Stock Car Gazette, Thursday, 11/16/2006

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The Race: Ford 400
The Place: Homestead-Miami Speedway
The Date: Sunday, Nov. 19
The Time: 2:50 p.m. (ET)
TV: NBC, 2 p.m. (ET)
Track Layout: 1.5-mile oval
Distance: 400 miles (267 laps)
Purse: $5,200,543
2005 Winner: Greg Biffle
2005 Pole: Carl Edwards
Pos. Driver Pts.
1 Johnson 6,332
2 Kenseth 6,269
3 Harvick 6,242
4 Hamlin 6,242
5 Earnhardt 6,217
6 Gordon 6,165
7 Jeff Burton 6,107
8 Martin 6,059
9 Kahne 6,013
10 Busch 5,973
Pre-Race On-Track Schedule: Friday—Practice, 11:35 a.m.-1:05 p.m. Qualifying, 3:10 p.m. Saturday—Practice, 1-2 p.m. and 2:35-3:20 p.m.
(courtesy of www.racedayweather.com)
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Courtesy of Insider Racing News
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Diversity Program A Sham Says Henderson
The father of Franklin (Tennessee) racer Joe Henderson III said he is frustrated, discouraged and angry over his son’s treatment in a NASCAR diversity program but is not considering suing anyone as was reported last week by the New York Times. “The paper took some things I said out of context,” said the senior Henderson. “I’m not going to sue anybody. I just asked my attorney to check the contracts to see what our options are.” The lengthy Times story — sharply critical of NASCAR for its continued small minority presence — said Henderson is considering suing NASCAR, his son’s former MB2 Motorsports team and Access Marketing which oversees the Drive for Diversity program. The Times quoted Henderson as saying NASCAR’s diversity program is a “sham … a smoke-and-mirror program.” On Monday he qualified his remarks: “Yes I’m upset over how Joe has been treated, but I’m not going to cause problems for anybody. I just want folks to know that his problems were not all his fault.” Joe Henderson III, 21, said he didn’t feel that he got a fair chance to prove himself before being dropped from the program earlier this year. Another minority driver, Jesus Hernandez, took over the ride, won two Late Model races, and MB2 general manager Jay Frey said Hernandez earned a chance to run some Craftsman Truck Series races next season….More - insiderracingnews.com/Daily2006/Nov/111506.html
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Courtesy of Jayski
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Cup Race-Preview Press Releases/Podcast Links: many Nextel Cup team/driver pre-race press release links (and Marketing and Sponsorship links) at the Press Release/Podcast Links Page, Phoenix links posted on
11-16-2006: Mike Bliss, Jeff Burton, Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Robby Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Dale Jarrett, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Travis Kvapil, Bobby Labonte, Sterling Marlin, Mark Martin, Joe Nemechek, Ryan Newman, Kyle Petty, Tony Raines, Ken Schrader, Reed Sorenson, David Stremme, Brian Vickers, Michael Waltrip, Scott Wimmer, J.J. Yeley; on my Press Release/Podcast Links Page which includes many sites that offer Podcasts, Cingular, Rowdy, PRN, NASCAR and Bud
www.jayski.com/pr/prs.htm

