Stock Car Gazette for Friday, November 30, 2007

Here’s a CHOCK-PLUMB-FULL edition of the Stock Car Gazette for you to start your weekend off right.

The NASCAR Nextel Cup awards banquet is tonight at 9:00 eastern time on “ESPN Classic”. What’s up with that?

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Hendrick Gang Heads To New York To Pick Up NASCAR Loot
by: Capt. Herb Emory

The annual migration of the 3,500-pound NASCAR racecars is underway as the top teams head from Charlotte to New York to collect the bounty for their accomplishments during the racing season. The championship awards, along with some giant checks, will be handed out Friday night to close a flurry of stockcar activity in the Big Apple this week.

For more: motorsportsnews.net/archives/897
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What Changes Will We See In 2008?
by: Chuck Abrams

NASCAR had a wondrous year in many respects but also saw a lot of problems arise. With the car of Tomorrow (COT) coming on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit full-time in 2008, just what changes will we see to the car to make the racing more competitive?

For more: motorsportsnews.net/archives/896
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Racing Legends to Unveil First OSRCT Car at PRI

Mooresville, NC (November 29, 2007) – The highly anticipated Old School Racing Champion Tour (OSRCT) series that is set to debut in May of 2008 will be well represented at the 20th annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) trade show in Orlando, Florida December 6-8, 2007.

On Thursday December 6, 2007 at 11:00 A.M., the OSRCT and a few NASCAR greats will unveil the first official OSRCT car. This unveiling will also be the official announcement of the Old School Racing Champion’s Tour into the racing world.

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Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Wins Fifth Consecutive NASCAR NMPA Chex® Most Popular Driver Award

MINNEAPOLIS (November 29, 2007) – The final race has been run, and the checkered flag has fallen on the NASCAR racing season; but before it was all over, race fans answered the call to vote for their favorite driver. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was voted the 2007 NASCAR NMPA Chex® Most Popular Driver for the fifth consecutive year and was presented with the award today at the NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Media Luncheon in New York City.

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France blames NASCAR’s downfall on Earnhardt
Overall NASCAR television ratings were down about 13 percent in 2007 as compared to 2006. But NASCAR chairman Brian France said during a Reuters Media Summit in New York Tuesday that he was not worried NASCAR’s popularity is slowing. “The margin of error for all the sports to manage their business smarter is more narrow,”…

“It would have helped if he would have been competitive,” said France. “He didn’t win an event and he certainly didn’t make our playoffs. And that’s unhelpful if you’re trying to build ratings.”

autoracingsport.com/nascar/france-blames-nascar’s-downfall-on-earnhardt/
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Kroger’s racing toward Daytona
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Sports of The Times: Nascar Hits a Bump in the Road
By GEORGE VECSEY
Nascar has hit something of a plateau, though it still has enough clout to stage a sedate little victory lap in Times Square.
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Dale runs eye over V8s

NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr will be a surprise spectator at the final round of the V8 Supercar Series at Phillip Island.

Earnhardt, one of the biggest names in American motor racing, will fly in by helicopter from Melbourne with a group of mates and be hosted by Holden’s motorsport hierarchy.

His presence will, momentarily at least, deflect some of the focus from the nail-biting stoush in the four-way fight for the Aussie championship.

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A Day Of Lasts
Nascar - USA
Homestead was: The last Nextel Cup Race. Just when I begrudgingly accepted that Dale Earnhardt was a 7 time “Nextel Cup Champion”, I will now have to think …
community.nascar.com/blogs/14488

SIRIUS Announces Comprehensive Broadcast Schedule for NASCAR …
CNNMoney.com - USA
On Friday, November 30, SIRIUS will present a special live broadcast from the Hard Rock Cafe hosted by 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Rookie of the Year Juan …
money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NYM10426112007-1.htm

ESPN Classic to air Friday’s awards banquet
Nascar - USA
By Official Release With the Big Apple as the backdrop, NASCAR will honor the top drivers in Nextel Cup racing at the series’ annual awards banquet Friday …
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/27/espn.coverage.champions.week/

Motor racing-NASCAR scours racing landscape for minority drivers
Reuters UK - UK
By Steve Ginsburg NEW YORK, Nov 27 (Reuters) - NASCAR is actively searching for black and Hispanic drivers to help diversify the historically all-white …
uk.reuters.com/article/UK_MOTORSPORT/idUKN2748686420071127

Smith: Ricky Rudd leaves legacy of toughness, respect - Nascar
ESPN - USA
His illustrious NASCAR career had just ended with an unceremonious 21st-place finish, one lap down, in the Ford 400. His wife waited outside the window with …
sports.espn.go.com/rpm/columns/story?seriesId=2&columnist=smith_marty&id=3127934

Kurt Busch: Rising Star or Black Hole
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
This highly talented driver, who has been driving in both the Busch Series (#12 Penske Truck Rental Dodge) and the Nextel Cup Series(#2 Miller Lite Dodge), …
www.pr-inside.com/kurt-busch-rising-star-or-black-r320982.htm

