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TV Times - GM Renews Daytona 500 Sponsorship Despite Financial Woes
by: Lou Modestino
Car maker General Motors Corp. renewed its long-standing sponsorship of the Daytona International Speedway and its signature Nascar race, the Daytona 500. More at motorsportsnews.net/archives/2532
For more articles by Lou, visit motorsportsnews.net/archives/category/tv-times
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1991 Daytona 500 Winner Unfortunately No Longer “Swervin’”
by: Steve Langley
NASCAR Legend Ernie Irvan attended the 2009 Sprint Sound and Speed Presented by Suntrust fan festival in Nashville this past weekend. See more at motorsportsnews.net/archives/2541
Read more of Steve’s columns at motorsportsnews.net/archives/category/miscellaneous-columns
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Kyle Petty Speaks His Mind At Sound & Speed Fanfest
by Steve Langley
The economy was the topic of discussion with all the drivers attending the ‘09 Sound & Speed Fan-Fest. During the media interviews of the drivers that attended the fund raiser, everyone of them discussed the topic. Read the rest at motorsportsnews.net/archives/2547
Read more of Steve’s columns at motorsportsnews.net/archives/category/miscellaneous-columns
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Toyota’s racing chief says company won’t monopolize NASCAR
By JIM PEDLEY
Lee White has heard the murmuring. He’s heard the muffled talk that his company is poised to jump with both boots upon the neck of a NASCAR series that is perceived to be severely wounded.
White, the president and general manager of Toyota Racing Development, knows that such murmuring comes with being both NASCAR’s new kid in class and its most economically successful manufacturer.
And in a recent talk with The Star, he vehemently denied that Toyota would try to profit from the chaos gripping the sport’s other manufacturers or that it was even in a position to do so.
More: www.kansascity.com/sports/story/977911.html
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“In Albuquerque, the speeds aren’t like they are down here because of the altitude, but 100 miles an hour was pretty quick in the ’60s,” he said. “Especially for a stock car in mile-high elevation.” …
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Economy doesn’t sway NASCAR hopefuls
Mooresville Tribune - VA,USA
Representatives from NASCAR Technical Institute and Performance Instruction and Training (PIT) said students are still eagerly enrolling — and getting hired …
www2.mooresvilletribune.com/content/2009/jan/12/economy-doesnt-sway-nascar-hopefuls/news-local/
Wausau NASCAR driver shares his trip to Iraq
WKOW-TV.com - Madison,WI,USA
by Colby Robertson WAUSAU (WAOW) — NASCAR driver and Wausau native Scott Wimmer was given the opportunity of a lifetime this past December. …
www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9651891
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Loomis To Run GEM-Petty
Robbie Loomis will serve as the executive director of racing operations for the team that will emerge from the merger of Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings, and Kevin Buskirk and Sammy Johns will join existing GEM crew chiefs Kenny Francis and Mike Shiplett atop the pit boxes. All four crew chiefs will report to former Petty executive Loomis, according to GEM Director of Competition Mark McArdle. McArdle believes the planned merger and the realigned staff will help his team. Just having Richard Petty and longtime wrenchman Dale Inman at the team’s test last Friday in Rockingham, N.C., at the old North Carolina Motor Speedway was a plus, McArdle said. Loomis, who reports to McArdle, will oversee the race teams, pit crews, team management and team transport, and he ran the Rockingham test. GEM just missed having a driver in the 2008 Chase For The Sprint Cup as Kasey Kahne finished 14th in points. Teammate Elliott Sadler was 24th. The No. 10 GEM entry with various drivers was 37th in points. The merger and other departures have resulted in several changes at GEM with only Kahne and Kenny Francis remaining as the same driver-crew chief combination as last year.
Rockingham Adds Race
2008 was a great year for the Rockingham Speedway as race cars returned to the high-banked, one-mile oval for three major races during the season. Not only will there be at least three major races this season, the Carolina 200 will add another race during the weekend – the UARA-Stars Late Model Stock Car Series. The UARA-Stars will race on Saturday April 18th, 2009 – the same day as the ARCA RE/MAX Series will practice and qualify for the Carolina 200. It will be the first Late Model Stock class to race on the historic track. The UARA-Stars run a Late Model Stock car weighting 3100 lbs. with V-8 engines having over 450 horsepower and a 390 four barrel carburetor. The 70-lap feature will bring not only the regular UARA-Stars competitors but it is also expected to bring many Late Model drivers from local short tracks.