Hoosier back in NASCAR if Goodyear strike continues? An Oct. 5 system-wide strike by some 15,000 United Steelworkers union members at 16 Goodyear Tire and Rubber manufacturing plants might have provided Lakeville, Indiana-based Hoosier Tire and Rubber a chance to get rolling again in NASCAR’s three top racing divisions, sources close to the situation said. [see past news about the strike on my NASCAR Sponsors page www.jayski.com/teams/nascar-sponsors.htm]. A meeting between Hoosier and NASCAR occurred last week at the latter’s Daytona Beach headquarters to establish a contingency plan that likely will kick into action by the end of November so that NASCAR’s Nextel Cup, Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series will have race tires on which to compete after the sanctioning body’s first event of the 2007 season at Daytona International Speedway. Presently, non-striking Goodyear workers — most of whom normally perform white-collar duties — are at full-tilt-boogie in producing enough tires to satisfy demand for Daytona Beach’s Speed Weeks at NASCAR’s 2.5-mile “home” track. But it’s Goodyear’s inability to meet demand for the rest of the 2007 race schedule that has caused concern at NASCAR. For 2007 Goodyear currently sees itself as producing tires only for Nextel Cups three biggest races held at Daytona, Charlotte and Indianapolis. With roughly a three-month lead time needed for manufacturing lines to ramp-up and complete tire production, such leaves Goodyear needing to settle the dispute with its workers no later than about the end of next week so that tires can be made ready for the February 25, 2007, California Speedway race. “From everything I’ve heard,” said one well-placed Wall Street insider consulted for this story, “Goodyear is looking to outsource the manufacture of its product in the long haul.” See full story at Motorsport.com.(11-16-2006)
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=238711

Nemechek to Pull Triple Duty for First Time in Career: For the first time in his racing career Joe Nemechek will compete in NASCAR’s three professional divisions in the same weekend at the same track. The triple-header weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway kicks off Friday evening for Nemechek, who will pilot the #46 Chevy for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports in the Craftsman Truck Series. It will be his third race of the season in the #46 entry. The second part of the weekend schedule for Nemechek will be his return to the Busch Series where he has claimed 16 career victories. His only other Busch race of the season was the February opener at Daytona International Speedway. Nemechek, who must qualify on time for Saturday night�s Busch event, will drive his #87 NEMCO Motorsports Chevy with sponsorship from Ginn Clubs & Resorts. The weekend culminates Sunday for Nemechek, who will drive the #01 U.S. Army Chevy in the final Nextel Cup race of the season � the Ford 400.(MB2Motorsports PR)(11-16-2006)

Robby, Menards, Energizer and the Baja Race: Menards and Energizer will team up as the primary sponsor of Robby Gordon and his #7 Chevy for the Nextel Cup Series’ season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Harrah’s, Jim Beam and CarLoan.com will serve as associates. Known as one of motorsports� true journeyman, Robby Gordon will spend the week leading into NASCAR�s final event of the 2006 season putting that moniker to the test. Crossing over and reaching back to his roots in off-road racing, Gordon will participate in the upcoming 39th running of the legendary Baja 1000, the sixth and final race of the 2006 SCORE Desert Series season. A former two-time winner of the event, Gordon will once again attempt to reclaim one of racing�s most coveted titles. Driving his #83 Red Bull/Toyo Tires-sponsored Chevy CK1500 Trophy Truck, Gordon will make the trek through the Baja peninsula for the majority of the race before turning over the helm to 19-year old phenom, Andy McMillin. The race runs November 15-18, 2006.(RGM PR) and keep up with Robby and his team in the Baja race at RobbyGordon.com.(11-16-2006)

Spencer to the #73 team? NASCAR.com’s Ryan Smithson reports “am hearing that Jimmy Spencer is back part-time in the Nextel Cup Series next year with a new team called Revelocity Racing. It was formed by a group of four businessmen from West Virginia, and they plan on running all the Car of Tomorrow races in 2007.” Smithson also heard the team also talked to Ward Burton, but eventually went with Spencer.(NASCAR.com), more info on the Revelocity Racing team on my #73 Team News and Links page, they supposedly are teaming up with PPI Motorsports.(11-16-2006)
www.jayski.com/teams/73.htm

