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The Cup Series, the “truckers” and ARCA are all at the monstrous 2.5 mile Talladega Speedway this weekend. It’s gonna be good. So be sure to set your various recording devices and capture all the action.
I did find out some interesting news for you XM Radio subscribers. If you’re like me, you subscribed partially so you could get the NASCAR channel, which promptly went to Sirius the year after I got my XM radio. |
Since they’ve merged the two together, the combined company is offering some add-on packages, one of which is called the “Best of Sirius”. This includes some (to me) rather adult channels as well, but also includes the NASCAR channel. This add-on package can be purchased for only $4.00 additionally per month, or less if you’re willing and able to pay for your XM service in advance as opposed to monthly. Here’s a link if you’d like to check it out…
In the meantime, here’s the latest NASCAR Sprint Cup, Craftsman Truck Series, and ARCA RE/MAX racing news from Talladega and elsewhere right here in today’s Stock Car Gazette.
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The Cup Series, the “truckers” and ARCA are all at the monstrous 2.5 mile Talladega Speedway this weekend. It’s gonna be good. So be sure to set your various recording devices and capture all the action.
I did find out some interesting news for you XM Radio subscribers. If you’re like me, you subscribed partially so you could get the NASCAR channel, which promptly went to Sirius the year after I got my XM radio. Now, since they’ve merged, the combined company is offering some add-on packages, one of which is called the “Best of Sirius”. This includes some (to me) rather adult channels as well, but also includes the NASCAR channel. This add-on package can be purchased for only $4.00 per month, or less if you’re willing and able to pay for your XM service in advance as opposed to monthly.
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Judd’s husband racing at Road Atlanta
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He was making progress there, both in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series, when Ganassi shut down the Cup team because of lack of sponsorship. …
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Toyota credits Busch for putting it ahead of curve
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Toyota has made great strides in its second season in NASCAR’s Cup and Nationwide series, wrapping up the manufacturers’ championship in the latter with Denny Hamlin’s win last weekend.
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NASCAR’s appeal to IndyCar drivers may be thing of the past
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The announcement Tuesday that AJ Allmendinger would immediately be leaving the Red Bull stock car team was the latest in a series of setbacks suffered by …
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Ambrose creates NASCAR history
MARCOS Ambrose will become the first Australian to race full-time in the top flight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2009.
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NASCAR slideshow
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Here are some photos from my day at the NASCAR race at Dover International Speedway in Delaware.
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Richard Childress Racing Settles Lawsuit
Richard Childress Racing has settled its trademark infringement lawsuit with Majestic Mountain Marketing and the Web site prosportsimages.com. RCR had sued the company in July for selling pictures and posters of drivers Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and the late Dale Earnhardt Sr. without permission. The company has taken down those images for sale from its Web site. RCR filed a motion to dismiss the suit Monday in U.S. District Court in North Carolina. Terms of the settlement were not reported.
Jon Wood To Do Double Duty
Jon Wood, who has raced in all three NASCAR national series at Talladega Superspeedway, will attempt to run both the Sprint Cup and Craftsman Truck series events this weekend for Wood Brothers Racing. Wood is entered in the No. 21 Ford for the Amp Energy 500 Cup race, though he’ll have to make the race via qualifying since the Wood Brothers are outside the top 35 in owners points and don’t have a guaranteed starting spot. Wood is also driving the team’s No. 21 Ford in the Mountain Dew 250 truck race. Wood has one start at Talladega in both the Cup and truck series, with three starts in what is now known as the Nationwide Series. He started 31st and finished second in his first race at Talladega, in 2005 in what was then known as the Busch Series. He was 10th in his lone truck start at Talladega in 2007 and 36th in his Cup start earlier this year.
Childress Named To Third-Quarter Spirit Award
NASCAR team owner Richard Childress has been named the third quarter recipient of the National Motorsports Press Association Pocono Spirit Award. Childress was recognized for his partnership with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in creating The Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma. The Institute’s goal is to help pave the way for others in the nation searching for ways to help save the lives of severely injured children and help those who survive on the road to recovery. The Childress family has donated $5 million to the Medical Center to initiate the project. Wake Forest Baptist and the Childress family are working with a number of corporations and individuals to raise the additional $20 million to establish the Childress Institute.
