I’m running late this morning, but here’s what I was able to put together… NASCAR stock car racing news from today’s Stock Car Gazette.
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Mondays are always harried… just had time for the major stuff this morning, but will be back (the good Lord willing) with a better edition for tomorrow morning. Thanks to Heather for the weekend editions to keep you folks in the loop.
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Track Trash – Joliet Prison
by: Racing Maniac
I’ll say it again. “I’ve got just one word to describe 99% of the race……. B.O.R.I.N.G.”
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Kyle Busch Continues Winning Ways, Takes Checkers in Chicago Nationwide Race
by: Thomas Chemris
Joe Gibbs Racing, and Toyota continue to dominate the NASCAR Nationwide series as Kyle Busch won the Dollar General 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway in Jolliet Illinois.
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Kyle Busch makes it 7 Cup wins at Chicagoland
Kyle Busch got stuck in the infield mud after his dramatic late-race pass edged Jimmie Johnson in Saturday night’s LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. The mud was about the only thing that could slow Busch all weekend as he completed his first Sprint Cup/Nationwide Series sweep of the season. In winning his seventh Sprint Cup race of [...]
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New NASCAR testing proposal
NASCAR handed teams a draft of a new testing policy Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway. The sanctioning body will take more input from teams before finalizing it. The proposal gives each organization 24 test days at tracks where the Sprint Cup teams compete, with a maximum of two cars per test. All of the team’s drivers can [...]
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Empty seats at Daytona? It’s just one of the plagues NASCAR must deal with during the rest of this season
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Commercial breakdown for the LifeLock.com 400
# Total number of commercials: 115
# Total number of companies or entities advertised: 53
# Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 29
# Total number of magic tricks: 1
# Total number of focuses on Kyle Petty’s tie: 1
# Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 16
# Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 7 min. 40 sec.
# Start time to record race/commercial periods: 8:00 PM
# End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:17 PM
# Total minutes: 197
# Minutes of race broadcast: 140
# Minutes of commercials: 57
# Number of missed restarts: 1
# Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0….MORE AT….(cawsnjaws.com)
Kyle Busch Wins At Chicago
Kyle Busch keeps rolling up the numbers. On the final restart of the Lifelock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, Jimmie Johnson was leading with two laps to go but second place driver Kyle Busch, stayed on Johnson’s bumper. It was a great start for Busch, who had been leading for much of the night (165 of the 267 laps), and Busch drove around Johnson when Johnson left the top side of the track open. Busch took advantage of the opening and passed Johnson with one lap to go. He held Johnson off from there, winning his seventh Sprint Cup Series race of the season. It was his eleventh career victory in Busch’s 133 race career. Busch also extended his points lead to 262 over Dale Earnhardt Jr. “I gave up on myself,” Busch said after the race. “I just didn’t think I could do that. I’ve watched Jimmie do that several times. I don’t know how I did it. I pushed Jimmie to go. This is a dream season, man, I just cannot believe this.”
Busch has now won a total of 14 races this year — in all three series. He has seven victories in the Sprint Cup Series, five in the Nationwide Series and two wins in the Craftsman Truck Series. Kevin Harvick finished in the third spot and Greg Biffle was fourth. Tony Stewart finally had a top-five finish, bringing his Gibbs Racing Toyota home in fifth place followed by Brian Vickers, Matt Kenseth, David Ragan, Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Newman to round out the top ten. The Sprint Cup Series is off next week but returns to action on July 27th, 200 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. The race is scheduled to start at 1:00 PM / Eastern Time on ESPN. The race will also be broadcast live on SIRIUS Satellite Radio Channel 128.
