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Well, wasn’t the impact of the “car of tomorrow” blown a little bit out of proportion? It looked like the same ole’ Bristol to me, what I got to see of it, anyway.
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Stock Car Gazette Columnists Speak Out!
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Track Trash – Being Bristolized
By: Racing Maniac

The bottom line of this whole race is that Gordo got out snookered in the last few laps. Who woulda thunk??

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Busch (Kyle) Wins At Bristol
Busch was expected to win the Food City 500 and there was a Busch in Victory Lane, but it wasn’t Kurt, this time it was Kyle Busch taking the first win in the new Car of Tomorrow at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was Busch’s first short track victory and the fourth of his 83 Nextel Cup race career. Busch’s win was the 200th NASCAR (Cup, Busch, & Truck) victory for car owner Rick Hendrick and it was the 600th victory for Chevrolet in the Nextel Cup Series. The race came down to a green-white-checkers finish with Busch leading, Jeff Gordon in second and Jeff Burton in third. Burton got the better restart and passed Gordon with ease and was pressuring Busch on the final lap but couldn’t pass him without wrecking the young driver. Burton finished second, Gordon third and Kevin Harvick fourth. Greg Biffle’s car was sporadically fast and after a battle with several drivers, he finished in the fifth spot. Rounding out the top ten were Jeff Green, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer and Jamie McMurray. Jeff Gordon moves into the lead in the Nextel Cup standings with a 3 point advantage over Jeff Burton and 75 over his teammate Jimmie Johnson. The Nextel Cup Series moves to Martinsville Speedway next Sunday April 1, 2007 for the Goody’s Cool Orange 500. The race is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time on FOX.

Bristol Motor Speedway Will Rebuild Track
Bristol Motor Speedway will have a new look when NASCAR fans return in the fall. To the delight of some drivers and crew chiefs, work on a new concrete surface begins this morning on the World’s Fastest Half-Mile. BMS officials have consulted with current and former drivers, including Rusty Wallace and Jeff Gordon. The goal is to offer a smoother surface which leads to better racing.

Food City 500 Commercial Breakdown
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Food City 500 03-25-08
Total number of commercials: 138
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 64
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 28
Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 27
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 30 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:11 P.M.
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:45 P.M.
Total minutes: 214
Minutes of race broadcast: 154
Minutes of commercials: 60 To See Full Report…(cawsnjaws.com)

No. 16 Car Fails Post-Race Inspection
Greg Biffle got a fifth-place finish Sunday at Bristol, his first top-10 finish of the season in the No. 16 Ford, but the car was found to be too low in postrace inspection. NASCAR vice president for competition Robin Pemberton said Biffle’s car would be taken back to the research and development facility in Concord for more examination. Penalties will be forthcoming early this week. Biffle didn’t know about the problem, the only one announced after NASCAR checked eight cars after the race, before he left the track.

Toyota Analyzes Waltrip Car
Toyota’s efforts to help Michael Waltrip Racing improve its performance will be extensive. Lee White, senior vice president and general manager of Toyota Racing Development, detailed those plans Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway. He said they took the car Dale Jarrett ran at California last month and will prepare it for a test at Nashville. Some of Toyota’s engineers spent all day and night Friday at Waltrip’s race shop, dismantling the car and weighing every component. Then they did a suspension analysis, along with analyzing other parts of the car. That was to be finished Saturday night. “Our group of people and his people worked right through the night to help finish that part of the project,” White said Saturday afternoon. “We’re paying overtime for that. That demonstrates our commitment.”

Newman To Run Big Car Series Race
The second season of the Premier Racing Association’s Big Car Series will kick-off Saturday night April 7th with a return visit to South Georgia Motorsports Park. When the series raced there last October, NASCAR Nextel Cup regular Ryan Newman paid a visit and won the 100-lap event. Newman has confirmed that he will be in attendance on April 7th to defend his victory. In addition, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series star Terry Cook has also told PRA officials that he will be there.

