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The NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams are all out in Las Vegas this weekend. There’ll be some temptations there, both on and off the track. How will the drivers (and crew) do?
Stock Car Gazette weekend editor Heather Meyer is also at the track, so there wil be no weekend editions of the Stock Car Gazette.
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Stock Car Gazette Columnists Speak Out!
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Is that burnt toast I smell? Never mind, it’s Joey Logano.
by: Steve Langley
One driver that may be in trouble is the Joe Gibbs #20 car of Joey Logano. He had a rough Daytona race that ended with him finishing 43rd after being involved in an accident. California was a little better when he started the race 34th and finished in the 26th position. More at http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/3036
(photo by MotorSportsNews.Net(work) photographer Steve Langley
For more from Steve, visit http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/category/steves-stuff
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Richard Petty Motorsports making room for Super 8 on No. 43 and 44 cars; other teams lacking funds
by: Doug Turnbull
A sagging economy and a trip to Vegas keep money fresh in the minds of many on the NASCAR circuit. A flurry of teams around the Sprint Cup garage lack full sponsorship for the 2009 season, including Richard Petty Motorsports. Read the rest at http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/3041
For more from Doug, visit http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/category/turnbull
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Las Vegas by the numbers
by: Mike Wells
Matt Kenseth will try his hand at making history this weekend going for win number 3 in a row. See the rest of this article at http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/3044
For more by Lou, visit http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/category/water-from-the-wells
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Darlington Raceway Unveils 2009 Southern 500® Logo With Help From Ned Jarrett And Bondy Long – NASCAR Legends Jarrett and Long recount Darlington success: The Southern 500® is set to make a comeback this Mother’s Day weekend at Darlington Raceway during the historic track’s 60th Year of Racing, and today two NASCAR legends, Ned Jarrett and Bondy Long, were on hand to help unveil the new event logo. Jarrett, one of NASCAR’s most beloved champions, recorded 50 wins during his 13-year career with 27 of them coming during the 1964 and ’65 seasons with Long and Camden, S.C. based Bowani Racing. The duo also claimed victory in the 1965 Southern 500® by a NASCAR-record 14 laps on their way to the Sprint Cup Series championship
http://www.catchfence.com/press/022509n.html
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NASCAR understands fans’ economic pain
http://www.star-telegram.com/340/story/1225841.html
Air travel risks part of NASCAR routine
http://savannahnow.com/node/679372
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Kenseth goes for the record at Las Vegas
SportingNews.com – USA
The thinking was that stock car drivers don’t like flat tracks. I love flat tracks. I think that you need to know how to drive on a flat track more than a …
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=522025
Logano learning the ropes with maiden voyage in California
USA Today – USA
So I ended up running the high line in the Cup car, too. I was able to take a little bit of what I learned and move it over to the Cup race, …
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2009-02-26-logano-diary_N.htm
Tony Stewart is speeding along in new role
Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
“The only way it really works is to be a car owner four days a week and be a driver those three days we’re at the race track,” Stewart said Wednesday at …
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/022609dnspotmslede.3329ef3.html
NASCAR Top 10 Power Rankings: Week 2
Sports Central – Vienna,VA,USA
3. Kyle Busch — Busch swept the Camping World Truck and Nationwide races on Saturday, and became the …
http://snipurl.com/cqype
NASCAR May go Non-Exclusive After a Decade with EA
Escapist Magazine – Durham,NC,USA
With sales of EA’s annual NASCAR title posting less than desirable results and Nintendo’s Wii offering up a whole new world of potential (as demonstrated by …
http://snipurl.com/cqypx
NASCAR may be in for a Chase without Junior
SI.com – USA
Vegas was a barometer for NASCAR’s most popular driver in ’08, but it’s something much more important this time around. After finishing 27th at a …
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/mark_beech/02/26/beech/?eref=sircrc
NASCAR drivers sharpen their signing skills
Las Vegas Review – Journal – Las Vegas,NV,USA
This is the weekend to get up close and personal with your favorite NASCAR driver as Las Vegas welcomes the cream of the crop for the Sam’s Town 300 and the …
http://www.lvrj.com/neon/40348902.html
NASCAR’s Ryan Newman enjoying transition to new team
Fort Worth Star Telegram – Fort Worth,TX,USA
By TRACEY MYERS The Indiana native, starting his eighth full NASCAR season, joined Stewart-Haas Racing prior to this season. While the results haven’t been …
http://www.star-telegram.com/tms/story/1226169.html
The Name’s The Same, But Is The Championship Pedigree There For …
By Shawn Courchesne
Get past Sam Hornish Jr., Travis Kvapil, Scott Riggs and Robby Gordon and there, down low in the nether world of the Sprint Cup Series standings he can be found, the most popular driver in NASCAR. The biggest cash cow stock car racing …
http://blogs.courant.com/autoracing/2009/02/the-names-the-same-but-is-the.html
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Las Vegas NASCAR Notebook
There have been 11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Five drivers have participated in all 11 races: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte and Mark Martin.