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Ride Along With Jr. scheme: During the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, #88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will have 70,000 fans riding along as part of the “Ride Along With Jr.” promotion from AMP Energy Drink. The first 70,000 fans that bought an AMP Energy Drink and entered the code on the bottom of can at www.AMPenergy.com will have their names featured on the car. The remaining fans that entered will have their names on Earnhardt, Jr.’s pit wall, car cover or other areas around the track.(TSS PR), see an image of the scheme on my #88 Team Schemes page.(10-2-2008) www.jayski.com/schemes/2008/88cup.htm
Mike Wallace to attempt Talladega for RCR: Mike Wallace’s will attempt to qualify RCR’s #33 Realtree Driven to the Outdoors Chevy at Talladega and will give RCR four entries for this weekend’s AMP Energy 500. This will be his first Cup Series attempt this season but he has 186 career starts since making his series’ debut in 1991. In two Cup Series races last season, he finished fourth in the Daytona 500 and 19th at the fall race at Talladega. Richard Childress competed as a driver in Talladega’s inaugural race in 1969 and used his winnings from that race weekend to help start RCR. In cooperation with RCR sponsors Realtree, Chevrolet, Shell Oil Company and Motorsports Authentics, Wallace’s paint scheme will feature a Driven to the Outdoors themed paint scheme. In addition to a full line of NASCAR camouflage merchandise and memorabilia, the Chevy Driven to the Outdoors program will feature a unique sweepstakes that will ultimately reward one fan with a 2009 Chevy Silverado LTZ. Fans interested in learning more about the Chevy Driven to the Outdoors program and the rules associated with the sweepstakes can visit www.chevy.com/driven.(RCR PR)(10-3-2008)
JTG-Daugherty Racing announced it has chosen to field Toyotas during its inaugural Sprint Cup campaign in 2009, after forming a technical alliance with Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) and Toyota Racing Development (TRD). JTG-Daugherty, co-owned by Tad and Jodi Geschickter and former NBA All-Star and current ESPN broadcaster Brad Daugherty, will enter the #47 Toyota sponsored by primary sponsors, Kingsford Charcoal, Clorox Laundry and Household Products, and Little Debbie’s Snack Cakes. JTG-Daugherty will move its Sprint Cup operation into MWR’s 140,000-square foot facility in Cornelius, NC, and receive cars, engineering, mechanical and other technical support from MWR’s existing infrastructure. TRD will support the JTG-Daugherty team with engines from its Costa Mesa, California, facility, and vehicle engineering support from its Salisbury, N.C., facility. Frank Kerr has been named crew chief of the #47 car. Marcos Ambrose, a former Australian V-8 Supercar Champion, has been named driver of the #47 Sprint Cup entry. Michael Waltrip commented, “The alliance with Tad, Jodi and Brad happened because MWR has shown over the past few months that we can field a competitive product. This allows MWR to maintain the economies of scale we currently enjoy as a three-car team. We continue to invest in our development and this alliance helps keep the momentum we’ve gained in our fabrication and engineering departments this summer. We wanted to help Tad and Brad in their transition into NASCAR Sprint Cup ownership. If anyone can identify the hidden demons of a start-up team it is me. Having JTG-Daugherty operating in our shop helps our NAPA Toyota and our Aaron’s Toyota with David Reutimann. So this is one of the classic examples of win-win-win for everyone involved, most importantly JTG-Daugherty and MWR employees”. This alliance does not change MWR’s desire to run a fourth car in 2009. “This doesn’t change anything from our original plans as our sales team is working hard on securing sponsorship for another MWR Cup entry. And those plans currently include [Michael] McDowell. That’s the same position we were in before the JTG-Daugherty alliance was formed.”(JTG/MWR PRs)(10-3-2008)
Chase Notes: Want to hang close in the Chase? Podium finishes. The top three in the Chase have claimed eight of the nine podium finishes (1-2-3) so far. Only Matt Kenseth has broken the string with a second at Dover. The one-race range to first place goes back only to sixth position: Jeff Gordon at 143 points out. The Joe Gibbs threesome of 10–Denny Hamlin -243, 11-Tony Stewart -255 and 12-Kyle Busch -311 are a real longshot to get back into contention. Greg Biffle, currently only 30 points out of first, does not have a top 10 in his last nine starts at Talladega. Carl Edwards has gone three Talladegas without a top 10. Jeff Gordon swept the races at Talladega last year, and a win Sunday could certainly catapult him closer in the Chase. Dale Jr. hasn’t won at Dega since 2004 and has not recorded a top five since then. He only has two top 10s in his last seven starts there. See more on my Chase Stats after Kansas page.(10-3-2008) www.jayski.com/stats/2008/chase/29kas2008chase.htm
