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CTS Points Race Right Down To The Wire
by: Steve Langley
Craftsman should be happy to end its sponsorship of the NASCAR Truck Series with the tight points race down to the wire at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Year after year, the trucks produce the most exciting points race of all the NASCAR series. Read the rest of this article at http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/2180
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Kulwicki Begins the Polish Victory Lap
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Ganassi-DEI Hold Merger Talks
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates and Dale Earnhardt Inc. have entered discussions that could lead to a merger between the two organizations, foxsports.com reported Tuesday. Such a union would bring together the Nos. 41 and 42 cars of Ganassi and the Nos. 1 and No. 8 cars of DEI, according to the report. Juan Montoya drives the No. 42 car, but Ganassi has not named a driver for the No. 41 car. Martin Truex Jr. is the driver of the No. 1 car, and Aric Almirola drives the No. 8, which has not named a sponsor for next year. One of Montoya’s current sponsors, Texaco Havoline, will not return to the car next year, but Ganassi has a partial sponsorship locked in with Wrigley’s for the No. 42.
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NEXT RACE: Phoenix Race Info/Rundown Page
http://www.jayski.com/next/2008/35phx2008.htm
Entry List for the Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500(k) at Phoenix International Raceway is posted, 44 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including:
Not in top 35 of 2008 owners points (2008 race attempts/owners pts standings in parens):
#09-Sterling Marlin (8/48)
#10-A.J. Allmendinger (34/38)
#21-Bill Elliott [past champ] (34/41)
#45-Kyle Petty (34/40)
#47-Marcos Ambrose (34/36) [was #00 team]
#70-Johnny Sauter (34/43)
#77-Sam Hornish Jr. (34/37)[past owner winner]
#78-Joe Nemechek (34/42)
#96-Ken Schrader (34/39)
In the event qualifying is cancelled:
the eight who would make it [8]: #’s 77,21,47,10,96,45,78,70
missing the race would be [1]: #’s 09
See the full entry list at my Jayski’s Phoenix Entry List.(11-3-2008)
http://www.jayski.com/stats/2008/entries/35phx2008-entry.htm
Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Phoenix:
No teams dropped in or out of top 35, but points do tighten some and the #84 team is now just 44 points ahead of the #47 team.
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
33) #22-Blaney/Bill Davis Racing: 2682 +136
34) #7-Gordon/RGM: 2606 +60
35) #84-Speed/Red Bull Racing: 2590 44 points ahead of 36th
these teams/ drivers must qualify by speed but are close to the top-35:
36) #47[was #00]-Ambrose/Waltrip Racing: 2546, 44 points out of 35th
37) #77-Hornish/Penske Racing: 2490 -100
For the owner points standings, see my Drivers/Owners Points Standings page.(11-2-2008)
http://www.jayski.com/stats/2008/points/34tms2008points.htm#OWN
added three 2009 #18 schemes: #18 M&M’s, #18 Snickers and #18 Combos to the Paint Schemes Gallery.(11-6-2008) http://www.jayski.com/schemes/paintschemes.htm
Delphi Continues with Hendrick Motorsports & JR Motorsports: Delphi announced that it will continue its major associate sponsorship of Hendrick Motorsports during the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season. In addition, Delphi will be the primary sponsor for seven Nationwide Series races with JR Motorsports next year. The announcement was made at a press conference held at the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) in Las Vegas. Delphi will be the primary sponsor for one Nationwide Series race with driver Tony Stewart in the #5 Delphi Chevy fielded by JR Motorsports. Additionally, Delphi will be the primary sponsor for Brad Keselowski in the JR Motorsports #88 Chevrolet for six Nationwide races in 2009. The race details will be announced in the near future. Delphi also will be an associate sponsor of all 2008 Hendrick Motorsports 2009 Spring Cup entries. Delphi will continue to be featured on the uniforms of all Hendrick Motorsports drivers for the 2009 season, including four-time Sprint Cup Champion Jeff Gordon, two-time defending Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin. For more information about Delphi’s involvement in motorsports, visit www.delphi.com/about/motorsports.(Marketwire.com)(11-6-2008)