Homestead Rookie Notes: #11-Denny Hamlin was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the November 12 Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Hamlin finished third, his seventh top-five and 19th top-10 finish of the 2006 season. He took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the 17th time in 35 races. Hamlin is fourth in the Nextel Cup Series championship standings, 90 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson. He is 27 behind second-place Matt Kenseth and leads fifth-place Dale Earnhardt Jr. by 25. A Raybestos Rookie has finished in the top 15 in all 35 races this season. Hamlin and Jeff Gordon are the only Chase drivers to score six top-10 finishes in the nine races in the Chase. Hamlin leads Clint Bowyer by 60 points (294-234) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Nov. 19 Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Tony Stewart is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a Nextel Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He won the inaugural Ford 400 in 1999 by 5.289 seconds over Bobby Labonte. Stewart led the race four times for 44 laps. The only other Raybestos Rookie to score a top-five finish in six previous races at Homestead is Casey Atwood, who finished third in 2001 and led the most laps (52). The only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole in six Nextel Cup races at Homestead is Jamie McMurray in 2003. Tony Stewart owns the best points finish by a Raybestos Rookie in the sport�s modern era (post 1971), placing fourth in the championship standings in 1999. James Hylton holds the best points finish by a Raybestos Rookie in the sport�s history, a second-place effort in 1966.(Raybestos PR), for the full notes, history, standings and more, see the 2006 Rookies Page.(11-16-2006) www.jayski.com/stats/2006/roty2006.htm

Hendrick Honored: Rick Hendrick, chairman and CEO of Hendrick Motorsports, has been named as the winner of the 2006 Jeffrey Mark Harris Achievement Award by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). This exemplary individual demonstrated his commitment and support to the NMDP’s mission by establishing the Hendrick Marrow Program to heighten awareness of the NMDP and it’s partner, The Marrow Foundation. Over nearly a decade, the work of the Program has resulted in more than 75,000 new potential donors joining the NMDP Registry and the generation of millions of dollars for donor awareness, recruitment and retention, patient assistance and research.(PR)(11-16-2006)

Martin Voted Busch Series’ Greatest Driver: Mark Martin has been ranked #1 among the “25 Greatest NASCAR Busch Series Drivers” in internet polls on NASCAR.COM and NASCARMedia.com in conjunction with the season-long celebration of the 25th anniversary of the NASCAR Busch Series and its association with series sponsor Anheuser-Busch. Martin, the all-time series leader in wins (47) and Busch Poles (30) despite never having run a full season throughout his 220 starts, received the most votes in both polls, which allowed fans and media to rank their top 25 selections from a list of 41 nominees. The series’ first two-time champion, Sam Ard, finished second in the NASCARMedia.com poll; followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in third, another multiple champion; Jack Ingram, the first series champion in 1982 (he won again in ‘85) in fourth and Dale Earnhardt, who won the first NASCAR Busch Series race at Daytona in 1982, in fifth.(NASCAR PR)(11-16-2006)

Juan Pablo Montoya will make his Nextel Cup debut in the #30 Texaco/Havoline Dodge this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Montoya, a Miami resident, will compete in both the Busch Series and Nextel Cup races this weekend. Steve Boyer will crew chief the #30 Dodge Charger for Montoya in the Cup Series, while Brad Parrott will continue his role as his Busch Series crew chief. RaceWatch is the fan’s resource for the latest news on what’s going on within NASCAR. Distributed free to all fans upon entering each and every Nextel Cup Series event, RaceWatch provides added value to their race-day experience. In its commemorative season-ending issue at Homestead-Miami Speedway, included in RaceWatch will be a miniature #42 Texaco / Havoline Montoya hero card. There will be 42 lucky readers who will find their hero card signed by Montoya. Montoya and his wife Connie will be participating in the NASCAR Foundation Track Walk on Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway at 8:30am/et.(Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates PR)(11-16-2006)

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Jacobs to build NASCAR wind tunnel in N.C.
PASADENA, CA, United States (UPI) — A unit of Haas Automation has hired California`s Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to design and build a wind tunnel.
The contract with Wind Shear Inc. calls for a 180-mph wind tunnel in Concord, N.C., with a rolling road to test full-scale NASCAR race cars. The $40 million wind tunnel will be ‘the first of its kind for the NASCAR community,’ Jacobs said Tuesday in a news release.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International

NASCAR’s growth slows after 15 years in the fast lane
NASCAR’s popularity might have reached a plateau.
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Waltrip goes from NASCAR to ballet
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
NASCAR legend and Franklin businessman Darrell Waltrip will play Mother Ginger in the Nashville Ballet’s annual production of “The Nutcracker” on Dec. 15. …
www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061115/COUNTY09/61115008
(Gazette editor’s note: so does this mean we’ll get “boogity-boogity-boogity” in a grandma’s voice next season??)