2008 LifeLock.com 400 Final Results
Race Date July 12, 2008
Chicagoland Speedway
Pos Start Car Driver Make Sponsor Points/Bonus/Laps/Status
1 1 18 Kyle Busch ** Toyota M&M’s 195/10 267 Running
2 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 175/5 267 Running
3 13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell/Pennzoil 165/0 267 Running
4 11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 165/5 267 Running
5 12 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 160/5 267 Running
6 15 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 155/5 267 Running
7 9 17 Matt Kenseth Ford USG Sheetrock 151/5 267 Running
8 14 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance 142/0 267 Running
9 19 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Cub Cadet 143/5 267 Running
10 17 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Kodak/The Mummy 134/0 267 Running
11 6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Nicorette/DuPont 135/5 267 Running
12 26 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy/Garmin 127/0 267 Running
13 39 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 124/0 267 Running
14 29 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS 121/0 267 Running
15 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet AMP Energy/National Guard 118/0 267 Running
16 8 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 115/0 267 Running
17 16 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 112/0 267 Running
18 3 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 109/0 267 Running
19 22 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Juicy Fruit Slim Pack 106/0 267 Running
20 38 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet Haas Automation 103/0 267 Running
21 24 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 100/0 267 Running
22 10 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 97/0 267 Running
23 40 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV 94/0 267 Running
24 30 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 91/0 267 Running
25 27 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Quaker State/Menards 88/0 267 Running
26 43 70 Jason Leffler Chevrolet Haas Automation 85/0 267 Running
27 31 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Jim Beam/SaveOurName.com 82/0 267 Running
28 18 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 84/5 267 Running
29 20 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios Betty Crocker 76/0 267 Running
30 42 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge LifeLock 73/0 265 Running
31 32 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target/Maxwell House 70/0 265 Running
32 4 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 72/5 265 Running
33 25 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet CARQUEST/Kellogg’s 64/0 265 Running
34 33 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet DEI/Principal Financial 61/0 265 Running
35 37 21 Bill Elliott Ford U.S. Air Force 58/0 265 Running
36 28 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 55/0 264 Running
37 35 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Mobil 1 52/0 263 Running
38 36 45 Terry Labonte Dodge Marathon American Spirit 49/0 263 Running
39 41 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 46/0 263 Running
40 7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 43/0 262 Running
41 21 28 Travis Kvapil Ford FreeCreditReport.com 40/0 260 Running
42 23 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 37/0 259 In Pit
43 34 00 Michael McDowell * Toyota Champion Mortgage 34/0 258 Running
** Led Most Laps
* Rookies
All Results Unofficial
2008 Top-40 Sprint Cup Points After LifeLock.com 400
Race Date July 12, 2008
Chicagoland Speedway
POS +/- DRIVER POINTS/BEHIND/STARTS/POLES/WINS/TOP 5/TOP 10
1 — Kyle Busch 2881 19 2 7 12 13
2 — Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2619 -262 19 1 1 7 12
3 — Jeff Burton 2590 -291 19 0 1 4 10
4 — Carl Edwards 2509 -372 19 0 3 7 13
5 — Jimmie Johnson 2494 -387 19 1 1 5 9
6 — Jeff Gordon 2384 -497 19 2 0 7 8
7 +4 Greg Biffle 2318 -563 19 2 0 6 8
8 +1 Matt Kenseth 2317 -564 19 0 0 4 12
9 +4 Kevin Harvick 2308 -573 19 0 0 3 6
10 +2 Tony Stewart 2305 -576 19 0 0 6 9
11 -3 Kasey Kahne 2295 -586 19 2 2 3 9
12 -5 Denny Hamlin 2283 -598 19 1 1 5 9