Chase Notes going into Phoenix: Chase Frontrunner #48-Jimmie Johnson’s amazing run of consecutive top 10 finishes in The Chase came to an end at Texas at 12, dating back to last season. In fact, Johnson’s 15th is his worst Chase finish since a 24th in race #4 of 2006 at Talladega. That’s how strong and consistent this team has been. Still, the #48 holds the largest lead with two to go in the five-year history of The Chase. It’s not that #99-Carl Edwards and #16-Greg Biffle aren’t good at Phoenix. It’s just that Jimmie Johnson has been terrific there, winning the last two races at PIR, four straight top 5s and six straight Top 10s. Edwards carded a fourth the last time out at PIR and Biffle had a second in the fall race last year. #18-Kyle Busch’s sixth at Texas moved him ahead of #88-Dale Jr. and #11-Denny Hamlin for 10th place, but he stands only one point ahead of Jr. and three ahead of Hamlin for the ‘chase’ to the stage at the Waldorg in NYC, only the top-10 drivers go to MYC and are on the stage. See more stats and history of the chase on my Chase Stats after Texas page and 2008 Chase News/Rules page.(11-6-2008) http://www.jayski.com/stats/2008/chase/34tms2008chase.htm
http://www.jayski.com/teams/chase2008.htm
McDonald’s Partners With #10 GEM Team at Phoenix: It will be a weekend of firsts for the #10 Dodge of A.J. Allmendinger at Phoenix International Raceway. For the first time since its partnership with Gillett Evernham Motorsports began, McDonald’s will be aboard the #10 Dodge. Allmendinger hasn’t started a Cup race at Phoenix in his 42-race career. He does have a 13th-place finish in his single Nationwide Series start at PIR last year. Sunday marks Allmendinger’s fourth race with GEM. In the first three races he’s posted the 16th most points of any driver. Only a late-race pit lane violation kept Allmendinger from moving even higher.(GEM PR)(11-6-2008)
Irwin paint scheme for McMurray at PIR: This weekend at Phoenix Internationak Raceway, Jamie McMurray will pilot his #26 IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford Fusion for the last time this season. McMurray will participate in IRWIN Industrial Tools’ “Ultimate Tradesman Challenge” championship on Sunday morning. Over 10,000 tradesmen have competed in the challenge and this weekend the four North American finalist will compete for the title of North American Champion and will win an “ultimate” garage by Allied Steel Buildings and a Stage III Roush Performance Ford F-150. The competition will conclude with the North American champion and the Australian Champion competing for the ultimate prize – a shot at winning $1.26 million. IRWIN will also donate $10,000 to the Jamie McMurray Foundation.(RFR PR), see images of the #26 Team Schemes page.(11-6-2008) http://www.jayski.com/schemes/2008/26cup.htm
Donated Petty Enterprises racecar gets Virginia Tech makeover: Race fans attending Virginia Tech’s Thursday night football game against Maryland are in for a treat. Virginia Tech motorsports research center VIPER Service will unveil a new color wrap — burnt orange and Chicago maroon – on one of the Nextel Cup racecars donated by Petty Enterprises earlier this year. The letters “VT” will replace the ubiquitous number “43” associated with racing legend Richard Petty. The car, sporting a Hokie Bird on its roof, will be on display from 4:30 until 7:30pm on the Drillfield as part of the university’s tailgate activities, according to Steve Southward, VIPER Director. VIPER, the Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research facility, is one of several mechanical engineering (ME) labs at Danville’s Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR), an outreach partner of Virginia Tech. The VIPER Service vehicle also sports a new Dodge engine and other power-train components, so it is now ready to collect track data for research projects.
Petty and son Kyle donated the car, and a twin, to the Virginia Tech Foundation for use by ME graduate students pursuing degrees at VIPER’s facilities in Halifax County and at IALR. The second car retains its original #43 decal and yellow, red and blue color wrap. “We wanted one of the cars to be a marketing tool for the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, VIPER Service, and Virginia Tech,” said Southward. “And the best way to do that was put a new wrap on it.”