NASCAR suffers from saturation of races, technology SI.com - USA
The hottest topic of debate on the NASCAR circuit as the season closes this weekend is the question of whether the format for the Chase for the Nextel Cup …
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/mark_zeske/11/15/growth/
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Chevy Championship Contending Team Owners NASCAR Teleconference Transcript Part One
Ford 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway
NASCAR Teleconference Transcript with Championship-Contending Car Owners
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=238720
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=238721
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=238722
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=238723
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Courtesy of Sports Illustrated & pbred8
www.SI.com

While Jeff Gordon is mathematically out of the championship once Jimmie Johnson starts the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Gordon still has a shot at the title - as the co-owner of Johnson’s car. Gordon has four driver titles to his name in the Cup series, but he has never won a co-owner title with Rick Hendrick in Johnson’s Hendrick Motorsports team.
– SceneDaily.com
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BGN And ARCA RE/MAX Driver Dexter Bean, Fore Score President Paul Faleski, Charlotte County Speedway Owner Leroy Davidson, Cup Lite Driver Scotty Whiley and Fast Truck Driver Michael Pilla To Be Guests On This Week’s KGKI Radio Race Report
To hear the show live, Tune in Thursday evening from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. If you have a high speed internet connection, then you can watch and listen to the show by clicking on the video link next to the flashing meters on the right side of the web page. Please be part of the show by calling toll free by dialing 1-866-895-5454.
www.kgkiradio.com/

Special PreRace Edition Of This Week’s kgkiradio.com weekend race Report
The show will go out on Friday, November 17, 2006. Co-Hosts Travis Sherrill and Michelle Dyer want to give an early bird comprehensive look at Ford Championship weekend before all the TV networks do.
We will be on the air for 2 hours giving you the most comprehensive coverage before all the other pre-race television shows do. To learn more about this as well as when to listen for Friday’s show, just go up to www.kgkiradio.com. This is going to be big, so you don’t want to miss it!

Dale Jarrett will be making his final start for Robert Yates Racing in the #88 UPS Ford Fusion this Sunday.
Jarrett Discusses Racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway
How tough will this weekend be with it being your final race with Robert Yates Racing?
“For probably the last couple weeks as the races have run down I have been thinking about this race and some of the memories we had here. It’s hard to believe that 12 years at Robert Yates Racing is coming to an end. Robert and the Yates family have treated me like family and it will be very difficult when I climb out of that car for the last time on Sunday. I owe a lot of people a lot. I think Saturday and Sunday will be tough days and I hope to be able to at least leave Homestead with a solid effort for Robert, the 88 team and the entire organization.” (Elevation Group PR)

NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will interview hip hop mogul Jay-Z during his XM Satellite Radio show “Dale Jr. Unrestricted” this Thursday, November 16, at 7:30 pm ET on NASCAR Radio (XM Channel 144) and 10:30 pm ET on XM Sports Nation (XM Channel 143). In addition, Earnhardt will host a live call-in show on Monday, November 20, the day after the final race of the NASCAR Nextel Series. The show will air Monday evening from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm ET on NASCAR Radio, with highlights to air during his regular weekly show on November 23. Earnhardt will be fresh off the track from Sunday’s Ford 400 in Miami, which will determine the winner of this year’s Nextel Cup. Earnhardt is in fifth place in points heading into Sunday’s race. His fellow XM Radio host Jimmie Johnson is currently in first place in pursuit of his first Nextel Cup. (PainePR)

