking in Saturday‘s Samsung Cellular 500, the a hit classrooms additionally will procure to discuss with with Scott Tempo of #95 Leavine Household Racing forward of the bustle.(TMS)(4-14-2012) - Ambrose lends a hand to family in Texas: Marcos Ambrose, driver of the #9 Stanley Ford, partnered with Stanley, Save it Greatest Corp and Habitat for Humanity for the third annual “Hammering for Habitat” project on Wednesday, April 11 in Citadel Price, Texas. Ambrose assisted in constructing a brand fresh dwelling with the Barnes family, who’s currently living in a two-bedroom residence that has severe mold complications and flooding concerns. Ms. Barnes has four formative years below the age of 9 and is currently working toward her B.A. in Social Work. Ambrose spent the majority of Wednesday afternoon helping with the framing share of the home sooner than the Samsung Cellular 500 bustle festivities at Texas Motor Speedway.(RPM)(4-14-2012)
- Bonnett to be inducted into Motorsports Hall of Reputation of The united states: Racing legends Derek Bell, Neil Bonnett, Pop Dreyer, Vic Edelbrock, Sr., Ricky Johnson, Ed Purple and Danny Sullivan will be this twelve months‘s inductees into the Motorsports Hall of Reputation of The united states on the group‘s 24th Annual Induction Ceremony that will be held on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 on the Fillmore Theater in Detroit. The Class of 2012 announcement was made in a press conference on the opening day of the Toyota Gigantic Prix of Lengthy Coastline the set Hall President Ron Watson was joined by Sullivan and Purple, who represented the finished motorsports legends that compose up this twelve months‘s famend neighborhood of inductees. Bonnett was surely one of essentially the most affable drivers in NASCAR Winston Cup Series historical past, incomes 18 assortment victories all over his 18-twelve months profession. Among his 18 wins have been motivate-to-motivate victories in NASCAR‘s Coca-Cola 600 (1982 and 1983). Bonnett additionally won motivate-to-motivate Busch Clash races at Daytona Global Speedway (1983 and 1984). Tickets for the 24th Annual Motorsports Hall of Reputation Induction Ceremony also can additionally be purchased at www.mshf.com.(MSHFA)(4-14-2012)
- Sad Data — Tia Lynne Liberati: Tia Lynne Liberati, 44, from Bellaire, OH, passed away Thursday, April fifth in Morgantown, W.Va. surrounded by her family. She is survived by her of us Dorothy and Anello Liberati; brothers Anello, Jr. “Smoker” and [NASCAR crew chief] Gio “Rambo” Liberati; masses of aunts and uncles; as effectively as nieces and nephews who affectionately referred to her as “Tia-Tia.”(4-14-2012)
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April 14, 2011
- Mike Pleasure Winner of 2011 McLemore Award: NASCAR on FOX anchor Mike Pleasure has been named the 2011 winner of the Henry T. McLemore Motorsports Journalism award. The McLemore is principally the most tenured motorsports journalism award, origin in 1969 with inaugural winner Bloys Britt, who wrote for the Associated Press for 17 years, origin within the tedious 1950s. It is an award voted upon by one‘s peers, and on the present time‘s voters are past McLemore winners. It’ll be presented tonight on the Global Motorsports Hall of Reputation dinner and awards ceremony in Talladega. Pleasure has spent his entire grownup life as a motorsports journalist. Raised in Windsor, Conn., Pleasure‘s profession started in 1970, working as the public address announcer at Recent England short tracks. He rose by the ranks of MRN Radio and chronicled the instruct of NASCAR by asserting races on CBS, TNN, ESPN, TBS and now FOX, alongside with ancillary programming on SPEED. His television profession started on pit toll road, the set he defined the placement. He moved from pit toll road to the CBS anchor gross sales plight in 1998, the set he known as Dale Earnhardt‘s historical Daytona 500 victory. Pleasure resides in North Carolina at the side of his critical other Gaye and their two formative years, Scott and Kaitlyn.(TrueSpeed Communications)(4-14-2011)
- Labonte working decal for killed servicemen: When #47-Bobby Labonte lastly straps in for the bustle, his car would possibly perchance have a masses of decal to commemorate Matthew Ira Lowe, 33, of Plantation, Florida, and Lt. Nathan Hollingsworth Williams, 28, of Oswego, Recent York, that have been killed when their F/A-18F Successfully-organized Hornet crashed all over a coaching flight in central California in a farm self-discipline. Lowe, the pilot, earned the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the Nationwide Protection Carrier Medal all over his profession. Williams, a naval flight officer who managed the plane‘s weapons methods, earned the Air Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global Warfare on Terrorism Carrier Medal, Sea Carrier Deployment ribbon and Pistol Marksmanship Medal. “Our thoughts and prayers exit to the families all over this bright time,” Labonte acknowledged. “We wished to attain something as a crew to commemorate every of them for serving our country. We’re working a masses of decal on the C-submit at Talladega.”(JTG Daugherty Racing)(4-14-2011)
- Earnhardt Jr. winless scamper at 100: Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a fantastically round winless drought: 100 races. That‘s a profession-lengthy stretch for a driver with a hefty 18 profession wins. He owns the statistics that compose him a favourite on the 2.66-mile be aware: five wins, a second-finest Driver Rating of 92.7 and laps led within the final 10 races, and in 20 of 22 profession begins total. The final 100 races have now not been kind to Earnhardt, but 2011 has a masses of essentially feel. Earnhardt has carried out within the stay 10 in two consecutive races, and 4 of the final six. He is currently sixth within the NASCAR Speed Cup Series points standings, the very supreme he has been this tedious within the season since 2008. That season, he won his final bustle, and made his final Scuttle for the NASCAR Speed Cup.(NASCAR)(4-14-2011)
- Fans can procure photos on Purple Bull vehicles at Charlotte: There aren‘t many of us on this world who can bustle a car at speeds more than 200 miles per hour, but there fine are masses of folks that‘d choose to. That dream can now develop into a actuality for Purple Bull Racing buffs everywhere. Brian Vickers and Kasey Kahne are encouraging their fans to e-mail in photos they‘d choose to investigate cross-take a look at tempo around the be aware with them for the Would perchance perhaps presumably also 29th bustle in Charlotte, North Carolina. Submitted photos will be integrated into the paint plan on the physique of every the #83 and #4 Purple Bull Racing Toyotas. Fans can procure an up conclude and private perceive on the photos on the vehicles when they‘re published at Purple Bull Racing Fan Day at The EpiCentre in Charlotte on Would perchance perhaps presumably also 27th. Test out www.redbullracingusa.com/shutterspeed for more data.(Purple Bull Racing)(4-14-2011)
- Cat Monetary plan for Burton: Cat Monetary‘s accomplice sponsorship of RCR‘s #31 Chevy kicks into excessive equipment this weekend as Jeff Burton and the #31 crew remodel their be aware-kind tractor #31 Caterpillar Chevrolet true into a basically yellow, red and gloomy Cat Monetary racing machine for the Aaron‘s 499. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Caterpillar Monetary Services and products Corporation is the monetary arm of Caterpillar Inc., a Fortune 500 firm, a technology chief and the sector‘s greatest producer of construction and mining tools, pure gas and diesel engines, and industrial gas generators.(RCR)(4-14-2011)
- Drivers to large name in A&E‘s “The Glades”: On April 11-12, Domicile-Miami Speedway hosted Arts & Leisure Tv Community for filming of its police-drama “The Glades” and the episode will air later this summer season. A solid and crew of more than 250 turned Domicile-Miami Speedway into an exterior TV studio for a taping of “The Glades” second season. Domicile-Miami Speedway played itself as the host of NASCAR‘s assortment-crowning finales all over Ford Championship Weekend that contains Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart, Brian Vickers and Joey Logano. The garage rental and the 1.5 mile Domicile-Miami Speedway functioned as a movie plight for this summer season‘s “Moonlighting” episode. A&E Community summarizes its TV hit this fashion: “THE GLADES” is a one-hour drama that contains actor Matt Passmore who performs “Jim Longworth,” a sly Chicago cop who relocates to a slower-paced tiny town in Florida the set the sun shines, the golf is plentiful, and the crime less ubiquitous, so he thinks. In this episode, when Longworth investigates a NASCAR-associated raze, he goes head to head with NASCAR‘s high drivers, and takes about a laps around the be aware.(HMS)(4-14-2011)
- Chassis decisions for Talladega:
#1-Jamie McMurray: Crew Chief Kevin “Bono” Manion has elected to bring Chassis #1009. This chassis raced in every races at Talladega final season the set it carried out second and 36th. This chassis additionally ran on this twelve months‘s Daytona 500 the set it came dwelling 18th.
#2-Brad Keselowski: The No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger crew will employ chassis PRS-634 all over Sunday‘s Aaron 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Right here’s a ticket-fresh chassis to the #2 mercurial.
#6-David Ragan: Indispensable: RK-723 Remaining ran Daytona — carried out 14th; Backup: RK-717 Imprint fresh chassis
#9-Marcos Ambrose: The #9 RPM crew has racy chassis No. 715 for the 500-mile occasion at Talladega Superspeedway. This DEWALT Ford Fusion was glide beforehand this season at Daytona Global Speedway.
#14-Tony Stewart: Chassis No. 14-634: This car debuted all over Daytona Speedweeks. It plight the 10th quickest time in Daytona 500 qualifying, which slotted it fifth for the Gatorade Duel. In that bustle, Stewart drove Chassis No. 14-634 to a 12th-recount enact, which gave him a 25th-recount beginning recount for the Daytona 500. Whereas he by no means led a lap within the season-opening bustle, Stewart was a high-10 mainstay — that’s till the closing lap, when he was shuffled out of the draft en path to a 13thplace enact. It has had masses of sessions within the wind tunnel since its return from Daytona, and the Aaron‘s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway will ticket Chassis No. 14-634‘s third profession originate up.
#17-Matt Kenseth: Indispensable: RK-713 (Remaining glide at Daytona)
#18-Kyle Busch: Chassis No. 292: This chassis will compose its second profession originate up in Sunday‘s Aaron‘s 499 at Talladega. No. 292 made its debut this past February within the season-opening Daytona 500, the set Busch started 10th and carried out a solid eighth.
#20-Joey Logano: The #0 Home Depot Crew is taking chassis #293 to Talladega Superspeedway this weekend for the restrictor-plate bustle. Logano drove this chassis within the season-opening Daytona 500 the set the No. 2 car spun tedious within the bustle and clipped the shining rear of the No. 20 Camry causing intensive hurt. Logano came into the pits for repairs and was ready to enact within the 23rd situation. The motivate-up chassis is chassis #212 which Logano drove within the 2010 Daytona 500.
#22-Kurt Busch and his Steve Addington-led Penske Racing “Double-Deuce” crew will be racing their “PRS-640” Shell-Pennzoil/AAA Dodge Charger this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. The “PRS-641” will help as the backup car for this weekend. Busch has additionally yet to bustle this car.
#27-Paul Menard will pilot chassis No. 338 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Speed Cup Series exact. This No. 27 Chevrolet Impala was a fresh addition to the RCR mercurial for the 2011 season. Menard recorded the fourth-quickest lap all around the Daytona 500 time trials in February and went on to enact ninth in every the Duel 150 qualifying bustle and Daytona 500.
#29-Kevin Harvick: The #29 Budweiser Chevy crew will compose essentially the most of chassis No. 343 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Speed Cup Series exact. Harvick led twice for a total of 5 laps with this car at Daytona Global Speedway in February‘s Daytona 500 sooner than the #29 Budweiser Chevrolet‘s engine expired on lap 22.
#31-Jeff Burton will bustle Chassis No. 331 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Speed Cup Series exact on this weekend‘s Aaron‘s 499. Constructed fresh for the 2011 season, this No. 31 racer first competed within the second Duel 150 qualifying bustle at Daytona Global Speedway the set Burton drove it to victory. He then raced this Caterpillar Chevrolet within the 53rd working of the Daytona 500 that ended eight laps petrified of the halfway ticket for the Todd Berrier-led crew when the engine all true away expired, crediting them with a 36th-recount enact.
#33-Clint Bowyer: will pilot chassis No. 294 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Speed Cup Series exact. This No. 33 Chevrolet Impala has critical restrictor-plate be aware success, alongside with a high-five enact (fourth) within the 2010 Daytona 500 and a high-tail to Victory Lane in final October‘s Talladega 500 after ranging from the entrance row.
#39-Ryan Newman: Chassis No. 39-606 makes a return high-tail to Talladega Superspeedway this spring after making its first originate up on the 2.66-mile superspeedway final tumble. Remaining October, Newman licensed eighth at Talladega and tried to compose a tedious-bustle cost, but carried out the afternoon in 23rd. Though it wasn‘t the enact the crew had hoped for, it marked the first superspeedway enact for the driver and crew in more than a twelve months. After taking a high-tail to Daytona Global Speedway in February as the crew‘s backup car, Chassis No. 39-606 will return to circulation for the first time within the 2011 season this weekend in Alabama.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya: Crew Chief Brian Pattie and crew will bring Chassis #1101 to Talladega Superspeedway. Right here’s the same chassis the No. 42 frail at Daytona Global Speedway all around the season-opening Daytona 500 the set Montoya carried out sixth.
#43-A.J. Allmendinger: The #43 RPM crew has racy chassis No. 722 for this weekend‘s occasion at Talladega Superspeedway. This Greatest Bewitch Ford has been glide beforehand this season at Daytona Global Speedway.
#48-Jimmie Johnson: will pilot chassis No. 628 in Sunday‘s restrictor-plate occasion. He crossed the enact line 27th with that chassis on the Daytona 500 in February. Johnson carried out fourth in backup chassis No. 618 all over February‘s Budweiser Shootout.