Wrap is a literal term. Few racecars are painted nowadays, according to Southward. Rather, cars are “wrapped” in vinyl sticker sheets – some quite large in size – formed to the car’s body. The basic wrap design doesn’t include the myriad of sponsor stickers and other decals placed all over the vehicle. On the car’s sides, where the doors normally would go, are the letters “VT.” In place of the number on the roof is a Hokie bird. VIPER, the IALR, the Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety (CVeSS) at Virginia Tech, Virginia International Raceway and a list of other research labs and manufacturers will be represented by an assortment of stickers. A series of mechanical engineering equations and actual test data also adorn the car.(VT PR)(11-6-2008)
Kahne and Newman running USAC race: #12-Ryan Newman and #9-Kasey Kahne will take to the track in the Copper World Classic, Newman in the 25-lap Midget feature in the #39 Hot Pepper Promotions Drinan/Esslinger Ford (entered by the 2008 NEMA Midget Championship team of Massachusetts-based Bertrand Motorsports) and he will finish the night by entering the #192 DDK of Illinois Beast/Chevy from Joliet in the 100-lap Silver Crown event; Kahne will enter the Midget event and drive the #67x Kasey Kahne Racing/Seymour Paints Team ASE/Beast/Speedway Mopar.(azcentral.com)(11-6-2008)
Phoenix Rookie Notes: #77-Sam Hornish Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the November 2 Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, scoring a 23rd-place finish. Hornish Jr. grabbed top rookie honors for the fourth consecutive race and for the 11th time in 2008. Sam Hornish Jr. leads #01-Regan Smith by four points (198-194) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the November 8 Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart are the only Raybestos Rookies to win in 24 Sprint Cup races at Phoenix. Both wins came in the fall event: Stewart won from the pole in 1999, beating Mark Martin to the checkered flag by 2.081 seconds while Busch captured the 2005 event by .609 seconds over Greg Biffle. Stewart is the only Raybestos Rookie to lead the most laps in a race at Phoenix, leading the 1999 fall race three times for 150 laps. Three Raybestos Rookies have won pole positions at Phoenix, all coming in the fall race: Tony Stewart (1999), Casey Atwood (2001) and Ryan Newman (2002).(Camp & Assoc/Raybestos) and see rookie history, notes, standings, rules on my 2008 Rookie Notes Page.(11-6-2008) http://www.jayski.com/stats/2008/roty2008.htm
RCR Reorganizes its Business Unit: Richard Childress Racing has reorganized its business unit to help strengthen the overall performance of the 11-time NASCAR championship-winning organization. Ben Schlosser has been promoted to the position of senior vice president, business operations. Schlosser joined RCR in April 2002 as director of corporate sales and sponsorships and was named vice president of marketing in 2004. In his newly expanded role, departments reporting to him will include partnership marketing, business development, communications, licensing, the RCR Racing Museum, and show car and promotions. “The purpose of this reorganization is to be more efficient for our sponsors and everyone involved in making RCR a success,” said Richard Childress, president and CEO of RCR. “Ben has a very good understanding of the business side of RCR so bringing the communications, licensing and show car departments under his supervision, along with the partnership marketing department, will allow all of those units to work together more seamlessly.” Bill Patterson has been named executive vice president, support services. Patterson began his fulltime tenure at RCR in 1983 and has been a part of all 11 of its NASCAR championships. The departments now under his direction will include finance and accounting, human resources, aviation, and facilities and maintenance. Additional responsibilities will include capital and major expenditures, driver contracts and other contract issues. “Bill has been an asset to RCR since the early 1980s and will continue to be moving forward,” said Childress. “His new responsibilities will allow him to focus more on RCR’s finances and accounting, which has always been important but is even more so in the current economic climate.”(RCR PR)(11-5-2008)
Layoffs at Hendrick, Johnson’s spotter included: During a modest round of layoffs Monday and Tuesday at Hendrick Motorsports, Jimmie Johnson’s spotter, Stevie Reeves, was told he would not return to the #48 Lowe’s Chevy team next season, Reeves confirmed Tuesday night. Reeves and the Hendrick organization part on good terms. The spotter, who helped guide Johnson to his second consecutive Sprint Cup championship in 2007, has already been contacted by other teams and is weighing his options. “They wanted to give me plenty of time to find something before Homestead and not leave me hanging high and dry,” said Reeves, who will spot the final two races of the season for Johnson as he attempts to win a record-tying third straight championship. “Rick Hendrick knows how to treat people, and that’s what makes him so successful. Jimmie Johnson is a class act, and the only thing I regret is that I won’t be working with him next year, but I’m going to land on my feet OK.”(Sporting News)(11-5-2008)
Las Vegas Cup race gets new name; longer race: The Sprint Cup Series event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 1, 2009 will be sponsored by Shelby Automobiles. The event will be lengthened to 427 miles and will be called the “Shelby 427.” Together, LVMS and Shelby will market a Las Vegas Motor Speedway Limited Edition Shelby 427 package for the Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang. LVMS President Chris Powell and Shelby Automobiles founder Carroll Shelby made the announcement Wednesday at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas. “We are ecstatic to have the legendary Shelby name on our 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup race,” Powell said. “It’s a tremendous opportunity for us to give added exposure to the Shelby brand that has, over the years, become synonymous with the best in high-performance cars.” Bruton Smith, founder and CEO of LVMS parent company Speedway Motorsports, and Carroll Shelby have been friends for many years. “We are thrilled to combine the efforts of our two companies in this sponsorship,” Smith said. “Carroll and his team have long been known for the high quality of their work and the tremendous popularity of their cars.”