Former Charlotte TV sports chief joins NASCAR’s media arm: Longtime Charlotte sportscaster Chuck Howard, former sports director at WCNC (Channel 36) and host of the “Power Hour” on WFNZ AM (610, 1660), will become news producer for the NASCAR Media Group this month. Howard will develop shows and stories for television, radio and Internet outlets as part of a larger effort by NASCAR to connect with local news outlets nationwide. “Local media do not tend to report on the race unless it’s in their market,” Jay Abraham, chief operating officer for NASCAR Media Group, said Thursday. “This will make it easier for them to cover it.” In the new Hall of Fame campus in uptown, NASCAR is building two high-definition TV studios, a production hub and a glassed-in CNN-style news center where tourists can see the media operation in action. NASCAR is also installing HD cameras at major race shops in the region so it can link local stations to drivers or race teams for on-the-spot interviews. Howard said he will help stations make those connections as well as develop stories for NASCAR’s media outlets. “I couldn’t have written a job description more in my wheelhouse,” said Howard, who was a NASCAR fan when he moved to the Charlotte area from Buffalo in 1995. NASCAR Media Group, now based on Stuart Andrew Drive in south Charlotte, will consolidate operations at the Hall of Fame complex beginning in 2009, Abraham said. Since 2002, the unit has grown from about 35 people to 180.(Charlotte Observer)(10-3-2008)
Goodyear Tire Notes: Teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be running a combination of left- and right-side tires that is different than those in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Talladega this weekend . . . Sprint Cup teams will run the same combination they ran at this track earlier this season . . . Talladega is the only track at which Cup teams will run these particular tire codes . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one-mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Talladega . . . air pressure in those inner lines should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
Testing update: Goodyear will hold the second of two scheduled tests at Indianapolis Motor Speedway next Monday-Wednesday (Oct. 6-8) . . . this is a follow-up to an initial test at IMS, held with the No. 45 Petty Enterprises Dodge with Kyle Petty on Sept. 22-23 . . . teams scheduled to participate in next week’s test include the #’s 07, 1, 5, 9, 11, 17, 20, 29, 38, 41, 44, 45 . . . other tire tests scheduled in 2008 include Homestead (Oct. 14) and Las Vegas (Dec. 10-11). For pressures, codes and more see my Talladega Race Info page.(10-3-2008) www.jayski.com/next/2008/30tss2008.htm#goodyear
Bailout bill gives tax break to Racetracks: A tax break for NASCAR racetracks and other motor-sports facilities is among the “sweeteners” tucked inside a 450-page financial-services bailout bill to make the package more palatable to lawmakers. The Senate-passed bill includes an array of so-called “tax extenders.” One extends for two years a tax policy that had been allowed to expire in December that lets motor-sports facilities be treated the same as amusement parks and other entertainment complexes for tax purposes. That allowed them to write off their capital investments over a seven-year period. The motor sports industry feared that without a specific legal clarification, motor sports facilities would be required to depreciate their capital over 15 years or longer because of a recent Internal Revenue Service inquiry into the matter. That would make repaved tracks and new concession stands more expensive in the short term. It isn’t a new tax break, rather the way tax law historically has been interpreted, said Lauri Wilks, the vice president of communications for Speedway Motorsports, which owns the NASCAR tracks in Fort Worth, Texas; Sonoma, Calif.; Concord, N.C.; and elsewhere. “It gives us incentive to go ahead and invest in our facilities,” she said.(see full story at McClatchy Newspapers)(10-3-2008)