Dale Jarrett won the inaugural pole at Las Vegas (Feb. 27, 1998).
Eight drivers have poles, led by Dale Jarrett, Kasey Kahne and Bobby Labonte (two each).
Seven different drivers have won, led by Jimmie Johnson (three).
Only four of the 11 races have been won from a top-10 starting position and none have been won from the pole.
Four of the 11 races have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
The deepest in the field that a race winner has started was 25th, by Matt Kenseth in 2004.
There has been one green-white-checkered finish at Las Vegas: 2006 (270/267).
Qualifying has never been canceled at Las Vegas.
Matt Kenseth has a 9.0 average finish in nine Las Vegas races, the best of any driver with more than three starts. He has been running at the finish in all nine of those races and has finished on the lead lap in eight. Kenseth has also led 438 laps at Las Vegas – 179 more than any other driver.
Roush Fenway Racing had five drivers finish in the top 10 in the inaugural Las Vegas 400 in 1998. In five of the 11 races, the winner at Las Vegas was driving for Roush at the time: Mark Martin (1998), Jeff Burton (1999 and 2000) and Matt Kenseth (2003 and 2004).
Bodine Uncle Dies
The racing community is grieving the loss of Maynard Bodine, who built race engines for three generations of Bodines. The last of the five sons of Chemung Speedrome founder Eli Bodine Sr. died Tuesday at age 75 after a brief illness. Several members of the Bodine family from Chemung went on to make their mark racing stock cars, including Maynard’s brother Earl at the Speedrome, and his nephews Geoff, Brett and Todd Bodine in NASCAR. Maynard also tried his hand behind the wheel in the 1950s but soon realized others, like his brother, were faster…
http://insiderracingnews.com/Daily/2009/Feb/022609.html
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Golden Corral back to sponsor the #28: Golden Corral, America’s favorite family buffet and grill restaurant chain, is extending its NASCAR involvement and has signed on to sponsor Yates Racing driver #28-Travis Kvapil for the next three Sprint Cup Series races [Las Vegas, Atlanta and Bristol in March]. It will also continue its “Race for America’s Families” promotion. Each time Kvapil posts a top 10 finish, Golden Corral will give every kid in America a free buffet* as well as make a $5,000 donation to the Disabled American Veterans (DAV). “Golden Corral was thrilled to sponsor Travis in the Daytona 500 and our customers, employees and veterans across the country told us they were pulling for him, too,” said Chris Kuehn, chief marketing officer of Golden Corral. “We decided to extend our sponsorship because the response reinforced that this is a perfect fit for our brand and the start of the season is a great time of year to be involved in NASCAR.”(Chainleader.com), see images of the car on my #28 Team Schemes.(2-27-2009) http://www.jayski.com/schemes/2009/28cup.htm
Looks like PVA staying with Petty: Looks like Paralyzed Veterans of America is going to continue to honor the two race deal they had in place with the now defunct Petty Enterprises and will be on the #43 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge of Reed Sorenson, The original PVA.org press release said the scheme would run at the July 4th in Daytona and at Texas in November. Was sent an image of the #43 PVA.org card that the RPM merchandise hauler is giving out at the tracks. See the image on my #43 Team Schemes page.(2-27-2009) http://www.jayski.com/schemes/2009/43cup.htm
Robby gets assoc sponsor for Vegas: Jim Beam will serve as the primary sponsor of Robby Gordon’s #7 Toyota for Sunday’s 285-lap event. In addition to MAPEI and Menards, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will also serve as an associate sponsor this weekend.(RGM PR)(2-27-2009)
What’s Up with Ward Burton? Ward Burton would like to see every youngster get the same opportunities that he had. And the 2002 Daytona 500 winner is not talking about winning NASCAR races. Rather Burton is concerned that many of the youth of today do not know what it is like to enjoy outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing. In 1996, he founded the nonprofit Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, an organization aimed at providing outdoors opportunities to the future hunters and fishermen. Burton, who made an appearance recently at the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, is working through the school system in his native Virginia, something that may take more work