Carroll Shelby has driven and designed race and sports cars for more than 50 years. His company, Shelby Automobiles, located its manufacturing facility at the speedway complex as the anchor tenant in 1998. The company uses the oval and road courses for its research and development. This is the first time Shelby Automobiles has sponsored a NASCAR event. “The Shelby name will be forever linked to racing because of our unrivaled success in competition over the years,” said Amy Boylan, president of Shelby Automobiles. “The Ford Shelby Mustang programs have allowed us to begin exploring motorsports options again. While we determine the series best suited to our products, we wanted to raise our profile in the racing community, and the NASCAR race next to our campus presented the ideal opportunity. Shelby was the first small American sports car and muscle car manufacturer to win world championships, and now we’re the first to sponsor a NASCAR race.”
“We’re thrilled to have our name on the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Shelby 427,” Carroll Shelby said. “From drag racing to Formula 1, I’ve been involved in just about every type of motor racing except NASCAR. I love the competition, passion and excitement of the fans and teams in NASCAR. We’re offering real enthusiasts an opportunity to be part of something really special through this program.”
Since its inception in 1998, the Sprint Cup race at LVMS has been run at a length of 400.5 miles, which is 267 laps around the 1.5-mile oval. In order to accommodate the new event name, the race will be increased by 27 miles and will feature 285 laps.
As part of the one-year race sponsorship, Shelby Automobiles will market a Las Vegas Motor Speedway Limited Edition Shelby 427 package for the Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang. Owners of 2007 and 2008 Shelby GT500s with the post title Super Snake package on their muscle car can purchase the limited edition “pace car” upgrade on a first-come, first-served basis by emailing shelby427@lvms.com. Shelby enthusiasts may have their names added to a waiting list for the package by emailing shelbywaitinglist@lvms.com. The upgraded package will include Mr. Shelby’s personal autograph as well as many other event-related add-ons. Only 427 of these packages will be available through Shelby Automobiles. Those who purchase a Shelby 427 package will also receive special race tickets and other amenities, including the opportunity to serve as the race’s honorary starter.
The 2009 NASCAR Weekend will kick off with qualifying for the Shelby 427 Sprint Cup Series race on Friday, Feb. 27. The Sam’s Town 300 Nationwide Series race is set for Saturday, Feb. 28. Tickets for all 2009 events at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, including the Shelby 427 on March 1, can be purchased by calling 1-800-644-444 or online at www.lvms.com.(LVMS PR)(11-5-2008)
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Listen to Track Talk Live Today at 1:00 pm ET
Kenny Bruce of the NASCAR Scene will join Race 2 Win’s Jeff Holtzclaw, Blake Feese, Greg DePalma and Heather Meyer today at 1:00 pm ET for Track Talk Motorsports Radio on PrimeSportsNetwork.com. Listeners are always welcome to join in on the show, call toll-free at 1-877-266-1909 or email nascar@primesportsnetwork.com to offer your opinions and insight.
Sprint Cup Series News & Notes – Phoenix
Despite being nearly 200 points behind standings leader Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet) with four races left, Carl Edwards (No. 99 Office Depot Ford) never gave up hope of winning his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.