Three Race Fans Killed
Three friends bound for a NASCAR race in Tennessee were killed yesterday when their small plane crashed shortly after takeoff into a patch of woods near a Jacksonville home. Baltimore County police identified the victims as Theodore C. Ryder, 45, who was piloting the aircraft, Paul E. Sorensen, 48, and Timothy H. Conner, 48 - all from Joppa. There were no injuries on the ground, officials said.

Race Date March 25, 2007
UNOFFICAL RACE RESULTS FOR BRISTOL
Pos St Car Driver Make Sponsor Points/Bonus/Laps/Status

1 20 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet CARQUEST/Kellogg’s 190/5 504 Running
2 29 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 170/0 504 Running
3 1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 170/5 504 Running
4 40 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell/Pennzoil 165/5 504 Running
5 11 16 Greg Biffle Ford Jackson Hewitt 155/0 504 Running
6 9 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet Best Buy 150/0 504 Running
7 31 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 146/0 504 Running
8 18 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 142/0 504 Running
9 5 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 138/0 504 Running
10 16 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard/GMAC 134/0 504 Running
11 38 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Arby’s 130/0 504 Running
12 32 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 127/0 504 Running
13 33 40 David Stremme Dodge Energizer 124/0 504 Running
14 10 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet FedEx Express 126/5 504 Running
15 25 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 123/5 504 Running
16 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 115/0 503 Running
17 19 49 Mike Bliss Dodge OBOVO.com 112/0 503 Running
18 14 4 Ward Burton Chevrolet State Water Heaters 109/0 502 Running
19 2 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 106/0 501 Running
20 26 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Marathon American Motor Oil 103/0 501 Running
21 27 78 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 100/0 501 Running
22 28 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios/Betty Crocker 97/0 501 Running
23 7 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 94/0 501 Running
24 17 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet DLP HDTV 91/0 501 Running
25 12 01 Regan Smith Chevrolet U.S. Army 88/0 501 Running
26 41 6 David Ragan * Ford AAA 85/0 501 Running
27 3 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 87/5 500 Running
28 15 21 Ken Schrader Ford Little Debbie 79/0 500 Running
29 42 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 81/5 499 Running
30 21 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Waste Management 73/0 499 Running
31 8 10 Scott Riggs Dodge Valvoline/Stanley Tools 70/0 498 Running
32 36 42 Juan Montoya * Dodge Texaco/Havoline 67/0 497 Running
33 34 7 Robby Gordon Ford Robby Gordon Off-Road Wheels 64/0 493 Running
34 23 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 360 OTC 66/5 486 Running
35 4 20 Tony Stewart ** Chevrolet The Home Depot 68/10 479 Running
36 37 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 60/5 475 Running
37 13 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Tracker 52/0 475 Running
38 24 88 Ricky Rudd Ford Pedigree 49/0 454 Running
39 22 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 46/0 450 Off
40 43 84 A.J. Allmendinger* Toyota Red Bull 43/0 413 Running
41 35 38 David Gilliland Ford M&M’s 40/0 49 Off
42 30 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 37/0 43 Out
43 39 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 34/0 22 Out

* Rookies
** Led Most Laps

Results are unofficial

Race Date March 25, 2007
POINTS AFTER BRISTOL
Rank / Gain/Loss / Driver Points/Behind/Starts/Poles/Wins/Top-5/Top-10