Front Row Technologies files suit over FanView patent: NASCAR and Sprint are among defendants in another patent lawsuit over the technology used to power the popular FanView handsets used by spectators to watch races and listen to scanner traffic and television broadcasts at the race track. Front Row Technologies field suit Monday in U.S. District Court in Texas against NASCAR, Sprint, the NFL, DirecTV and FanView technology developer Kangaroo Media. Front Row alleges that its patents for “providing multiple perspectives for a venue activity through an electronic hand held device” and “broadcasting venue data to a wireless hand held device” have been infringed upon by the sales of FanView and the Kangaroo TV handsets used at select NFL cities. Sprint released the following statement in response to the lawsuit: “We are aware of the litigation that has been filed. We are reviewing the allegations, and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time.” NASCAR, Sprint and Kangaroo had settled a suit with Immersion Entertainment earlier this year over patents for “audio/video signal distribution for head mounted displays” and “audio/visual system and method utilizing a head mounted apparatus with noise attenuation.” Kangaroo agreed to pay Immersion at least $3 million to settle the lawsuit, according to a company news release issued at that time.(SceneDaily)(10-3-2008)
One of NASCAR’s most popular and successful drivers, Jeff Gordon, unveiled his brand new 2009 paint scheme before a national audience live on NBC’s “TODAY Show” this morning, marking the first change Gordon has seen on his DuPont Chevrolet since 2001. Designed by popular motorsports artist Sam Bass, the new car features a sleek and stealth black body emblazoned with bold neon red, orange and blue flames. “I’m fired up about our new paint scheme,” said Gordon. “I’ve always loved cars with flames and the current ‘Fire and Flames’ paint scheme has been one of my favorites. But now I think we’ve improved upon that with the ‘FireStorm’ design and hopefully we’ll be as fast on the track as the paint scheme makes us look.” The four-time Sprint Cup Champion will debut his new colors on-track at the 51st Running of the Daytona 500 in February when he celebrates his 17th season with primary sponsor, DuPont, and the 25th Anniversary of Hendrick Motorsports. “We have such a solid, longstanding relationship with both Jeff and Hendrick Motorsports, so continuing that relationship and debuting Jeff’s new DuPont Chevrolet in conjunction with Hendrick’s 25th Anniversary is very exciting for us and the sport as a whole,” said David Bills, chief marketing and sales officer for DuPont. Motorsports Authentics, through its Action Racing Collectables die-cast brand, will be offering a collectable die-cast version of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet. Pre-orders are being taken on goracing.com, nascar.com and at Motorsports Authentics authorized dealers nationwide. The Racing Collectables Club of America (RCCA) will also offer a version of the die-cast through its RCCA Elite brand.(Motorsports Authentics PR), see an image of the scheme on my 2009 #24 Team Schemes page.(10-2-2008)
www.jayski.com/schemes/2009/24cup.htm
Talladega Grand Marshals: Pepsi employees who serve with the Army National Guard; Antonio Clements, John Foster, Richard Stuckey, Daniel Harris, Demetrius Blackmon, Reginald Thomas, Kenneth Goodwin and Raymond Castleberry, will serve as the Grand Marshals for the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. The AMP Energy 500 will be Talladega’s 40th fall race.(TSS PR)(10-2-2008)
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On NASCAR: Gossip Helps Fuel the NASCAR Nation
When I was a kid, there was a popular game we often played. It goes by several different names depending on where you live, but in our neck of the woods we called it “Gossip”.
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2008 Joe Gibbs Racing Fall FanFest Scheduled for October 10
The seventh annual Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) Fall FanFest will be held on Friday, Oct. 10. Drivers from JGR’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and driver development teams will be available for autographs at the team’s headquarters in Huntersville from 9 AM to 2 PM.
www.race2win.net/wc/08/10/jgrff.html
Celebrate NASCAR Hall of Fame Commemorative Brick Program
The NASCAR Hall of Fame invites Charlotte residents and NASCAR fans downtown to celebrate the launch of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Commemorative Brick Program on Friday, October 10, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. ET at the Charlotte Convention Center Plaza on 501 S. College St. The event will feature NASCAR legends such as Richard Petty, Dale Inman, Bobby Allison, Ned Jarrett, Rusty Wallace and more.