Full Story http://www.race2win.net/wc/08/10/notespir2.html
NASCAR Teleconference: Denny Hamlin
Today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teleconference – ahead of Sunday’s Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil at Phoenix International Raceway – features Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota.
Full Story http://www.race2win.net/wc/08/10/ntdh2.html
Dale Jr. Talks About Obama’s Win and Voting for Change
The Drive on FOX with Chris Myers & Sean Farnham welcomed NASCAR Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. today and discussed Sen. Barack Obama winning the 2008 presidential election and voting for change in NASCAR.
Full Story http://www.race2win.net/wc/08/10/dejow.html
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NASCAR says Kentucky would not further NASCAR expansion in legal filing
International Speedway Corp. turned down an opportunity to buy Kentucky Speedway for $186 million and NASCAR officials indicated the track “would not further NASCAR’s expansion goals,” according to a filing Tuesday in the track’s antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR and ISC.
http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/_NASCAR_says_Kentucky_would_not_further_NASCAR_expansion_in_legal_filing.html
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Courtesy of That’s Racin’
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If it can happen in U.S. politics, might it someday in NASCAR?
OPINION
If a black man can be elected president, can there really be any more doubt about just how far we might be able to go some day?
http://www.thatsracin.com/topstories/story/20731.html
Speedway Motorsports reports gains in revenue, profit for third quarter – http://www.thatsracin.com/topstories/story/20724.html
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O’REILLY AUTO PARTS BECOMES NASCAR OFFICIAL PARTNER
Company Secures Position as Official Automotive Parts Retailer of NASCAR
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Nov. 5, 2008) – O’Reilly Auto Parts and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced today an exclusive multi-year agreement for O’Reilly to become the Official Auto Parts Retailer of NASCAR. The agreement allows for O’Reilly Auto Parts to be an exclusive NASCAR partner and utilize NASCAR marks and marketing programs in store and in related media.
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NEXT RACE: Hefty Odor Block 200, 4:30pm/et, Saturday, November 8, 2008 at Phoenix International Raceway
http://www.jayski.com/nationwide/2008/next/34phoenix.htm
Entry List: UPDATE; There are 50 cars on the preliminary entry list for Saturday’s Hefty Odor Block 200 at Phoenix. Some notes: Patrick Sheltra will make his series debut in the #4, Marc Davis is back in the #22, Brian Ickler will be in the #55 for Robby Gordon, Stan Silva will make an attempted in tehe #65, Derrike Cope is in the #82 of Sheltra Motorsports and John Borneman returns in the #83. The complete list is posted on the Phoenix Race Page.(11-3-2008) http://www.jayski.com/nationwide/2008/next/34phoenix.htm#entry
UPDATE: A.J. Allmendinger will be in the #9 for GEM.(11-3-2008)
Entry List http://www.jayski.com/nationwide/2008/next/34phoenix.htm#entry
Phoenix News & Notes http://www.jayski.com/nationwide/2008/next/34phoenix.htm#notes
Delphi Continues with Hendrick Motorsports & JR Motorsports: Delphi announced that it will continue its major associate sponsorship of Hendrick Motorsports during the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season. In addition, Delphi will be the primary sponsor for seven Nationwide Series races with JR Motorsports next year. The announcement was made at a press conference held at the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) in Las Vegas. Delphi will be the primary sponsor for one Nationwide Series race with driver Tony Stewart in the #5 Delphi Chevy fielded by JR Motorsports. Additionally, Delphi will be the primary sponsor for Brad Keselowski in the JR Motorsports #88 Chevrolet for six Nationwide races in 2009. The race details will be announced in the near future. Delphi also will be an associate sponsor of all 2008 Hendrick Motorsports 2009 Spring Cup entries. Delphi will continue to be featured on the uniforms of all Hendrick Motorsports drivers for the 2009 season, including four-time Sprint Cup Champion Jeff Gordon, two-time defending Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin. For more information about Delphi’s involvement in motorsports, visit www.delphi.com/about/motorsports.(Marketwire.com)(11-6-2008)