1 +1 Jeff Gordon 791 5 2 0 3 4
2 +1 Jeff Burton 788 -3 5 0 0 4 4
3 +1 Jimmie Johnson 716 -75 5 0 2 3 3
4 +1 Matt Kenseth 697 -94 5 0 1 3 3
5 +2 Kevin Harvick 647 -144 5 0 1 2 2
6 +8 Kyle Busch 639 -152 5 0 1 1 3
7 -6 Mark Martin 629 -162 4 0 0 3 4
8 +1 Clint Bowyer 621 -170 5 0 0 0 3
9 -1 Denny Hamlin 606 -185 5 0 0 1 1
10 — Carl Edwards 598 -193 5 0 0 0 2
11 — David Stremme 587 -204 5 0 0 0 0
12 -6 Tony Stewart 575 -216 5 0 0 1 3
13 — Elliott Sadler 543 -248 5 0 0 0 1
14 +3 Bobby Labonte 525 -266 5 0 0 0 0
15 -3 J.J. Yeley 522 -269 5 0 0 0 0
16 +11 Greg Biffle 521 -270 5 0 0 1 1
17 +9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 512 -279 5 0 0 0 1
18 +6 Jamie McMurray 512 -279 5 0 0 0 2
19 -4 Juan Montoya* 510 -281 5 0 0 1 1
20 — Kurt Busch 497 -294 5 0 0 0 1
21 -5 Robby Gordon 497 -294 5 0 0 0 0
22 +1 David Ragan* 471 -320 5 0 0 1 1
23 -5 Ryan Newman 468 -323 5 1 0 0 1
24 -3 David Gilliland 448 -343 5 1 0 0 1
25 -3 Martin Truex Jr. 444 -347 5 0 0 0 1
26 +6 Casey Mears 429 -362 5 0 0 0 1
27 +8 Jeff Green 424 -367 5 0 0 0 1
28 -9 Joe Nemechek 420 -371 4 0 0 0 1
29 -4 Reed Sorenson 405 -386 5 0 0 0 1
30 +1 Tony Raines 404 -387 5 0 0 0 0
31 -2 Sterling Marlin 400 -391 5 0 0 0 0
32 +2 Kyle Petty 382 -409 5 0 0 0 0
33 -3 Ricky Rudd 374 -417 5 0 0 0 0
34 +2 Kasey Kahne 365 -426 5 1 0 0 1
35 -7 Johnny Sauter 346 -445 4 0 0 0 0
36 +2 Dave Blaney 325 -466 5 0 0 0 0
37 -4 Dale Jarrett 320 -471 5 0 0 0 0
38 +2 Brian Vickers 299 -492 3 0 0 0 1
39 — Scott Riggs 265 -526 5 0 0 0 0
40 +1 Ken Schrader 244 -547 4 0 0 0 0
41 -4 Paul Menard* 240 -551 3 0 0 0 0
42 +3 Mike Bliss 212 -579 2 0 0 0 0
43 +3 Kenny Wallace 191 -600 2 0 0 0 0
44 -2 Mike Wallace 160 -631 1 0 0 1 1
45 -2 David Reutimann* 150 -641 3 0 0 0 0
46 +4 Ward Burton 143 -648 2 0 0 0 0
47 -3 Boris Said 121 -670 1 0 0 0 0
48 — Regan Smith 88 -703 1 0 0 0 0
49 -2 Jon Wood 76 -715 1 0 0 0 0
50 — Jeremy Mayfield 66 -725 1 0 0 0 0
51 -3 John Andretti 61 -730 1 0 0 0 0
52 — A.J. Allmendinger* 43 -748 1 0 0 0 0
53 -4 Aric Almirola 40 -751 1 0 0 0 0
54 -3 Michael Waltrip -27 -818 1 0 0 0 0

* Rookie

Results are unofficial
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Courtesy of Jayski
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Dodge execs repeat commitment to teams [and the sport]: Dodge will remain committed to the NASCAR Nextel Cup series regardless of whether Chrysler is sold, the director of Dodge motorsports said Sunday. “Yeah, there are some things going on, things we’re looking at, but it’s not going to affect our racing program,” Mike Accavitti said during the Car of Tomorrow’s debut at Bristol Motor Speedway. Accavitti and Tom LaSorda, the chairman of DaimlerChrysler, visited with the owners of three of Dodge’s top teams — Evernham Motorsports, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates and Penske Racing — before Sunday’s race. “We talked to everybody today,” Accavitti said. “The message is pretty consistent. We don’t intend on going anywhere.” That doesn’t mean Chrysler won’t. KeyBank Capital Markets analyst Brett Hoselton recently reported that Canadian-based Magna International Inc. and an unnamed equity group have offered $4.6 billion to $4.7 billion for Chrysler. “This is being handled by people at a much higher level than I am,” Accavitti said. “As far as they’re concerned, they’d like to bring a quicker resolution to it than a slower resolution. Every indication I have is it’ll be sooner rather than later.” There have been reports that the sale could happen within the next week or so. “Under any scenario, as far as we’re concerned, we see us remaining involved in NASCAR,” said Accavitti, noting Dodge’s contracts with its NASCAR teams range from one to five more years. It’s a great way to reach those fans and tell them about the performance brand of Dodge.”(ESPN.com)(3-26-2007)