#99-Carl Edwards: RK-677, Remaining raced at Budweiser Shootout, Feb. ‘11
(from crew PR‘s/sites if reported)(4-14-2011) - Kentucky Speedway, Coca-Cola instruct five-twelve months partnership: Sizzling sunshine and essentially the most up to this level-ever Kentucky Speedway circulation would possibly perchance have bustle fans working up a thirst all around the 2011 season as they cheer on their favourite NASCAR and originate-wheel drivers. Thanks to a brand fresh five-twelve months partnership with Coca-Cola North The united states, the Legitimate Tender Drink of NASCAR, Coca-Cola, has develop into the extraordinary non-alcoholic beverage provider to Kentucky Speedway and can refresh its fans‘ onerous-working thirst at any time when they consult with the 106,000-ability Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,(SMI) facility in Sparta, Ky. Coca-Cola and Kentucky Speedway will crew to impact a assortment of leisure and promotional programs designed to toughen the fan expertise while generating exposure for the venue‘s six-occasion, two-weekend 2011 season. Kentucky Speedway and Coca-Cola will introduce their fresh partnership to fans by delivering a pick-one, procure-one-free tag provide redeemable for either the July NCWTS or NNS races to of us that expend namely-marked 20-can multipacks of Coca-Cola. Multipacks will be on store shelves in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio as effectively as in Lexington and Louisville, Ky., origin June 1, 2011.(Kentucky Speedway)(4-14-2011)
- Kenseth Headlines Green Flag Zone at Richmond: The Green Flag Zone fan hospitality, on hand on Saturday, April 30, forward of the Crown Royal Items The Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400 NASCAR Speed Cup Series bustle is $90 per grownup and involves an extraordinary pre-bustle pit proceed (2: 00 p.m. — 6: 30 p.m.), as effectively as admission to the Green Flag Zone, which presents: Appetizers (2: 00 p.m. — 3: 00 p.m.), Dinner buffet (3: 00 p.m. — 6: 30 p.m.), Six grownup beverage tickets for fans 21 and older (with a sound ID), Limitless sodas and water, Query-and-acknowledge sessions with Matt Kenseth, Rutledge Wood, Omit Speed Cup, Hermie Sadler, Matthew Hansen and be aware president Doug Fritz, Stay musical leisure. Youth pricing (12 years of age and youthful) is on hand for $45, which involves the entire above excluding the grownup beverage tickets. Company will must have a tag to the Saturday, April 30 bustle to expend. The Green Flag Zone doesn’t consist of a bustle tag.(RIR)(4-14-2011)
- Howard and #70 crew spoil up; Stremme in at Nasvhille: ML Motorsports will be working the #70 Foretravel Chevy on the April 23 occasion at Nashville Superspeedway with David Stremme using in recount of Shelby Howard, who amicably parted strategies with the crew earlier this week. Stremme, the 2003 NASCAR Nationwide Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year, brings masses of expertise to ML Motorsports. Stremme has 133 begins within the NASCAR Nationwide Series as effectively as 119 NASCAR Speed Cup Series begins to his credit. In the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Stremme has earned 20 high-five and 49 high-10 finishes. The #70 Chevy additionally will elevate sponsorship from The Franklin Marriott Frigid Springs in Nashville which is found 20 minutes south of Nashville and is surrounded by upscale shopping, eating, and historical past. Foretravel Motorcoach will help as most famous sponsor within the 2 upcoming events at Nashville Superspeedway and Richmond Global Raceway.(ML Motorsports), Dennis Setzer will be within the #70 at Talladega.(4-14-2011)
- Bires to power 2 races for Gibbs: Joe Gibbs Racing, Inc. offered that Kelly Bires will power two races for its #18 Nationwide Series crew as phase of a partnership with Global Consolation Products, LLC, a pacesetter within the heating and cooling methods trade, with its manufacturers Arcoaire, Comfortmaker, Day & Night, Heil, Keeprite, and Tempstar manufacturers. Bires will be tedious the wheel of JGR‘s #18 Toyota on April 29 at Richmond Global Raceway and June 4 at Chicagoland Speedway. Bires is in his fifth season using within the NASCAR Nationwide Series with three high-five and 12 high-ten finishes in 82 profession begins. He has made four begins to this level in 2011. Bires has five profession begins in Richmond with a finest enact of 11th in 2009 and has made three profession begins in Chicago with a finest enact of 12th all around the 2008 season. (Joe Gibbs Racing)(4-14-2011)
- Cobb points Cowboy Dan‘s Jerky Emporium at Dega: Rick Ware Racing offered that Cowboy Dan‘s Jerky Emporium with the Jerky Youth will be featured on the #41 Ford driven by Jennifer Jo Cobb. Their emblem will be featured on C-Post for the working of the Aaron‘s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway, Saturday night time. Cowboy Dan‘s Jerky Emporium is a Christian Household owned & operated trade. It was started by Dan & Amanda Stephens in 2010.(Rick Ware Racing)(4-14-2011)
- RMM hits “300” Milestone in Nashville: Randy Moss Motorsports will originate a serious milestone April 22 at Nashville Superspeedway, becoming right the fourth NASCAR Tenting World Truck Series group to self-discipline now not lower than one truck in 300 consecutive races. Identified beforehand as Buck Motorsports, the crew has competed in 15 of the assortment‘ 16 seasons. Its No. 5 Toyota is driven by 2003 champion Travis Kvapil. “I essentially feel very lucky so as to attain this milestone in my profession as a crew owner,” acknowledged crew founder and co-owner David Buck. “As a younger racer competing on filth tracks motivate in Oklahoma, I continuously heard about Richard Childress and Rick Hendrick, and now here we’re competing in opposition to their drivers and tools a week.” Randy Moss, the Nationwide Soccer League large receiver, turned a crew most famous in mid-2008. “I’m in a position to sleep every night time vivid David essentially cares in regards to the game, making it better and educating me; that has made the transition plenty smoother,” acknowledged Moss. [RMM timeline and more is posted on the News & Notes section on the Nashville Race page.](NASCAR PR)(4-14-2011)
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April 14, 2010
- Kahne to Hendrick in 2012 UPDATE 2 HMS PR: #9-Kasey Kahne, essentially the most up to this level doable free agent in NASCAR coming into the season, has signed a multiyear settlement to affix Hendrick Motorsports in 2011, a number of sources conclude to negotiations confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. The details of the deal, comparable to which car Kahne will power, are silent being finalized, sources acknowledged. The existing map is Kahne will choose the #5 car currently driven by Imprint Martin, sources acknowledged. Martin signed a contract extension final twelve months by the 2011 season. There’s room for Martin and Kahne within the Hendrick family. Stewart Haas Racing receives chassis, engines and technical toughen from HMS. So Kahne is also housed there till Martin‘s contract was up, if critical. In 2008 Dale Earnhardt Jr. signed a five-twelve months address Hendrick. Jimmie Johnson final twelve months signed an extension by 2015, and Jeff Gordon has a lifetime contract. Kahne is within the closing twelve months of his contract with Richard Petty Motorsports, and plans to enact the season within the #9 Ford, sources acknowledged. It is unknown whether or now not Kahne‘s sponsor, Budweiser, will accompany him to HMS [which sponsored Hendrick‘s #25 Chevy for years]. Hendrick Motorsports officers had no comment. Calls placed to Kahne, who turned 30 final weekend, and to his agent have been now not returned.(ESPN)
UPDATE: Richard Petty Motorsports offered that driver Kasey Kahne has told the crew he’s now not going to renew his contract on the conclusion of the 2010 NASCAR Speed Cup Series season. Kahne, driver the #9 Budweiser Ford Fusion, has been with RPM since coming into NASCAR‘s premier assortment in 2004. “Kasey is a truly proficient driver and I essentially have enjoyed watching him bustle. All of us need him nothing however the finest and hope he succeeds in anything he chooses to attain,” acknowledged crew owner Richard Petty. “Drivers treasure Kasey Kahne are the very motive we got into this sport. Kasey has helped us procure to the set we’re on the present time,” George Gillett, owner of Richard Petty Motorsports acknowledged. “We need him effectively in his future nonetheless we have now got the comfort of this season to bustle collectively and we‘re having a investigate cross-take a look at forward to a marvelous remainder of the twelve months.”(RPM)(4-13-2010)
MORE: It was reported within the origin that Kahne‘s address Hendrick would originate up in 2011. A source conclude to the scenario instructed ESPN.com that Kahne will discover over the #5 car for the 2012 season, but his 2011 plans are silent undecided. “I‘ve essentially map plenty about that but I‘m now not fine what I‘m going to attain subsequent twelve months,” Kahne acknowledged after taking batting be aware with the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park on Tuesday. “I‘ve given it some map though.” Sources verify that Imprint Martin will power the #5 car by the 2011 season. There’s room for Martin and Kahne within the Hendrick family. Stewart Haas Racing receives chassis, engines and technical toughen from HMS. So Kahne is also housed there till Martin‘s contract was up. Kahne is within the closing twelve months of his contract with Richard Petty Motorsports, and plans to enact the season within the No. 9 Ford, sources acknowledged. It is unknown whether or now not Kahne‘s sponsor, Budweiser, will accompany him to HMS. Imprint Wright, vp of media, sports actions and leisure marketing for Anheuser-Busch, Inc., acknowledged Budweiser is currently focused only on essentially the most contemporary season with Kahne. “There have been no discussions relative to our sponsorship as of yet. We glance forward to having those on the exact time,” Wright acknowledged.(ESPN)(4-14-2010)
UPDATE2 — HMS PR: Foundation with the 2012 NASCAR Speed Cup Series season, Kasey Kahne will power the #5 Chevys of Hendrick Motorsports after signing a lengthy-time frame contract with the group. Imprint Martin, 51, essentially the most contemporary driver of Hendrick Motorsports‘ #5 crew, will total the 2010 and 2011 seasons. When Kahne takes over in 2012, he will join teammates Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Hendrick‘s four-car exact. “In Kasey, we seen a possibility to cement a mammoth fragment of our future,” acknowledged Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports. “He possesses implausible skill and a astronomical dedication to his craft, and all americans knows he‘ll be a astronomical match interior our firm. Kasey has earned the honour of his future teammates by the fashion he‘s handled himself on and off the racetrack, and all americans knows he‘ll be a contributor to the success of Hendrick Motorsports for many future years motivate. To have any individual of his caliber join our crew is an improbable opportunity for us.”
“I essentially have a comfort stage with Mr. Hendrick, my future teammates and the tradition of the group,” acknowledged Kahne, whose contract with Hendrick Motorsports will glide by the 2015 Speed Cup season. “For me, it‘s the shining match on every stage, and I have it presents me a astronomical likelihood to procure races and compete for championships. “Figuring out the subsequent step in my profession has been a truly important course of, and I‘m excited and relieved to have the decision made and offered. Now it‘s my accountability to place all of my vitality into a hit races and having a marvelous 2010 with my most contemporary crew and our sponsors.” Though 2012 and past has been solidified, Kahne is now not scheduled to power a Hendrick Motorsports entry in 2011 attributable to NASCAR‘s four-car limit. Whereas who he will bustle for has now not yet been fine, Kahne intends to power a fat Speed Cup Series time table subsequent season. “If this likelihood was going to happen, I knew having some unanswered questions would possibly perchance be phase of the scenario at this stage,” Kahne acknowledged. “Hendrick Motorsports has a dedication to Imprint Martin that they are searching out for to fulfill, and that‘s crucial. It‘s phase of what attracts me to the crew.”(Hendrick Motorsports)(4-14-2010)Bliss named to the #09 amble UPDATE: Mike Bliss and Tommy Stanley 1st earl baldwin of bewdley Racing [#36 Checy] have parted strategies, efficient in an instant. Bliss will substitute Aric Almirola at Phoenix Racing. Bliss ran five of the first seven races for Stanley 1st earl baldwin of bewdley. He didn’t qualify at Bristol and final week at Phoenix. TBR is currently 38th in owner points. “Mike has been rock solid in qualifying with a Cup car,” Phoenix crew chief Marc Reno acknowledged. “We have been struggling and we have now got to compose races to set our guys working. We‘re searching to outlive till we are in a position to land a sponsor. Every person loves Aric. However we wished any person that would qualify for races. (Owner) James (Finch) has helped Aric out in autos and if we have been in an even bigger situation, we‘d choose to bring him up to the ticket in Cup as effectively.”(FoxSports)(4-13-2010)UPDATE: Mike Bliss instructed Sirius NASCAR Radio‘s Sirius Speedway with Dave Morose Tuesday that right moments after parting firm with Tommy Stanley 1st earl baldwin of bewdley Racing this week, he was offered a possibility to arrive motivate to the #09 Phoenix Racing Chevy. “We skipped over a number of races, and final week (at Phoenix) clearly didn‘t proceed too upright,” acknowledged Bliss. “I did masses of pondering what I believed was sinful with the automobile, and if truth be told I wondered for some time if it was me. I had a meeting with Tommy Stanley 1st earl baldwin of bewdley on Monday, and clearly didn‘t essentially feel very upright in regards to the fashion that meeting went. The ironic thing is that for the third time in my profession, James Finch known as sooner than I used to be hardly ever even out the door to present me a job.” Bliss acknowledged the crew is also compelled to continue as a originate up-and-park entry this weekend at Texas, but, “James desires to glide (the fat bustle) at Talladega the set they won a twelve months ago with Brad Keselowski. They are talking with one sponsor severely that they are hopefull will pay off.”(Sirius Speedway)(4-14-2010) - Keselowski Completes Test at Infineon: #12-Brad Keselowski carried out a one-day take a look at session on Tuesday at Infineon Raceway in preparation for the Toyota/Attach Mart 350, June 18-20. Keselowski carried out 50 laps around the 10-flip, 1.99-mile toll road course in a tedious-model stock car equipped by a Northern California-basically based entirely raced crew. It was Keselowski‘s first time on the serpentine circuit. “Right here’s my first time here at Infineon Raceway, and I essentially must impart that here is spectacular,” acknowledged Keselowski. “The elevation changes compose it a blast to power. Regularly I‘m searching to organize myself for when we arrive motivate here in June…and we won‘t procure famous be aware. It‘s thrilling to procure within the toll road-course swing.” #78-Regan Smith is scheduled to ascertain Infineon Raceway on Wednesday, additionally within the same tedious-model stock car. Smith placed 30th in his only NASCAR Speed Cup Series consult with to Infineon Raceway in 2007; this is in a position to ticket Keselowski‘s first bustle in Sonoma. Smith will be coached by toll road-course veteran Chris Cook dinner, who has additionally labored with NASCAR drivers #20-Joey Logano and #43-AJ Allmendinger, among others.(Infineon Raceway)(4-14-2010)
- Richard Petty Motorsports in default on loan UPDATE: Richard Petty Motorsports, the NASCAR crew owned by George Gillett, has been in default on a roughly $90 million loan since now not lower than February but expects to soon restructure the responsibility, sources acknowledged final week. The default on the debt underscores the hurt NASCAR suffered from the industrial collapse of tedious 2008 and, severely, the impact of contraction among Detroit‘s Giant Three automakers on bustle groups. Gillett, who final twelve months bought the Montreal Canadiens and silent owns half of Liverpool FC, lost Chrysler‘s backing of his bustle crew when that firm filed for monetary raze protection. Ford is now supporting the four-car crew. Gillett declined to touch upon specifics of the restructuring consequently of the ongoing creditor talks, but he emphasised the default is technical in nature, which implies that he didn’t proceed away out a price but, somewhat, didn’t meet terms of now not lower than one covenant. Loans recurrently have covenants that would, for example, require the borrower to retain a undeniable stage of money float. Sooner than the industrial troubles of tedious 2008, lenders have been barely lenient with most of those defaults, but they since have develop into more stringent and no more forgiving. One finance source, who requested anonymity consequently of files of the deal, denied Gillett‘s characterization, insisting the default was price-associated.(Sports actions Alternate Journal / Fox Data)(4-13-2010)
UPDATE: Richard Petty Motorsports agreed Monday night time to a deal that would restructure the debt of the firm, a source conclude to the scenario instructed ESPN.com on Tuesday. Per the source, the deal is self-discipline to final signatures and that 10 of the 11 banks fascinated in regards to the restructuring have agreed to terms. This comes on the heels of a file that RPM, owned by George Gillett, has been in default on a loan of about $90 million since February. The source acknowledged the loan is nearer to $70 million and that it was allowed to lapse with the hope that it would present leverage with the banks to restructure. Had the banks opted to foreclose on the loan they could have taken possession of crew resources and some earnings from sponsors, but none of Gillett‘s private resources. Gillett would now not touch upon specifics of the deal but acknowledged RPM has no plans of going below. “I don‘t snort we‘ll right continue to exist, we‘ll thrive,” Gillett acknowledged. Gillett acknowledged RPM is working within the gloomy and making a earnings. He acknowledged debt incurred over the final few years is the final end result of searching to outlive in a now not easy economy that seen RPM lose monetary toughen from Chrysler, forcing the transfer to Ford, and sponsors. “Whilst you perceive at likely the most curveballs thrown at us they‘re fat,” Gillett acknowledged. “But we‘ve overcome them. We‘ve overcome the inability of all that earnings from sponsors and Chrysler. Per every little thing I know our design is to restructure the debt, enter into an settlement with banks and pick out the debt with fresh capital that our family would put into and stay up with a firm that will stay up about 1,000,000 in debt but stay up with a firm that’s fundamentally debt-free,” he acknowledged.(ESPN)(4-14-2010) - SFI and Impression Racing resolve case: from a joint SFI Foundation and Impression Racing press release on April 1, 2010:April 1, 2010 — Impression Racing, LLC and SFI Foundation, Inc., within the litigation pending within the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, have agreed that:1. Impression Racing, LLC has equipped sworn testimony that, upon review and investigation, no unsuitable SFI Conformance Labels have been frail on Impression Racing products all around the manufacturing years of 2009 and 2010.
2. Impression Racing, LLC has equipped sworn testimony that, upon review and investigation, all Impression Racing products manufactured and acquired all around the manufacturing years 2009 and 2010 meet SFI specifications.
3. Basically based entirely mostly upon this sworn testimony, the decertification in opposition to Impression Racing products for the manufacturing years 2009 and 2010 is lifted. The decertification of the manufacturing years forward of 2009 and 2010 stays in originate. The parties will continue to work cooperatively to be ready to procure to the underside of the failings referring to to decertification in these years.
4. Impression Racing stands tedious the safety of all products it has manufactured and to which SFI Conformance Labels have been affixed. SFI will continue to display screen compliance with product specifications.
5. Impression Racing, LLC and SFI Foundation, Inc. will cooperate in determining whether or now not any Impression Racing product bears a unsuitable SFI Conformance Label and if any safety self-discipline exists in regard to products manufactured forward of 2009 and 2010.