Campe serving as #5 crew chief: Brian Campe, 27, has been named crew chief of the #5 JR Motorsports team for the final two events of the 2008 Nationwide Series season. Formerly the #5 team’s lead engineer, Campe will call his first career race this weekend at Phoenix. Cam Strader, who has served as interim crew chief since July, will return to his role as the team’s car chief.(JR Motorsports PR)(11-5-2008)
Hamlin in the #18 at Phoenix: The #18 DLP HDTV Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing heads to Phoenix International Raceway for Saturday’s Hefty Odor Block 200 Nationwide Series race. Denny Hamlin takes over the #18 JGR Toyota for Saturday’s 200-mile journey.(JGR / TureSpeed Communications PR)(11-5-2008)
Sibley is interim crew chief at CJM: Interim crew chief Mike Sibley will once again lend a hand to #11-CJM racing this weekend. Sibley is a Camping World East crew chief from Joe Gibbs Racing that has worked with rookies Joey Logano and Marc Davis. Logano and Sibley won the championship together in 2007.(CJM Racing PR)(11-5-2008)
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Rusty Wallace, NASCAR Champion and ABC / ESPN Lead Auto Racing Analyst, and Steve Wallace, Driver, No. 66 5-Hour Energy Chevrolet, NASCAR Nationwide Series will appear for autographs, on behalf of 5-Hour Energy, at the Exxon On the Run location at 315 North Litchfield Rd. in Goodyear, AZ on Friday, November 7th, from 5:30-6:30 PM. Just eight miles northwest of Phoenix International Raceway. (RWR) (11-05-08)
CJM Racing Quick Facts: This season marks the first time CJM Racing has competed on a full-time basis in the NASCAR ranks. They are currently 17th in the owner points with only two races remaining.Interim crew chief Mike Sibley will once again lend a hand to CJM racing this weekend. Sibley is a Camping World East crew chief from Joe Gibbs Racing that has worked with rookies Joey Logano and Marc Davis. Logano and Sibley won the championship together in 2007.CJM Racing is approaching a milestone. Next weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway will mark the 50th start for the race team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.Lagasse Jr. will be heading to Phoenix a day early to hang out on Lake Havasu with some of the folks from America’s Incredible Pizza Company. (CJMRacing) (11-05-08)
Saturday afternoon at Phoenix, Denny Hamlin will be back in his racing element, strapped into a thoroughly proven winner on the Nationwide Series circuit this season. First and foremost on his mind will be making the DLP HDTV two-for-three on the year and, in the bigger picture of things, making the Joe Gibbs Racing organization NASCAR’s first 20-race winner in Nationwide Series history. Denny Hamlin – Driver, No. 18 DLP HDTV® NASCAR Nationwide Series Toyota Camry at Phoenix International Raceway. You grew up racing Late Models on the Saturday-night short tracks in Virginia. Does racing at a flat track like Phoenix bring you back to your roots?“Phoenix reminds me more of racing when I was younger, for sure. I spent plenty of time early in my career running flat tracks in Late Models and PIR feels like that to me. Racing at Phoenix brings back some great memories from the Late Model days, when I started my career. Phoenix is one of my favorite places to race and a big reason for that is that it reminds me of the weekend short track racing back home in Virginia.” (DLPHDTV) (11-05-08)
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NEXT RACE INFO
Phoenix Int’l Raceway
Lucas Oil 150 – Friday, November 7, 2008
SPEED/TV – Prerace 7:30pm/et; Race 8:00pm/et
Preliminary Entry List: There are 36 trucks listed on the Preliminary Entry List for the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Int’l Raceway. Entry list is posted on the Phoenix Race Page.(11-3-2008) http://www.jayski.com/cts/next/2008/24phoenix2008.htm#entry
Truck Series News & Notes – Phoenix Int’l Raceway: NASCAR’s prerace news & notes for the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Int’l Raceway are posted on the Phoenix Race Page.(11-3-2008) http://www.jayski.com/cts/next/2008/24phoenix2008.htm#notes
Benson to Red Horse Racing in 2009? UPDATE 4 Benson leaving BDR at seasons end: Craftsman Trucks Series points leader Johnny Benson is leaving Bill Davis Racing at season’s end, a source close to Benson told ESPN. This is Benson’s fifth year with Bill Davis Racing. Bill Davis Racing refused to comment on the story. Benson has not confirmed any plans for the 2009 season and has left open the possibility of retirement. Coincidentally, BDR announced Tuesday that 19-year old Tayler Malsam has signed on to drive a fourth Toyota in the Truck Series next year.(ESPN.com)(11-5-2008)