to accomplish in Pennsylvania, where most school districts have done away with the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s hunter education programs. Recalling a recent outing with a seventh grade class from a Virginia middle school, Burton said, “You would not believe the percentage of kids who had never been fishing, or never had seen a beaver swamp or didn’t recognize a raccoon track on a bank, just simple common things.” He said he is concerned about the loss of the rural culture which, he said, is responsible for today’s young people having what he called “nature deficit disorder.” He said, “They don’t understand the things that we take for granted because of the way that we were brought up.”(see the full article at the Daily Item)(2-23-2009)
http://www.dailyitem.com/0200_sports/local_story_052193245.html
Girl Who Gave Earnhardt “Lucky Penny” to appear at Bristol: Wessa Miller, the girl who gave Dale Earnhardt Sr. her lucky penny prior to his winning the Daytona 500 in 1998, will return to Bristol Motor Speedway, a place where Earnhardt later brought the family to thank them for their special gift. Thanks to the efforts of the NASCAR Angels television program and working with The NASCAR Foundation, Motor Racing Outreach and The Pennies For Wessa Fund, the Miller family will make its return visit. Wessa Miller, now 16-years-old and still residing in Phyllis, Ky., was six years old on February 15, 1998 when her dream to meet NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Sr. came true through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. During their meeting, Wessa gave Earnhardt her lucky penny. That weekend, with the coin glued to the dash of his car, Dale Earnhardt Sr. won the Daytona 500 on his 20th attempt. That April, Earnhardt arranged to have Wessa and her family attend the NASCAR race in Bristol, Tenn. During their visit, Earnhardt presented the Millers with a new van to help with their transportation needs. Eleven years later, the Millers still drive that same van, which transports the family to and from regular doctor visits in Lexington, Ky., 175 miles from Phyllis. The NASCAR Angels television program has arranged to bring Wessa Miller and her family to Bristol Motor Speedway on March 21 to film her as part of a ‘Heart of NASCAR’ segment to be featured in an upcoming episode.
In conjunction with this event, The NASCAR Foundation has partnered with NASCAR Angels and Motor Racing Outreach (MRO) to launch an online auction that will raise funds for the MRO Benevolence Fund, a fund that supports causes like Pennies for Wessa. The auction will feature a variety of items including autographed memorabilia from numerous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers, including Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch and more, exclusive VIP experiences at upcoming races on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule and items from the Dale Earnhardt Foundation, Richard Childress Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing and NASCAR Performance. The Pennies For Wessa Fund was started by NASCAR beat writer and SIRIUS XM radio host David Poole in an effort to assist the needs of the Miller family [see his article at Charlotte Observer]. To learn more or to bid on items to support this auction, visit foundation.nascar.com. Fans can donate directly to the Pennies For Wessa Fund by visiting www.penniesforwessa.org.(NASCAR PR)(2-27-2009)
Kenseth goes for a record: #17-Matt Kenseth won the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway of Southern California. He became just the fourth driver to win the Daytona 500 AND then the next race of the season:
Richard Petty, (1973) Daytona & Richmond, 23rd at Rockingham in 3rd race
Cale Yarborough, (1977) Daytona & Richmond, 6th at Rockingham
Jeff Gordon (1997), Daytona & Rockingham, 4th at Richmond
Also Kenseth is the fifth driver to win the first two races of the season
Marvin Panch (1957), Lancaster & Concord, 3rd at Titusville
Bob Welborn (1959), Fayetteville & Daytona Qual Race [points race then], 41st Daytona 500, started from pole
David Pearson (1976), Riverside & Daytona 500, 29th at Rockingham
Jeff Gordon (1997), Daytona & Rockingham, 4th at Richmond
no driver has won the first three races of the season and no driver has won the next two races after the Daytona 500. The last driver to win three races in a row was Jimmie Johnson in 2007 when he won four in a row at Martinsville, Atlanta, Texas, Phoenix late in the season and during the Chase.