Welcome to Miami, Bienvenido a Miami!
Learn more about behind-the-scenes activities at GM Racing by reading “Alba’s Blog” - a weekly conversation with Alba Colon, the GM Racing program manager of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. Colon has shared a personal and professional perspective of Chevrolet’s record-setting season in 2006 during the Chase for the Championship.
www.gmracingnews.com/link.aspx?refid=17

Matt Kenseth, hitch hiker?: When NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth gets ready to depart Homestead-Miami Speedway after driving in NASCAR’s season finale on Sunday, he’ll have to ‘bum’ a ride home. Kenseth, who trails Jimmie Johnson by 63-points heading into the final Chase race, lost his personal automobile – a Lincoln Navigator – to Leigh Humphrey as part of a national sweepstakes from Ameriquest Mortgage Co. Humphrey, 69, a retired optometrist from Ocala, Fla., was randomly selected from more than 200,000 entries in Ameriquest’s “Drive It Home Sweepstakes” which entitled him to win one of the Ameriquest Racing team members’– Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards, Mark Martin or team owner Jack Roush – personal cars. Humphrey and his wife, Patricia, also earned an all-expense-paid trip to attend championship weekend and will receive the car keys in a presentation by Kenseth and his Roush teammates on Saturday. “Now that Leigh owns my car, I guess I will have to start ‘bumming’ rides from Greg (Biffle) and Carl (Edwards),” quipped Kenseth (Alan Taylor Comm. PR)
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Courtesy of BGNRacing.Com
www.bgnracing.com

ppc Racing officials announced today Dyno Nobel and its Florida subsidiary, dnx Drilling, are sponsoring the No. 22, driven by Kenny Wallace and the No.10, driven by John Andretti for the Busch Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18, 2006. (ppc PR) (11-15-06)

NASCAR announced today that Joe Shear Jr., crew chief of the No. 43 Dodge driven by P.J. Jones in the NASCAR Busch Series, has been fined and indefinitely suspended due to rule violations discovered during post-race inspection at Phoenix International Raceway on Nov. 11. Shear was suspended effective immediately and fined $10,000 for violating Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 12-4-Q (car, car parts, components and/or equipment used that do not conform to NASCAR rules: Section 20A-12.8.1D: quarter panel height did not meet the required specification; too high in post-race inspection) of the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Rule Book. Additionally, Jones was penalized 25 NASCAR Busch Series driver championship points and team owner Mike Curb was penalized 25 NASCAR Busch Series owner championship points for violating Sections 12-4-A and 12-4-Q (20A-12.8.1D). (NASCAR PR) (11-15-06)

Following up their efforts in Fontana, CA where over 50 hearing impaired children where provided hearing aids, FUNDACIÓN Televisa along with Family Dollar, Movida, FEDEX & SUPERCUTS will provide DIGITAL hearing aids to 25 hearing impaired Children prior to the Ford 300. Corriendo por la Salud’ (CPLS), translating to ‘Racing for Health’, is in its 7th year in Mexico, but the programs founder, Israel Jaitovich, elected to bring the program to the US for the first time at this season’s Busch series race in Fontana California. Homestead-Miami is the second stop in a US City for CPLS in 2006, but there are plans for further expansion to include several other US cities in 2007. NASCAR’s 1st Hispanic driver Carlos Contreras will again be behind the wheel of the CPLS car, this time the No. 14 Family Dollar / Movida ‘Corriendo por la Salud’ Dodge in the Ford 300. ‘Corriendo por la Salud’ provides digital hearing aids to 100 hearing impaired children after each of the 14 races in the Desafió Corona Series (NASCAR Mexico). The program also provides free medical services and medications to another 1,500 children and adults in each race city during the season. (Contreras PR) (11-15-06)