Study: Will NASCAR�s Increased Safety Efforts Increase Accidents? When NASCAR debuts the Car of Tomorrow at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 25 [yesterday], Todd Nesbit, an avid NASCAR fan and assistant professor of economics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will be busy counting the number of accidents�and how many of those drivers walk away without a scratch. In 2006, Nesbit and Russell Sobel, professor of economics at West Virginia University, produced a study that explored how drivers react to having cars so safe that they can generally walk away with no injuries after crashing into a concrete wall or another car at a very high rate of speed. �Based on results of our study, we would project that drivers will drive more recklessly and take more risks while driving the Car of Tomorrow,� Nesbit said. �Initially, there will be a learning curve for everyone, which will likely increase the number of accidents as drivers and crews get used to the vehicles. Once the learning curve has passed, we predict that the new normal rate of crashes will be higher than it is currently because of the response to additional safety features on the Car of Tomorrow.� The study, �Automobile safety regulation and the incentive to drive recklessly: Evidence from NASCAR,� shows that NASCAR drivers, in fact, do drive more recklessly in response to the increased safety of their vehicles. However, even with an increase in accidents, there is a reduction in total injuries�because the increase in riskier driving is not enough to offset the benefits from an increase in safety features. See the full article/study at (Penn State University)(3-26-2007)

Top-35 in Owners Points and a guaranteed starting spot at Martinsville Speedway are set:
the following drivers/teams are in the top-35 in owners points:
30) #96-Raines/HOF Racing 404, +73
31) #14-Marlin/Ginn Racing 400, +69
32) #45-Petty/Petty Enterprises 382, +51
33) #88-Rudd/RYR 374, +43
34) #9-Kahne/Evernham 365, +34
35) #70-Sauter/Haas CNC Racing 365, 34 pts ahead of 36th
these teams and drivers must qualify by speed:
36) #4-Burton/Morgan-McClure Motorsports 331, 34 pts behind 35th
37) #22-Blaney/Bill Davis Racing 325, -40
38) #83-Vickers/Team Red Bull 322, -43
39) #44-Jarrett/Michael Waltrip Racing 320 [has 2 champ provisionals left to use], -45
40) #21-Schrader-Wood/ Wood Brothers 320, -45
41) #49-Bliss/BAM Racing 287, -78
42) #15-Menard/DEI 281, -84
43) #10-Riggs/Evernham 265, -100
(3-25-2007)