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There’s no reason to hold back now, it’s Talladega
Earnhardt Jr. looking for a good time, maybe more at fast Alabama track
Dale Earnhardt Jr. says at this point, it’s time “to go for broke.” And at Talladega, that could produce a big payoff for NASCAR’s most popular driver
www.thatsracin.com/topstories/story/19371.html
Video | Talladega weekend preview
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David Poole’s blog | ‘Street-legal’ cars and NASCAR stars have a big night out
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Notes | Davis scholarship fund event is scheduled Wednesday
www.thatsracin.com/news/story/19358.html
Driving school Doug Herbert’s BRAKES sets preview session
www.thatsracin.com/news/story/19359.html
Indy 500 winner, ‘Dancing’ star indicted on tax evasion charges
MIAMI - Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV “Dancing With The Stars” champion Helio Castroneves was indicted Thursday on tax evasion and tax fraud charges, accused of using offshore accounts to hide millions of dollars in income from the Internal Revenue Service.
www.thatsracin.com/topstories/story/19375.html
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ROUSH FENWAY RACING TO HOLD FAN APPRECIATION DAY
Concord, N.C. (October 2, 2006) – As the 2008 season winds down and the “Chase” for the Sprint Cup heats up, NASCAR makes a return trip to Charlotte, N.C. for the fall races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. In conjunction with the race week, Roush Fenway Racing will hold a fan appreciation day on Thursday, October 9 at the Roush Fenway Racing headquarters in Concord, N.C. The high point of the day will be autograph and Q&A sessions with all the Roush Fenway Racing drivers and Jack Roush himself.
“On behalf of everyone at Roush Fenway Racing, we wanted to invite all the fans to come out and join us for a day of fun,” said Torrey Galida, chief marketing officer of Roush Fenway Racing. “Many of our sponsor partners will have displays set up and of course all our drivers and Jack will be here to tell the fans thank you for their support this year.”
Roush Fenway Sprint Cup drivers, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards, Jamie McMurray and David Ragan, will be signing autographs on Thursday from 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. followed by a 15 minute Q&A session. Jack Roush along with Travis Kvapil, Erik Darnell, Colin Braun and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. will sign autographs from 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. followed by a 15 minute Q&A session as well. One hundred tickets will be distributed at 8:00 a.m. Thursday morning for each autograph session on a first come, first serve basis. The Q&A sessions are open to everyone and questions will be taken from the audience.
In addition to the above, fans will be able to donate blood to the Red Cross and peruse sponsor displays by CitiFinancial, DEWALT, Save-A-Lot, Office Depot, Dish, Crown Royal, Aflac, Sprint, Roush Industries and Ford Racing. There will be give-a-ways by Gillette, and Ritz and Vitamin Water will be sampling. Food and drink will also be available along with places for fans to sit and rest their feet before they tour the Roush Fenway Racing museum. Sponsor displays and sampling will continue into Friday, October 10.
About Roush Fenway Racing Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating 13 motorsports teams. Five in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; four in the Nationwide Series with Kenseth, Biffle, Edwards, McMurray, Ragan, Erik Darnell and Colin Braun; and three in the Craftsman Truck Series with Darnell, Braun, Travis Kvapil, Bobby East and John Wes Townley; and one in the ARCA RE/MAX Series with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing teams, log onto www.RoushFenway.com. For sponsorship inquiries please contact Robin Johnson at 704.720.4645.