Top 12 Drivers In The Running For The Chase For The Championship
13 -3 Clint Bowyer 2256 -625 19 0 1 4 9
14 +1 Brian Vickers 2188 -693 19 0 0 3 5
15 -1 David Ragan 2185 -696 19 0 0 3 6
16 — Ryan Newman 2094 -787 19 1 1 2 7
17 +1 Martin Truex Jr. 2050 -831 19 0 0 2 6
18 -1 Kurt Busch 2038 -843 19 0 1 3 4
19 — Bobby Labonte 1905 -976 19 0 0 0 1
20 +1 Juan Montoya 1863 -1018 19 0 0 1 2
21 -1 Travis Kvapil 1841 -1040 19 0 0 0 3
22 +1 Jamie McMurray 1823 -1058 19 0 0 0 3
23 +2 Elliott Sadler 1794 -1087 19 0 0 1 4
24 — Casey Mears 1782 -1099 19 0 0 1 4
25 -3 David Gilliland 1772 -1109 19 0 0 1 2
26 — Paul Menard 1727 -1154 19 1 0 0 0
27 — David Reutimann 1717 -1164 19 0 0 0 1
28 — Mark Martin 1683 -1198 14 0 0 2 6
29 +1 Robby Gordon 1572 -1309 19 0 0 0 2
30 -1 Michael Waltrip 1563 -1318 19 0 0 1 1
31 — Dave Blaney 1563 -1318 18 0 0 0 2
32 — Reed Sorenson 1496 -1385 18 0 0 1 2
33 — Sam Hornish Jr.* 1422 -1459 19 0 0 0 0
34 — Regan Smith* 1421 -1460 18 0 0 0 0
35 — Scott Riggs 1314 -1567 17 0 0 0 0
36 +2 J.J. Yeley 1138 -1743 15 0 0 1 1
37 — Patrick Carpentier* 1121 -1760 16 1 0 0 0
38 -2 Joe Nemechek 1107 -1774 16 1 0 0 0
39 — Michael McDowell* 955 -1926 14 0 0 0 0
40 — A.J. Allmendinger 851 -2030 11 0 0 0 0
* Rookies
BAM Says No Political Ads
BAM Racing officials say that there will be no sponsorship for the team from presidential candidate Barack Obama, or any candidate for that matter. A commentary on SI. com this week reported the potential sponsorship relationship with the team, but BAM officials issued a statement Saturday saying that the story was a bit premature and that the team would not be seeking sponsorship from candidates. Team owner Beth Ann Morgenthau issued a news release with the following statement: “An independent agent, knowing BAM Racing was seeking corporate sponsorship to return to the track, requested permission to connect BAM Racing with all three presidential campaigns. BAM agreed to explore the options. The same independent agent, referred to as ‘a BAM spokesperson’ in the recent Sports Illustrated article, ‘revealed’ what was only tentative, exploratory talks. BAM Racing has decided to heed the advice of the overwhelming response by fans to keep politics out of racing and continue to focus on several other exciting sponsorships soon to be announced.”
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Chicago Race Fast Facts:
.. Kyle Busch won the LifeLock.com 400, his 11th victory in 133 Sprint Cup Series races.
.. This is his seventh victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2008.
.. This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in four races at Chicagoland Speedway.
.. Jimmie Johnson (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in seven races at Chicago. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2008.
.. Kevin Harvick (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in eight races at Chicago.
.. Patrick Carpentier (30th) was the highest finishing rookie.
.. Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 262 points over Dale Earnhardt Jr.
.. This is the first weekend sweep since Busch won the Sprint Cup and Craftsman Truck Series races at Atlanta in March of this year. It is the first Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series weekend sweep since Busch won both at Phoenix last November.
.. The Busch brothers have now won four consecutive races: Kyle (three) and Kurt (one). The last time that four brothers won four straight was by Tim (three) and Fonty (one) Flock between Sept. 11 and Oct. 6, 1955. Twice before that four consecutive races had been won by brothers: all three Flock brothers Tim (two), Bob (one) and Fonty (one) combined for four straight wins between July 20 and Sept. 1, 1952; while Herb (three) and Donald (one) Thomas combined to win the final four races of that season.(NASCAR Statistics)(7-12-2008)
Evernham, Said, Massaro on NASCAR Now Monday Roundtable: ESPN analyst and three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion crew chief Ray Evernham will appear on the weekly roundtable discussion on NASCAR Now, ESPN2′s daily NASCAR news and information show, Monday, July 14, at 5:30pm/et. NASCAR driver Boris Said, also a NASCAR Now analyst, and ESPN pit reporter Mike Massaro also join host Allen Bestwick in an hour-long discussion of the latest NASCAR news.