Roush Fenway must lose team by 2010 UPDATE losing Ameriquest after 2007: Roush Fenway Racing will have to decrease its number of Nextel Cup teams from five to four by the start of the 2010 season, team president Geoff Smith said Saturday. NASCAR announced in 2005 that it would limit organizations to four fulltime Cup teams and that it would work with Roush to get down from four to five. Originally, the agreement was that once Roush lost a sponsor and driver at the same time, it would have to get down to four. “That [original discussion] triggered a loop that made the shrinkage date unpredictable, so it was [changed to] very simply, when the 2010 season starts, you’ll have four,” Smith said. “We have to be at four at the start of 2010, regardless of what happens to us in the interim, if we lose a driver, lose a sponsor.” Smith indicated that his contracts are solid through the 2009 season. He also said in the perfect world, Roush would sell one of the teams. “We’ve got three more years to sell one of our teams off,” Smith said. “Hopefully, we can retain some business with that sale.”(SceneDaily.com)(3-24-2007)
UPDATE: Changes are on the way at Roush Fenway Racing, which is losing one primary sponsor after this season and has been ordered by NASCAR to drop one of its five Nextel Cup teams by 2010. Ameriquest, the mortgage company that became the primary sponsor of Greg Biffle’s #16 car this season, has asked Roush Fenway to sell off the final two years of its contract, which expires in 2009. The lender’s struggling parent company recently announced a second round of layoffs, and Ameriquest last week pulled out of a 30-year deal as rights holder to the name of the Texas Rangers’ ballpark. “It’s very clear that they want to reduce their contract exposure to us,” Roush Fenway president Geoff Smith said Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. “If we weren’t able to do that, then you get into, OK, here’s your car, what are we going to do with it? You’ve got this lame duck environment going on, which is not helpful to anybody. So in practical terms, we can assume that we’ll have another sponsor for next season.” Smith doesn’t anticipate any difficulties in finding a new sponsor, especially given that Roush Fenway has nearly an entire season to search. Roush Fenway also has until the 2010 season to comply with NASCAR’s maximum of four cars per organization, announced by the sanctioning body in 2005. The car cap was put in place after all five Roush cars qualified for the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship. “There’s no mistaking our understanding of what we have to do,” Smith said. “Regardless of what goes on within our programs, we have to go to four [cars] in 2010.”(NASCAR.com)(3-25-2007)

New DEI deal for Dale Jr. by May a ‘realistic goal’: Although negotiations are on hold, that shouldn’t prevent #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. from having a new deal with Dale Earnhardt Inc. by May. “Absolutely,” Max Siegel, the president of Global Operations for DEI, said before Sunday’s Nextel Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. “All of the issues are properly framed. That’s a realistic goal.” Negotiations were put on hold when Earnhardt Jr.’s sister and business partner, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, underwent surgery on Friday to remove tumors from her pancreas. She is expected to stay in the hospital for four or five days. “She’s at a critical part of this process,” Siegel said. “I don’t want the focus to be on her recovery for the contract negotiation. “Every day we’re checking in with her and making sure that the first priority is her getting healthy. As soon as they’re ready to resume any kind of discussions we’re ready.” Siegel doesn’t foresee any situation in which negotiations would continue without Kelley. But Siegel sees no reason why a new deal can’t still be done by May while DEI still has exclusive negotiating rights. “You can’t really rush the process,” he said. “We’re all headed in the right direction, so just as soon as it makes sense for us to sit back down we will. But none of us want to do anything that is going to interfere with her recovery or frame of mind.” Earnhardt Jr. is in the last year of his contract with the company his father built. He said earlier this year he wanted majority ownership to be a part of his new deal.(ESPN.com)(3-25-2007)

Chevy Impala Fact: Food City 500 marks the return of the legendary Impala nameplate to NASCAR Cup competition. Impala has 60 NASCAR Cup wins to date. Last Impala victory was December 1, 1963 by Wendell Scott at Jacksonville Speedway, the only African-American driver to ever win a NASCAR Cup race.(GM Racing PR)(3-25-2007)
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Toyota starts new project
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
Toyota’s efforts to help Michael Waltrip Racing improve its performance will be extensive. Lee White, senior vice president and general manager of Toyota …
www.roanoke.com/sports/racing/wb/110244
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Bristol: Winning team interview, part 1
KYLE BUSCH
ALAN GUSTAFSTON, NO. 5 CARQUEST/KELLOGG’S IMPALA SS
RICK HENDRICK, OWNER OF HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS
ON THE WIN:
RICK HENDRICK: “Any time you win at Bristol it’s pretty special and we had a lot riding …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246804

Bristol: Winning team interview, part 2
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246805

Bristol: Jeff Gordon post race interview
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT IMPALA SS - FINISHED THIRD
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S RACE:
“The kind of day it started to be for us, to come home third, obviously, I’ve got to be very, very happy. I didn’t really want to see that last caution. We were real, real tight on those new tires at the end. But man, …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246803