SPONSORS? and no driver has won three straight races at all in the modern ear [1972-present, many teams didn't have sponsors like they do now before then] with three DIFFERENT sponsors: DeWalt at Daytona, Carhartt at Auto Club and USG at Las Vegas. See the list of drivers who have won 3 or more races in a row on my All-Time/Active Wins page.(2-26-2009)
http://www.jayski.com/stats/alltimewins.htm#three
Red Bank Outfitters to stay with #36 team thru Vegas: After receiving a large amount of media exposure during the Daytona 500 and Auto Club 500, Red Bank Outfitters has decided to continue its sponsorship of Tommy Baldwin Racing through the Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. TBR finished 25th as an underdog in the Daytona 500 and crossed the finish line 36th last weekend after a mechanical failure ended a strong run during the Auto Club 500. Scott Riggs and the #36 Toyota is currently 32nd in the 2009 Sprint Cup point standings. “I am extremely happy that Red Bank Outfitters has decided to continue its sponsorship of TBR,” said Tommy Baldwin, owner and crew chief of the #36 entry. “I think it shows how impressed they have been by the amount of exposure they have received over the past couple of weeks.”(TBR/Everest Marketing Group PR)(2-26-2009)
Racing at North Wilkesboro? A developer has signed a short-term lease with the owner of North Wilkesboro Speedway and has plans to start a new racing series and reality show there. Charles Collins, who says that he is a 43-year-old Georgia native and developer, has set up an office at the speedway and has keys for the locks. During a tour yesterday, Collins said he has a short-term lease with Bruton Smith, the billionaire owner of the speedway. “Yes, sir, I believe he does,” Smith said in a telephone interview. Smith said he didn’t know details of Collins’ plans, but that the lease is for about three months. The speedway is still for sale for $12 million to “whoever comes with the money first,” Smith said. Collins says he plans to produce a reality racing show there called Women So U Think U Can Race? He also said he plans to start a racing series for women called the AWESOME Racing Series. AWESOME stands for for All Women Stockcar Oval Motorsports Event. “We’re seeking women that want to go bumper to bumper,” he said. Collins said he hopes to start production of the show at the speedway in March or April and to have ticketed events for the public. He also plans to promote concerts there, he said. Burned in the past by people who have announced pie-in-the-sky plans to buy and revitalize the North Wilkesboro Speedway but never did, officials in Wilkes County don’t know quite what to make of the latest prospect.
Collins, who said he has been working on the project for the past year and has been in town for about four months, wouldn’t say exactly where he had come from. He wouldn’t answer specific questions about his past experience but said that he is a property developer who has built houses and had done some shopping-center renovations. He talked about needing sponsors for the new efforts. He said he hopes to eventually buy the speedway. In a 2002 interview, Smith said that the track is worn out and needs to be repaved, and that there are sewer problems there. Yesterday, Smith said that for what Collins is going to do right now, those improvements won’t be necessary. Collins said that the track is still in good shape. He said that the sewer is fine, and they can use portable toilets until eventually bringing in a main sewer line. “I got big plans for this place, and that’s about as far as I’m going to go,” Collins said. “We’re getting ready to crank this place up.”(Winston Salem Journal and Wilkes County News) and see a response by the Save The Speedway site and see past info on the track at my North Wilkesboro Track News page.(2-26-2009)
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/feb/26/tv-and-racing-at-wilkes-speedway/
http://wilkes-news.com/archives/2009/02/26/whats-going-on-at-the-speedway/
http://www.savethespeedway.net/pressrelease
http://www.jayski.com/pages/tracks/nwilkesboro.htm
Toyota Becomes Official Vehicle of Martinsville: Martinsville Speedway president W. Clay Campbell announced that Toyota has become the Official Vehicle for the historic Virginia track. Toyota vehicles will pace both the Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on March 28 and the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on March 29. “We are proud of our new partnership with Toyota,” said Campbell. “Toyota has become a driving force in our sport. We are excited about seeing Toyotas pace our races here for years to come.” The three-year agreement between Martinsville Speedway and Toyota begins in 2009, said Campbell. “Our new partnership with Martinsville Speedway as the official vehicle of the historic motorsports facility provides us an opportunity to showcase a diverse line-up of products to a wide pool of dedicated race fans,” comments Les Unger, Toyota national motorsports manager.(Martinsville Speedway PR)(2-26-2009)
Coverage of Qualifying for the Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is scheduled for Friday, February 27, 2009 at 6:40pm/et.