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JTG forms alliance with MWR in 2009; no decision on Nationwide Series: JTG Daugherty Racing has signed what team co-owner Brad Daugherty called a “technical alliance” with Michael Waltrip Racing, and thus will field Toyota Camrys full-time in the Sprint Cup Series beginning in 2009. The deal will be announced formally Wednesday afternoon. Under the agreement, JTG/Daugherty receives the same chassis, engines and technological information-sharing that Waltrip gets through Toyota Racing Development. “This way we don’t come out of the box already behind,” said Daugherty, reached by phone Wednesday. “Actually, this puts us about two years ahead of where we would have been otherwise.” Daugherty, an ESPN NASCAR analyst, said the alliance includes the #47 team being housed under the MWR roof. Daugherty stressed there was still independence from MWR, however, saying it is not a merger and that the #47 is not a fourth Waltrip team. “We’ll work with Toyota Racing Development out of Costa Mesa [Calif.], and all their parts and pieces already flow through MWR,” Daugherty said. “It just makes sense for us to be in-house over [at MWR].” Marcos Ambrose will drive the #47 Toyota, with sponsorship from Little Debbie Snack Cakes and Clorox.(ESPN.com), JTG Daugherty Racing says no decision has been made about what manufacturer the team will use in the Nationwide Series in 2009. The team is expected to continue running the #47-Kelly Bires team full time and a partial schedule for the #59, possibly with Coleman Pressley.(10-2-2008)
Tim Weaver to attempt Memphis Race: Tim Weaver, of Statesville, N.C., will attempt to qualify for the Oct. 25 Nationwide Series Kroger On Track For The Cure 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Weaver is a native of Ellicottville, N.Y., and gained fame in the Late Model Stock ranks at Holland (N.Y.) Speedway in the early 1990s. He moved to Charlotte, N.C., in 1994 to work for Geoff Bodine’s Winston Cup Series team before opening his own business, Heavenly Bodies, in Statesville, N.C. His 3,200-sq. ft. facility in Statesville houses his racing sheetmetal hanging and fabrication business.Weaver’s car will be a black #75, owned by Morgan Shepherd.(Weaver PR)(10-2-2008)
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Bodine paces Happy Hour: #30-Todd Bodine led the final practice session at Talladega Superspeedway with a top speed of 187.507. Rounding out the top ten were: #60-Terry Cook, #14-Rick Crawford, #2-Jack Sprague, #09-Jon Wes Townley, #99-Erik Darnell, #6-Colin Braun, #22-Scott Speed, #11-David Starr, #51-Kyle Busch. Two trucks with blown engines; #28-Wayne Edwards, #48-Bryan Silas. Complete final practice speeds are posted on the Talladega Race Page.(10-2-2008) www.jayski.com/cts/next/2008/20talladega2008.htm#prac
Wood leads first practice session: #21-Jon Wood was the fastest on track with a speed of 192.073 to lead the first practice session for the Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway. Rounding out the top ten were; #5-Mike Skinner, #30-Todd Bodine, #60-Terry Cook, #8-Chad McCumbee, #2-Jack Sprague, #40-Jeff Green, #11-David Starr, #88-Matt Crafton, #7-TJ Bell. There were 31 trucks on track for the first session. Complete practice speeds are posted on the Talladega Race Page.(10-2-2008) www.jayski.com/cts/next/2008/20talladega2008.htm#prac
Wood running Cup & Trucks at Talladega: Jon Wood will be making his second attempt in the #21 Wood Brothers Racing Motorcraft Ford Fusion at Talladega Superspeedway for the running of the Amp Energy 500 on Sunday, October 5th. He is looking forward to the challenge, once again, of being in a Sprint Cup Series race car while also doing double duty in the no. 21 U.S. Air Force Ford F-150 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on Saturday. Jon has had a best finish of second place at the 2.66 mile tri-oval in the Nationwide Series in his first run on the superspeedway in 2005.(Wood Bros. Racing PR)(10-2-2008)
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Ten Things to Watch at Talladega
10-02-2008 | Tom Jensen, TruckSeries.com
Ten Things to Watch at Talladega Johnny Benson and Ron Hornaday Jr. are in a virtual dead heat in the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points race heading into Saturday’s Mountain Dew 250 at the always-treacherous Talladega Superspeedway in central Alabama. Through the first 19 races on the 25-race season, Benson leads Hornaday by a single point, with Matt Crafton third, 164 markers back. No one else is within 200 points of the lead duo and truth is, it will take a streak of remarkably bad luck for anyone other than Benson, Hornaday or Crafton to win the title — and Crafton is an extreme long shot. Then again, remarkably bad luck is a common commodity at Talladega Superspeedway, where a simple mistake making a pass can turn into a 10-truck pile-up. On the other hand, the 2.66-mile track does make for some thrilling finishes, as last year’s three-way fight among Todd Bodine, Rick Crawford and Benson showed.