Bristol: Burton post race interview
JEFF BURTON, NO. 31 CINGULAR WIRELESS IMPALA SS - FINISHED SECOND
ON BATTLING WITH KYLE BUSCH AT THE END OF THE RACE:
“I’ve taken two away from Kyle in the Busch (Series) thing and it was kind of cool for it to come down to us again. Scott Miller (crew chief) …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246802

Kyle Busch Wins Car of Tomorrow Debut, Dale Jr. Seventh
Bud Team Grabs first Top-10, Climbs Nine Spots in Points
Kyle Busch won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway today, marking the 600th NASCAR victory for Chevrolet, the 200th for Hendrick …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246800

Kyle Busch Scores 600th Win for Chevrolet in NASCAR Nextel Cup Competition at Bristol Motor Speedway; Bowtie Brand Continues Status as Winningest Manufacturer in NASCAR
Victory in Food City 500 Marks First Win for Impala SS in Return to Competition; Win by No. 5 CARQUET/Kellogg’s Impala SS is 200th NASCAR …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246778

Bristol: Toyota teams race note, quotes
Jeremy Mayfield in the No. 36 360 OTC Camry and Brian Vickers in the No. 83 Red Bull Camry each led one lap during today’s race. On the season, Toyota Camrys have led a total of eight laps. In addition to the laps led at Bristol, Vickers (five) and Dave Blaney (one) each led at Atlanta …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246774

Bristol: Dodge teams race quotes
DAVID STREMME (No. 40 Energizer/Coors Light Dodge Avenger)
“It was disappointing we didn’t get a better finish, but we had a good run today. That’s probably the best I’ve ever run in a Cup car at Bristol. We stayed 11th in the points, so we’re getting top 15 finishes …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246773

Bristol: Ford teams race quotes
DAVID GILLILAND — No. 38 M&M’s Ford Fusion (Finished 41st)
DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED? “I don’t know. It looked like somebody got into Dale Jarrett and he went up and hit the wall and he slid down in front of us. There was nowhere to go, so it was just …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246772
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Courtesy of Scene Daily
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Elledge feeling good about wife’s recovery
BRISTOL, Tenn. - For the first time in nearly two months, Jimmy Elledge has a positive sentiment about how his wife, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, is feeling.
www.scenedaily.com/ct/c/22757972

Stewart: No obscene gesture at Johnson
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Tony Stewart said he was shaking his fist at Jimmie Johnson and not making an obscene gesture in the heat of the moment following their late-race tangle at Atlanta Motor Speedway last week.
www.scenedaily.com/ct/c/22757979

Richmond COT event remains an impound race
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Nextel Cup teams better make good use of their car of tomorrow test April 3-4 at Richmond International Raceway because they won’t get separate qualifying and race practice when they go there for the May 4-5 race weekend.
www.scenedaily.com/ct/c/22757980
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Courtesy of Sports Illustrated & Stock Car Gazette subscriber Ed B.
www.SI.com

Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher will star in an ABC-TV reality show about NASCAR that is set to air in June. Cowher will compete against John Elway, Tony Hawk, William Shatner, Laird Hamilton and his wife, Gabby Reese, Serena Williams, Jewel and others. Participants will compete in speed, driving from zero to 100 mph, braking and pit crew skills.
– Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Michael Waltrip is no longer a co-host of the Speed Channel show Tradin’ Paint, network officials confirmed Friday. Waltrip will remain on Inside Nextel Cup and will continue to work for Speed Channel’s NASCAR Truck Series broadcasts. Speed spokesman Erik Arneson said the network would not elaborate on personnel matters.
– Charlotte Observer

Jeff Burton says his Richard Childress Racing team can’t wait long for a resolution to its AT&T lawsuit against NASCAR. That’s why he’s keenly awaiting to see if AT&T will get the injunction it’s asking for to be allowed to put the AT&T logos on the car in place of Cingular.
– SceneDaily.com

Bristol notebook
Jarrett rips Kenseth, drops out of top 35 in points

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Dale Jarrett blasted 2003 champion Matt Kenseth after contact between the two ended Jarrett’s day just 45 laps into the race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Jarrett, the 1999 series champion, was bumped from behind by Kenseth and the touch spent him spinning into the wall. The rear wing of his Car of Tomorrow shattered, forcing Jarrett out of the race and to a 42nd-place finish.