More Practice Time At Daytona
NASCAR has significantly increased the Speedweeks practice time for participants in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series at Daytona International Speedway. But NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said Monday that track schedules sometimes vary year to year and that the change was more of just a general adjustment in the Daytona schedule and not to expect more practice time at other tracks. With NASCAR’s ban on testing at tracks that play host to Sprint Cup, Nationwide or Camping World Truck races this year, teams will head to the season-opening events without the benefit of three days of January testing at DIS. When they announced the policy last November, NASCAR officials had indicated they would consider giving teams more practice time on the race weekend. That pretty much isn’t the case for Cup drivers (they have a total of 10 more minutes of practice at Daytona this year).
Motorsports Trade Show This Week
Thousands of people are expected to fill the aisles of the 24th annual Motorsports Race Car & Trade Show, 2009 edition, at the plush Atlantic City, NJ Convention Center on Friday, January 16th and Saturday, January 17th. The show, offering just about everything imaginable in motorsports, will fill close to 250,000 square feet of the Convention Center. Close to 200 motorsports vehicles will be on display and more than 300 exhibit areas will offer products and services for racers, collectibles for fans, racing schedules for racers and fans plus so much more. Just announced is the appearance of long time NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chief and car owner Ray Evernham who just recently purchased a dirt race track in the Carolinas and is a motorsports analyst with ESPN-TV. The former crew chief to four time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon will kick off his autograph duties at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Evernham will be at the Trenton Speedway Tribute display which can be seen during the entire show. The former New Jersey resident competed in the final event ever run at Trenton in an asphalt modified stock car. Former Indianapolis car great Wally Dallenbach Sr. and NASCAR Sprint Car racer James Hylton will anchor a Trenton Speedway Reunion Autograph Session on Saturday at 12 noon.
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Yates and HOF partner up, new sponsor UPDATE2 Labonte to drive:
UPDATE 2: sources tell me that Labonte could drive for Yates Racing, which may be the #96 Ford which makes sense since the #96 is out of the top 35 in owners points and Labonte is a past Cup champ, so he would have a past champions provisional to use [since Labonte was the Champ in 2000, he would get the spot before #21-Bill Elliott, who was the 1988 champ, but after #14-Stewart, who was a champ in 2005], also hearing the #98 Yates Racing Ford will use the #38 Yates Racing owners points for the 1st five races, guaranteeing Paul Menard and sponsor Menards of making the 1st five races of 2009.
AND Labonte will drive the #96 car for Yates Racing, multiple sources told ESPN.com on Tuesday. Hall of Fame Racing announced earlier in the day that it has aligned itself with Yates Racing to run the 96 for the entire Sprint Cup season. Team officials said a driver announcement would come on Wednesday. Sources said Labonte, who had been in discussions with Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing for the #8 car, will be that driver as part of a three-car operation. Sources said the car will be sponsored by Ask.com. Labonte and Yates officials could not be reached for comment regarding Labonte.(ESPN)(1-13-2009)
AND II:NASCAR.com is reporting: Bobby Labonte will drive the #96 Ford in 2009, three sources on Tuesday evening. A formal announcement is to be made Wednesday, according to the sources, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity.(NASCAR.com)(1-13-2009)
Super 8 and Labonte?…..no: readers been emailing about Super 8 Motel’s being Bobby Labonte’s new sponsor, based off a Coca Cola ad/photo on their site which has Labonte dressed in a Super 8 Motel driver suit. But have been told that the photo shoot was in October 2008 when Labonte was still with Petty Enterprises and that Super 8, an associate sponsor with the Petty’s, have not been in contact with Labonte since. Supposedly, if Super 8 does sponsor a car, it may have a four race deal with the #43 car that is probably still in place and came over with the #43 in the GEM-Petty merger. Kyle Petty, a driver without a ride in 2009, is wearing a Victory Junction Gang Camp drivers suit, while the rest have on 2009 sponsors.(1-13-2009)
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Loomis to run racing operations at GEM-Petty: Robbie Loomis will serve as the executive director of racing operations for the team that will emerge from the merger of Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings, and Kevin Buskirk and Sammy Johns will join existing GEM crew chiefs Kenny Francis and Mike Shiplett atop the pit boxes. All four crew chiefs will report to former Petty executive Loomis, according to GEM Director of Competition Mark McArdle. McArdle believes the planned merger and the realigned staff will help his team. Just having Richard Petty and longtime wrenchman Dale Inman at the team’s test last Friday in Rockingham, N.C., at the old North Carolina Motor Speedway was a plus, McArdle said. Loomis, who reports to McArdle, will oversee the race teams, pit crews, team management and team transport, and he ran the Rockingham test.