6. If any Impression Racing product doesn’t accept as true with the date of impact the purchaser or person is instructed to in an instant contact Impression Racing who will present verification of the date of impact. Impression Racing, LLC will in an instant converse SFI Foundation, Inc. of this occurrence. Impression Racing, LLC and SFI Foundation, Inc. will work with the sanctioning our bodies to discover the finest formula for product customers to level to verification of the date of impact.
For a downloadable .pdf of this press release, please click on the next link: Joint Press Open 04-01-10. Extra data on the SFI Foundation and Impression Racing web sites.(4-14-2010)
- Purple Ineffective Redemption on the #20 at Texas: Purple Ineffective Redemption will fittingly toughen the #20 GameStop Toyota in Texas right North of Citadel Price “the set the West” is claimed to originate up. Purple Ineffective Redemption is an yarn warfare for survival in a obedient searching western world as one man struggles to bury his past. Developed by Rockstar San Diego, Purple Ineffective Redemption is coming for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 computer leisure machine on Would perchance perhaps presumably also 18 in North The united states and on Would perchance perhaps presumably also 21 in Europe.(Gamestop/JGR PR)(4-14-2010)
- I’m Second on the #81: The I’m Second ministry will toughen the hood and quarter panels of Michael McDowell‘s #81 Dodge as the principle sponsor for the NASCAR Nationwide Series bustle at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday, April 17. As effectively as to sponsoring the #81 Dodge in Saturday‘s bustle, I’m Second is the employ of extra outreaches this weekend at TMS. I’m Second logos are featured on the #18 Joe Gibbs Racing car driven by Kyle Busch and is additionally promoted on the #18 and Daystar (driven at masses of NASCAR affiliated races by Blake Koch) demonstrate vehicles on the venue. A masses of video truck that points I’m Second videos will be considered at a form of ingredients of the speedway, and outreach ministries groups are passing out I’m Second-themed materials to fans.(MacDonald Motorsports / MMI PR), gape a drawing of the automobile on the #81 Nationwide crew paint plan page.(4-14-2010)
- Baker Curb promoting Autism Consciousness: Baker Curb Racing offered that they are proud to be teaming up with the Autism Society to motivate promote Autism Consciousness Month. The Autism Consciousness Puzzle Ribbon will toughen the hood of Scott Lagasse Jr.‘s #43 Ford this Saturday, April 17 for the O‘Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway and again subsequent Saturday, April 24, within the Aaron‘s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway.(Baker Curb PR), gape a format of the automobile on the #43 Nationwide crew paint plan page(4-14-2010)
- Deal Taker on #89 at Texas: DealTaker.com all all over again will be highlighted on the rear quarter panels of the money saving inexperienced #89/Chevy for the O‘Reilly Auto Parts 300 on Saturday, April 17th.(Faith Motorsports PR)(4-14-2010)
- Texas Rookie Notes:
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Bustle within the Bashas‘ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix Global Raceway. Stenhouse Jr. posted a ninth-recount enact, his first high-10 of the season and third in 13 profession begins. He restful high rookie honors for the second time within the final three races.
• Brian Scott leads James Buescher by one level (61-60) within the total Raybestos Rookie standings coming into the O‘Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.
• Three Raybestos Beginners have scored a high-10 enact this season: Scott, Buescher and Stenhouse Jr.
• Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Bustle within the 2009 O‘Reilly Auto Parts 300, scoring a 10th-recount enact.
• Handiest once in 18 old Nationwide Series races at Texas have three Raybestos Beginners carried out interior the stay-10. Reed Sorenson (third), Carl Edwards (fourth) and Jon Wood (eighth) carried out the feat within the 2005 O‘Reilly Auto Parts 300.
• The finest enact by a Raybestos Rookie in 18 old Nationwide Series races at Texas is second by Kyle Busch in 2004. Busch carried out second tedious Matt Kenseth in a bustle that ended below warning.
• Handiest two Raybestos Beginners have led essentially the most laps in a Nationwide Series bustle at Texas: Kyle Busch (2004) and Kevin Harvick (2000). Busch led four times for 147 laps, essentially the most laps led by a rookie in 18 races at Texas. Harvick led twice for 67 laps in 2000.
(Raybestos / Camp & Assoc. PR)(4-14-2010) - 21st Century Vitamins and PetSmart have been on the #87 at Phoenix: 21st Century Vitamins and PetSmart partnered up with NEMCO Motorsports and driver “Entrance Row” Joe Nemechek this past weekend at Phoenix Global Raceway. The #87 car displayed twin PetSmart and 21st Century logos for every the Nationwide Series and Speed Cup races.(NEMCO PR)(4-14-2010)
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April 14, 2009
- Subway on the #99: The Speed Cup bustle at Phoenix will ticket the first time Subway seems on the #99 Ford of Carl Edwards. Test up on an characterize of the plan on the #99 Crew Schemes page.(4-14-2009)
- Haas Automation motivate on the #39: In 267 Speed Cup begins, Newman has restful 43 pole positions and 13 wins. He returns to Phoenix this weekend at the side of his fresh Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) crew and the #39 Haas Automation Chevy.(Stewart-Haas Racing PR) Test up on an characterize of the plan on the #39 Crew Schemes page.(4-14-2009)
- Jim France stepping down as CEO of ISC: Jim France will step down as chief executive officer of Global Speedway Corporation efficient June 1 with Lesa Kennedy succeeding him in that characteristic. Jim France is the son of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., brother of mature NASCAR chairman Bill France Jr. and uncle of most contemporary NASCAR chairman Brian France. Brian France is Lesa Kennedy‘s brother. Jim France will support his characteristic as chairman of ISC‘s board of administrators. Lesa Kennedy will remain vice chair of the ISC board. John Saunders, currently the executive vp and chief working officer of ISC, will discover over as ISC president — the title beforehand held by Lesa Kennedy.(Charlotte Observer)(4-14-2009)
- eighth Annual Dale Earnhardt Day Region for Friday Would perchance perhaps presumably also 15: Jeff Steiner, executive vp and authorized supervisor of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. offered plans for the firm‘s eighth annual Dale Earnhardt Day, celebrating the life of seven-time NASCAR Champion Dale Earnhardt, for fans and mates. The occasion will be preceded with a masses of birthday commemoration on April 29, 2009 from 11: 30 a.m, to 1: 30 p.m., a preview occasion for the day-lengthy fan occasion on Friday, Would perchance perhaps presumably also 15, 2009 from 8: 00 a.m. to 5: 00 p.m., the day sooner than the Speed All Well-known person Bustle at Lowes Motor Speedway. In the motivate of-the-scenes excursions, eating in Dale Earnhardt‘s private eating room — The Trophy Room as effectively as a masses of First Test up on Dinner on Would perchance perhaps presumably also 14, are all phase of this twelve months‘s events. Festivities will be held on the firm‘s headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Apply plans on Twitter at www.twitter.com/daleday09. A total time table of events and extra files is on hand at: www.daleearnhardtinc.com/direct material/legacy/daleday.aspx.(DEI PR)(4-14-2009)
- Kentucky lawsuit decision potentially now not in time to gather 2010 date: The likelihood that Kentucky Speedway will be awarded a 2010 NASCAR Speed Cup bustle has develop into even more remote because an antitrust lawsuit by the be aware founders in opposition to NASCAR and Global Speedway Corp. now likely won‘t be resolved till July on the earliest. The case, which is in U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, is now not integrated within the hearing calendar finalized Monday for a two-week session origin April 20. Though the court would possibly perchance silent add the case to the time table, that will be rare in a case comparable to this one. The following two-week hearing session begins June 8 — the Monday forward of the NASCAR Nationwide Series bustle on the be aware. NASCAR Chairman Brian France has acknowledged that NASCAR is now not going to discover into consideration a realignment search files from for a Speed Cup date from most contemporary owner Speedway Motorsports Inc. till the case is resolved. NASCAR on the total begins the sanctioning course of in April or Would perchance perhaps presumably also, and France has acknowledged that the be aware is working out of time to originate up the realignment course of.(Scene Each day: )(4-14-2009)
- Petty to be fat marshal at Iowa Speedway occasion: NASCAR memoir Richard Petty will be fat marshal of an occasion subsequent month on the Iowa Speedway in Newton. Petty will help as fat marshal for the NASCAR Tenting World East/West Series bustle Would perchance perhaps presumably also 17. It’ll be the first of four NASCAR races on the speedway in 2009. The Iowa Speedway opened in 2006.(Associated Press/USA At the present time)(4-14-2009)
- Sellars pronounces product sponsorship of Tommy Stanley 1st earl baldwin of bewdley Racing: Sellars offered their product sponsorship of Tommy Stanley 1st earl baldwin of bewdley Racing. Sellars and TBR joined collectively as teammates in their shared pursuit of innovation, effectivity and tempo. Tommy Stanley 1st earl baldwin of bewdley, co-owner of the Crew Chief Membership LLC, and John Sellars started their relationship several years ago when Sellars shop towels turned an pleasurable sponsor of the Crew Chief Membership. Now Sellars has jumped on board to illustrate their toughen of TBR. In alternate for product the Sellars emblem will be placed on the #36 entry for the rest of the season. They’ll additionally be placed on the TBR web pages as surely one of many pleasurable sponsors of TBR. Sellars is a number one producer of shop towels, disposable wipers, and sorbents which can be made with recycled fibers.(Everest-Mareting / TBR PR)(4-14-2009)
- Sad Data — Chuck Gaa: Charles ‘Chuck‘ Wilson Gaa, 63, passed away at his dwelling in Marshall, N.C. on Saturday, April 4, 2009. Chuck owned GAACO Enterprises in Atlanta and was diminished in dimension by Buick and Chevrolet to procure and impact a assortment of radically masses of NASCAR bustle vehicles for owners comparable to Junior Johnson and Travis Carter while serving as GM‘s suspension and chassis consultant. Chuck turned fascinated about stock car racing with Jim Welty in USAC while silent a teen and served as chief mechanic for A.J. Foyt‘s USAC Championship a hit Ford for Jack Bowsher while silent in college. Following graduation, he labored for 2 years for Petty Enterprises designing and fabricating vehicles and later he labored with Cotton Owens and Jim Ruggles sooner than beginning GAACO. In his years in NASCAR, Chuck labored with drivers comparable to Richard Petty, Pete Hamilton, Neil Bonnett, and Harry Gant, and owners comparable to Jr. Johnson, Cotton Owens, and Travis Carter. As effectively as to his work in NASCAR, Chuck was commissioned by Long-established Motors to impact a assortment of toll road racing vehicles for every the IMSA and Trans Am assortment and served as a suspension consultant for Jaguar vehicles with their GTP car in IMSA. Chuck additionally designed and constructed the GTP 935 Porches driven to victories within the 24 hours of Daytona, the 12 hours of Sebring, and the World Endurance Championship by John Paul and John Paul, Jr. Following his retirement, he moved to Marshall, N.C. and stumbled on a rental throughout the neighborhood and with Builders Direct in Mars Hill, N.C. In his spare time, he volunteered on the Madison County Arts Council. As effectively as to his mother, he’s survived by his son, Adam Gaa of Opelika, Ala.; daughter, Rae Powers and husband Ian Randall of Brighton, England; brothers, John Gaa and critical other Cynthia of Willis, Texas, James Gaa and critical other Marilyn of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Thomas Gaa and critical other Karen of Menlo Park, Calif.; and a treasured grandson, Alex Powers Randall. Donations is also made to the Madison County Arts Council, 90 S. Indispensable St., Marshall, N.C. 28753. An on-line register is on hand at ashevillemortuaryservices.com.(4-14-2009)
- Delphi on the #88 at Phoenix: Delphi will compose its debut on the hood of Brad Keselowski‘s #88 Chevy this weekend at Phoenix Global Raceway. Right here’s the first of six times that Delphi will toughen the hood of the #88; the others being Richmond, Darlington, Atlanta, Kansas, and Memphis.(JR Motorsports PR)(4-14-2009)
- Nashville TV Rankings: ESPN‘s are living telecast of the NASCAR Nationwide Series bustle at Nashville Superspeedway on April 11 earned a final household coverage rating of 1.3, matching the rating for final twelve months‘s bustle that additionally aired on ESPN. The telecast averaged 1,539,558 viewers.(ESPN PR)(4-14-2009)
- Raybestos Rookie Notes for Phoenix:
Scott Lagasse Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Bustle within the Nashville 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Lagasse Jr. scored a 10th-recount enact and grabbed high rookie honors for the first time this season. He has racked up two high-10 finishes in six races.
Two Raybestos Beginners led the Nashville 300: Michael McDowell (once for seven laps) and Michael Annett (once for one lap). McDowell and Annett have been additionally the single NASCAR Nationwide Series regulars to book a lap within the bustle.
Justin Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by five points (63-58) within the Raybestos Rookie standings coming into the Bashas‘ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix Global Raceway.
Three Raybestos Beginners unfavorable interior the stay-10 within the Nationwide Series championship standings: Allgaier (seventh), Gaughan (eighth) and Scott Lagasse Jr. (ninth).
No longer lower than one Raybestos Rookie has scored high-10 finishes within the final four consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
Dario Franchitti was the Raybestos Rookie of the Bustle within the 2008 Bashas‘ Supermarkets 200, scoring an 11th-recount enact.
Carl Edwards owns the finest enact in four spring races at Phoenix, an eighth-recount effort in 2005.