Something tells me my wife wouldn’t mind attending this racing …
Inside Track Motorsport News - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
AS THE MANUFACTURER OF THE NEXTEL CUP TROPHY, TIFFANY & CO. IS HOSTING THIS INTIMATE COCKTAIL PARTY FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW AS PART OF THE NEXTEL CUP …
insidetracknews.blogspot.com/2007/11/something-tells-me-my-wife-wouldnt-mind.html

Ganassi impressed by the way Montoya dealt with competitors and …
The Canadian Press -
NEW YORK - Chip Ganassi was not surprised by what former open-wheel star Juan Pablo Montoya did on the track in 2007, but the NASCAR team owner says he was …
canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gujiZgQvh0c-a_sQfr4rl_-eXpJg

NASCAR still looking to expand
China Daily - China
NEW YORK - International Speedway (ISC) was still considering adding tracks in New York and Seattle and remained interested in the Denver market, NASCAR …
www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2007-11/28/content_6284749.htm

NASCAR needs to let drivers be entertainers
FOXSports.com - USA
But most NASCAR fans don’t want clean-cut All-Americans. Many prefer hot-under-the-collar, rough-and-tumble roughnecks, the type of fierce competitors more …
msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/7495312

Bit of NASCAR history…
Nascar - USA
Gober will be remembered always, as one of the pioneers of auto racing as we have known it through the years and was inducted into the Jacksonville Hall of …
community.nascar.com/blogs/14570

Rookie No Longer!
By racing bull(The Bull Spotter)
Red Bull Racing has been testing the COT in Nashville the past two days to begin preparation for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. And what was the first thing AJ wanted to do upon arriving in Nashville? Remove the rookie stripe from …
teamredbull.blogspot.com/2007/11/rookie-no-longer.html

NASCAR Nextel Cup Champions Week: Day 4 - 2007 Champions Gather
PaddockTalk - USA
Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished 16th in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series standings, won the Chex Cereals Most Popular Driver Award for the fifth consecutive …
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NASCAR Nextel Cup Driver David Stremme First to Enter speedfest 2008
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
NASCAR Nextel Cup driver David Stemme is the first official entry for speedfest 2008 to be held at USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Florida on Friday …
www.whowon.com/sResults.asp?SanctionID=473&StoryID=236992

New Event Pictures.
By Ally
First Ali went to the ‘Grand Reopening of the New Museum Co-Hosted by Calvin Klein’ and then attended ‘2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Celebration’. View both sets of image by clicking on the links below. ckali_013.jpg ckali_028.jpg ckali_040. …
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Newton: Facials, scalp massages and the lost art of livin’ - Nascar
ESPN - USA
But this is an assignment, a chance to give the 75 million fans NASCAR claims to have an inside look at all the options in New York City during banquet week …
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Daytona 500 Flags Will Go To Space
Three Daytona 500 green flags will be launched on the space shuttle Atlantis next week as part of the race’s 50th anniversary celebration, as well as NASA’s 50th anniversary, the Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday. The newspaper said NASA came up with the idea to link the two anniversaries earlier this year, and the space agency and Daytona International Speedway are trying to arrange promotional events with astronauts and drivers. A joint NASCAR driver/Atlantis crew news conference is possible during the shuttle’s 11-day mission next month. Atlantis is scheduled to lift off form Cape Canaveral next Friday.

France Still Wants New York Track
Almost a year ago, International Speedway Corp - which is majority owned by NASCAR’s France family - said it would no longer proceed with plans to build a race track on Staten Island in New York. A similar plan in the Seattle area fell by the wayside as well. But NASCAR chairman Brian France says they haven’t given up hope. “New York, Seattle, Denver - all are markets that are interesting to us, in particular New York,” France told the Reuters Media Summit in New York. “Staten Island is not an option, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t others.”
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Penske Racing to form test team: #2-Kurt Busch said Penske Racing has plans to form a designated test team to prepare for the 2008 Sprint Cup Series season when all 36 races will feature the car of tomorrow. “We need more laps, more time with the new car to be more competitive,” said Busch, who finished seventh in points this year, following the NMPA Myers Bothers Awards Luncheon at Cipriani’s. With the addition of new teammate Sam Hornish Jr. in the #77 Dodge, the fourth team is expected to focus solely on testing. Busch said teammate Ryan Newman, Hornish, himself or an “outside driver” could all be involved in the tests. Busch, who has already tested at Atlanta, said the remainder of his offseason schedule includes scheduled stops at Daytona International Speedway, Lakeland, California and Las Vegas. Nashville is also a possibility if the weather cooperates, he said. With the Cup series already running twice in the COT at Bristol this year, Busch is comfortable heading into the first handful of races in ‘08. “We feel like we’re prepared really well for the first five or six, then we hit tracks like Texas [and Charlotte], and that’s where the teams that are ready to go will prevail,” he said, adding, “I hope not to be in a Cup car until January. I might end up doing a shakedown test for the Rolex 24. Penske’s putting together a team. It might be double top secret until now. But we’re having some fun with that.”(SceneDaily.com)(11-30-2007)