TV: SPEED – 6:30pm/et
Radio: PRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio
Qualifying Re-Air: none
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Schatz Vegas Winner
Donny Schatz collected his third World of Outlaws win of the season on Thursday night after he took the checkered flag in the Las Vegas Nationals at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
http://lists.racingone.com/t/5110723/16487496/14735/0/
Kenseth Looking for Three Straight
Matt Kenseth has the opportunity to become the first driver to win the first three races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season in Sunday’s Shelby 427.
http://lists.racingone.com/t/5110723/16487496/14738/0/
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Video | Vegas weekend preview
The NASCAR circus comes to the Busch brothers’ hometown and Kurt Busch is looking forward to Sunday’s Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
http://www.thatsracin.com/106/index.html?media_id=3263519
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NASCAR teleconference with AJ Allmendinger
HERB BRANHAM: Well, thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to this week’s NASCAR CAM Video teleconference. It’s in advance of this weekend’s races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. That includes Sunday’s Shelby 427, which is the third race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Joining us today from the NASCAR Research and Development [...]
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North Wilkesboro Speedway to get some racing?
A developer has signed a short-term lease with the owner of North Wilkesboro Speedway and has plans to start a new racing series and reality show there. Charles Collins, who says that he is a 43-year-old Georgia native and developer, has set up an office at the speedway and has keys for the locks. During a tour [...]
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Kenseth goes for NASCAR history in Vegas
After back-to-back victories at Daytona and California, Matt Kenseth and the No. 17 Team look to become the first team in NASCAR history to start the Sprint Cup season with three consecutive victories when they travel to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend. BACK-TO-BACK BEGINNING RARE Kenseth became the first driver since 1997 (the season before [...]
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=MsyAy&m=1gDjkCfT2xX3DX&b=5EVGUZKLZYSOB0JWzzSakw
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Jimmie Johnson radio interview and blog posting
http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/02/26/jimmie-johnson-keeps-tearing-up-nascar/
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Saug Construction on the #01 at Vegas: Johnny Davis Motorsports announce the Saug Construction Company of Denair, California will join The Palace Station Hotel and Casino to pponsor the #0 Chevy in Sams Town 300 this weekend.(Hufco Promotion / Davis Motorsports PR)(2-26-2009)
Congrats to Michael McDowell: Michael and wife Jami welcomed their first child, Trace McDowell, on Wednesday Feb 25th at 7 AM. Understandably, the always upbeat McDowell is even more excited than usual, “I’m headed to Las Vegas to do what I love to do, I have a new fan, and I’m rolling all 7′s. Trace was 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and was born at 7 o’clock on the dot. Jami is doing great and we couldn’t be happier. I wouldn’t bet against me this week.”(2-26-2009)
RAB to appeal Daytona penalties: The National Stock Car Racing Commission accepted a request for an appeal pertaining to the penalty levied against Jay Robinson, car owner of the #09 Ford at Daytona. A date for the hearing has yet to be set, however it is expected to take place sometime next week. “I’m grateful to NASCAR for having a process in place for this type of instance. They’ve been very helpful and we look forward to the opportunity to present the facts of our particular case to the Commission so that the penalty may be reconsidered.” – Robby Benton, General Manager(RAB Racing PR), for earlier information on the penalty, see the 2009 Nationwide Series penalties page.(2-25-2009)
http://www.jayski.com/nationwide/2009/2009nationwidepenalties.htm
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NASCAR driver Jeff Burton drives into Port Charles and the daytime drama “General Hospital” in an episode that airs Wednesday, March 18. In the storyline, Burton visits neighborhood tavern Jake’s where he has a conversation with bartender Coleman (Blake Gibbons) when Dr. Patrick Drake (Jason Thompson) arrives and despite being a race car enthusiast, the neurosurgeon does not recognize the driver of Richard Childress Racing’s No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet Impala SS and a comedic beat ensues. (RCR) (02-26-09)
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Gibbs group didn’t seem to miss a beat
Joe Gibbs Racing’s NNS teams got back to full strength last weekend with the return of key personnel suspended in August for trying to alter the outcome of a NASCAR chassis dynamometer test.