Kyle Petty Charity Ride Gets Underway: Kyle Petty kicked off his fourteenth Chick-fil-A Charity motorcycle Ride Across America on Sunday. The annual Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America raises funds for charities that support chronically ill children and engages celebrities, ride sponsors, motorcycle enthusiasts and fans. Since 1995, more than 5,700 riders have logged 7.2 million cumulative motorcycle miles and donated more than $10.5 million to children’s charities. Sunday’s route was scheduled to began in Traverse City, MI and end at Elkhart Lake, WI.(7-14-2008)
Gibbs wants to keep team in the family: Joe Gibbs says he’s not about to join the trend of offering ownership in his race team in order to retain drivers. Tony Stewart received 50% ownership in making the jump from Joe Gibbs Racing to Stewart Haas Racing. Drivers Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards (who re-signed with Roush Fenway Racing) and Ryan Newman (entertaining offers for 2009) say they’ve received offers that include a share of team ownership. But JGR is a family operation, and Gibbs, the family patriarch, says he plans to keep it that way. “We have eight grandchildren,” Gibbs said. “I’m not worried about (sons) J.D. or Coy. But (the business) is going to be for the grandkids if I have anything to say about it.”(USA Today)(7-14-2008)
Carpentier gets a sponsor for 2 Cup races: Gillett Evernham Motorsports has a new sponsor for #10-Patrick Carpentier. “Tow Truck in a Box” will appear as the sponsor during 2 Sprint Cup races and 1 Nationwidse race. Micahel Mann, CEO of Porter Prescott (manufacturer of Tow Truck in a Box) was at Chicagland Speedway to sign the agreement. Tow Truck in a Box will appear on the car at Michigan and Talladega in the Nextel Cup Series and the Nationwide Watkins Glen race.(translated from Canoe Sports via Google Translate)(7-14-2008)
Windshear to hold grand opening Tuesday: Windshear Inc., located in Concord, N.C., will hold a grand opening event on Thursday, July 17, at 4:00pm/et. Windshear operates the only commercially available full-scale, single-belt, rolling road wind tunnel in the world. The firm’s clients include top-level motorsports organizations and auto manufacturers. Remarks will be given by the following: Bob Murray, Haas Automation General Manager; Jay White, Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners Chair; Gene Byrd, NC Department of Commerce; Scott Padgett, Concord Mayor; and Jeff Bordner, Windshear General Manager. A grand opening celebrating the launch of the only commercial 180-mph hour rolling road wind tunnel in North America will be held at Windshear Inc. located at 1050 Ivey Cline Road, Concord, N.C., 28027. Windshear Inc., an independent subsidiary of California-based Haas Automation, will be opening its wind tunnel to customers officially at the end of July. This celebration and event will allow those connected to the motorsports industry, as well as federal, state and local officials, to tour the facility and learn how it will enhance North Carolina’s robust motorsports sector.(Windshear PR), more info at windshearinc.com.(7-14-2008)
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Budweiser bought: Anheuser-Busch reportedly has agreed to be acquired by Belgian brewer InBev for about $52 billion. The deal being reported by The Wall Street Journal would create the world’s largest brewer and put the iconic American beer maker in the hands of the Belgian-based company behind Stella Artois and Beck’s beers. The newspaper cited anonymous sources who said Anheuser-Busch-InBev would be the new company’s name and Anheuser would have two seats on the company board.(CNN Money), No word on how or if this will effect the sponsorship of Kasey Kahne and the #9 GEM Dodge.(7-14-2008)
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Busch wins at Chicagoland: With a commanding lead, #18-Kyle Busch took the checkers for the fifth time this season winning the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Busch led twice for a total of 101 laps. It was the 13th win for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008. Rounding out the top ten were #32-Denny Hamlin, #88-Brad Keselowski, #10-Brian Vickers, #99- David Reutimann, #16-Greg Biffle, #2-Clint Bowyer, #29-Jeff Burton, #20-Tony Stewart, #5-Landon Cassill. There were 7 lead changes among 5 drivers and 3 caution flags for 15 laps.