#48 Team wins 4th Qtr and year-end most vaulable Pit Crew Award: The #48 Lowe’s Team can add another important honor to their long list of accomplishments for the 2007 season - the Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew of the Year Award. The #48 Lowe’s Team also won the year-end award in 2004, making them the first-ever repeat winner of the award. The #48 Team follows the #24 Dupont Team (2nd Quarter) as the second team from Hendrick Motorsports to win a Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew quarterly award in 2007. The Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew Award is given quarterly throughout the Nextel Cup Season. At the end of each quarter, the winning pit crew is determined by a vote of each team’s crew chief. The four quarterly winners are eligible for the year-end Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew Award and a check for $100,000 awarded at the 2007 NASCAR National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon in New York City on November 29, 2007.(Mechanix Wear/Clear!Blue PR)(11-30-2007)

Long has sponsor, looking for team: Millstar, an industry leader in producing die and mold profile tooling and solid carbide tools, has announced their continued sponsorship support of Carl Long and his 2008 racing endeavors. Millstar has been an active part of Carl Long Racing since 2006. In addition, Delcam, one of the world’s leading suppliers of advanced CADCAM software product development solutions for the manufacturing industry, has announced their commitment to sponsor Carl Long in 2008. The Birmingham, United Kingdom company has had a history in motorsports, with most recent involvement in Formula One racing. Carl Long and Delcam will kick off their new partnership at the 2007 Performance Racing Industry Trade Show next month. Carl Long will be on-hand at the Delcam booth during the 2007 Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Orlando, Florida from December 6th through the 8th. Carl Long welcomes all race team representatives to stop on by and chat. [Note: this event is not open to the public, you must be a member of a racing industry company to attend] “With Millstar and Delcam aboard, all we need now is the right race team to step up to the plate to make a successful combination”, Carl Long states. “Being ready to run the 2008 [Daytona] 500 is definitely a realistic possibility at this point.” Also in 2008, Carl has plans to run selected NASCAR Nationwide Series races with his own team, as well as USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series races with Long Brothers Racing.(Carl Long Racing PR)(11-30-2007)

NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Media Luncheon Award Winners
Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award: Juan Pablo Montoya (#42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge)
Manufacturers Championship Award: Chevy
Marketing Achievement Award: ESPN Marketing
Chex Cereals Most Popular Driver Award: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#8 Budweiser Chevy)
Buddy Shuman Award: Robert Yates (owner, Robert Yates Racing)
Home Depot Humanitarian Award: Don Miller
Budweiser Pole Award: Jeff Gordon (#24 DuPont Chevy)
Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive-Thru Challenge Award: Jeff Gordon
Commit Lozenges Commit to Win Award: Jeff Gordon
Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap Award: Jimmie Johnson (#48 Lowe’s Chevy)
WIX Filters Lap Leader Award: Jeff Gordon
Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew Award: #48 Lowe’s Chevy
Mobil 1 Command Performance: Kurt Busch (#2 Miller Lite Dodge)
USG Improving the Finish Award: Matt Kenseth (#17 DEWALT Ford)
DirecTV Crew Chief of the Year Award: Mike Ford (#11 FedEx Chevy)
Clevite Engine Builder of the Year Award: Earl Wheeler (Engine builder for Hendrick Engines)
Dow Automotive Strategic Call of the Race Award: Jimmie Johnson
Sunoco Diamond Performance Award: Jimmie Johnson
Goodyear Award: Jimmie Johnson
Champion Sponsor Award: Robert Niblock (CEO, Lowe’s)
Champion Crew Chief Award: Chad Knaus (#48 Lowe’s Chevy)
Myers Brothers Award: Bill France Jr., accepted by Betty Jane France.(NASCAR PR)(11-30-2007)

British driver headed to stock cars: British driver Ed Tilley is set to launch his bid to join the NASCAR grid after securing the chance to take part in the 2008 ARCA series. Tilley, team principal of aspiring touring car entrants Encke Sport, will take part in his debut test at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on December 7th at the wheel of a Chevy Monte Carlo in preparation for the 2008 season. “All my life I’ve had one interest, racing cars and winning,” he said. “To be given a chance to prove myself in the ARCA series is a very special opportunity that I could not turn down.” Tilley will be mentored initially by former NASCAR driver Randy Baker who said he was looking to help the Briton made an impact in his American move. “We are very excited about working with Ed,” he said. “His career has been on hold over the past year as Ed took some time out due to a family bereavement, but we are looking forward to working with him and his sponsors to help him reach his goals in motorsport. We have a great team around us here to point him in the right direction and achieve great things.”(crash.net)(11-30-2007)

Miller named recipient of NASCAR Home Depot Humanitarian Award: The Home Depot and NASCAR announced that Don Miller of Mooresville, N.C., was selected as the recipient of the inaugural NASCAR Home Depot Humanitarian Award for his work with the Stocks-for-Tots program. The award is the first of its kind open to any member of the NASCAR community who has shown extraordinary dedication to serving others and improving communities through meaningful service efforts. Miller is an executive for Penske Racing. As the NASCAR Home Depot Humanitarian of the Year, Miller received a specially designed crystal award and a $100,000 donation made by The Home Depot to his charity of choice, Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN), an organization whose mission is to continue to help and provide education, counseling and intervention programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Miller will also receive a playground in the city of his choice built by volunteers from NASCAR, The Home Depot and KaBOOM!, the Company�s national nonprofit partner which envisions a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America. Miller developed Stock-for-Tots as a holiday event and fundraiser for SCAN. Miller continues to be intimately involved in the event which brings together stock car racing and its fans to collect toys and raise funds for SCAN. Since 1989, the event has raised more than $400,000 and distributed nearly 40,000 toys to children in North Carolina and is now the largest fundraiser for SCAN. The other finalists for the award were Spencer Lueders, project creator, director and team member of 24 Hours of Booty; and Kyle Petty, driver for Petty Enterprises and co-founder of Victory Junction Gang Camp. They received a $25,000 donation each to their designated non-profit charities.(Manning Selvage & Lee/Home Depot/NASCAR PR)(11-30-2007)