There are 49 entries on the preliminary entry list for the season finale in Homestead. The entry list as of Monday is posted….
www.bgnracing.com/modules.php?name=Race_Info&op=view&rid=1237
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Courtesy of Jayski
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Montreal Busch Race Tix on Sale: UPDATE: Since 9:00am Monday morning, November 13, 2006, tickets to attend the inaugural Montreal NASCAR Busch Series race are on sale. The Series will run at Gilles Villeneuve Circuit, on August 3rd and 4th, 2007. Fans can purchase tickets in a select number of stands, located in the most exciting portions of the circuit, all bearing the names of legendary NASCAR heroes. The Busch race scheduled for Saturday afternoon will be the main attraction. In addition, spectators will get a special Friday treat: the sleek Grand-Am Rolex Series Daytona prototypes. To order event tickets by phone, fans can call (514) 397-0007, 7 days a week, from 8:00am to 11:00pm or order online anytime at www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca.(PR)(11-13-2006)
UPDATE: Due to the demand for tickets since going on sale on Monday, November 13th, Stock-Car Montréal announced today that an additional grandstand has been added for the NASCAR Busch Series race weekend to be held August 3-4, 2007 at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal. The new “Petty” stand will be located in front of the pit lane next to the Waltrip Grandstand.(PR)(11-13-2006)

Martin Vote Busch Series’ Greatest Driver: Mark Martin has been ranked #1 among the “25 Greatest NASCAR Busch Series Drivers” in internet polls on NASCAR.COM and NASCARMedia.com in conjunction with the season-long celebration of the 25th anniversary of the NASCAR Busch Series and its association with series sponsor Anheuser-Busch. Martin, the all-time series leader in wins (47) and Busch Poles (30) despite never having run a full season throughout his 220 starts, received the most votes in both polls, which allowed fans and media to rank their top 25 selections from a list of 41 nominees. The series’ first two-time champion, Sam Ard, finished second in the NASCARMedia.com poll; followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in third, another multiple champion; Jack Ingram, the first series champion in 1982 (he won again in ‘85) in fourth and Dale Earnhardt, who won the first NASCAR Busch Series race at Daytona in 1982, in fifth.(NASCAR PR)(11-15-2006)

Joe Shear Fined, Suspended Indefinitely: NASCAR announced today that Joe Shear Jr., crew chief of the #43 Dodge driven by P.J. Jones in the NASCAR Busch Series, has been fined and indefinitely suspended due to rule violations discovered during post-race inspection at Phoenix . Shear was suspended effective immediately and fined $10,000 for violating Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 12-4-Q (car, car parts, components and/or equipment used that do not conform to NASCAR rules: Section 20A-12.8.1D: quarter panel height did not meet the required specification; too high in post-race inspection) of the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Rule Book. Additionally, Jones was penalized 25 NASCAR Busch Series driver championship points and team owner Mike Curb was penalized 25 NASCAR Busch Series owner championship points for violating Sections 12-4-A and 12-4-Q (20A-12.8.1D).(NASCAR PR)(11-15-2006)

FUNDACIÓN Televisa to Again Provide Hearing Aids: Following up their efforts in Fontana, CA where over 50 hearing impaired children where provided hearing aids, FUNDACIÓN Televisa along with Family Dollar, Movida, FEDEX & SUPERCUTS will provide digital hearing aids to 25 hearing impaired Children prior to the Ford 300 Busch Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ‘Corriendo por la Salud’ (CPLS), translating to ‘Racing for Health’, is in its 7th year in Mexico, but the programs founder, Israel Jaitovich, elected to bring the program to the US for the first time at this season’s Busch series race in Fontana California. Homestead-Miami is the second stop in a US City for CPLS in 2006, but there are plans for further expansion to include several other US cities in 2007. Jaitovich is an actor/comedian in Mexico. He is also a professional race car driver with several championships to his name. Israel currently drives the #11 Probiomed / Mopar ‘Corriendo por la Salud’ Dodge for FitzContreras Racing in the Desafió Corona series.(CPLS PR)(11-15-2006)