www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_08/articles/000018/001868.htm
‘Marlboro Men’ and ‘Young Guns’ Thrive in the Truck Series
10-02-2008 | Megan Englehart, SPEED
One wore a cowboy hat and smoked a cigarette. The other donned a pair of turquoise shoes and painted his toenails blue. Such are the drastic disparities between the iconic “Marlboro Man,” to whom several legendary NASCAR drivers could be compared, and Scott Speed, the eccentric and winning newcomer who will trade paint in Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega (4 p.m. ET on SPEED; NCTS Setup with Krista Voda at 3:30 p.m. ET).
www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_08/articles/000018/001884.htm
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www.arcaracing.com
Buescher Earns ARCA RE/MAX Series SIM Factory Pole Award at Talladega
TALLADEGA AL (10-02-08)- James Buescher, in a No. 32 Win-Tron Racing Toyota, earned the ARCA RE/MAX Series SIM Factory Pole Award at Talladega Superspeedway on Thursday afternoon, posting a 51.493 second lap around the 2.66-mile superspeedway for a speed of 185.967 mph. He starts on the pole alongside Andy Belmont Racing’s Tom Hessert, III in Friday’s ARCA RE/MAX Series 250 at Talladega Superspeedway, which rolls off at 4 p.m. Central live on SPEED Channel.
[Read More] - www.arcaracing.com/news.cfm?contentid=7287
Happy Birthday Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.! Quickest in ARCA RE/MAX Series practice at Talladega
(10-2-08)–SunTrust Rookie and Championship point contender Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. celebrated his 21st birthday at Talladega Superspeedway on Thursday morning by topping a two-and-a-half hour ARCA RE/MAX Series practice session in preparation for Friday’s ARCA RE/MAX 250, race 20 of the 21-event ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule.
[Read More] - www.arcaracing.com/news.cfm?contentid=7286
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Courtesy of USAR
usarprocup.com
Black’s Tire American 200 Tire Test Completed at “The Rock”
Rockingham/USAR
Thursday, October 02, 2008 1:24:00 PM
ROCKINGHAM, N.C.– The Black’s Tire American 200 presented by Food King is exactly one month away and today three race teams tested at the Rockingham Speedway to select the best BFGoodrich Tires g-Force radial tire combination for the race.
Drew Herring, driver of the No. 22s Black’s Tire Ford, Bobby Gill, driver of the No. 06s USG Sheetrock Ford, and Michael Ritch, driver of the No. 28s Support Our Troops Ford, all spent time throughout the day evaluating different tire combinations to use when the series comes back in 31 days for their last race of the season that will crown the 2008 Hooters Pro Cup Champion.
“I love speed and this place has a lot of it,” said Herring. “I am really excited to be able to race at Rockingham - the Hooters Pro Cup Series is a phenomenal series and always puts on a great race everywhere we go.”
Read more - usarprocup.com/view_article.asp?id=2906
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N A S C A R * C A N A D I A N * T I R E * S E R I E S
localracing.nascar.com/news/6
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NASCAR Canadian Tire Series: White claims rookie title
By GREGM(GREGM)
26 teams showed up for one last run at the checker flag in Canada’s elite stock car racing series. Most of the teams have been battling through the very gruelling schedule that starts in May and leaves very few weekends off through out …
insidetracknews.blogspot.com/2008/10/nascar-canadian-tire-series-white.html
Season closer rained out
Scugog Standard Newspaper - Port Perry,Ontario,Canada
by Wally Nesbitt/The Scugog Standard A steady drizzle forced a premature end to the 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race - and season - at Kawartha …
www.thescugogstandard.ca/sports/2008/oct-08/oct3-08/rained_out-470.html
Whitlock Denied Good Finish When Race Called Due to Rain
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
The final event of the 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season took the green flag under cloudy skies with a light mist of rain falling. …
www.whowon.com/Results.asp?TrackID=1709&StoryID=260587
Dilley Doesn’t Get Season End Finish He Hoped For
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
9 Dodge Avenger didn’t have the finish he was hoping for on Saturday night at the final NASCAR Canadian Tire Series event of 2008. …