The merger and other departures have resulted in several changes at GEM with only Kahne and Kenny Francis remaining as the same driver-crew chief combination as last year. Kahne’s #9 team has had the fewest changes. Francis remains as crew chief. Keith Rodden returns as the team engineer after a one-season absence from the road, replacing engineer Chad Johnson, who moved to Michael Waltrip Racing. Todd Devinich remains the car chief.
On Sadler’s #19 car, Buskirk, most recently of Dale Earnhardt Inc., will be the crew chief in a reunion of sorts since he was the lead engineer for Sadler when he made the Chase at Robert Yates Racing in 2004. Kevin Kidd returns as the team engineer, while Wally Rogers, a former Kevin Harvick Inc. employee who joined GEM as its Nationwide Series crew chief in September 2008, will be the car chief. McArdle says most of that team has changed. He said he didn’t want to lose crew chief Rodney Childers, who opted to move to Michael Waltrip Racing and work with David Reutimann.
On Sorenson’s #43 car, Shiplett enters his second year as a crew chief after spending last season with the #10 team, mostly with drivers Patrick Carpentier and AJ Allmendinger. Phil Surgen will be the race engineer, and Tony Lunders will be the car chief. Surgen worked with Shiplett last year, while Lunders was with the #19 team last season. Many members of the #19 team from last year are now working on the #43 car, McArdle said.
Johns, who had been GEM’s executive director of operations for the shop, will work with the fourth team and likely with driver AJ Allmendinger. Although GEM hasn’t announced Allmendinger’s hiring, Johns and Allmendinger will be working together at a Goodyear test on Tuesday and Wednesday at Phoenix International Raceway. Mike Wolf will be lead engineer and Brian Dantinne moves from research and development to the role of car chief. In other changes, McArdle will take over the supervision of the engine department, while Tommy Wheeler will delve more into research and development. He will focus on the building of the race cars. As far as engines, McArdle said the team would not use the new Dodge engine until later in the season.(SceneDaily)(1-13-2009)
Benning plans to attempt Daytona 500: In addition to Norm Benning’s plans to run the full ARCA schedule in 2009, he is going to make some NASCAR Camping World Truck Series attempts to help pay the bills. “I made seven out of eight Truck races last year, and we’ll try as many as we can this year. It helps pay the bills. I still love to race so much, you do what you can. In fact, we’re going to attempt to make the Cup race at Daytona and the Truck race, plus the ARCA race. That’s why I’m down here in Charlotte. The Cup car I bought is in the chassis dyno.”(ARCA Racing)(1-13-2009)
Changes for 2009 - Crew Chiefs UPDATED:
#00 [was #44] — Ryan Pemberton left to crew chief Brian Vickers for 2009, Rodney Childers comes from GEM to take over
#7 — made numerous crew chief changes in 2008, have heard nothing official, but heard that Kirk Almquist, who came to the team in late 2008, will be back
#8 — Supposedly Doug Randolph, formerly of DEI’s #15 team will be the new crew chief, replacing Gibson who left for Stewart-Haas’ #39
#10 — Crew chief Mike Shiplett moves to the #43, with Sammy Johns crew chiefing Allmendinger in the car
#14 [was #70] — Darian Grubbs comes over from Hendrick were he was an engineer, but has crew chiefed before with Jimmie Johnson, garnering two wins
#17 — Chip Bolin goes back to the engeneering side at Roush, Nationwide crew chief, Drew Blickensderfer takes over in 2009
#19 — Kevin Buskirk comes over from DEI, former crew chief, Rodney Childers left to go to MWR’s #00 team
#22 — TBA, as former crew chief Tommy Baldwin left and started his own team
#26 — Donnie Wingo, leaves Gannasi to take the crew chief gig for McMurray, Wingo had been a logtime crew chief at Gamassi’s
#33 — Shane Wilson will crew chief Bowyer RCR’s new team
#36/TBR — Tommy Baldwin will act as crew chief of his own team.