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Homestead: Todd Kluever was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Arizona Travel 200 at Phoenix. Kluever scored an 18th-place finish and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the eighth time in 2006. John Andretti and Danny O’Quinn Jr. remain tied for the lead in the Raybestos® Rookie standings (199-199) entering the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami. Andretti is 13th in the Busch Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie.(Raybestos PR)(11-15-2006)
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The Race: Ford 200
The Place: Homestead-Miami Speedway
The Date: Nov.17, 2006
The Time: 8:05 p.m. (ET)
Race Distance: 201 miles/ 134 laps
TV: SPEED, 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Track Layout: 1.5-mile paved oval
Race Purse: $632,301
2005 Winner: Todd Bodine
2005 Pole: David Reutimann

No. Driver Pts
1 Bodine 3,566
2 Benson 3,454
3 Reutimann 3,383
4 Musgrave 3,250
5 Starr 3,209
6 Hornaday 3,192
7 Sprague 3,173
8 Skinner 3,156
9 Crawford 3,134
10 Cook 3,126

Schedule: Friday — Practice, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., 9:45 a.m. –10:15 a.m. and 10:25 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. Qualifying, 5 p.m.
(courtesy of www.racedayweather.com)
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Courtesy of Jayski
www.jayski.com

Bobby Hamilton Sr. decided not to run Friday’s Truck Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Bobby Hamilton Jr. will continue driving duties as he’s done since his father was diagnosed with head and neck cancer early this year. The senior Hamilton originally set a goal to return for the final race but has now decided to wait and try to come back in February’s season opener in Daytona. Hamilton’s cancer is in remission but he continues to undergo treatments for a sore throat. Bobby Jr. is set to return to the Busch Series full-time next season and original plans called for his father to take back over the truck ride. A Bobby Hamilton Racing spokesperson yesterday said those plans are “indefinite.” Hamilton could not reached for comment.(Tennessean)(11-15-2006)

Skinner re-ups with BDR thru 2009: Bill Davis Racing announced that Mike Skinner will return to the organization as the driver of the #5 Toyota in the Craftsman Truck Series through the 2009 season. The 1995 Truck Series Champion has been behind the wheel of a Toyota since the manufacturing giant entered the NASCAR realm in 2004.(BDR PR)(11-15-2006)

Exide to sponsor Benson in final race: Exide Batteries serve as the primary sponsor of the #23 Bill Davis Racing Toyota team, with driver Johnny Benson in the season finale. This will be the fourth time this season in which Exide Batteries has performed primary sponsor duties.(BDR PR)(11-15-2006)

Jourdain back in the #50 at Homstead: Michel Jourdain, Jr. will attempt to make his seventh career Truck Series start this weekend driving the Roush Motorsports #50 Ford in the season-ending Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Motorsports Complex. Jourdain last raced in the Truck Series in Texas two weeks ago. (Roush Racing PR)(11-15-2006)

Waste Management sponsoring #22: Waste Management is back as the primary sponsor of the #22 Toyota team this weekend in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This will be the sixth time this season the Waste Management colors have adorned the hood of the #22 (BDR PR)(11-15-2006)

Raybestos Rookie News & Notes: Erik Darnell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the November 10 Casino Arizona 150 at Phoenix Int’l Raceway. Darnell scored a 10th-place finish, his 11th top-10 finish of the 2006 season. He took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the 14th time in 24 races. Chad McCumbee led once for one lap at Phoenix and was the only Raybestos Rookie to lead a lap in the race. McCumbee has led four times in four races this season for a total of four laps this season. Darnell leads Chad McCumbee by 58 points (206-148) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Nov. 17 Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Darnell is 14th in the Craftsman Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. Rookie contender point standings: Erik Darnell, 206; Chad McCumbee, 148; Marcos Ambrose, 147; Aric Almirola, 141; Bobby East, 123; Kerry Earnhardt, 101; Erin Crocker, 101; Joey Miller, 96; Kraig Kinser, 83; Robert Richardson, 80; Kyle Krisiloff, 70; Scott Lagasse Jr. 40, Ryan Moore, 38.(Raybestos PR)(11-15-2006)
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Skinner commits to 3-year deal with BDR in truck series
Bill Davis Racing announced today that Mike Skinner will return to the organization as the driver of the No. 5 Toyota Tundra in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series through the 2009 season.
www.scenedaily.com/ct/c/22533454