www.whowon.com/sresults.asp?SanctionID=230&StoryID=260584
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series on TSN: Riverside Int’l Speedway
By GREGM(GREGM)
Watch the Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race from Riverside International Speedway on Saturday October 4th on TSN – TSNHD – TSN2! The race is Round #12 of 13 to decide the 2008 Championship …
insidetracknews.blogspot.com/2008/10/nascar-canadian-tire-series-on-tsn.html
Live blogging from Talladega Superspeedway
By Doug Demmons — The Birmingham News
Doug Demmons/The Birmingham NewsScott Speed, right, talks to a crew member during practice Thursday morning for the ARCA RE/MAX 250 at Talladega Superspeedway. ARCA Series practice is under way this morning at Talladega Superspeedway. …
blog.al.com/blogoftomorrow/2008/10/live_blogging_from_talladega_s.html
Carmichael learning Talladega
By Keeli Garza
Former motorcross superstar Ricky Carmichael qualified ninth for Friday’s ARCA RE/MAX race at Talladega. Carmichael is making his ARCA debut in a Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevy with hopes of running the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series next …
startelegramsports.typepad.com/motorsports/2008/10/carmichael-lear.html
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Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/RG/100308.html
Kenny Wallace - Black and White in a Watercolor World
by Rebecca Gladden
NASCAR Nuts & Bolts
How motorsports benefit from the $700 billion economic bailout plan
If you looked carefully at the economic bailout plan the Senate passed yesterday, you’d notice several breaks for strange things that don’t seem to fit with the theme of saving America from financial ruin.
feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sports/nascar/~3/409750696/how-motorsports.html
(thanks, Ed)
The Nascar Insiders
The Hat Dance
The race is over, and your team has just picked up that ever important win after a hard fought day.
feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNascarInsiders/~3/409884199/
Top 20 Over Last 10 - Expect It To Become Just A Two Man Chase After Talladega - by Ron Thornton
Write it down. Talladega will mark the beginning of a two man Chase for the Championship between Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards. While Edwards has a 60 point lead based on results over their last ten events, not including his pre-Chase wins bonus, when it comes down to running that big track down in Alabama, Johnson is the man.
www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/08/100208Thornton.asp
Here Comes Friday At Talladega On SPEED
This is the second season of the new NASCAR TV contract and it continues to be a moving target for many fans. This Friday from Talladega, the action shifts from ESPN2 back to SPEED for the full day.
dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2008/10/here-comes-friday-at-talladega-on-speed.html
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T V * L I S T I N G S
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Courtesy of Jayski
www.jayski.com/pages/tv.htm
Fri Oct 3
12:00 am NASCAR Now ESPN2
12:00 pm NCTS Talladega Pole Qualifying SPEED
2:00 pm NSCS Talladega Practice SPEED
3:30 pm NSCS Talladega Final Practice SPEED
4:30 pm NASCAR Live SPEED
5:00 pm NASCAR Now ESPN2
7:30 pm Trackside at Talladega SPEED
8:00 pm For Race Fans Only QVC
8:30 pm NSCS Talladega Practice SPEED
10:00 pm NSCS Final Talladega Practice SPEED
11:00 pm Trackside at Talladega SPEED
Sat Oct 4
12:00 am NASCAR Now ESPN2
2:30 am NSCS Talladega Practice SPEED
4:00 am NSCS Final Talladega Practice SPEED
1:00 pm NSCS Talladega Qualifying (SDD) SPEED
3:30 pm NCTS Set-Up SPEED
4:00 pm NCTS: Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega SPEED
11:00 pm NASCAR Performance SPEED
11:30 pm Tradin’ Paint SPEED
Sun Oct 5
8:00 am NASCAR Angels HALL
1:00 pm NASCAR Countdown ABC
2:00 pm Sprint Cup Race - Talladega ABC
7:00 pm SPEED Report SPEED
8:00 pm NASCAR Victory Lane SPEED
9:00 pm Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain SPEED
10:00 pm NASCAR Now ESPN2
Mon Oct 6
8:00 pm HorsePower Tee Shot Tour SPEED
Jayski does not list all the programming offered by SPEED; for complete listings go to their website, www.speedtv.com/schedule/
Always CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS!
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