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Bowyer continues as points leader: #2-Clint Bowyer continues to lead the drivers point standings with 2965 following the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland, 183 ahead of #88-Brad Keselowski in second place. Rounding out the top ten are #99-David Reutimann, #60-Carl Edwards, #18-Kyle Busch, #6-David Ragan, #1-Mike Bliss, #7-Mike Wallace, #64-David Stremme, #11-Jason Keller. Complete driver point standings are posted on the Chicago Race Page.(Unofficial)(7-11-2008)
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Tow Truck in a Box Sponsoring GEM at Watkins Glen: Gillett Evernham Motorsports has a new sponsor for #10-Patrick Carpentier. “Tow Truck in a Box” will appear as the sponsor during 2 Sprint Cup races and 1 Nationwidse race. Micahel Mann, CEO of Porter Prescott (manufacturer of Tow Truck in a Box) was at Chicagland Speedway to sign the agreement. Tow Truck in a Box will appear on the car at Michigan and Talladega in the Nextel Cup Series and the Nationwide Watkins Glen race.(translated from Canoe Sports via Google Translate)(7-14-2008)
NASCAR confiscates Edwards’ brake calipers: NASCAR confiscated the brake calipers from the Roush Fenway Racing car of Carl Edwards following the Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 Friday night at Chicagoland Speedway. The calipers were not on NASCAR’s list of approved parts, a NASCAR spokesman said late Friday night. Edwards finished 16th.(SceneDaily.com)(7-12-2008)
Navy officials have decided to pull the plug on their support for a NASCAR racing team after seven seasons and concentrate instead on other types of advertising products. The decision on whether to go ahead with another year of the $7.5 million sponsorship was due on July 1. [Spokesman for the Navy’s chief of personnel in Arlington, Va. Capt. Jack] Hanzlick … says the move does not impact the Navy’s other contract with Earnhardt, a separate $800,000 deal in which the driver made fleet and other appearances for the Navy and agreed to “sponsor” a recruit division at Great Lakes that will form up in August and go through training with Earnhardt paying periodic visits to the recruits as they become sailors. In addition to Earnhardt’s own fee, the Navy also paid $1.7 million in advertising placement costs to help get the word out.(Navy Times)(7-12-2008)
NASCAR officials took 10 engines from Nationwide Series cars amid clamor from non-Toyota teams claiming they need help engine-wise to compete with the Toyotas. It was the third time this year that NASCAR has taken engines for evaluation. It did so at Atlanta in March and Milwaukee two weeks ago. Toyota has won 14 races in the series this year, while Chevy has won four and Ford has won two. “We’re continuing our study on our competitive analysis and trying to balance the competition in the garage, which we’re kind of tasked to do,” Nationwide Series Director Joe Balash said following the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. “There’s a lot of rumor in the garage where things are at, and that’s why we want to make sure that we get the actual data.” Among the possible things NASCAR could do is change the spacer that limits air flow in the engine. NASCAR began using the spacer this year. Balash said it would take about three or four days for NASCAR to run all the engines on its engine dynamometers. “We have a lot of things that are available to us,” Balash said. “Based upon where the numbers shake out is what we would select. [Changing] spacers is one of the options. There’s three or four different ways you can use spacers. “But we have to get to the numbers first and see what’s before we would even speculate what we would do, if we would do anything.”(SceneDaily.com)(7-12-2008)
Villeneuve could run for Robby: UDPATE: Robby Gordon is in talks with Jacques Villeneuve and Barry Green, for Villeneuve to run for Robby Gordon Motorsports in the Nationwide Montreal race on August 2nd and possibly a Sprint Cup ride in 2009. “I will send a car Nationwide Series in Montreal, no matter what happens,” said Gordon. Much of the Nationwide deal and Cup ride deal depends if Villeneuve and Green can bring a sponsor along with the deal.(rough tranlation from Le Journal de Montreal/Canoe Sports)(7-7-2008)