http://www.thatsracin.com/115/story/4276.html
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Lia back to Whelen Modifieds UPDATE Will also run some truck races: Donny Lia, who will replace[Chuck] Hossfeld for Mystic car owner Bob Garbarino, returns to the [Whelen Modified] division after a year of struggling to make it in the Camping World Truck Series. Lia got chances with two lower tier Truck teams and couldn’t make it work and is on his way back. The division will run a 14-race schedule in 2009 at eight different tracks.(Hartford Courant)(2-26-2009)
UPDATE: Bob Garbarino, who got his first championship ring after 47 years as a Modified team owner with Lia at the helm of his #4 Dodge in 2007, has announced that he will bring back the Jericho, N.Y., native for the upcoming 14-race schedule. In addition to coming back to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour full-time in 2009, Lia hopes to also run as many as 10 races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.(NASCAR.com)(2-26-2009)
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Sheltra on the Mend; Preparing to Get Back in the Gas; Featured Guest on ’30 at 30′ Friday, Feb 27
TOLEDO OH (2-26/27-09) – ARCA RE/MAX Series veteran driver Patrick Sheltra is well on his to a successful recovery from injuries sustained in the 2009 season opener at Daytona International Speedway.
Sheltra was in position to race for the win when a horrific accident on lap 74 of the 80 lap race eliminated the Indiantown, Florida driver from competition.
[Read More] – http://www.arcaracing.com/news.cfm?contentid=7687
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Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/RG/022709.html
One on One with Jimmie Johnson: A Tale of Three Cities
by Rebecca Gladden
Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/BW/022709.html
Kenseth Justifies Daytona Win
by Brian Watkins
RaceTalkRadio.com:
Viva Las Vegas Who’s Number One, (And Pondering the Points) by Dennis Michelsen
http://www.racetalkradio.com/soz/id235.htm
Let’s Not Forget Logano is Rookie | The Nascar Insiders
By TC
I’m not normally one for writing stuff about the same, tired, worn out topics that every other motorsports writer seems to focus on. I mean, when I get on.
http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2009/02/26/lets-not-forget-logano-is-rookie/
SPEED Handles The Las Vegas Action On Friday
http://dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2009/02/speed-handles-las-vegas-action-on.html
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Friday, February 27
NASCAR Now, 01:00 a.m. ESPN 2
NASCAR Confidential,12:00 p.m. SPEED
NASCAR Live, 01:00 p.m. SPEED
NNS Practice, 01:30 p.m. SPEED
NSCS Practice, 03:00 p.m. SPEED
NNS Final Practice,04:30 p.m. SPEED
NASCAR Live, 06:00 p.m. ESPN 2
NASCAR Now, 06:00 p.m. ESPN 2
NSCS Coors Light Pole Qualifying, 06:30 p.m. SPEED
Track side at Las Vegas, 08:30 p.m. SPEED
NASCAR Live, 09:30 p.m. SPEED
NNS Practice, 10:00 p.m. SPEED
Track side at Las Vegas, 11:30 p.m. SPEED
Saturday, February 28
NSCS Practice, 12:30 a.m. SPEED
NNS Final Practice, 02:00 a.m. SPEED
NASCAR Confidential, 03:30 a.m. SPEED
Track side at Las Vegas Sat, 11:00 a.m. SPEED
NSCS Practice, 01:30 p.m. SPEED
NSCS Final Practice, 02:30 p.m. SPEED
NNS Countdown, 04:00 p.m. ESPN 2
NNS: Sam’s Town 300, 04:30 p.m. ESPN 2
Sunday, March 1
NNS: Sam’s Town 300, 02:30 a.m. ESPN 2
NASCAR Angels, 08:00 a.m. Hallmark
NASCAR Nationwide Series at Las Vegas – Replay, 09:00 a.m. ESPN Classic
NASCAR Now, 10:00 a.m. ESPN 2
NASCAR Performance, 2:30 p.m. SPEED
NASCAR Smarts, 01:00 p.m. SPEED
NASCAR in a Hurry, 01:30 p.m. SPEED
NASCAR Race Day, 02:00 p.m. SPEED
NSCS Pre-Race Show, 05:00 p.m. FOX
NSCS: Shelby 427, 06:00 p.m. FOX
NASCAR Victory Lane, 08:30 p.m. 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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