Ryan Cooper, the Lake Mary [FL] firefighter who ran into two burning homes last July after a plane belonging to NASCAR crashed into a Sanford neighborhood. Cooper helped to rescue several victims including a 10 year old boy. He also provided first aid to victims until the first fire units arrived. It was a tragedy that changed his life forever. Now that tragedy will help Cooper change the lives of thousands of deserving children every year. Cooper has been asked by NASCAR driver Kyle Petty to head a new branch of the Victory Junction Gang Camp set to open near Kansas City by 2010.(MyFoxOrlando)(11-29-2007)

Darlington starts milling work on track: Construction crews at Darlington Raceway began milling the legendary track’s surface last week. The milling process consists of grinding the existing asphalt surface an average of three-inches, and in some areas up to eight-inches, in preparation for the installation of the new surface. The milling process will be completed in approximately two-weeks.(Darlington Raceway PR)(11-30-2007)
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NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Champions Week — Day 3
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Cars Take To The Streets
Champion Johnson Leads The Victory Lap
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 28, 2007) — The usual cacophony of New York City traffic noise — the blare of the horns and screeching of brakes — was …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=276236

Good morning New York
Please welcome NASCAR; past, present, and future. When NASCAR’s top ten season finishers arrive in the Big Apple to join back to back champion Jimmie Johnson, the sport will get a look at a cross section of NASCAR history.
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=276234

SMITH EXPANDS NASCAR SPRINT CUP KNOWLEDGE WITH KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY TEST
SPARTA, Ky. — Rookie-of-the-Year hopeful Regan Smith laid the groundwork for his first full NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season by testing his new Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), machine at Kentucky Speedway today. …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=276231

NASCAR DRIVER TONY STEWART AND SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF INAUGURAL ‘STEWIE AWARDS’
Legendary driver A.J. Foyt awarded “Golden Stewie”; Kevin Harvick captures “Best Original Drama” award; Robby Gordon wins for “Best Original Comedy” …
www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=276289
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Johnson to race Rolex 24 with Bob Stallings Racing
Two-time Nextel Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, defending Grand-Am Rolex Series champion GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and Lowe’s Home Improvement will join forces for the 46th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona at Daytona International Speedway on Jan. 26-27.
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/28/jjohnson.daytona/index.html

Miller to retire as president of Penske in reorganization
Saying goodbye to one of its longtime leaders and fortifying itself for the future, Penske Racing announced several key organizational changes for the 2008 NASCAR season on Wednesday.
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/28/kbusch.rnewman.shornishjr.penske.changes/index.html

Dodge makes switch to Charger as its COT model
Dodge has confirmed that it will race the Charger in the Sprint Cup Series in 2008 and beyond, continuing to add to its rich NASCAR tradition. The Avenger had been used as the make’s Car of Tomorrow model in 2007.
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/28/dodge.charger/index.html

Hendrick taps Burdett as Gordon’s new car chief
Steve Letarte’s new right-hand man is a familiar face at Hendrick Motorsports. Jason Burdett, who once worked for the four-car organization, is returning to become the car chief on Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 team.
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/28/jgordon.jburdett.car.chief/index.html

Top 10 take Victory Lap in New York
The usual cacophony of New York City traffic noise — the blare of the horns and screeching of brakes — was interrupted Wednesday morning as 10 of the world’s best drivers fired up their NASCAR Nextel Cup Series cars for a Victory Lap through the city’s streets.
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/28/jjohnson.day.three/index.html

Drivers often walk fine line with emotion, expectation
He stood on stage at the theatre in the Hard Rock Café in Times Square, accepting the latest in a week’s worth of applause and congratulations for winning the Nextel Cup championship. With his spotless white firesuit and his made-for-television smile, Jimmie Johnson looked every inch a sponsor’s and car owner’s dream.
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/28/dcaraviello.jgordon.jjohnson.character/index.html

Wide-eyed rookie Ragan sets sights on improving
All but lost amid the hoopla surrounding Juan Montoya’s rookie season in Nextel Cup racing was a solid performance by David Ragan
www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/29/dragan.lookahead/index.html
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Hendrick names new car chief for Gordon
NEW YORK - Jason Burdett has left Michael Waltrip Racing, where he served as crew chief for driver Dale Jarrett, to become the car chief for Hendrick Motorsports’ Jeff Gordon, a Hendrick spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
www.scenedaily.com/ct/c/23181374

Busch nudges Kenseth during NYC ‘Victory Lap’
NEW YORK - As the top 10 drivers in the final Nextel Cup points standings drove in the streets around Times Square in NASCAR’s “Victory Lap,” Kyle Busch had a little fun with Matt Kenseth
www.scenedaily.com/ct/c/23181372