Edwards additionally has the finest qualifying efficiency by a Raybestos Rookie in four spring races at Phoenix. Edwards started the 2005 occasion from the fifth situation.(Camp & Assoc./Raybestos PR)(4-14-2009) - US Cellular sponsoring Iowa bustle: U.S. Cellular has been named essentially the most predominant sponsor for the well-liked NASCAR Nationwide Series bustle at Iowa Speedway this summer season. The U.S. Cellular 250, scheduled for Saturday, August 1, is anticipated to map the supreme racing crowd in Iowa historical past.(Iowa Speedway PR)(4-14-2009)
- Guardsmen to procure Speedway tickets: The Kansas Speedway is donating 2,000 tickets to participants of the Kansas Nationwide Guard, Kansas adjutant authorized Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting acknowledged Tuesday. The tickets are for the NASCAR Tenting World Truck Series O‘Reilly Auto Parts 250 on April 25. The tickets are being distributed on a first-arrive, first-help foundation. “Kansas Speedway has continuously been a astronomical supporter of the Kansas Nationwide Guard,” acknowledged Bunting. “Our infantrymen and airmen essentially revel in themselves at these events and enormously be pleased these apt tag donations.”(Topeka-Capital Journal)(4-14-2009)
- KHI pronounces fresh partnership with Copart & #33: Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) offered on the present time a brand fresh partnership with Copart, Inc. an on-line car remarketing firm that sells more than 1 million vehicles per twelve months. Copart will help as most famous sponsor of KHI‘s #33 Chevrolet Silverado driven by three-time NASCAR Tenting World Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday for five of the 25 bustle events in 2009. Copart, founded in 1982, sells more than 1 million autos every year on-line for insurance coverage companies, banks, finance companies, mercurial operators, sellers, the favored public and others. Copart‘s intensive inventory permits patrons to browse more than 50,000 autos day to day. Sponsorship begins at Kansas; masses of races are Milwaukee, Recent Hampshire, Las Vegas, Talladega. (KHI PR)(4-14-2009)
- Braun tests at Rockingham: Braun and the #6 Con-map Freight crew spent two days testing at Rockingham‘s one-mile oval in preparation for the upcoming intermediate tracks on the Tenting World Truck Series time table. Though the take a look at was shortened by rain every days, Braun and the crew took masses of precious files motivate to the shop with them. The crew examined two Ford F-150s, the workhorse chassis 43, and a brand fresh truck chassis 60. The crew plans to discover 43 to Kansas subsequent weekend for the O‘Reilly Auto Parts 250. The fresh truck was examined for the first time, and the crew plans to glide it this summer season at Texas and/or Michigan.(Roush Fenway Racing PR)(4-14-2009)
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April 14, 2008
- Gil Martin named the Wypall Wipers‘ Crew Chief of the Bustle in Phoenix: Gil Martin, crew chief of the #07 Jack Daniels Chevy driven by Clint Bowyer, was named Wypall Wipers‘ “Crew Chief of the Bustle” for his crew‘s second recount enact in Saturday‘s Subway New Match 500 at Phoenix Global Raceway. The 2008 Wypall Wipers Crew Chief Advise is a season-lengthy contest that will resolve the finest crew chiefs within the Speed Cup garage. Following every Cup bustle, a panel will vote to discover which crew chief demonstrated essentially the most infamous approach and leadership all around the bustle. It isn‘t essentially the crew chief that goes to victory lane, however the crew chief that made the supreme distinction to his crew. Representatives from Wypall Wipers, at the side of FOX/Tempo television analyst Jeff Hammond, and three of NASCAR‘s high crew chiefs who characterize Wypall, alongside with Todd Berrier of the Richard Childress Racing #29 Shell Pennzoil Chevy crew, Bob Osborne of the Roush Fenway Racing #99 Workplace Depot Ford crew, and Kenny Francis of the Gillett Evernham Motorsports #9 Budweiser Dodge crew, compose up the panel of judges. As effectively as to the $1,000 take a look at, the a hit crew chief will receive signage to instruct the procure on their pit box the next week. The crew chief with essentially the most weekly high wins will be honored as the Wypall Wipers Crew Chief of the Year and will most certainly be presented a $20,000 take a look at on the season finale in Domicile, FL. The Wypall Wipers Crew Chief Advise will continue throughout the rest of the 2008 season and highlight the boys tedious the machines. For more files, log onto www.Wypall.com.(Wypall PR)(4-14-2008)
- Harvick exploring alternatives in crawl racing as an owner: #29-Kevin Harvick and his critical other DeLana have teamed with NHRA crawl racing veteran Bob Vandergriff Jr. to salvage the option of fielding a Top Fuel dragster in NHRA competitors. The proposed Harvick-Vandergriff Motorsports will specialise in offering its sponsors marketing alternatives in NHRA, NASCAR Speed Cup, Craftsman Truck, and the Nationwide Series. “I have we have now got a masses of opportunity to procure unprecedented attain for companies having a investigate cross-take a look at to originate their objectives by motorsports,” Vandergriff acknowledged. “As this deal evolves, we’re searching out for to present the companies aligned with Harvick-Vandergriff Motorsports the likelihood to make employ of the finest of NHRA and NASCAR by the same program. We‘ll have the capabilities to procure something no masses of crew can provide.” Vandergriff and Harvick map to originate up assembling a bustle crew and the entire predominant ingredients and folks throughout the subsequent two months as they put collectively for a 2009 debut. Bulletins referring to the driver and sponsors will be approaching near. Test up on fat memoir at NHRA.com.(4-14-2008)
- Bustle and Industrial Breakdown of the Subway New Match 500
Total assortment of commercials: 106
Total assortment of companies or entities marketed: 69
Total assortment of short promos of products/companies all around the bustle broadcast: 41
Start up time to memoir bustle/commercial lessons: 8: 55 PM
Dwell time to memoir bustle/commercial lessons: 12: 06 AM
Total minutes: 191
Minutes of bustle broadcast: 139
Minutes of commercials: 52
Amount of skipped over restarts: 0
Amount of ‘thriller debris cautions‘: 1
Total bustle brdcst time 139 Total comm. brdcst time 52
Test up on fat file and more at CawsnJaws.com.(4-14-2008) - Pressley adds page to family‘s GPS legacy: Asheville‘s [NC] Coleman Pressley turned the first third-generation driver to investigate cross-take a look at the checkered flag at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. “Right here’s my greatest procure, ever,” Pressley acknowledged. “I essentially have been attempting so onerous here. My grandfather won here, and my dad [former Busch and Cup driver Robert] won here, and here is correct terrific. We got flames (on his car) this week, and probably they made the variation. I‘ve been attempting so onerous and we lastly got all of it collectively.” Richard Childress‘s grandson, Austin Dillon was third. Test up on fat memoir on the Greenville Pickens Speedway set.(4-14-2008)
- Childress Vineyards named surely one of The united states‘s Top 25: Wine Fanatic magazine has selected Childress Vineyards as surely one of The united states‘s Top 25 Tasting Rooms. In the Would perchance perhaps presumably also self-discipline, the magazine requested its editors and contributors to counsel tasting rooms that have been memorable to them for a assortment of reasons. Wine fantastic was the stay criteria regarded as, followed by décor, employees savvy, companies and total uniqueness. Reporter Lynn Seldon wrote that Childress Vineyards, founded by NASCAR crew owner Richard Childress in 2004, has “instant develop into a stand-by myself vacation recount within the Yadkin Valley American Viticultural Situation.” The write up encourages readers to “proceed for the Signature Tasting to tell winemaker Imprint Friszolowski‘s finest work to this level. The Reserve Syrah and the Signature Meritage are every sexy, as is the surroundings — a stone and stucco constructing, terra-cotta fashion roof and expansive tasting room, shop and The Bistro restaurant, all comparable to Tuscany.” Childress Vineyards is originate each day for excursions, tastings and lunch at The Bistro. Tastings differ in ticket from $10 to $15 and consist of a memento glass. Free excursions are performed at Midday, 2 and 4 p.m. day to day.(RCR)(4-14-2008)
- Carino‘s on the #27 at Mexico: Brad Coleman‘s #27 Ford will elevate the acquainted gloomy Carino‘s Italian Grill theme that was sported by the Gibbs #18 final season. Right here’s Carino‘s only most famous bustle of the early season however the restaurant neighborhood is an accomplice sponsor on the #27 Kleenex Racing Ford Fusion throughout the twelve months.(Coleman PR)(4-14-2008)
- Jourdain Utilizing for Braun at Mexico: Braun Racing offered that Mexico Metropolis native, Michel Jourdain, will pilot the #32 Camry when the Nationwide Series heads south of the border for toll road course racing in Mexico. Jourdain will elevate sponsorship from Visit Mexico on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez located in Mexico Metropolis.(Braun Racing PR)(4-14-2008)
- Nationwide Series Stay from Mexico Metropolis on ESPN: The Nationwide Series goes south of the border this weekend for its annual occasion in Mexico Metropolis, and ESPN would possibly perchance have are living, flag-to-flag coverage Sunday, April 20, origin at 1: 30 p.m. ET with NASCAR Countdown. The excessive definition telecast is presented by Kawasaki. ESPN2 is the home of the Nationwide Series all season, with selected races on ESPN and ABC. Ray Evernham will compose his first look of the season within the ESPN gross sales plight as analyst on the telecast, joined by fellow analyst Rusty Wallace and lead announcer Dr. Jerry Punch. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro and Vince Welch will file from the pits. ESPN2 would possibly perchance have are living coverage of Nationwide Series final be aware from Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Friday, April 18, at 4 p.m., and are living coverage of qualifying Saturday at 11: 30 a.m. The bustle will be simulcast on ESPN360.com, ESPN‘s signature broadband sports actions network, and on ESPN Deportes, the domestic Spanish-language network. The occasion additionally will be simulcast on ESPN MobileTV.(ESPN PR)(4-14-2008)
- Hornaday in First Nationwide Bustle of 2008 at Mexico: Ron Hornaday will soar tedious the wheel of the #33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Tenting World Chevy for the first time this season when the Nationwide Series travels to Mexico Metropolis for Sunday‘s working of the Corona 200. Hornaday has one old originate up on the be aware in 2005, using for KHI. He started the bustle from the 21st situation and carried out the day 12th.(KHI PR)(4-14-2008)
- Derrike Cope Inc. to glide handful of races origin with two entries at Kansas UPDATE: “I [Derrike Cope] it will be going to Kansas for the truck bustle the set Derrike Cope Inc. would possibly perchance have two autos entered. The one truck will be #74 with Jennifer Jo Cobb using and the masses of one is silent up within the air, though there is a exact possibility that it’ll even be one more female driver. I map on taking the autos to Charlotte, Mansfield, and Dover after that. The twins [nieces Amber and Angela Cope] are permitted to power at Mansfield so that is the map shining now. I will power surely one of many autos at Charlotte and Dover and we are in a position to compose a call on the masses of driver within the weeks to arrive motivate. The seat also can additionally be rented by some masses of drivers that will bring some sponsorship. We would possibly perchance be doing quite of testing with my nieces within the subsequent few weeks as effectively forward of the Mansfield Truck races.”(DerrikeCope.com)(4-14-2008)
UPDATE: Jennifer Jo Cobb will be piloting the #74 Dodge of mature Daytona 500 winner, Derrike Cope, and his newly-founded Craftsman Truck Series crew. “I couldn‘t be more excited. I love racing at Kansas Speedway, and am having a investigate cross-take a look at forward to mountain climbing tedious the wheel within the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and kicking off Derrike‘s fresh bustle crew,” acknowledged Cobb. “We‘re thankful for the persevering with toughen of sponsors treasure Providence Clinical Heart and Saint John Clinic, who’ve been on board for more than four years, but we essentially must flip some heads with this fresh program, and gather extra sponsorships that will enable us to bustle at more tracks this season.” Rick Markle will help as her crew chief.(Diamond III/Cobb PR)(4-14-2008)
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April 14, 2007
- Dale Jr.‘s sister now not yet happy deal will happen [with DEI]: Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, sister, trade supervisor and chief negotiator for #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., isn‘t yet happy a contract extension with the firm their father founded is on the horizon for NASCAR‘s greatest huge name. It‘s now not that talks are going badly. However many variables exist — and time is treasured. “I don‘t know if we‘ll procure there,” Elledge acknowledged of an extension. “It‘s onerous. Whilst you originate up talking in regards to the fragment of possession for Dale in [Dale Earnhardt, Inc.], that‘s phase of my trade, too. That‘s phase of [half-brother] Kerry‘s trade. That‘s phase of [half-sister] Taylor‘s trade. “There‘s masses of of dynamics that play into all of it.” Two variables, severely, are predominant to Earnhardt‘s desire for a majority stake in possession of DEI. “One is the family fragment,” Elledge defined. “Obviously our dad started [DEI] to self-discipline bustle vehicles, and all intentions of [Dale Jr.] being a phase of that, and the comfort of us being a phase of it, via my masses of brothers and sisters. However I have the supreme motive we need a fraction of DEI is for regulate of [Dale Jr.‘s] ticket, and the set it‘s going. They are going to all coexist — the entire Earnahrdt family — as one mammoth ticket. And there‘s several manufacturers below it.” Elledge acknowledged she and Dale Jr. essentially feel DEI has performed a upright job declaring their father‘s ticket, but that Dale Jr. has an fully masses of ticket that they are searching out for to govern and mesh into the total Earnhardt ticket. She acknowledged the doorway of most contemporary DEI President Max Siegel into the equation has helped very a lot, and is a luminous recount that makes her reflect an extension is certainly feasible. “With Max coming onboard, that‘s something I’m in a position to foresee in due course,” Elledge acknowledged. “At this level, we don‘t have masses of time so we‘re searching to work essentially onerous to compose something of it. We met final week. I in most cases consult with Max now not lower than once a day, if only to impart ‘Hi.‘ We‘re maintaining in contact and bouncing strategies off every masses of, because we essentially try to discuss all alternatives.” Elledge admitted, though, that here is now not an easy time to be renegotiating. “You‘ve got a brand fresh man on board who‘s searching to procure the ship turned within the shining route, and also you silent have Teresa there who‘s trusting this fresh person, and she‘s now not had any one in there for some time and things have more or less fell down. So there‘s a rebuilding going on. It‘s a deplorable time to ascertain out to renegotiate a contract. You‘ve got the mature silent sticking there, and this fresh on the horizon that is also essentially upright, and also you‘re searching to compose sense of all of it. We‘ll gape if we are in a position to procure there.”(ESPN.com)(4-14-2007)
- Childress working the #3…..in Insensible Units with grandson: NASCAR fans in most cases quiz Richard Childress when he‘ll bring motivate the gloomy #3 Chevrolet made well-known by the tedious Dale Earnhardt. Fans who attended final Saturday‘s filth-be aware races at 311 Speedway know the acknowledge. And they know that Childress, who has acknowledged since Earnhardt‘s demise that it would discover a masses of scenario to bring motivate the finest-known quantity in NASCAR, stayed upright to his observe. The driver he selected to glide #3 is younger and proficient, sexy-lower and polite and thinks the sector of Childress. He‘s Childress‘ oldest grandson, Austin Dillon. Per the fashion he drove in his first Successfully-organized Insensible Mannequin bustle, there would possibly perchance arrive a day when Dillon is tedious the wheel of a same-having a investigate cross-take a look at car in NASCAR. In his first try in filth racing‘s elite division, Dillon licensed fifth from a self-discipline of more than 30, then drove treasure a veteran, expansive-sliding by the corners, stepping on the accelerator to compose the automobile flip and bright the drivers in entrance of him on nearly every lap. Childress watched from the stay of the crew hauler, right as he has performed for many years all over Nextel Cup races. Every proceed brought a mammoth smile to his face. “He‘s using the heck out of it,” Childress acknowledged. “He‘s doing upright for a 16-twelve months-mature kid.” Childress dotes on his grandsons, Austin and Ty, who’s two years youthful than Austin and origin his have racing profession. They are the sons of Mike Dillon, a lengthy-time Busch Series driver, and Childress‘ daughter, Tina.(gape fat memoir on the Atlanta Journal-Structure and an characterize of the automobile at tommysracingphotos.com(4-14-2007)
- McGlynn Racing expects to be motivate heading within the true route with Cope soon: The McGlynnRacing.com set is down while the DNS is being changed for the redesign. The #74 McGlynn Racing crew is now not shut down but recently merged with an leisure firm and are busy working by a myriad of things to put collectively to bustle. The bustle time table is being re-labored and will most certainly be posted soon after the positioning is motivate on-line (a number of days at most). Driver Derrike Cope and the #74 is also motivate on the be aware presumably as early as Talladega.(McGlynnRacing)(4-14-2007)
- Extra on Waltrip‘s web direct visitors accident UPDATE: The peep who stumbled on Michael Waltrip‘s overturned car within the origin map nobody survived the accident till the NASCAR driver wiggled out the motivate window. The peep, an 18-twelve months-mature college student on the College of North Carolina-Charlotte, requested anonymity all over a cellular telephone interview Wednesday with The Associated Press for wretchedness of reprisal from Waltrip‘s fan irascible. However she acknowledged she lives blueprint the 2-time Daytona 500 winner in Sherrill‘s Ford, and stumbled upon the accident when she was returning dwelling round 2: 00am/et Saturday. She seen an overturned Toyota Land Cruiser in a ditch and rushed over to ascertain on the occupants. She didn‘t gape anybody within the automobile and nobody answered her shouts, so she known as 911 for motivate. “After I got off the cellular telephone I used to be walking around the automobile again and any individual caught their foot out the motivate driver aspect of the window,” she acknowledged. “That‘s when Michael Waltrip got out. He wiggled out the motivate window. I knew in an instant it was him. He right got out the motivate driver aspect window and stood up.” The peep acknowledged she requested Waltrip how lengthy he‘d been within the automobile and he instructed her about 10 minutes. “He was bleeding from his forehead and had some cuts on his fingers and palms,” she acknowledged. “I instructed him `It’s likely you’ll also very effectively be essentially lucky you would possibly perchance very effectively be alive. I didn‘t snort any one was alive in there.‘ We set aside of talked for a minute or two, and I instructed him 911 was on the fashion, and he right turned round and started walking dwelling. “I didn‘t know what to impart or what to attain. He had a T-shirt and sweat pants and socks on, he also can need taken his sneakers off within the automobile, but I wasn‘t fine. And he right turned round and started walking dwelling in his socks.”
NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter acknowledged NASCAR would talk with Waltrip on Friday in Texas.
Waltrip had a scheduled interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, but a representative, Brooke Hondros, canceled it, asserting Waltrip wasn‘t feeling effectively. However in an interview with The Charlotte Observer, he acknowledged he was embarrassed for leaving the scene. “I right essentially feel tedious,” he instructed the newspaper. “I essentially feel treasure an fool because this one is all me.”