UPDATE 4: During an interview with Johnny Benson on Sirius Radio’s Tradin’ Paint with Steve Post & Chocolate Myers, Benson commented on leaving BDR…”At this point in time, about three or four weeks ago I had a conversation with Bill [Davis] and, of course, the people up at Bill Davis [Racing] and I’m opting to try and do something different. Now, I threw around the idea of maybe retiring at the end of the season but when I had said that a bunch of opportunities come up. It was like, you know what, am I going to retire? Am I going to try to do a part time deal, go have some fun and spend time with the family and go do just some off races and things of this nature? The truck series is such a great series but you can go run 10 Cup races and make more money than to run the whole season. But I don’t necessarily know if I want to do that either. Some of it is up in the air but I think in the last two or three weeks there have been some opportunities for me to do something that I may like. Now it seems kind of odd to do that, to be in a situation to run for a championship and then want to leave but there’s a couple of other little issues and things of this nature. But the thing I like about this business, whether we win this championship or not, when I came over to Bill’s they were about 25^th in points, 25^th to 28^th or something like that. We were able to build a team and move it up to a championship contender scenario. I like doing those things. But I want to win a championship. I want to finish that off. But it is very cool to do those types of things and I enjoyed that aspect of it. Obviously, I’d really like to get a championship so if we can get that done this year that’d be great. What I’m going to do next year, I really don’t know. There’s a couple things that some people had laid out in front of me that are tempting. So, that’s where I stand. It basically stands that I won’t be at Bill’s. But Bill and Gail gave me a great opportunity, along with Toyota, to come and have some fun and help build a team to make it a championship contender and I think all of us, as a group, are very proud of that and we’d like to finish this off for Bill, for sure.”(Sirius Radio)(11-5-2008)
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Courtesy of TruckSeries.Com
http://www.truckseries.com
Down To The Wire
11-05-2008 | Tom Jensen, TruckSeries.com
For Johnny Benson and Ron Hornaday Jr., it’s game on as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series heads to Phoenix International Raceway for Friday night’s Lucas Oil 150, race No. 24 of 25 in the 2008 season. Although Hornaday has made up ground on Benson in six of the last seven races, the bespectacled Midwesterner still has the NCTS points lead, an ever-so-slim margin of just 6 points. Phoenix, which hosted the first-ever NCTS race in 1995, should prove to be a difficult challenge for the two points leaders and the rest of the field. The one-mile PIR oval has two very different shaped sets of corners, with Turns 1 and 2 radically different in size and shape from Turns 3 and 4, so setups are always a matter of compromise: It’s impossible to get it right at both ends of the track.
http://www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_08/articles/000021/002198.htm
Texas TV Ratings Continue Upward on SPEED
11-05-2008 | TruckSeries.com Report
Last weekend’s race from Texas scored a Nielsen Household Rating of .76 (558,000 households), up 38 percent from last year’s .55 (398,000 households).
http://www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_08/articles/000021/002199.htm
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Malsam Joins BDR Truck Team for 2009
HIGH POINT NC (11-5-08) – Fresh off a top-10 points finish in his rookie season in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, Seattle, Washington’s Tayler Malsam has signed with Bill Davis Racing to pilot a fourth Toyota Tundra in the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
http://www.arcaracing.com/news.cfm?contentid=7400
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Only One King – Memphis Motorsports Park, November 15
WhoWon.com – Lincoln,NE,USA
The Kimmel name has been synonymous with racing for many years with nine-time ARCA RE/MAX Series Champion Frank Kimmel and his crew chief and brother Bill …
http://www.whowon.com/Results.asp?TrackID=538&StoryID=262380
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Tony Stewarts Launch Sequence Began at Phoenix
By John
TSR’s Sprint Car crown in 2006 came via Josh Wise, who has since moved up the racing ladder, where he’s cutting his teeth in stock cars, competing in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the NASCAR Nationwide …
http://tsrfan.com/tony-stewarts-launch-sequence-began-at-phoenix/2008/11/04/
RaceTalkRadio.com
Don’t Fight City Hall – Fantasy Insight Phoenix 2 by Dennis Michelsen
http://www.racetalkradio.com/soz/id211.htm
The Nascar Insiders
What’s the Deal with Bill Davis?