#38 — TBA, Cully Barraclough left at seasons end is is back as the car chief on a NNS ride for Roush, no word who Gilliland’s crew chief will be.
#39 — Tony Gibson comes over from DEI, Bootie Barker heads to MWR
#41 — Donnie Wingo left to crew chief McMurray in the #26. #41 has no driver named, nor a crew chief
#43 — Jeff Meendering left and went to Stewart-Haas racing as a car chief, with the team merging with GEM, Mike Shiplett moves over from the #10.
#47 — Frank Kerr will be the crew chief for Ambrose
#55 — Bootie Barker comes over from Haas CNC
#83 — Ryan Pemberton comes over form MWR to crew chief Vickers, former crew chief, Ricky Viers supposedly will take a management role with the team.
#96 — no word on if Steve Moyer returns as the team teams up with Yates and switches to Ford
#98 — Larry Carter comes over from Roush/McMurray to take over for Paul Menard and this new team.
Some crew chiefs looking for work include: Walter Giles, James Ince, Brad Parrott, Doug Richert, Buddy Sisco, Rick Viers
No Changes [so far] for the following teams: #’s 07,1,2,5,6,9,11,12,18,20,21,24,25,29,42,48,82,88,99. See my 2009 Cup Team Chart for more changes and info.(12-29-2008/1-13-2009)
www.jayski.com/pages/2009teams.htm
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YATES RACING AND HALL OF FAME RACING ANNOUCE ALIGNMENT IN NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
CONCORD, N.C. (January 13, 2009) – Yates Racing and Hall of Fame Racing (HOF) announced today an alignment of their two teams. Under the agreement, Yates Racing will operate the No. 96 NASCAR Sprint Cup entry of Hall of Fame Racing for the full 2009 Sprint Cup schedule. Doug Yates and Max Jones will continue as co-owners of Yates Racing, while Tom Garfinkel and Jeff Moorad will continue as co-owners of Hall of Fame Racing. With the recent expansion of the Yates Racing facilities, the No. 96 Ford Fusion will operate out of the Yates Racing complex, located in Concord, N.C.
“This partnership with Hall of Fame is a great stepping stone for the Yates organization,” said Max Jones, co-owner and General Manager of Yates Racing. “Through this partnership, we are able to continue the expansion of our shop and field another Sprint Cup entry. We, along with Ford Racing, welcome Hall of Fame Racing and look forward to a very successful season.”
“Jeff Moorad and I knew it would take time to construct the right model to improve our competitive position in the sport and we think we’ve come a long way to achieving that through our association with Yates Racing,” said Tom Garfinkel, co-owner of Hall of Fame Racing. “We’re proud to be associated with Doug and Max and Ford Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.”
The Hall of Fame Racing entry will make its competitive debut at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday, February 12 during the Gatorade 150 qualifying races.
For more information, visit www.yatesracing.com.