Bill France Jr. named Myers Brothers Award winner
NEW YORK - Former NASCAR President Bill France Jr. was awarded the National Motorsports Press Association’s Myers Brothers Award in a ceremony at Cipriani restaurant Thursday
www.scenedaily.com/ct/c/23183407
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For your banquet pleasure?
Jay Mohr won’t be back to fling his barbs and witticisms at Friday’s Nextel Cup Awards Ceremony, but there will be someone filling that role. David Spade will this year’s “featured performer,” which is curious since he now stars on a CBS comedy called “Rules of Engagement” even though CBS is not involved in NASCAR coverage in any way. The musical performer this year will, predictably, be Kelly Clarkson. Clarkson has become the unofficial Official Pop Songstress of NASCAR after performing at the 2007 Daytona 500 and taking part in an advertising campaign for the sport this year.Jerry Punch will serve as master of ceremonies. The banquet will be carried live on ESPN Classic with a replay beginning at 11:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
www.thatsracin.com/242/story/9662.html
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XM RADIO’S CLAIRE B. LANG BROADCASTS LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY DURING NASCAR NEXTEL CUP CHAMPIONS WEEK

NEW YORK, N.Y. — XM Satellite Radio sports anchor Claire B Lang is broadcasting a special edition of her show “Dialed In” live from the hub of activity during NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Champions Week.

“Dialed In” airs weekdays on XM Sports Nation (XM channel 144) 4 pm – 7 pm ET. This week, Claire is broadcasting from the center of the Champions Week action live from the storied Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan.

Fans nationwide can tune into the events and activities of Champions week as special guests drop by the XM Broadcast suite at the Waldorf to hang out with Claire. Guests include champion Jimmie Johnson and top NASCAR drivers Clint Boyer, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, and more. Since the suite is located in the middle of all the action, the guests are many, and as Lang explains, “It’s like hanging out in the event hotel with everyone in the sport. We’re broadcasting live on the air so that race fans are in the middle of it all as if they were right here in the room.”

Claire will also be out and about to meet fans, interview drivers, attend all the parties and galas, and report back live each day with the inside stories as only she can tell them. From a welcome from a member of Engine Company 44 of the FDNY to interviews with top New York journalists to fans on the street and the movers and shakers of the sport, fans will get it all on “Dialed In” with Claire B.

For Thursday’s edition of “Dialed In,” Claire will host her traditional team party to salute the championship team live on the air from her suite at the Waldorf as she and the #48 team toast the stories of the season.
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Future of McGill Motorsports in Doubt: Crew chief Ricky Pearson has denied rumors that yet another Nationwide Series team, #36-McGill Motorsports, has closed its doors. Pearson says however that the team is dependent upon sponsorship and that they have been put on guard that a decision should be coming within the next few weeks. He adds that barring the team does find the needed funding they would like to continue with Jeremy Clements, “Even if it’s a limited schedule.”(TheHotLap.com)(11-29-2007)

Farm Bureau to Sponsor Gibbs: MORE: Joe Gibbs Racing announced it has entered into a sponsorship agreement with Southern Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Jackson, Mississippi for the 2008 racing season. Farm Bureau Insurance will make its initial entrance into NASCAR as a primary sponsor of the #18 Nationwide Series team. The Farm Bureau Insurance #18 car will make its debut at Atlanta followed by events at Darlington, Kentucky, Daytona, Richmond and Texas. The driver lineup will consist of Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano.(MCG Sports PR)(11-23-2007)
AND: As soon as officials at Joe Gibbs Racing heard the rumor that Nationwide was looking at doing something in NASCAR, JGR made NASCAR aware of its relationship with Farm Bureau. They explained the relationship and showed NASCAR signed copies of the agreement. NASCAR alerted Nationwide, and Nationwide and NASCAR have been very willing to work through this preexisting contract. JGR cannot renew the Farm Bureau sponsorship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series beyond 2008, but they can move the sponsorship to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.(JGR team spokesman)(11-29-2007)

Armando Fitz Support Changes to Busch Qualifying for Cup Drivers: Fitz supports any kind of change if it served to let the Nationwide Series develop its own identity. “I definitely think it’s necessary and I would support it,” Fitz declared. “Kevin Harvick is third in points and he’s run 22 or 24 of 33 races. Here’s what NASCAR has to decide. What is the Nationwide Series? They have to decide what its purpose is. Is it to develop drivers and crew chiefs and pit crew guys? Are we going to have our own identity or are we just going to be a mini Cup Series? Here’s Fitz’s proposal. If you look at it from the perspective of the privateer teams, it makes sense, and it even makes sense if you look at it from a track promoter’s standpoint. “If you have 20 Cup guys in the race, don’t let them have a guaranteed starting spot,” Fitz began. “They should be racing for those last 13 spots, not Eric McClure, not Kyle Krisiloff … not the guys who have been there all year long. If you have 15 Nationwide guys against 20 Cup guys, that’s not going to make a difference, but Jeff Burton should have to be out-qualifying Harvick and David Ragan and Edwards. He shouldn’t have to be out-qualifying Eric McClure and Kyle Krisiloff. If you have 13 Cup guys in the race, do you think that’s going to make a difference in the attendance? If they get the points, I do think it is an issue when you have Harvick third in points when he’s only running 24 races. That person should have to earn his way in. He should be out-qualifying his peers, not the guys who have been there all year.”(NASCAR.com)(11-28-2007)