Bill Davis Racing has been a lightning rod for merger rumors this season. With the loss of Caterpillar as a sponsor on the #22 ride earlier this season, the fate of the Cup team was put into question and subsequently became a likely contender for acquisition. Now as the season winds to an end, the focus has shifted away from the Cup side of the organization to BDR’s thriving truck teams.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNascarInsiders/~3/444102553/
Seeing Beyond the Color
by Carol Einarsson
History was made this week, as witnessed by millions. Two men vying for only one position that would leave one victorious and one in defeat. The anticipation leading up to the day of decision was watched globally, and as the world watched, we saw the first man of color emerge victorious. That man, of course, is Lewis Hamilton.
http://www.racejournalonline.com/index.cfm?Pagename=column&id=542
NASCAR Schedules A Return To Outer Space
It might as well be a mission to Mars. We are now one month away from the Sprint Cup Series banquet in New York City. Put on your NASCAR space suit.
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2008/10/nascar-schedules-return-to-outer-space.html
Darrell Waltrip Takes-Over ESPN’s “NASCAR Now”
You really have to tip your hat to the newly re-vamped NASCAR Now program on ESPN2. The wholesale changes this season in on-air personalities and content have paid-off in an interesting TV series that covers all parts of the sport.
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2008/11/darrell-waltrip-takes-over-espns-nascar.html
Website Wednesday: NASCAR.com In The Spotlight
Over the past nineteen months, TDP has received tons of email about the various NASCAR websites available to Internet users for all kinds of purposes. From the streaming of live races to online video games, no website has generated more email than NASCAR.com, the official Internet home of the sport.
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2008/11/website-wednesday-nascarcom-in.html
Top 20 Over the Past 10 – The Fertilizer Needs To Hit The Fan Again This Week – by Ron Thornton
The green flag will wave at Phoenix, but Jimmie Johnson’s #48 will just sit there. Maybe it will run for a few laps before the engine blows up or a downed tire sends him to the wall. Just maybe either Scott Speed or David Gilliland will get mad at him, and from what we’ve seen the results of that could be dire indeed for the two-time defending champ.
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/08/110608Thornton.asp
NASCAR top 10 Power Rankings: Texas – by Jeffrey Boswell
Jimmie Johnson: Johnson started seventh and immediately was faced with a tight-handling car. On lap 96, race leader Carl Edwards put Johnson a lap down, and the #48 car never returned to the lead lap. Johnson still finished 15th and now has a 106 point lead over Edwards in the Cup standings.
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/08/110608Boswell.asp
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T V * L I S T I N G S
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Courtesy of Jayski
http://www.jayski.com/pages/tv.htm
Thu Nov 6
12:00 am NASCAR Now ESPN2
12:00 pm NSCS Texas Replay SPEED
1:00 pm 1990 Checker 500 at Phoenix ESPNC
5:00 pm NASCAR Now ESPN2
5:30 pm NSCS Texas Replay HDNet
Fri Nov 7
12:00 am NASCAR Now ESPN2
11:00 am NASCAR Live SPEED
11:30 am NNS Phoenix Practice SPEED
2:00 pm NSCS Phoenix Practice ESPN2
3:30 pm NNS Phoenix Practice SPEED
4:30 pm NCTS Phoenix Pole Qualifying SPEED
5:30 pm NSCS Phoenix Pole Qualifyin ESPN2
7:30 pm NCTS Set-Up SPEED
8:00 pm NCTS: Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix SPEED
10:30 pm Trackside at Phoenix SPEED
11:30 pm NNS Phoenix Practice SPEED
Sat Nov 8
1:30 am NCTS Set-Up SPEED
2:00 am NCTS: Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix SPEED
11:00 am Trackside at Phoenix SPEED
12:00 pm NNS Phoenix Qualifying SPEED
2:30 pm NASCAR Live SPEED
3:00 pm NSCS Phoenix Practice ESPN2
4:00 pm NNS Countdown ESPN2
4:30 pm NNS: Hefty Odor Block 200 at Phoenix ESPN2
8:00 pm Tradin’ Paint SPEED
8:30 pm NASCAR Performance SPEED
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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