UPDATE: Jacques Villeneuve still has not confirmed his presence at the Montreal event. Barry Green stated, “We are aware that time is pressing. I still believe that Jacques will be on the track in Montreal.” Green and Villeneuve are talking to Robby Gordon, Todd Braun and James Finch. Green added that the Fitz Motorsports, with whom Patrick Carpentier made his debut last year, was also a possibility.(translated from Canoe Sports via Google Translate)(7-12-2008)
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Close the Milwaukee Mile? A co-chair of the state’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee said it may be time for the state to abandon auto racing at State Fair Park and re-develop the Milwaukee Mile property after a report issued today found it continues to jeopardize the fair park’s financial position. Rep. Suzanne Jeskewitz issued the statement in response to the Legislative Audit report, which says State Fair Park will pick up nearly $1.2 million in costs related to the Milwaukee Mile this year, most of that because of contract amendments that reduced how much racing promoter Craig Stoehr and Milwaukee Mile Holdings LLC have to pay the park in licensing fees. “We cannot continue to amend this agreement to the detriment of the taxpayer, and the state has proven it cannot operate this racetrack itself,” said Jeskewitz. “Perhaps it’s time to determine if we need to cut our losses and redevelop the property.” State Fair Park Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer Craig Barkelar said there will be no more revisions to the contract, but that it would be premature to shut down the nation’s oldest continuously operated racetrack.”It’s premature to say it’s not going to make it, at least for the foreseeable future,” said Barkelar. “We have a contract, and we intend to honor that as long as they continue to pay their licensing fee.” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)(7-12-2008)
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ARCA: Alli Owens To Throw Out First Pitch In Lexington
PaddockTalk – USA
ARCA RE/MAX Series driver Alli Owens will sign autographs and meet fans before the Lexington Legends game at Applebee’s Park in Lexington, Ky. on July 16. …
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This Week in TonyCar Land
by Brenda Benedict
Insider Racing News
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Kyle Busch Sweeps Chicago Weekend
by Ron Felix
Insider Racing News
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Sadly, Fans Still Tossing Cans and Bottles
by Kim Roberson
The Nascar Insiders
Wanted: Commercial Director Who Has Actually Seen a Race
If you get your weekly racing fix by being one of the millions of fans tuning into NASCAR TV broadcasts, you have no doubt seen a lot of racing-themed commercials featuring drivers, manufacturers, and teams. Many sponsors feature their drivers and teams in their advertisements for obvious reasons. And while there are some spots that are original and pretty entertaining (the Toyota spots are some of my favs, I loved the Moho-Vator), there are some that are not so.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNascarInsiders/~3/334679812/
Past The Halfway Point
Now that the Chicago race is over and the season is officially one race passed halfway, finally some of the story lines that have plagued the sport all season are being wrapped up.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNascarInsiders/~3/334084500/
RaceTalkRadio.com:
Only Thing Certain in NASCAR is Change by Dennis Michelsen
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8:00 pm This Week in NASCAR SPEED
Tue July 15
12:00 am NASCAR Now ESPN2
12:00 am This Week in NASCAR SPEED
8:00 am This Week in NASCAR SPEED
6:00 pm NASCAR Now ESPN2
Wed July 16
12:00 am NASCAR Now ESPN2
12:00 pm Racing Across America – New Hampshire SPEED
6:00 pm NASCAR Now ESPN2
9:00 pm Drafting Partners GAC
Jayski does not list all the programming offered by SPEED; for complete listings go to their website, http://www.speedtv.com/schedule/
Always CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS!
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