Mutter trooper B.L. Buchanan acknowledged he arrived on the scene to salvage the wrecked SUV — which had additionally hit a cellular telephone pole — but no Waltrip. He acknowledged he went to Waltrip‘s dwelling to communicate to him round 3: 00am/et, but was unsuccessful in locating the driver. Hondros acknowledged Waltrip was showering in his pool rental and didn‘t hear the police when they arrived. Buchanan acknowledged his shift ended at 5: 00am/et, and he lastly made contact with Waltrip at 8: 00pm/et. Saturday when he returned to duty and Waltrip known as him. The officer met him at Waltrip‘s dwelling and issued the citation. Waltrip instructed The Observer alcohol didn’t make a contribution to the accident. “I didn‘t proceed dwelling to set away from anything,” he acknowledged. “I right went there searching to resolve out what to attain.”(Associated Press), gape past news, and a link to photos of the wrecked SUV on my #55 Crew Data and Links page.(4-13-2007)
UPDATE: Waltrip met Friday with NASCAR officers and was examined by docs on the be aware‘s infield care center. NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston acknowledged Waltrip was considered and released, which would have cleared him to bustle this weekend.(Associated Press)(4-14-2007) - #42 Dodge to honor legacy of Jackie Robinson: Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates offered on the present time that in honor of baseball memoir and civil rights chief Jackie Robinson‘s 60th Anniversary of his debut into Major League Baseball, they’ll demonstrate a tiny tribute to him on their #42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge Charger on Sunday, for the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. On Sunday, April 15, Major League Baseball would possibly perchance have a obedient time the 60th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson‘s entrance into baseball as all gamers will honor his legacy on Sunday by sporting a decal that contains his uniform #42 on their helmets. Rather about a participants of Major League golf equipment will additionally put on jerseys bearing #42. The #42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge is driven by mature CART champion, Indianapolis 500 winner, Monaco Gigantic Prix winner and winner of seven Formulation 1 races, Juan Pablo Montoya.(Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates PR)(4-14-2007)
- Raines and Montoya clear the air on damage: Tony Raines, driver of the #96 DLP HDTV Chevy for Hall of Reputation Racing, talked with Juan Pablo Montoya between be aware sessions. Raines was having a investigate cross-take a look at at a that you just would possibly perchance take into consideration high-10 enact at Martinsville till Montoya swerved interior of Raines and despatched him into the wall on lap 377 of 500. “I believed we wished to discuss it and discover why it took place to place it tedious us so it won‘t happen again,” Raines acknowledged. “I shared my level of stare and he shared his. I didn‘t need things to impact because ceaselessly a bunch of shrimp things turns true into a mammoth thing.” Raines ended up 20th. Montoya was now not on hand for comment.(Dallas Morning Data)(4-14-2007)
- Mike Wallace is WIX Filters Lap Leader at Texas: #7-Mike Wallace led once for one lap to set aside WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Bustle honors in on the present time‘s O‘Reilly 300. Wallace captured the award for the third time in eight races this season. He was the single Busch Series long-established to book a lap within the bustle. Wallace had led now not lower than one lap in five races this season.(WIX PR)(4-14-2007)
- Wanke & #7 Crew Section Ways?: UPDATE: Listening to that Fred Wanke and the #7 Phoenix Racing crew have parted strategies. Supposedly Marc Reno will possess in as crew chief for Mike Wallace till they salvage a substitute.(4-12-2007)
UPDATE: Marc Reno had taken over the [crew] chief characteristic for the bustle. Marc is the Long-established Manager for Phoenix racing. Marc had been Mike‘s crew chief sooner than on the #1 Busch car and the #09 Cup car in old years.(MikeWallace.com)(4-14-2007)
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April 14, 2006
- Martin phase-time Cup in 2007? #6-Imprint Martin is hedging on his announce to now not return to Nextel Cup in any phase-time ability after transferring to a fat-time Craftsman Truck Series amble subsequent twelve months. He now says if the shining opportunity items itself, he also can discover into consideration doing Cup races that glide alongside with truck events.(Tampa Tribune)(4-14-2006)
- DE Foundation emblem to look on all DEI vehicles: The emblem of The Dale Earnhardt Foundation is making the rounds, literally, at NASCAR races this season one lap at a time. The acquainted “victory” silhouette of racing memoir Dale Earnhardt is now phase of the pleasurable paint plan on all Dale Earnhardt, Inc. bustle vehicles in every the Busch and Nextel Cup assortment races. The emblem made its debut this past week all over races at Texas Motor Speedway. The Dale Earnhardt Foundation emblem will be considered on the shining rear “taillight” of all DEI vehicles, right above the automobile quantity decal. “We‘re very delighted that the DEI bustle groups are showing their toughen for the Foundation and its charitable efforts within the sort of considered formula,” acknowledged Dick Baker, Executive Director of The Dale Earnhardt Foundation. “Right here’s a ingenious map that will motivate us to develop consciousness and recognition for the Foundation with bustle fans and the favored public alike.” Dale Earnhardt, Inc. races the #11 Menard‘s Chevrolet driven by Paul Menard within the Busch Series. In the Nextel Cup Series, the crew races the #1 Bass Pro Retail outlets Chevrolet driven by Martin Truex, Jr. and the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet driven by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Founded in 2002 by Teresa Earnhardt, The Dale Earnhardt Foundation was established to set on Dale‘s name and upright works by charitable causes that toughen Youth, Training and Plants and fauna Preservation. For more files please consult with www.thedaleearnhardtfoundation.org.(DEI PR)(4-14-2006)
- NASCAR‘s Hendrick family areas faulty on plane fracture set: Participants of NASCAR‘s Hendrick family have erected a 14-foot faulty on Bull Mountain in memory of the 10 folks who died when a crew plane crashed there in 2004. The 8-foot-large polished metal faulty was placed on the non-public set about two weeks ago, in maintaining with Jesse Essex, supervisor of media family for Hendrick Motorsports. He didn’t know what firm carried out the project. The faulty replaces smaller variations placed on the positioning soon after the Oct. 25, 2004, fracture, which took place as the neighborhood was en path to a Nextel Cup Series bustle at Martinsville Speedway.(AP)(4-14-2006)
- Airline Hires NASCAR Crews to educate: UAL Corp., which emerged from monetary raze earlier this twelve months, plans to time table more flights with fewer airplane in a transfer to make a choice United Airways “out of the ditch,” in maintaining with a high executive. Chief Running Officer Peter McDonald acknowledged in a speech Tuesday evening at Northwestern College that the firm has employed NASCAR pit crews to put collectively ramp employees in snort in confidence to lower turnaround time at airports. McDonald acknowledged improving airplane turns, refueling, cleaning and loading and unloading planes on layover will add 125 flights to United‘s time table without putting more planes within the air. Increasing effectivity is phase of the firm‘s map to arrive motivate to profitability after being compelled into monetary raze by a surge of low-cost carriers, excessive labor costs, and ever-rising gasoline costs. The key to its approach, McDonald acknowledged, is United‘s “most predominant asset”—its folks.(cbs2chicago.com), doesn‘t order what diviion of NASCAR or what groups the pit crews are from.(4-14-2006)
- Biffle and a bank: Aquesta Monetary institution officers order Nextel Cup driver Greg Biffle has joined the board of the proposed monetary institution in Cornelius, N.C. Biffle was offered to officers of the proposed Aquesta Monetary institution by his trade supervisor, who’s an investor within the project, in maintaining with The Charlotte Alternate Journal, and each facets procure on well.(SceneDaily.com)(4-14-2006)
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April 14, 2005
- Cingular Jacks: Taking a cue from college football, a round white decal with the Cingular Jack will be applied to the #31 Crew Cingular Pit Crew helmets for every pit stay below 12.99 seconds throughout the season. Heading to Texas the pit crew has already earned 9 “Jacks.”(RCR)(4-14-2005)
- No Cowboy‘s/NASCAR Clash in Nov. at Texas: Texas Motor Speedway won‘t must warfare the Cowboys for fans this tumble. The Cowboys have an originate date Nov. 6, the date of TMS‘ lengthy-awaited second Nextel Cup bustle, the Dickies 500. Cowboys officers acknowledged the scheduling is a coincidence. No topic the motive, TMS officers have been overjoyed after the NFL time table was released Wednesday. The absence of a Cowboys sport potentially ensures now not lower than a blueprint-ability crowd.(Dallas Morning Data)(4-14-2005)
- Burton talks about TV Responsibility: Jeff Burton instructed “Sirius Speedway” (MRN/Sirius Satelite Radio) Wednesday that while TV networks accept as true with some fragment of accountability for televising incidents treasure the one that brought on NASCAR to comely driver Shane Hmiel final week, the closing accountability silent lies with the drivers themselves. “This stuff occurs on the recount, without you vivid you‘re on TV,” he acknowledged. I essentially have an in-car digicam a week, and if some driver rolls by and presents me the finger n national TV, is that his fault? Is he going to procure penalized? Now we have gotten to withhold ourselves to a excessive long-established, and I toughen NASCAR in its efforts to sexy things up. However the set does it stay? The networks are the backup, backup, backup map. They’ve to motivate set things off TV that they don‘t need their viewers to investigate cross-take a look at. However it surely‘s our accountability as drivers now not to place them in that situation. We‘d treasure them to motivate us out, nonetheless it‘s silent our accountability.”(MRN/Sirius Satelite Radio)(4-14-2005)
- Vickers studying a brand fresh language: #25-Brian Vickers this week participated within the first of his many upcoming Spanish lessons. The Thomasville, N.C., native had his initial tutorial with Berlitz Global, a firm infamous for its language instruction. Vickers is working to total the first stage of skillability (10 programs), which can silent discover roughly seven weeks.(HMS)(4-14-2005)
- Burton tests at Phoenix UPDATE: Jeff Burton and the #31 Crew Cingular examined at Phoenix Global Raceway on Tuesday, April 12th and can again on Wednesday, April 13 in preparation for the Subway New 500 April 23.(RCR)(4-13-2005)
AND additionally #77-Travis Kvapil, #33-Clint Bowyer and #2-Rusty Wallace.(4-14-2005) - April is Alcohol Consciousness Month As phase of the drink super marketing campaign, Robby Gordon Motorsports will donate $10,000 from a $100,000 fund equipped by Jim Beam bourbon, the “Legitimate Spirit of Racing,” to officers from Rice College. The take a look at presentation will happen within the #7 garage at Texas Motor Speedway, Friday at 2 p.m. The donation will fund the college‘s implementation of The Century Council‘s Alcohol 101 PlusTM training program and associated alcohol training actions.(RGM)(4-14-2005)
- Norris leaves Penske?: hearing #12 Penske Racing car chief, Chad Norris, has left the crew and has assumed the crew chief job with Matt Kenseth‘s #17 Busch Series crew. Ancient crew chief for Kenseth [Busch], Charles “Cully” Barraclough left to discover the #20 Busch Series crew chief gig.(4-14-2005)
- Hmiel wins the pole at Texas: #32-Shane Hmiel won the pole for the O‘Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway with a tempo of 189.840mph. The remainder of the stay-10 are: #8-Martin Truex Jr., #60-Carl Edwards, #44-Justin Labonte, #9-Imprint Martin, #33-Tony Stewart, #47-Jon Wood, #66-Greg Biffle, #20-Denny Hamlin and #1-Johnny Sauter. Four drivers didn’t compose the bustle: #43-Aaron Fike; #7-Imprint Green; #23-Shawna Robinson [crash]; #57-Kyle Busch [crash].
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April 14, 2004
- Burton to power #99 Duke‘s Youth Clinic Ford at ‘Dega: Roush Racing offered on the present time that Jeff Burton‘s #99 Roush Racing Ford will sport a masses of paint plan on the Aaron‘s 499 in Talladega. Duke Youth‘s Clinic and Successfully being Heart will be carried on the automobile on the 500 mile bustle Sunday, April 25. Burton is a lengthy-time supporter of the health facility. Burton‘s affiliation with the health facility started years ago after an accomplice sponsor invited him to discuss with formative years admitted to the health facility. Since that point, Burton has endured his toughen by fundraising events, appearances, monetary donations, time and naturally most importantly, visits to the health facility at the side of his critical other Kim who has sat on the health facility board for the final four years. Through their efforts the Burtons have raised almost $900,000 for the health facility to this level. Duke Youth‘s presents $48 million in un-reimbursed charity care every year. Funds additionally toughen slicing-edge review, world-class advocacy and toughen programs for families and their in terrible health formative years, high-notch medical care and medical training to compose fine future generations receive essentially the most evolved medical care on hand. For more files consult with www.dukechildrens.org.(Roush Racing PR)(4-14-2004)
- Gordon to be honored by HS: Jeff Gordon is probably going one of many many inaugural class to enter the Tri-West High College Alumni Association hall of fame. Gordon, a 1989 graduate of the Lizton, Indiana college, will join Joe Alberts (‘87), Tim Goode (‘78), and Joe Burnell (‘79) in coming into the hall of fame. The induction ceremony will be held on April 17 at The Pavilion on the grounds on West Scuttle Golf Route in Brownsburg, Indiana. Tickets to the induction ceremonial dinner are $35 per person. All proceeds will earnings the Tri-West Alumni Association Scholarship Fund. For more files, consult with the Tri-West Hall of Reputation set or call (317) 994-4000.(Gordonline.com)(4-14-2004)
- Extra NASCAR Themed TV Reveals [2 of them]
A fresh TV program showcasing Nashville stock car racing and country song will debut April 24. The demonstrate, a partnership between Track Metropolis Motorplex and Comcast Cable, will air on ESPN2 Saturdays at 10: 30am. Motoring Track Metropolis will be hosted by Liz Allison and specialise in human-interest tales on native racers and country celebrities. ”It‘s a obedient searching map,” acknowledged Allison, a Brentwood resident. Allison was married to NASCAR huge name Davey Allison when he was fascinated a number of fatal helicopter fracture 11 years ago at Talladega
AND: The Drive, a brand fresh program on CMT that follows seven minor-division bustle drivers as they try to work their map up the profession ladder, is scheduled to debut April 21 at 9: 00pm/et. For more files on the demonstrate proceed to CMT.com(Tennessean), the drivers are: David Stover, Davin Scites, Michael Ritch, Michelle Theriault, Mike Herman, Sarah McCune and Zach Niessner.(4-14-2004) - 2nd Crew for BAM? toll road programs UPDATE 3: BAM Racing, which owns the Nextel Cup #49 Schwan‘s Dodge of Missouri driver Ken Schrader, will soon add a second car to its crew. Eddie Jones, the crew‘s authorized supervisor, acknowledged the crew will self-discipline a second car for every toll road races this twelve months and probably for five masses of races. He acknowledged the crew is conclude to a address a sponsor for the second car and have a address a driver whom he would now not name. “Optimistically, throughout the subsequent six weeks we‘ll have more definite news on the second crew,” Jones acknowledged. He did order the driver was a 32-twelve months-mature who’s now not currently using stock vehicles.(Kansas Metropolis Well-known person)(4-4-2004)
UPDATE: hearing the driver is Klaus Graf of Germany, a sports actions car driver who’s entered by BAM Racing within the ARCA Bustle at Nashville Superspeedway this weekend.(4-5-2004)
UPDATE 2: NASCAR Radio — XM Satellite Channel 144 experiences that BAM Racing says they map to glide the 2 toll road course races at Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen and while they wouldn‘t order who would power, Klaus Graf is a driver below consideration.(4-7-2004)