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Barrett plans 21 races: In addition to the 18 IndyCar races and the number of Indy Lights contests he plans on running, Stanton Barrett also plans on competing in 21 Nationwide races next season.(Sports Illustrated), according to a PR list on the NASCAR media site, Barrett will be in the #51 for Rick Ware Racing.(1-13-2009)
SFP will be the primary 10-race sponsor for Peyton Sellers and Cardinal Motorsports in the Nationwide Series in 2009. In 2008, SFP sponsored Sellers in the Camping World Series East.(Cardinal Motorsports PR)(1-13-2009)
Stout to run limited Nationwide schedule: The Stellar-Quest Racing Team from outside Buffalo, NY has announced it will run a limited schedule in the 2009 Nationwide Series in a Chevy bearing #19. This small family owned, all volunteer team’s driver will again be JC Stout, who drove the team’s #91 Chevy in the truck series for the last six seasons. Sponsorship opportunities are available for the upcoming season and Stout is also seeking other driving opportunities in both the Nationwide and Truck series for other teams in 2009. The crew chief for the team’s first Nationwide season will be Don Roberts, carrying over his title from the truck series last year.(Stellar-Quest Racing)(1-13-2009)
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Three-time Midget National Champion, Jason Leffler, has often called the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, “the greatest spectacle in racing.” This weekend’s 23rd running of the event will see a record 300-plus drivers from 30 different states and Canada, packed inside the Tulsa Expo Center battling it out in pursuit of the coveted Golden Driller trophy. Leffler has captured victories in almost every prestigious midget event over the years with the exception of one. The Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is the one victory that has eluded him throughout his career. This weekend, making his 12th career start in the event, Leffler sets out to change that.(braun racing)
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Stout to switch series in 2009: The Stellar-Quest Racing Team from outside Buffalo, NY has announced it will run a limited schedule in the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series in a Chevrolet bearing the #19. This small family owned, all volunteer team’s driver will again be JC Stout, who drove the team’s #91 Chevrolet in the truck series for the last six seasons. Sponsorship opportunities are available for the upcoming season and Stout is also seeking other driving opportunities in both the Nationwide and Truck series? for other teams in 2009. The crew chief for the team’s first Nationwide season will be Don Roberts, carrying over his title from the truck series last year.(Stellar-Quest Racing PR)(1-13-2009)
Trucks get more practice time at Daytona: NASCAR has significantly increased the Speedweeks practice time for participants in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series at Daytona Int’l Speedway. With NASCAR’s ban on testing at tracks that play host to Sprint Cup, Nationwide or Camping World Truck races this year, teams will head to the season-opening events without the benefit of three days of January testing at DIS. When they announced the policy last November, NASCAR officials had indicated they would consider giving teams more practice time on the race weekend. Truck teams will get two practices totaling 160 minutes on Wednesday this year, compared to just 60 minutes on Wednesday in 2008. The Thursday Truck practice is 125 minutes, five minutes longer than a year ago.(SceneDaily.com)
Circle Bar close to announcing driver for the #10: Rick Crawford told Sirius NASCAR Radio’s Sirius Speedway on Monday that he hopes to announce a new driver for the Circle Bar Racing #10 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ford within the next 7-10 days. “We might even be able to say something by this Friday,” he said. “I’ve got 16 names on a list; people who have contacted us since last Monday, hoping to be considered for the ride. We’ve got some rookies, and some experienced veterans looking to bring something (financial) to the table.” Crawford said the team will not necessarily choose the most experienced driver, the driver with the best resume, or the driver that brings the most sponsorship to the dance. Instead, he said, Circle Car will likely choose “the best total package” of all three.(Sirius Speedway PR)(1-12-2009)
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Key Motorsports to Run Full-Time Nationwide Series Entry in 2009 …
After a four year hiatus from motorsports, Key Motorsports returned to racing in 2004 as a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team, periodically running in the Nationwide Series on a limited basis, most recently with …
fanzonesports.net/nascar/2009/01/key-motorsports-to-run-full-time-nationwide-series-entry-in-2009/
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Lofton Back on Board; Completes ESR’s ‘09 Line-Up
DENVER, NC (1-13-09) - California native, Justin Lofton, returns for a full ARCA RE/MAX Series season at Eddie Sharp Racing behind the wheel of the Lofton Cattle Toyota.