“This is not the first time that [Kenseth's] done something like this,” Jarrett said. “Everybody has this great vision that Matt Kenseth is this nice guy on the race track. He is a nice guy away from the track. But he’s a rough driver on the race track when he doesn’t have to be.

“We’ll have a discussion.”

The accident put Michael Waltrip Racing into an even deeper hole as Jarrett dropped to 39th in owner points. That’s a precarious position to be in next week, when NASCAR begins guaranteeing a spot in the field to the top 35 current drivers.

Jarrett has just two past champion provisionals left to use this season, and once those are gone, he’ll have to qualify on speed each week until he cracks the top 35.

It’s the same boat all the Toyota teams are in, with all seven Camrys outside the top 35 in points.

Dave Blaney is 37th, Brian Vickers is 38th, David Reutimann is 45th, Jeremy Mayfield is 47th, A.J. Allmendinger is 49th and Waltrip is 50th.
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Courtesy of That’s Racin’
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Kyle Busch: ‘They suck’
Victory doesn’t change opinion on COT

Things worked out such that Kyle Busch got a side-by-side victory over Jeff Burton in a green-white-checkered finish in the Food City 500. That included the “thing” Busch drove at Bristol Motor Speedway.
www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3500.html

Gordon wills his way to the front
Third-place finishes means point lead

As Jeff Gordon prepared for the final restart in Sunday’s Food City 500, he seemed especially concerned about the car in front.

But it was the car behind him that caused him the most problems.
www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3505.html

Race Rewind | Bristol 500 - www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3514.html

McMurray likes team’s direction - www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3512.html

Broken cable on fuel pump stops Stewart - www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3509.html

Sixth-place finish buoys Green - www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3513.html

Smith stays out of trouble after early mistake - www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3508.html
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Allgaier Leaves Lakeland Tied for the Lead
Lakeland, Fl (March 25, 2007) -Justin Allgaier leaves Lakeland tied for the lead in ARCA RE/MAX Championship Points with eight-time Series Champion Frank Kimmel after just two of the 23 race schedule. USA …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246760

Lakeland: Race results
Pos No. Driver Car Laps Status
— — ————————- ————— —– ———-
1. 32 James Buescher Dodge 253
2. 40 Bryan Clauson Dodge 253
3. 8 Wayne Anderson Dodge 253 …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246710

James Buescher Battles ARCA Warriors for USA Int’l Victory
16-Year-Old Wins in Career-First Start
LAKELAND FL (3-24-07) — Two days shy of his 17th birthday, James Buescher, in his career first ARCA RE/MAX Series start, steered his way into the history books with a stunning victory in the Construct …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=246709
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C O L U M N S / C O M M E N T A R I E S
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Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/LC/032407.html
My Flirt With Sponsorship and The Great People in NASCAR
by Larry Cottrill

Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/KR/032507.html
Today Is The Tomorrow We Worried About Yesterday
by Kim Roberson

Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/RF/032607.html
The Other Busch (Kyle) Wins The Food City 500
by Ron Felix

Accepting the Change of Tomorrow
by Carol Einarsson
So now we’ve seen it in all its futuristic glory. Riding around the track with a wing on the back and a splitter on the nose. Was it a success? Was it a surprise? Is it still too soon to tell?
www.racejournalonline.com/index.cfm?Pagename=column&id=254

Sad State of Busch Whacking
Bye Bye Busch Whackers-Bristol-Race 6
By Dennis Michelsen
www.stockcarpitpass.com/inside200703026.html
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