Cale Gale Competing in Snowball Derby: Cale Gale, driver for Kevin Harvick Inc., will be driving in the 40th Annual Snowball Derby and the Snowflake 100. Cale Gale is also helping to promote “Communities Caring for Kids Christmas” at the Snowball Derby this weekend. (Gale PR)(11-28-2007)

#14 Team Closing? hearing that the #14 team has announced the closing of their operations effective Friday, due to no sponsorship. The team competed the full season with Kyle Krisiloff driving. Wallgreens joined them as a sponsor in June.(11-28-2007)
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Crew chief Ricky Pearson has denied rumors that yet another Nationwide Series team, McGill Motorsports, has closed its doors. Pearson says however that the team is dependent upon sponsorship and that they have been put on guard that a decision should be coming within the next few weeks. He adds that barring the team does find the needed funding they would like to continue with Jeremy Clements, “Even if it’s a limited schedule.” Clements ran five events in 2007 with a best finish of 23rd. (Read More) (11-29-07)
www.thehotlap.com/modules.php?name=Features&op=view&rid=417

After reuniting to form a Busch Series team and running only one season of competition, the No. 14 Haas-Carter team has shut down, many sources have said. Effective Tuesday the race shop has closed its doors leaving Kyle Krisiloff in line with many other Nationwide Series drivers on the lookout for a ride for 2008. Krisiloff had two top-10 finishes in 2007: a sixth place finish on the road course in Montreal and a fifth place finish in Talladega. A team spokesman declined to comment. (11-28-07)

DST, LLC (Driver Support Team) is searching for over the wall crew members with experience for full time as well as weekend work for the 2008 season. Qualified candidates who are interested should contact David Smith-Tilley or Kyle Petty at 704-660-8838 to set up a tryout time. (11-27-07)
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Courtesy of Google Alerts

NASCAR driver Aaron Fike: ‘If it were not for my arrest, I would be dead!
The Canadian Press -
CINCINNATI - NASCAR driver Aaron Fike understands where he was headed when he was arrested while shooting up heroin in an amusement park parking lot this …
canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKoCxrbIByUgplOz3tC2y5LuLn7g

Jeffrey Roth helps NASCAR truck #33 win championship
News-Reporter - Washington,GA,USA
It was during this race that the #33 truck team owned by Kevin Harvick Inc. clinched the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship. …
www.news-reporter.com/news/2007/1129/News/069.html

Ohio 250 Ticket Renewals End November 30; General Public Sale …
WhoWon.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Ticket renewals for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Ohio 250 at Mansfield Motorsports Park come to a close on November 30, and starting …
www.whowon.com/sResults.asp?SanctionID=230&StoryID=236967

Merger of Truck series teams abandoned
ThatsRacin.com - USA
By JIM UTTER - The Charlotte Observer The planned merger of two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams, South Point Racing and Wyler Racing, has been called …
www.thatsracin.com/nascar_news/story/9664.html

Notes From Champions Week In NYC
By Dave Moody(Dave Moody)
Musgrave Out, Marks In At Germain: Germain Racing owner Mark Germain has confirmed what Sirius Speedway first told you back on November 2nd; that the team will not renew its NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series contract with Ted Musgrave. …
motorsports-soapbox.blogspot.com/2007/11/notes-from-champions-week-in-nyc.html

Gaughan race team disbands after merger fails
By Schwartz Fan
A deal that would have merged Las Vegas-based South Point Racing with another team in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is off, and Southern Nevada’s only major racing team is closing its doors. The South Point truck team is owned by …
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Todd Bodine’s House
The stock car racer lives here. He is the younger brother of former racers Geoff Bodine and Brett Bodine. He won the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship while driving the #30 Lumber Liquidators/Germain Toyota.
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Fike wants to return to racing, but will NASCAR let him?
By Kathy
Aaron Fike says he has turned his life around after being arrested back in July for shooting up on heroin. After the arrest, the Craftsman Truck Series driver was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR and replaced by his team, Red Horse…
blogs.thatsracin.com/kathyspitstop/2007/11/fike-wants-to-r.html
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Gaughan to the #10? Hearing that Brendan Gaughan may be talking to Circle Bar Racing about picking up the ride in the #10 Ford that opened up following David Starr’s recent departure.(11-29-2007)