Benson: Team has done all it can to win series title
Bill Davis Racing’s Johnny Benson says he and his team have done all they could to try and win the Craftsman Truck Series championship this year as they enter the season finale second in the standings, facing a big hurdle if they’re to take the title.
www.scenedaily.com/ct/c/22533468

Compton making move to Craftsman Truck Series
Stacy Compton is preparing to move on after making 172 consecutive starts in Tad Geshickter-owned Busch Series cars.
www.scenedaily.com/ct/c/22533453
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Courtesy of TruckSeries.Com
www.truckseries.com

TrackSideLive! from Homestead-Miami Speedway
www.truckseries.com/trackside/tslpage.html

Benson Looks Forward to Side by Side Racing at Homestead
www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_06/articles/000092/009226.htm

Skinner to Pilot No. 5 Toyota Tundra Through 2009
www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_06/articles/000092/009223.htm

Championship Showdown Set for Homestead
www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_06/articles/000092/009208.htm

This Week in Ford Racing: Michel Jourdain
www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_06/articles/000092/009219.htm
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A R C A (Automobile Racing Club of America)
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Courtesy of ARCA
www.arcaracing.com

Off-Season in ARCA, More On Than Off
TOLEDO OH (11-15-06) – So what do you guys do in the off-season? That’s a common question we get in the world of ARCA, and one that deserves an answer.

The best answer goes back to the root of the question, which refers to an ‘off-season’, which is a misnomer in every sense of the word.

In reality, there is no ‘off-season’. While the racing ended in mid-October, the work goes on.

Read more… - arcaracing.cmagic.com/content/view/4111/2/

Just in Time for the Holidays Sale
read more - arcaracing.cmagic.com/content/view/4110/2/
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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/RG/111606.html
NASCAR Number Crunchers Are in Their Glory
by Rebecca Gladden

Last Laps of the Season
Fantasy Insight-Homestead Miami Speedway
By Dennis Michelsen - It seems like it was just yesterday that we were sitting down to handicap the Bud Shootout and now the season is about to conclude. Every year the NASCAR Nextel Cup season flies by faster than the year before. This season has been full of plenty of successes and quite a few failures in the world of Fantasy handicapping. My absolute worst prediction of the season was not a driver chosen to win a race but rather a driver I chose to make the Chase for the Championship…
www.stockcarpitpass.com/inside20061116.html

DW a Cross Dresser-ODDS and ENDS
(Race News for Fans with Short Attention Spans)
By Dennis Michelsen - When I read the press release about Darrell Waltrip’s latest adventure on JAYSKI yesterday I had to do a double take. NASCAR personalities getting involved in holiday productions is nothing new but this announcement sure grabbed my attention. Three-time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip will be appearing in the Nashville Ballet’s version of the Nutcracker. No he is not playing one of the Nutcracker soldiers, DW is playing a character called “Mother Ginger.”..
www.stockcarpitpass.com/inside20061116b.html

So You Want to Work in NASCAR… Volume 2 - Research Everything.
www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/06/111606Mills-Diary.asp

A look at Martin Truex Jr.
www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/06/111406Finnegan.asp

NASCAR Hardball: Erin Crocker VS Danika Patrick
www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/06/111506Echols.asp
(Gazette editor’s note: it is actually spelled “Dani’c'a”…)

Miami Stats-n-Stuff
www.speedwaymedia.com/Articles/06/111506Jackson.asp
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