UPDATE 3: Trained for the highly-technical world of Formulation One racing, Klaus Graf has as a substitute stumbled on a rental with the outmoded our bodies and carbureted engines of NASCAR stock vehicles. Graf will glide now not lower than two NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car races this twelve months, origin with the June 27 bustle at Infineon Raceway at Sonoma, CA. BAM Racing, which fields the #49 Schwan‘s Home Carrier Dodges of driver Ken Schrader, will glide Graf in up to seven races in 2004. Graf will join Schrader, who’s working the fat NASCAR Nextel Cup time table. Graf, 32, is the first German-born driver to compete in NASCAR‘s high assortment. He lives in Dornhan, which is in Germany‘s Shadowy Forrest plight, and can lastly relocate to the United States. “Having a multi-car crew has been phase of our map from the very origin and bringing in a driver with the abilities of Klaus Graf is the subsequent step,” acknowledged Beth Ann Morgenthau, owner of BAM Racing. “We‘re very excited with him becoming a member of us and with the lengthy glide this items all of us.” Stated Graf, “My dream all of my life is to compete among the many finest in motorsports. I’m overjoyed with the chance.” Graf has examined with BAM at Virginia Global Raceway and Kentucky Speedway, and was highly aggressive within the Apr. 9 ARCA bustle at Nashville Superspeedway, the set he carried out third after main tedious within the bustle — his first on an oval. He is scheduled to ascertain at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA on Tuesday, April 27. Graf is the first driver professionally trained for Formulation One racing by European car manufacturers to transfer into the NASCAR stock car racing world. He comes to NASCAR racing in an instant from the Porsche Michelin and Porsche Carrera Supercup assortment the set he raced at Talimit Motorsport after a stint as take a look at driver for McLaren. He ran Sportscar Prototype vehicles 1999-2001. Graf‘s profession started with the Suzuki Swift Cup in 1990, followed by German Formulation Ford Championship 1991-93; Global German F3 Championship (1994-96), Porsche Carrera Cup (1997); and ISRS Endurance Championship (1998).(Williams Company PR), more data about Graf on his web pages at: klaus-graf.com(4-14-2004) - NASCAR To Debut Recent Radio Hide: On April 14th, NASCAR Efficiency Stay, a one-hour radio demonstrate dedicated to discussing and inspecting the technical aspect of NASCAR, will debut on XM Satellite Radio (Channel 144) and a form of Motor Racing Community (MRN) Radio affiliates throughout the country. This system‘s talk demonstrate format, airing are living from 7: 00 to 8: 00pm/et, will characteristic NASCAR crew chiefs and masses of crew participants coming into into-depth on what goes into putting the finest stock vehicles within the sector below the finest stock car drivers within the sector. The demonstrate, which is racy to procure from a masses of radio studio at NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, N.C., will be hosted by MRN Pit Toll road Reporter Steve Post. Alongside Post will be mature crew chief and most contemporary colour analyst for NASCAR on FOX, Larry McReynolds, and a rotating inspiring crew chief, to be lined-up week-to-week by the Crew Chief Membership.(NASCAR PR)(4-14-2004)
- LastCowboys.com total endangered driver checklist for 2004:
1. Jimmy Spencer — #4 Morgan McClure
2. Greg Biffle — #16 Roush
3. Johnny Sauter — #30 Childress
4. Robby Gordon — #31 Childress
5. Ricky Craven — #32 Cal Wells
6. Jeff Green — #43 Petty
7. Ken Schrader — # 49 BAM Racing
8. Jeff Burton — #99 Roush
Why these drivers? Test up on the article at LastCowboys.com: Which drivers will be out of a job subsequent?.(4-14-2004) - Top 10: Greatest NASCAR States:
1. North Carolina
2. California
3. South Carolina
4. Virginia
5. Wisconsin
6. Florida
7. Kentucky
8. Indiana
9. Texas
10.(tie) Alabama & Missouri
Test up on the fat article at FoxSports: Completely NASCAR‘s Top 10: Greatest NASCAR States.(4-14-2004) - NASCAR Busch Series bustle at Nashville TV Rankings: The NASCAR Busch Series Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday, April 10, was the second-most-watched sporting occasion on cable television this past weekend. An moderate of 1,007,000 households tuned into the Pepsi 300, a 30 percent lengthen over the favored of 773,000 households that tuned into the 2003 occasion. An moderate of 1,416,000 viewers tuned within the Pepsi 300, a 29 percent lengthen over the favored of 1,101,000 viewers that tuned into the 2003 occasion. The Pepsi 300, won by Michael Waltrip, ranked second only to Major League Baseball‘s telecast of the San Francisco-San Diego sport. It aired in an instant in opposition to the Masters tournament, Major League Soccer, the NHL Stanley Cup quarterfinals, Females‘s tennis and Citgo Racing to the Kentucky Derby. The Busch Series Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway was NASCAR‘s only bustle over the Easter weekend.(Figures compiled by Nielsen Media Overview)(NASCAR PR)(4-14-2004)
- #40 Crew Closing up? UPDATE: hearing the #40 Key Motorsports crew and driver Joey Clanton has parted map and the crew is also suspending operations? The is now not going to be at Martinsville, after that…..??(4-12-2004)
UPDATE: the Key Motorsports, Craftsman Truck Series crew, is restructuring its crew in hopes of gaining the a hit edge within the assortment. Contrary to most contemporary rumors, the crew has no plans in shutting its doors. Actually, the crew has added two fresh marketing representatives, Bill Adams and Marie Lupia, to motivate gather sponsorship. The management is reassessing all americans‘s situation with the crew. “We need Key Motorsports to attain success in its racing endeavors,” stated Curtis Key, owner of the #40 crew. “We’re silent within the midst of of getting the funds wished to bustle a week. The sponsor we have been instructed that would attain right that has didn’t fulfill their stay of the deal.” The crew has determined now not to release any files referring to the employment set of its most contemporary or future employees at this time. The crew is silent actively seeking marketing companions. Enthusiastic parties can contact the promoting division at: 757-547-4411 or www.ckeymotorsports.com.(4-14-2004) - Gonzalez to power at Martinsville UPDATE: Ricky Gonzalez, the Recent Jersey Hispanic driver has right inked a deal to glide The Kroger 250 Craftsman Truck occasion on April 17 at Martinsville. Gonzalez and his marketing agent, Maureen Rafferty, have been onerous at work traveling all the map in which by country to California to lock down sponsorship. And while the pleasurable announcement and the tiny print in regards to the sponsorship will be forth coming soon, Gonzalez did tell the CTS bustle in April will be with Ware Racing.(CatchFence.com)(3-18-2004)
UPDATE: Ricky ‘Speedy‘ Gonzalez will be working the #93 Craftsman Truck with Lonnie Troxell at Martinsville. For more on Gonzalez, gape his web pages: rickygonzalez.com(4-14-2004)
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April 14, 2003
- TV Rankings for Martinsville — FORE: Fox‘s broadcast of Sunday‘s Virginia 500 Winston Cup bustle from Martinsville Speedway drew an overnight Nielsen rating of 4.6 and a 10 fragment, in maintaining with on the present time‘s Sports actions Alternate Each day. The weekend‘s very top rankings went to CBS, which posted a 9.3/19 for Sunday‘s coverage of the closing round of the Masters golf tournament and a 6.2/14 for Saturday‘s round, though those figures have been down 6 and 11 percent respectively. The 2002 bustle was aired on Fox‘s FX cable recount, the set it drew a 4.5/11, in maintaining with Sports actions Alternate Each day figures.(Winston Cup Each day Newsletter)(4-14-2003)
- $100 Million into R&D: NASCAR says it plans to invest $100 million over the subsequent decade in its fresh Concord review and fashion center — welcome news for a bitter native economy. “Having the NASCAR review and fashion facility here is treasure having a Johns Hopkins or Mayo Clinic. That‘s the more or less impact it‘ll have,” acknowledged John Cox, chief executive officer of the Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce. Chief among the many complications the native economy has experienced recently are the monetary onerous times hitting several most famous companies, alongside with Kannapolis textile giant Pillowtex Corp., which is for sale, and Corning Inc., which mothballed its Midland optical fiber plant this twelve months. Cox acknowledged the $100 million investment will ripple by the native economy over and over over, from the jobs NASCAR adds, to the houses its employees pick, to the spending by folks working for or coming to the center. The NASCAR complex on West Winds Boulevard (off Derita Toll road all the map in which by from Concord Regional Airport) houses the racing group‘s review and fashion work, as effectively as accident investigators, racing assortment administrators and masses of NASCAR employees. The 61,000-sq.-foot facility opened in December. The review work specializes in short- and lengthy-time frame initiatives ranging from testing surfaces of bustle be aware partitions to designing safer vehicles. NASCAR owns 16 acres all the map in which by from the regional airport, the set it has a hangar. Its company headquarters is in Florida. NASCAR itself is persevering with to develop, and Nelson sees instruct on the Concord center mirroring instruct within the game. NASCAR had areas of work within the Catawba County town of Conover for roughly two years sooner than it moved to the upper Concord set. The initial investment within the Concord project was $8 million, in maintaining with the Cabarrus Economic Pattern Corp.(Charlotte Observer)(4-14-2003)
- Handiest Two races to head to procure in The Winston: there are only two points races left for some drivers to procure into the 2003 The Winston, about a drivers now not within the bustle yet who’ve won within the past few years: #99-Jeff Burton; #43-John Andretti; #19-Jeremy Mayfield; #01-Jerry Nadeau; #25-Joe Nemechek; #1-Steve Park; #45-Kyle Petty; #49-Ken Schrader and #7-Jimmy Spencer. If these drivers attain now not procure at California or Richmond, they could must procure the Winston Start to procure within the bustle. 2-Rusty Wallace and #5-Terry Labonte are in robotically for being past Winston Cup champs.(4-14-2003)
- Lap Leaders: no fresh lap leaders for the twelve months at Martinsville. #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr [who finished 3rd] led essentially the most laps with 195, right edging out #24-Jeff Gordon. Gordon led at halfway and garnered the MBNA Mid-Bustle Leader Award and the bonus since he won, a cool $35,000 bonus for a hit after main at halfway. The driver with essentially the most laps led in 2003 is #24-Gordon with 604 over #8-Earnhardt Jr at 497, nonetheless, Earnhardt Jr has essentially the most miles led with 605.7 while Gordon is 2nd with 572.7. Earnhrdt Jr leads Gordon in 2003 Bonus Parts, 50-40. Chevy has led 1628 of the 2909 laps glide in 2003 [56%] followed by Ford at 717, Pontiac has only led 15 laps in 2003. Eight drivers have made ALL the races to this level in 2003 an NOT led a lap yet: #01-Jerry Nadeau; #9-Jack Sprague; #4-Mike Skinner; #10-Johnny Benson; #23-Kenny Wallace; #42-Jamie McMurray; #49-Ken Schrader; #74-Tony Raines. Test up on my Lap/Miles Bonus Leaders page for the fat rundown.(4-14-2003)
- Gordon Fact: Twelve of Jeff Gordon ‘s 62 victories have arrive on short tracks.(Roanoke Cases)(4-14-2002)
- Stewart wins….a winged accelerate car bustle: Reigning Cup champ #20-Tony Stewart realized a private accomplishment Friday night time. Stewart passed Jake Peters of Sioux Falls, S.D., on a 14th-lap re-originate up and won his first winged accelerate-car characteristic within the Winged Outlaw Warrior-sanctioned occasion at Sedalia‘s Mutter Pleasing Speedway in Sedalia, MO. The bustle in entrance of an estimated crowd of seven,500 served as a toughen-class occasion as a phase of a World of Outlaws accelerate-car program. Outlaw driver Danny Lasoski of Higginsville, Mo., equipped a car for Stewart to power. “Right here’s astronomical, and it was masses of fun,” Stewart acknowledged. “We determined to discover phase within the bustle on the final minute, and every little thing labored out effectively for us.” Stewart started his night time by working second to Larry Ball Jr. of Knoxville, Iowa, within the final of four warmth races. In the characteristic, Peters led by as famous as a straightaway by lap eight, but Stewart closed interior three car lengths when Eric Jobe of Kansas Metropolis flipped within the fourth flip on lap 13, causing a warning period that plight the stage for Stewart‘s proceed on the restart.(Kansas Metropolis Well-known person)(4-14-2003)
- Wilburn staying on the #2 UPDATE 2 Parrott to the #2? Denied: #2-Rusty Wallace/Penske Racing crew chief, Billy Wilburn, acknowledged there are no truth to the rumors [not here!] that he’s leaving the crew or being released.(XM Satellite- NASCAR Radio — Subscription Required)(4-10-2003)
UPDATE: the rumor floating round is that once Todd Parrott will get out of his ‘lifetime‘ contract with Robert Yates, he’s also headed to the #2 Penske crew.(4-10-2003)
UPDATE 2: Penske Racing president Walt Czarnecki says the rumors that Todd Parrott would discover over as crew chief for Rusty Wallace have been “nonsense.” That was comforting to crew chief Bill Wilburn, who who “went shining to Rusty” when talk of a trade started circulating. “I know we haven‘t glide effectively recently,” Wilburn says. “However if we won a bustle, nobody would possibly perchance be talking.” Parrott was placed on indefinite proceed away by Robert Yates Racing, and sources within the garage order Parrott has been instructed he has 30 days to salvage one more job.(Sporting Data)(4-14-2003) - Sponsorships Up: Roush desires 4? Pennzoil having a investigate cross-take a look at? Car owners working the sponsorship marketplace are beginning to place presents on the table, and the subsequent few weeks is ceaselessly stuffed with rumors of that you just would possibly perchance take into consideration driver and crew changes, rumors in maintaining with some contract negotiating points. Jack Roush desires to lock up sponsors for four of his five groups, and DEI‘s sponsorship address Pennzoil is up for renewal. The Pennzoil contract is also essentially the most up to this level one for the time being, and it‘s by no means clear if the firm will remain with DEI.(Winston Salem Journal)(4-14-2003)
- Toyota Stuff — Ganassi and Davis? Things have been gorgeous restful on the Toyota entrance recently, but work on the Eastern firm‘s fresh NASCAR Tundra racer is effectively below map. The 2 NASCAR groups anticipated to play a mammoth characteristic in Toyota‘s truck mission subsequent season are the ones owned by Chip Ganassi and Bill Davis, though neither is racy to verify anything. Davis‘ suspected Toyota truck operation, in maintaining with crew sources, is being glide at a secret shop that’s being known as Situation 54, a discover-off on the U.S. government‘s high-secret flight irascible, Situation 51. Where also can that shop be? Per sources, it‘s potentially at Davis‘ mature Busch shop in Thomasville, NC.(Winston Salem Journal)(4-14-2003)
- Roush Comments on the Restrictor Plate Racing: Jack Roush also can need a brand fresh hire on life, and the accompanying attitude that a blueprint demise expertise brings, but Roush has no love in his heart for the racing venues known as Daytona Global Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.
Roush can rattle-off motive after explanation why restrictor plate racing would possibly perchance silent develop into a thing of the past, alongside with:
• Four races of the twelve months cost the same as a total program
• He‘s drained of hauling wrecked vehicles dwelling from such tracks
• He dislikes requiring his drivers undergo the expertise.
However, Roush sums-up the total snort — taxing. Add the fresh no call from NASCAR angle from final week‘s Talladega bustle, the set Roush had a vested interest within the winner, and he right shakes his head. “Five groups is presumably a 15 million buck proposition,” Roush acknowledged referring to the investment that’s made to organize Imprint Martin‘s, Jeff Burton‘s, Matt Kenseth‘s, Kurt Busch‘s and Greg Biffle‘s vehicles for doable destruction on a plate be aware.(Test up on fat memoir at Ford Racing)(4-14-2003) - Helton defends Talladega ‘no-call‘: NASCAR president Mike Helton insisted all all over again Sunday that the no-call on Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s controversial proceed below the yellow line on Lap 185 of the Aaron‘s 499 was the shining call. “It was clear to us final weekend that when the 8 car (Earnhardt Jr.) went below the yellow line he didn‘t attain it to blueprint a situation,” Helton acknowledged in a taped interview with Fox Sports actions anchor Mike Pleasure. “He did it basically to set away from an accident.” Helton additionally acknowledged that Earnhardt Jr. had already made the proceed sooner than going below the yellow line. “He already had the placement,” Helton acknowledged. “(Winston Cup Series director) John Darby defined it interior the garage rental to some of us earlier on the present time. Whilst you had a originate up-enact line at that level sooner than he went below the yellow line, who would the winner be? Every person agreed it’d be the 8 car. If the 8 car was the chief, how can he impact a situation?” Showing on the Fox Sports actions prerace demonstrate, Helton acknowledged the controversy that has raged all week. “The article that we hope all americans will take into account is that…we have now got areas the set judgment calls would possibly perchance silent be made,” Helton acknowledged. “It‘s right treasure in baseball with balls and strikes or whether or now not he‘s out or pleasurable…those form of judgment calls exist in our sport, too. We‘re the sanctioning physique and we‘re the ones who must compose them.”(ThatsRacin.com)(4-14-2003)
- Atrocious tires? Ricky Craven‘s crew it seems got the left-aspect tires on the shining and the shining facets on the left on the final stay.(Winston Salem Journal)(4-14-2003)
- No Fuel For Herman: #23-Kenny Wallace carried out 12th Sunday but had to work his map motivate from two laps down to attain that. Wallace lost the flooring when he made a inexperienced-flag pit stay sooner than the comfort of the self-discipline came in below yellow. Wallace was compelled into the stay because, on an earlier stay, he didn‘t procure a fat load of gasoline in his Dodge. “The be aware only had three gas pumps originate,” acknowledged Wallace, whose crew was lined up on the gas pumps to procure its gasoline cans stuffed.. “After I pitted we couldn‘t put gas in our car because we didn‘t have gas. So I had to pit again. We without complications had a high-five car. I came from the motivate three times and I used to be two laps down and made them up. What are you going to attain?”(ThatsRacin.com)(4-14-2003)
- Rumblings — Martinsville: Jeff Gordon‘s procure was his 4th at Martinsville, the 62nd of his profession (he‘s seventh on the all-time procure checklist), the 110th for Hendrick Motorsports, and he‘s the first driver to procure from the pole this season (Kurt Busch won the 2002 finale at Domicile from the stay-recount). We‘ve now had 9 masses of winners within the first 9 races….and Gordon‘s discover of the $4.0+M in posted awards was a cool $219,143 (that‘s more than Dale got final week at that “mammoth be aware”, tho the posted awards have been better).