Wyler-Gaughan falls thru? UPDATE 2: South Point Racing disbanding: Gaughan talking to another team: Hearing that the Wyler Racing / South Point Racing-Gaughan ‘merger’ has fallen through for the 2008 season. No further details on what caused the deal to fall apart.(11-28-2007)
UPDATE: Brendan Gaughan told Sirius NASCAR Radio’s Sirius Speedway Wednesday that the announced merger with Wyler Racing is off, and that his family’s South Point Racing team will disband. Gaughan offered very few details on the split, saying only that, “It’s unfortunate when individuals put themselves ahead of the team.” He said he is currently looking for a new position, and hopes to take 10-12 of his South Point crew members with him.(Sirius.com)(11-28-2007)
UPDATE 2: Gaughan said about a dozen South Point Racing employees committed to move with him to the new team. He said he is working on a deal to drive for an existing truck team next year, but it must include positions for his teammates. “Those guys have waited with me and for me. I could probably take a ride and leave everybody behind, but I don’t want to do that,” Gaughan said.(Las Vegas Review Journal)(11-29-2007)
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Gaunt joins TRG Motorsports as general manager
TRG Motorsports officials announced Tuesday that NASCAR veteran Marty Gaunt has joined the fledgling Craftsman Truck Series team as its general manager
www.scenedaily.com/ct/c/23181365
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www.truckseries.com

Records Fall in Wake of Bill Davis Racing’s Dominating Season
11-28-2007 | TruckSeries.com Report
Records Fall in Wake of Bill Davis Racing’s Dominating Season Bill Davis Racing’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series stable had an incredible 2007 season. The three teams together posted nine wins, 30 top-five finishes, 42 top-10 finishes and 12 poles. The No. 5 Tundra driver of Mike Skinner led the team with five victories, 17 top-five finishes, 20 top-10 finishes and 11 poles en route to a second-place finish in the NCTS Championship standings. Skinner set the NCTS record of most poles in a single season (11) after breaking the record (10) he set in 1995. With Skinner’s 11 poles and developmental driver Ryan Mathews’ pole earlier in the season, BDR now owns the single-season pole record in both the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and NASCAR Busch Series. Skinner also led the NCTS field in a number of categories, including driver rating (116.1), average start (2.5), average running position (6.54), laps in the top 15 (3678) and laps led (1105 laps, 1217.31 miles). Skinner also set a new NCTS record of most race winnings in a single season ($737,520).
www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_07/articles/000133/013357.htm
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Sixth Annual ARCA Safety Seminar This Weekend
Tom Gideon to Join Keynote Speaker Randy LaJoie
TOLEDO OH (11-28-07)- GM Racing’s Tom Gideon will join Two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion and safety guru Randy LaJoie at the Toledo Speedway Bar and Grill Banquet Room this Saturday, December 1st for ARCA’s sixth annual safety seminar.

LaJoie raced in the ARCA RE/MAX Series in the 1980s and has competed in all three of NASCAR’s top touring divisions. He is the 1996 and 1997 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion and also serves as a part time television commentator for NASCAR Nationwide Series races. LaJoie used his experiences as a professional driver and short track racer to found The Joie of Seating, Inc., a company that manufactures custom fitted racing seats for drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA RE/MAX Series, USAC, World of Outlaws, Legends, and short track divisions throughout the country. LaJoie’s custom fitted seats are among the strongest and safest in racing.

Read more… - www.arcaracing.com/content/view/5952/2/
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usarprocup.com

Pro Cup To PRI
USAR
Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:57:00 AM

Myrtle Beach, S.C.-Once again, the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series will be taking part in the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Orlando, Fla., from Dec. 6-8.

If you plan on visiting the PRI show, an annual trade show where racing-based companies showcase new products and have a chance to talk to racers one on one, make sure to stop by the Hooters Pro Cup Series booth (No. 331) from Thursday until Saturday.

There are over 1,400 exhibitor show products and displays at the show, but the Hooters-themed booth has always been a racer favorite. Six Hooters Pro Cup representatives will be in attendance during the show, as well as the World Famous Hooters Girls.

The HPC booth will be open during the entire show. Please stop by for more information on the ultra-competitive series.

Read more - usarprocup.com/view_article.asp?id=2558
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Pro Cup Regulars Hope for Derby Glory
USAR
Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:26:00 AM

Myrtle Beach, S.C.-While the Hooters Pro Cup Series will be heading to Florida next week as part of the Performance Racing Industry trade show, a horde of Pro Cup drivers are already in the Sunshine State, trying to add their name to the list of winners in the prestigious Snowball Derby.

However, several Pro Cup veterans already have their names etched in history. Bobby Gill and Gary St. Amant have won the historic race twice and Clay Rogers has one victory.

St. Amant won the event in 1992 and 2000, while Gill won the race in 1993 and 1997. Clay Rogers is the defending winner of the event.

All three are back again this season, but many more familiar names in the Pro Cup ranks will be trying to join their comrades as Snowball winners this year

Pro Cup regulars Benny Gordon, Randy Gentry, Matt Hawkins, Jeff Fultz and Gary Helton are on the entry list for the event.