[Read More] - www.arcaracing.com/news.cfm?contentid=7528
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Economy doesn’t sway NASCAR hopefuls
Fetzer and his fellow program members Scott Crews and Jon Wojcio recently attended the ARCA RE/MAX Series Championship Banquet to be recognized as members of series points champion Justin Allgaier’s pit crew. …
www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/12/economy-doesnt-sway-nascar-hopefuls/news-local/
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Inside Track Breaking News Blog: NASCAR Cdn. Tire Series: More …
By GREGM
Thanks to Craig Revelle for passing along some more photos of Chris Raabe’s recent NASCAR Canadian Tire Series test with Gibbons Motorsports, at Hickory Motor Speedway.
insidetracknews.blogspot.com/2009/01/nascar-cdn-tire-series-more-pictures-of.html
Owner getting track on track
London Free Press - London,Ontario,Canada
Deteriorating conditions on the race surface and pit road are the major reasons the Canadian Tire Series has never scheduled a date at Delaware. …
lfpress.ca/newsstand/Sports/Motorsports/2009/01/13/8003681-sun.html
Millson and author Tim Miller to be Guests on AM900 CHML’s Scott …
Inside Track Motorsport News - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Canadian motorsports writer Tim Miller, and author of the book NASCAR Now, … drivers such as NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2008 Champion, Scott Steckly. …
insidetracknews.blogspot.com/2009/01/millson-and-author-tim-miller-to-be.html
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The Sellout is of the Most Importance
Time was there were two certain things in NASCAR‘s Sprint Cup series. Bristol would sell out every race and Darlington would always have a Southern 500. The Southern 500 ended a few years ago (only to be resurrected for 2009) and Bristol Motor Speedway always sold out
www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/09/010909Fleshman.asp
Return of the Door Ding
As Fred was almost literally shoved out of the front door of his uncle’s house, a lot of unanswered questions began filling his mind. While Fred tried to resist, he stammered out, “Wait….Uncle, I have a lot of unanswered questions!”
www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/09/010809VanZandt.asp
Insider Racing News
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Racer Profile: Bill Lester
by Allen Madding
Insider Racing News
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Sliced Bread: The Rise of Joey Logano
by Ashley McCubbin
The Daly Planet: “Preseason Thunder” Officially Starts SPEED’s …
By Daly Planet Editor
Just like Kyle Busch, Ragan has certainly grown-up right in front of the TV cameras. This SPEED series focuses on preseason issues and serves as a preview of the new year. Lots of NASCAR topics were not included in this first thirty …
dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2009/01/preseason-thunder-officially-starts.html
The Nascar Insiders
Come On Stremme, You’re Better Then That
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Insider Racing News
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Thank Goodness January 26 is Close at Hand
by Chuck Abrams
Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/LV/011409.html
Is NASCAR Slowing Becoming ‘NASCAR, the Cartoon Series’?
by Larry Van Zandt
The Nascar Insiders
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #6
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Cheers & Jeers
A Series of Rants
by Carol Einarsson
CHEERS to Tommy Baldwin Racing and the rumored employment of Dave Blaney!
www.racejournalonline.com/index.cfm?Pagename=column&id=563
TV Critics Getting Rough With “NASCAR Wives”
The Television Critics Association winter press tour is in full swing out in Los Angeles, CA. This year a NASCAR TV series is one of the new shows being presented as a high-profile entertainment property for 2009.
dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2009/01/tv-critics-getting-rough-with-nascar.html
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Wed Jan 14
1:30 am Dakar Rally, daily highlights VS
3:00 pm NASCAR: Reviewing the 60th Season-April SPEED
3:30 pm Dakar Rally, daily highlights VS
6:00 pm NASCAR PreSeason Thunder SPEED
6:30 pm Dakar Rally, daily highlights VS
Thu Jan 15
3:00 pm NASCAR: Reviewing the 60th Season-May SPEED
3:30 pm Dakar Rally, daily highlights VS
6:00 pm NASCAR PreSeason Thunder SPEED
6:30 pm Dakar Rally, daily highlights VS
10:30 pm Dakar Rally, daily highlights VS
Fri Jan 16
1:30 am Dakar Rally, daily highlights VS
3:30 pm Dakar Rally, daily highlights VS
6:30 pm Dakar Rally, daily highlights VS
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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