Jeff Burton (4th) had his finest enact since he was third at Domicile final November.
Ken Schrader (10th) had his finest enact since he was 10th at Darlington in September of 2001
STREAKIN….Dale Earnhardt Jr has 6 Top-10‘s within the final 7 races. Jeff Gordon has 5 Top-10‘s within the final 6 races.
This Week‘s Elevator….UP: Operator of the week (in a truly restful shaft this week) is Bobby Labonte (+37). DOWN: The Giant Dropper was Ryan Newman (-35), followed by Jamie McMurray (-28). Right here’s the second week in a row that Newman has headlined the downer category. The finest transfer forward within the points goes to Kenny Wallace (28th to 23rd), while Ryan Newman fell essentially the most spots (11th to 20th). Newman was eighth within the points when we left Texas…it fine has been all downhill since his victory there (also can need something to attain with being the Giant Dropper motivate-to-motivate).(StockCarFans.Com WinstonCup Newsletter)(4-14-2003) - Congrats: Hank Parker Jr. and critical other Wendy are proud of us of a obedient searching child girl born April 13th. They named her Alexandria Grace Parker and she was 7 pounds 11 oz. and 20 1/2″.(4-14-2003)
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April 14, 2002
- Bobby Labonte wins the Vigiania 500 at Martinsville: below a white, yellow, checkered flags. It is Labonte‘s 19th profession Cup procure and first ever short be aware procure. Ten masses of drivers have won the final 10 Cup races at Martinsville. The tip ten finishers:
#18-Labonte (61 laps led)
#17-Kenseth
#20-Stewart (152 laps led)
#88-Jarrett
#8-Earnhardt Jr (41 laps led)
#5-Labonte (11 laps led, monkey off the motivate, first lap led since Talladega Oct 2000)
#28-Rudd
#6-Martin
#99-Burton (5 laps led)
#97-BuschWhere did #29-Kenny Wallace enact? 32nd, 10 laps down
2002 Parts Leader, #40-Marlin carried out 12th
2001 Cup Champ, #24-Gordon carried out 23rd, 2 laps down, Nadeau stood by to alleviate Gordon, but didn‘t.
Beginners: #12-Newman is 39th and out; #48-Johnson is 35th
Out of Bustle/Off Notice: #71- Hillenburg(clutch); #43-Andretti(engine); #12-Newman(engine); #26-Kimmel(accident); #25-Nadeau(engine/radiator); #44-Jones (accident); #90-Mast(out); #48-Johnson(out)
Autos on the lead lap: 20
Lap Leaders (13): #24-Gordon(68 laps led); #55-Hamilton(47); #25-Nadeau(42); #20-Stewart(152); #22-Burton(20); #5-Labonte(11); #32-Craven(40); #77-Blaney(1); #8-Earnhardt Jr(41); #14-Compton(1); #18-Labonte(61); #2-Wallace(10); #99-Burton(5);
Cautions: 14 for 104 lapsCaution 14 — Lap 498: #55-Hamilton and #77-Blaney got collectively and #45-Petty was additionally racy.
Warning 13 — Lap 485: #44-Jones will get turned round and #10-Benson got into Buckshot, right after the inexperienced flag flew.
Warning 12 — Lap 475: #32-Craven and #41-Spencer got collectively when Craven tried to proceed Spencer on the underside, Kenseth scaped Spencer but frail the grass to set away from the #41.
Warning 11 — Lap 442: #14-Compton, #4-Skinner and #10-Benson got collectively, with Benson looping round, but restarted and drove on. #55-Hamilton and #20-Stewart came in to pit after being 1-2, but none of the masses of leaders followed them into the pits.
Warning 10 — Lap 405: #41-Spencer spun, as he spun #32-Craven spun into Spencer, every ended up within the flip 4 wall, every drove away. #2-Wallace and #4-Skinner got collectively on pit toll road, with Wallace hitting Skinner as they every left on the same time, Skinner is pitting shining infront of Wallace.
Warning 9 — Lap 366: #02-Sadler got spun out when #19-Mayfield hit him within the rear.
Warning 8 — Lap 274: #36-Schrader‘s car died on the be aware and is stopped in flip #4.
Warning 7 — Lap 252: #24-Gordon is smoking, is also a steering pump leak, Gordon experiences oil stress is okay.
Warning 6 — Lap 207: #43-Andretti lost an engine, #31-Gordon and #26-Kimmel spun within the oil between flip 3 and 4. Furthermore #41-Spencer and #24-Gordon had contact and moderately plenty hurt on the #24 slicing the tire down, Spencer and Gordon got collectively while searching to set away from the vehicles spinning in entrance of them.
Warning 5 — Lap 170: #11-Bodine had a tire proceed down and stopped on the be aware.
Warning 4 — Lap 101: #41-Spencer spun out and tapped the wall, no contact with any masses of car.
Warning 3 — Lap 73: #29-Kenny Wallace spun out in flip one after #4-Skinner got into Wallace when he came down from the upper groove and, Wallace drifted down the be aware, but no masses of vehicles have been racy. #41-Spencer was held within the pits for 15 seconds after a pit toll road member came onto pitroad too earlier, #26-Kimmel and #1-Park held for speeding. #55-Hamitlon took 2 tires ob his pit stay.
Warning 2 — Lap 50: #99-Burton and #21-Salder got collectively after Burton hit Sadler within the rear. #02-Sadler additionally spun right tedious the accident.
Warning 1 — Lap 26: for debris on the be aware, from #36-Schrader.NOTES: #45-Petty got into #1-Park who got into #4-Skinner who spun round on lap 425, but no yellow and all have been ready to power on, but Park had to arrive motivate in and procure fresh tires as the left entrance was lower down. Jerry Nadeau is standing by to sub for #24-Jeff Gordon as of lap 390. #12-Newman is within the garage rental on lap 265, oil is within the water and is losing fluid. #12-Newman‘s car is smoking and the oil temp is mountain climbing on lap 240. #29-Wallace presumably broke a sway bar which has brought on handling complications but him 10 laps tedious the leaders. On lap 173 stops, #88-Jarrett was held after pitting originate air his pit stall. On lap 145 #21-Salder spun after #97-Busch tapped him, but no yellow thrown. #25-Nadeau drifted up in opposition to the wall after #20-Stewart took the lead but recovered motivate into eighth on lap 120. The #2-Wallace and #20-Stewart got collectively but every went on, no yellow. #48-Johnson had some ignition complications round lap 35 and slowed down, but is motivate up to the ticket, but had to swap to the 2nd ignition and has to be aware out as there is not any such thing as a rev-limiter on the backup/2nd ignition. #36-Ken Schrader had a flat tire after making contact with #45-Petty and lost about a laps searching to procure into the pits and damaged the left rear of the automobile, alongside with a brake fire. #17-Kenseth pushed his grill in when he made contact with #77-Blaney. #71-Hillenburg goes to pits on lap 10 (clutch disadvantage) came out about a times but is now listed as out.
For results gape ThatsRacin.com or NASCAR.com.(4-14-2002) - Childress Statement: Statement from Richard Childress referring to NASCAR‘s “Parking” of Kevin Harvick: “NASCAR had to attain something in maintaining with Kevin‘s actions all around the Truck bustle the day prior to this, but I have their response was fully sinful. I essentially have now not considered the clip of Kevin‘s actions all around the Truck bustle so I’m in a position to‘t touch upon what he did. He has had complications within the Busch and Truck Series and had been on probation for his actions, however the decision to ‘park‘ him all around the Winston Cup bustle is sinful. NASCAR would possibly perchance silent set the actions and punishments separate to every assortment. This desires to be Kevin‘s punishment only, but what NASCAR is doing is punishing the tens of hundreds of bustle fans who potentially didn‘t know till they got to the be aware this morning that Kevin won‘t be allowed to bustle on the present time. NASCAR is additionally punishing the total No. 29 crew and all of Richard Childress Racing for one person‘s actions. NASCAR is additionally punishing GM Goodwrench Carrier, who has been nothing but true to RCR and the game for about a years. Right here’s only my figuring out. I will sit down with Kevin Monday morning to discuss what took place and how we are in a position to proceed from here.”(RCR PR)(4-14-2002)
- Harvick Parked for Martinsville, Kenny Wallace within the #29 for the bustle: Winston Cup driver #29-Kevin Harvick has been “parked” by NASCAR officers and is now not going to be allowed to power in Sunday‘s Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR officers confirmed Sunday morning. A formal announcement of the circulation is anticipated on the be aware Sunday morning. Kenny Wallace will power Harvick‘s #29 GM Goodwrench Chevy Sunday. He would must originate up on the rear of the self-discipline since he didn’t qualify the automobile. Harvick‘s “parking” — defined within the NASCAR rulebook as an emergency circulation that’s “final, non-appealable and non-reviewable” — comes in maintaining with NASCAR officers‘ query he park his truck after spinning Coy Gibbs in Saturday‘s CTS bustle at Martinsville. Harvick and Gibbs tangled on the be aware several times over the course of several laps. Gibbs spun Harvick one time exiting Turn 4. Following a warning on Lap 188, Harvick rammed Gibbs‘ rear bumper coming into Turn 1 and lastly spun him exiting Turn 2. NASCAR had ample, gloomy-flagged Harvick and parked him for the day. Harvick parked his #6 Chevy in entrance of the Truck assortment hauler blueprint pit toll road. He was instructed to file to the NASCAR hauler and met with assortment officers for almost 90 minutes following the bustle. Harvick was already below probation from his submit-bustle incident with Greg Biffle on the BGN bustle at Bristol final month. Harvick was fined $15,000 and placed on probation till Aug. 28. After Sunday‘s bustle, Harvick would possibly perchance receive a more outmoded suspension, which is also appealed below NASCAR strategies, sources acknowledged.(ThatsRacin.com), additionally gape NASCAR.com: The Buzz: Harvick suspension impending? and Harvick ordered to meet with NASCAR after incident. AND from the Kenny Wallace set: An emergency call sends Kenny Wallace to Martinsville. NASCAR and Richard Childress known as DEI to release Wallace for the Martinsville bustle. Wallace drove to Martinsville and is staying with bother Rusty for the night time.AND RacingOne.com experiences that a press conference with #29 car owner Richard Childress was scheduled for 9: 00am/et at Martinsville Speedway, while Harvick was to address the media at 10: 00am/et.AND NASCAR.com pronounces: Harvick now not allowed to power in Virginia 500: NASCAR‘s statement: “NASCAR officers have offered they’ve “parked” NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick till the conclusion of the Virginia 500 NASCAR Winston Cup occasion at Martinsville Speedway. Harvick, on probation following an incident at Bristol Motor Speedway March 23 for actions all over a NASCAR Busch Series occasion, was parked all over Saturday‘s Approach Auto Parts 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series occasion. That time has been prolonged, battling him, but now not the No. 29 RCR Winston Cup crew, from taking half by the completion of the occasion at Martinsville.”(4-14-2002)
- Groups Warned Against the employ of Traction Alter: NASCAR President Mike Helton offered a stern warning to Winston Cup drivers and crew chiefs all over their prerace meeting Sunday about employ of traction-regulate devices. Helton held up two such devices frail to forestall vehicles from spinning their rear wheels exiting turns as examples of what are on hand for expend. Helton acknowledged, nonetheless, NASCAR is now not going to tolerate their employ. “Every person, I have, understands our strategies and guidelines in regards to traction regulate. As a mode to police that, we have now got spent masses of time and money attempting to salvage ingredients and objects you‘ve been offered so we are in a position to resolve out what to perceive for,” he acknowledged. “There‘s now not famous we are in a position to attain to the folks who impact these objects to ascertain out to procure around the strategies. It‘s the crew chiefs and drivers we are in a position to react to when we discover these or if we ever salvage these in a car.”(ThatsRacin.com)(4-14-2002)
- Kimmel motivate at Talladega, but now not California: Frank Kimmel was interviewed on FSN‘s NASCAR This Morning by Winston Kelly and acknowledged he will power the #26 Haas Carter Motorsports Ford at Talladega, but will NOT power the automobile the next week at California Speedway as he has a dedication to the ARCA assortment in Salem, IN.(4-14-2002)
- DW to bustle more Truck races? about a experiences stamp Darrell Waltip asserting he’s consdiering working CTS races at Richmond and Indianapolis Raceway Park.(4-14-2002)
- DW and Petree have now not easy luck in CTS bustle at Martinsville: #17-Darrell Waltrip carried out 34th with a broken rear stay and #33-Andy Petree carried out 31st after an accident took him out.(4-14-2002)
- Setzer comes from the motivate to procure at Martinsville: #46-Dennis Setzer beat #16-Mike Bliss by .422 seconds to procure the Approach Auto Parts 250 at Martinsville Speedway — and now holds the memoir for coming from the farthest motivate within the self-discipline to procure a assortment bustle (he started 33rd). It was Setzer‘s seventh assortment procure and first since a hit at Memphis final June. He additionally turned the fourth driver in assortment historical past to procure now not lower than one bustle for five-consecutive seasons. #14-Rick Crawford was third, #08-Bobby Dotter was fourth and #29-Terry Cook dinner rounded out the stay five. #18-Robert Pressley took over the assortment points lead, retaining a 20-level edge over #1-Ted Musgrave. Setzer within the origin was going to originate up from the fourth situation, but his qualifying tempo was disallowed after a left-entrance spring exceeding most height was stumbled on on his #46 Chevy. He had to discover a provisional and started 33rd.(ThatsRacin.com)(4-14-2002)
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April 14, 2001
- Seat Belt Lower? on Friday‘s RPM 2Night(ESPN2) and the ESPN Site, it is being reported that — Bill Simpson claims a fan has arrive forward with video showing Earnhardt being lower from his seat belt. Simpson, founder and chairman of Simpson Efficiency Products, which made the seat belt Earnhardt was sporting all over his lethal fracture on the Daytona 500 on Feb. 18, instructed ESPN radio‘s Jack Arute that a fan despatched him the video of the fracture. Per Simpson, he believes the video displays that an EMT lower the seat belt. “Since this entire thing has surfaced and since NASCAR did their press conference, there‘s a spectator that has arrive foward with videotape and it clearly displays an EMT coming into into the automobile with a knife — and that‘s what it looked choose to me — treasure it had been lower,” acknowledged Simpson. “I essentially have a reproduction of it now and it‘s out being enhanced for the time being.” After Dale Earnhardt died at Daytona, NASCAR reported that a broken seat belt was stumbled on in Earnhardt‘s car. However, earlier this week, an self sustaining doctor who viewed submit-mortem photos made the claim that a broken seat belt didn’t plight off Earnhardt‘s demise. Extra on the ESPN set(4-14-2001)
- Schrader wins ARCA bustle at Nashville: Winston Cup driver Ken Schrader captured the ARCA RE/MAX Series PFG Lester 150, the inaugural bustle at Nashville Superspeedway. Schrader, who recently drove in his 500th profession Winston Cup bustle, took the lead for upright with lower than 15 laps to head and held on to beat Frank Kimmel and Shawna Robinson within the 113-lap bustle. Officials with Dover Downs Leisure, which operates the be aware, didn’t release an attendance resolve for the day prior to this‘s bustle. However media covering the bustle estimated the crew at round 20,000.(Tennessean)(4-14-2001)
- TV Data: Fox Again Pre-Empting NASCAR for Actress with Silicone Implants; #1 TV Market within the U.S. Obtained‘t Gain Talladega Busch Bustle First it was FX deciding to pre-empt are living NASCAR qualifying for Tori Spelling and “Beverly Hills 90210.” Now, fans in Recent York are going to be treated to Pamela Anderson and “V.I.P” as a substitute of the Busch bustle in Talladega. On Saturday, April 21, WNYW in Recent York will broadcast the Yankees sport are living as a substitute of the Busch bustle. Alternatively, the native Fox braintrust then determined to now not even demonstrate the Busch bustle on tape delay after the Yankees sport, regardless of a 3-hour window. As an alternative, viewers will procure a rerun of the “X Recordsdata” and syndicated displays “Sheena” and “V.I.P.” (more data at MotorsportsTV) AND Boston Fans Caught with Delays; Getting No Sympathy One amongst essentially the most up to this level TV subjects shining now is the delays that Fox is giving NASCAR fans in Boston on WFXT. Test up on the fat memoir at MotorsportsTV.com: Boston Fans Caught with Delays; Getting No Sympathy; and from the Boston Herald: Lee, `Gerbil‘ at odds by Jim Baker; and gape a RacingOne column: Second-Class Fans by Richard Huff(4-14-2001)
- Biffle Wins at Nashville: #60-Greg Biffle won the inaugural Pepsi 300 at Nashville for his first profession BGN victory. #57-Jason Keller was 2nd. Test up on NASCAR.com for results(4-14-2001)
- Harvick Wins Pole: #2-Kevin Harvick won the pole for the first ever BGN bustle at Nashville Superspeedway working a lap of 159.678mph. #10-Jeff Green was 2nd at 158.481mph.(That‘s Racin‘). Harvick was the single BGN driver to ascertain at Nashville(4-14-2001)
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April 14, 2000
- Recent Yates Sponsor in 2001? UPDATE 3: Dale Jarrett will it seems have a brand fresh sponsor subsequent season on the #88 Robert Yates owned Ford. UPS(United Parcel Carrier), supposedly a $15 million or $16 million sponsorship deal, sources acknowledged. Ford‘s Quality Care sponsorship would likely transfer to a Jack Roush crew, in maintaining with PitNow sources(PitNow)(4-3-2000)
UPDATE: I hear from a upright source that Robert Yates Racing(RYR) is working with Ford to continue it‘s relationship/sponsorship with the #88 and are working with UPS on an accomplice sponsorship on the #28 Texaco Ford(4-4-2000)
UPDATE 2: Rumors recently surfaced that Robert Yates was alive to on a swap from Ford Credit to UPS as most famous sponsor for the Dale Jarrett #88 bustle crew in 2001. The more likely scenario here is that UPS, who has been itching to procure into Winston Cup racing with a exact crew for roughly a twelve months, will arrive on board as an accomplice sponsor on one or BOTH Yates Racing Fords(Inner Motorsports)(4-9-2000)
UPDATE 3: This weeks Winston Cup Scene Magazine experiences that UPS is talking to Yates and Roush Racing about sponsoring a car. #28 and #88 owner Robert Yates confirmed he’s talking to UPS but wouldn‘t order if it was for an accomplice or most famous deal for one or every vehicles. Yates address Ford Quality Care is finished on the stay of the 2000 season. Roush Racing acknowledged they’d casual talks but that was it and that Roush Racing is working on renewals with Valvoline and John Deere for the #6 and #97 groups(4-14-2000) - #75 Crew Chief? UPDATE 2 no Talladega? Listening to Mike Hillman will protect conclude the crew chief duties on the #75 Galaxy Motorsports Ford and driver Wally Dallenbach. Hillman has been working with the #91 Joe Falk crew(4-10-2000)
UPDATE: Mike Hillman was supposedly offered a job by the #75 crew BUT turned down the job and is staying with the #91 LJ Racing crew(4-13-2000)
UPDATE 2: This weeks Winston Cup Scene Magazine experiences that if no crew chief is in recount, the crew MAY skip the bustle at Talladega and regroup for Califnornia in two weeks(4-14-2000) - Recent Fire Suit: Bill Simpson, surely one of racing‘s high safety specialists, is having a investigate cross-take a look at at some fresh firesuit cloth known as CarbonX, a fireproof carbon fiber lightweight weave(PitNow)(4-14-2000)
- About a notes: The #15 Ford with Ted Musgrave using is White with a gentle blue stripe down the center of the automobile and gentle-weight blue numerals on the doors. #6-Imprint Martin has the Eagle One plan as famed sooner than, mostly gloomy with some orange(4-14-2000)
- #13 Recent GM: #13 Crew Gordon and Robby Gordon offered that Richard Buck has been employed as Long-established Manager, efficient with this weekend‘s Die Hard 500 at Talladega. Buck fills a famous-wished situation at Crew Gordon, bringing 20 years of expertise within the CART IndyCar Series with him, essentially the most critical of which, his years at Crew Penske Racing the set as crew chief he accrued 25 pole positions, 22 bustle victories, 5 Indy 500 victories, 2 CART Series Championships, 6 pit stay championships, as effectively being awarded “Chief Mechanic of the Year” honors twice. Buck will discover care of your entire day-to-day duties at Crew Gordon. Before this week, Buck had been working with Crew Gordon on an exploratory stage, attending to perceive the crew and the areas in which he desires to focal level. And while he‘s spent his profession within the originate-wheel ranks, Buck is posthaste to acknowledge that racing is racing and the map back of orchestrating a marvelous operation is identical it is now not relevant what assortment a crew competes (Crew Gordon PR)(4-14-2000)
- #200: Mike McLaughlin and Randy LaJoie will compose their 200th profession NASCAR Busch Series begins at Talladega(4-14-2000)
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April 14, 1999
- Attempting out: I hear the #23 Winston Crew with Jimmy Spencer, Darrell Waltrip within the #66, Chad Minute within the #97 and #75-Ted Musgrave are testing at Greenville-Pickens Speedway on the present time in preparation for Martinsville this weekend. Furthermore #58-Ricky Craven and #2-Rusty Wallace examined there on the present time(4-14-1999)
- #78 Done? UPDATE 1: Listening to the #78 Triad Motorsports crew is closing it‘s doors. Driver Gary Bradberry was instructed he was free to perceive in other areas about a weeks ago. No map what Hut Stricklin‘s plans are(4-13-1999) — UPDATE 1: I now hear the crew has now not closed up and is having a investigate cross-take a look at at some sponsor potentialities(4-14-1999)
- Derby Car: Jeremy Mayfield will oversee the ribbon slicing ceremony for a commemorative 125th Kentucky Derby-theme car that he will power at California on Would perchance perhaps presumably also 2. The ribbon slicing ceremony will happen at 12pm/et on Thursday, April 29 of Kentucky Derby Week, within the Clubhouse Gardens of historical Churchill Downs. Following the ceremony the automobile will be transported to downtown Louisville the set it help as phase of the Kentucky Derby Competition‘s annual Pegasus Parade. The #12 Mobil 1 Taurus, that will be driven by Mayfield, a native of Owensboro, KY, was designed as a tribute to the milestone 125th Kentucky Derby by a masses of partnership of Churchill Downs, Motion Efficiency Companies, Inc., Penske-Kranefuss Racing and Mobil Oil Corporation. The car‘s procure points a Kentucky Derby-impressed paint plan total with the image of a Thoroughbred and the 125th Kentucky Derby emblem over the rear quarter panels. Motorsports Global Corp., the pleasurable trackside provider of Mobil 1 Racing/ Penske-Kranefuss Racing/ Jeremy Mayfield #12 car merchandise, will provide a total line of attire objects, souvenirs and collectibles completely the least bit NASCAR Winston Cup races, racing memento strong level stores and by mail utter(William Co) additionally gape some photos of the automobile at Jayski‘s Paint Plot Gallery from the announcement about a weeks ago(4-14-1999)
- GM Talladega Attempting out Day One UPDATE 1: Bobby Hillin stepped in for Jeff Gordon and examined the #24 DuPont Chevy. Mike Skinner had Mike Dillon subbing within the #31 Lowes Chevy. The tip six speeds: #40-Marlin 195.376mph; #24-Hillin 195.369; #5-Labonte 194.362; #7-Waltrip 194.196; #3-Earnhardt 194.168; and #42-Nemechek 194.166. Twenty five groups are testing with Thirty five vehicles(WC At the present time Radio and RPM2Nite)(4-13-1999) — UPDATE 1: Salubrious Marlin topped 196mph all over testing Tuesday. The tip five: #40-Marlin 196.709; #24-Hillin 195.389; #5- Labonte 194.362; #7-Waltrip 194.212; and #3-Earnhardt 194.188. Test up on the speeds of 27 drivers at SpeedNet(4-14-1999)
- 300th originate up: Ernie Irvan will compose his 300th profession Winston Cup originate up at Martinsville on April 18th(4-6-1999) — gape a TNN memoir at Irvan Turns Dream Into Actuality(4-14-1999)
- #27 CTS Alternate?: Listening to that driver Ernie Cope would possibly perchance proceed away the #27 Hastings Top charge Filters Ford Truck crew to search crew chief alternatives with one more CTS crew. No longer fine if the masses of driver for the truck, Capture Rizzo, will discover over or what the crew‘s plans are(4-12-1999)
- Query/Premiere Crew Chief: Australian Walter Giles has been named crew chief for the NASCAR BGN Premiere Motorsports #68 Ford driven by Freddie Query(PR)(4-14-1999)
- Giant Shake Up UPDATE 2: on the #38 and #98 groups as co-owners Bob Sutton and Brad Akins have determined to dissolve their partnership, leaving the crew in an undecided situation. No motive was given for the spoil up(RPM2Nite)(4-12-1999) — UPDATE 1: Georgia businessman Brad Akins, co-owner of Akins/Sutton Motorsports, has assumed the management of the each day operations of Akins/Sutton Motorsports. Bob Sutton has been relieved of his day-to-day duties with the group. The firm will continue to self-discipline vehicles within the NASCAR Busch Series with drivers Elton Sawyer and Glenn Allen. “I made this trade because I turned acutely aware that there have been trade practices going on that have been now not in maintaining with the components I essentially have for my masses of companies,” Akins acknowledged. “I believed the lengthy-time frame objectives of this firm would now not be met if we endured the practices that have been currently implemented, so I elected to protect conclude total regulate of the firm. I will continue present the toughen for the efforts of those groups as they contend for the championship and bustle wins,” Akins acknowledged.(Keystome Marketing PR)(4-13-1999) — and the crew is transferring to a brand fresh shop this week and they’re going to employ Chevy‘s at Talladega(as they did in Daytona) and enact the season in Fords(4-14-1999)
- Smith Brothers Motorsports Data: Bill Moore of Denver, N.C. has joined Smith Brothers Motorsports and driver Skip Smith to motivate lead their BGN efforts in 1999. Moore will help as Supervising Technical Consultant for Smith Brothers. Working hand-in-hand with crew chief Terry Hess, Moore‘s accountability will be chassis plight up, crew group and bustle day approach. Moore has more that 10 years expertise on the NASCAR Busch and Winston Cup Series ranges. His originate up within the NASCAR Busch Series came in 1988, working with driver Patty Moise. A form of groups and drivers Moore has served consist of: Kenny Wallace,, Kyle Petty, Salubrious Marlin (Stavola Brothers), Brett Bodine (King Racing), Rick Mast (Precision Racing Products) and Jasper Motorsports. In preparation for BGN circulation at Talladega on April 24th, Smith Brothers Motorsports examined on the 2.66 mile oval on Sunday (April 11th) and Monday (April 12th). Crew owner Mike Smith was very delighted with the crew‘s first day of testing and says he‘s origin to investigate cross-take a look at some gentle on the stay of the tunnel. Driver Skip Smith turned laps effectively into the 189 m.p.h. differ and the crew is confident for the upcoming bustle at Talladega Superspeedway(Raceitcom PR)(4-14-1999)
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April 14, 1998
- From the Imprint Martin NASCAR On-line chat 4-14: Imprint Martin will be working a masses of car for the Winston, as effectively as the July 4th Pepsi 400 at Daytona. It’ll be a masses of sponsor for every of those races. So it won‘t be right a colour or paint job plan, this is in a position to also be a masses of product on the automobile.(NASCAR On-line), no map who the sponsors is also at this time.(4-14-98)
- I hear Bob Dell, Long-established Manager of the #77 Jasper Engines Ford crew has left the crew and that Mike Rompf, Public Relatives was released.(4-14-98)
- Department Monetary institution and Believe(BB&T), a subsidiary of Southern Nationwide Corporation will be an accomplice sponsor on the #91 LJ Racing Chevy this weekend at Martinsville.(LJ Racing Web pages)(4-13-98)
- Todd Wilkerson, the crew supervisor for Imprint Green‘s No. 37 Trees Wolf Chevrolet, had marvelous surgical plan in Owensboro, Ky., Tuesday to have pins inserted in his left wrist, which was fractured in an accident on pit toll road within the Busch assortment bustle at Hickory Motor Speedway final Saturday. Wilkerson was injured when a car(Kevin Grubb) spun onto pit toll road and hit the pit box on which Wilkerson was sitting, throwing him to the flooring. He additionally suffered a fractured left elbow.(Document and Data On-line)(4-14-98)
- Attempting out additionally endured at Talladega after quite of a rain delay. Salubrious Marlin, Joe Nemechek(BGN & WC) and Elton Sawyer examined SABCO vehicles, Dennis Setzer examined the #89 Elliott Ford(no sponsor considered), Kenny Schrader(#33), Ernie Irvan(#36), Kenny Irwin(#28), Dick Trickle(#90), Kenny wallace(#81), Gary Bradberry(#78), Mike Dillon(#3 Earnhardt chevy), Johnny Benson(#26), Brett Bodine(#11) and Matt Kennseth(#60). Furthermore Robby Reiser, who owns Kenseth‘s BGN crew will server as crew chief for Kenseth‘s Cup debut at Talladega.(WC At the present time and NASCAR At the present time Radio)(4-14-98)
- Attempting out endured at Greenville-Pickens(SC) Speedway on the present time with Jeremy Mayfield( #12) and Jimmy Spencer (#23) testing once the rain let up. Attempting out continues Wednesday with Steve Grissom(#41), Successfully off Bickle(#98), Todd Bodine(#35) and Robert Pressley(#77).(MRM)(4-14-98)
- Vic Kangas mature crew chief of the #91 LJ Racing Chevy in Cup and resently the crew chief for Ricky Craven‘s BGN crew has been named the crew chief for the BGN #33 BACE Motorsports Kleenex Chevy taking on for Butch Enders who left after Hickory.(NASCAR On-line)(4-14-98)
- Lyndon Amick, driver of the #35 BGN Pontiac would possibly perchance swap over to Chevy‘s soon. He examined a chevy at Charlotte recently and was very delighted with the Chevy‘s efficiency.(RPM2Nite)(4-14-98)
- I hear that 19 twelve months mature BGN driver Kevin Grubb is becoming a ‘hot commodity and that after his old few qualifying efforts that Grubb has been approached by at least three BGN owners to power their vehicles.(4-14-98)
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April 14, 1997
- As rumored sooner than, Jeff Green and Diamond Ridge map on transferring to Winston Cup from BGN in 1998. That’s one motive it is taking some time to originate sponsorship as they need a sponsor that will elevate over to the Cup crew in 1998(4-14-97)
- Geoff Bodine was fined $10,000 by NASCAR. For his on the be aware incidents with Jimmy Spencer and for his feedback after the closing incident. After the closing altercation with Spencer, Geoff Bodine was instructed by NASCAR to park the automobile(4-14-97)
- The Food Metropolis 500 at Bristol this past weekend tied a memoir for essentially the most cautions in a WC assortment occasion with the yellow flag popping out 20 times, tying the ticket at Bristol in 1989. The beginning self-discipline at Bristol frail to be plight at 36 vehicles, but a trade within the NASCAR strategies, which permits up to 43 vehicles within the self-discipline for any bustle, allowed essentially the most to originate up this twelve months‘s occasion. The warning flag flew for 132 laps(4-14-97)
- Extra from the NASCAR Fansite Newsletter: Daytona and Talladega changes approaching near, demand there to be some changes on the Superspeedways. Rumor is that there’ll be spoiler and restrictor plate changes for all groups. The aim is to ascertain out to place the racing more within the hands of the driver. Rumors consist of up to a 1″ restrictor plate and spoilers from 3 to 3 3/4″.(4-14-97)
- I hear BGNN driver Richard Messier will bustle WC at NHIS, Pocono and Watkins Glen this twelve months. Supposedly will power the Verres Racing #67 Winston Cup car, with presumably a fat time time table for Winston Cup racing in 1998(4-14-97)
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