Read more - usarprocup.com/view_article.asp?id=2559
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View From the Couch
By Mike
He still might be doing that but it already feels much longer than a week since the season finale for the Nextel Cup. Go ahead, try and find a news story on your favorite website. Find anything? The holidays are partially to blame for …
troubleinturn2.mikemaruska.com/?p=254

All eyes on DEI
By Steve Waid
In only his second full Nextel Cup season, Truex displayed continued improvement in 2007. He won his first career Cup race, had 13 finishes among the top 10 and wound up 11th in points – the only DEI driver to make the Chase. …
blog.scenedaily.com/index.php/2007/11/26/all-eyes-on-dei/

38 Races In 22 Minutes Cheats NASCAR Fans Again
By Daly Planet Editor(Daly Planet Editor)
On this past Sunday afternoon, scheduled up against the early NFL games, ESPN2 presented their NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season-in-review program. As one might expect, it was produced in cooperation with NASCAR Images in Charlotte, …
dalyplanet.blogspot.com/2007/11/38-races-in-22-minutes-cheats-nascar.html

Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/AM/112907.html
Ron Hornaday, Jr. – Back in the High Life Again
by Allen Madding

Speeches of Jimmie Johnson And Top Ten NASCAR Nextel Cup Drivers
Auto Racing Daily - USA
By Kim dehaven and Amy Henderson “Finally, I’ve decided to join the Ricky Rudd Fan Club. I’ll miss you, Ricky!” “OK, I’m so sick of this Opie BS I could …
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Insider Racing News
insiderracingnews.com/Writers/RG/113007.html
Striking a Nerve with NASCAR Fans - Part Two
by Rebecca Gladden
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30

3:00A-4:00 SPEED SCCA Runoffs, GT-3, Heartland Park, Topeka, KS, Oct 12/07, R
4:00A-5:00 SPEED AMA Supermoto, Waterford Hills Road Course, Clarkston, MI, July 8/07, R
11:00A-12:00 ESPN-CL 2004 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, Atlanta, GA, May 16/04
12:00n-12:30P SPEED Porsche Supercup. Rounds 1-3, Bahrain (Apr 14-15/07) and Barcelona (May 13/07), N
12:30P-1:00 SPEED Porsche Supercup. Rounds 4-5, Monaco (May 27/07) and Magny-Cours (July 1/07), N
1:00P-2:00 SPEED 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, highlights of this year’s race, Le Mans, France, June 16-17/07, R
2:00P-3:00 SPEED 2007 Quit Targa West, tarmac rally, Perth, Australia, Sept 6-9/07, R
Race Fan TV (www.racefantv.com) ! xUSTV.wpd ! © George Webster/Race Fan TV, 2007, p. 3
3:00P-4:00 SPEED International Six Day Enduro, The best enduro motorcycle riders in the world meet for six days of tough riding each year to prove who is the fastest and the best. Lake Taupo, New Zealand, Nov 14-19/06
4:00P-4:30 SPEED Victory Lap: Behind the Scenes of 2007 NASCAR Champions Week, New York NY, N
4:30P-5:00 SPEED Survival of the Fastest, #33, Martinsville, R
5:00P-5:30 SPEED Survival of the Fastest, #34, Atlanta, R
5:30P-6:00 SPEED Survival of the Fastest, #35, Texas, R
6:00P-6:30 SPEED Survival of the Fastest, #36, Phoenix, R
6:30P-7:00 SPEED Survival of the Fastest, #37, Homestead, N
7:00P-7:30 SPEED Victory Lap: Behind the Scenes of 2007 NASCAR Champions Week, New York, NY, R
9:00P-12:00m ESPN-CL NASCAR Nextel Cup Awards Show, New York, NY, Nov 30/07, L
10:00P-11:00 Outdoor FIM Motocross

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1

12:00m-3:00A espn2 NASCAR Nextel Cup Awards Show, New York, NY, Nov 30/07, R
1:00A-2:00 Outdoor FIM Motocross
11:00A-11:30 SPEED UIM Powerboat P1 Series: An international field of competitors race highly powered twin-engine machines at specially chosen venues, Season Preview, N
11:30A-12:00n SPEED IHBA Drag Boat Racing: T-Shirts Unlimited Nitro Nationals, Top fuel hydroplanes and super eliminators drag the ‘liquid quarter-mile.’, Red Bluff, CA, May 27/07, N
12:00n-1:00P SPEED German Touring Cars (DTM), Round #1, Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany. Apr 22/07, N
1:00P-2:00 SPEED Australian V8 Supercars, Round #1, The Clipsal 500, Adelaide, South Australia, AUS, Mar 4/07, N
2:00P-2:30 SPEED Mazda MX-5 Cup, Round #1, Houston, TX, Apr 22/07, N
2:30P-3:00 SPEED Mazda MX-5 Cup, Round #2, Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA, Apr 29/07, N
3:00P-4:00 SPEED World Series of Off-Road Racing, Sportsman Highlights, Owatonna, MN and Crandon, WI, N
4:00P-5:00 SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP OFF ROAD RACING, Rounds 7 & 8 of the Pro 2 class from Antelope Valley Raceway, Lancaster, CA, Sept 16/07
5:00P-6:00 SPEED IHRA Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam drag racing, Canadian Nationals, Pro Modified, Alcohol Funny Car and Pro Stock, Toronto Motorsports Park, Sept 21/07, N
6:00P-6:30 SPEED 2007 Monterey Historic Automobile Races, “IMSA GT Cars”, Laguna Seca, CA, Aug 17-19/07, N
6:30P-7:00 SPEED 2007 Monterey Historic Automobile Races, “Can-Am”, Laguna Seca, CA, Aug 17-19/07, N
7:30P-8:00 SPEED Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa, FL, Feb 10/07, N

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2

11:00A-12:00n SPEED UIM Powerboat P1 Series: Grand Prix of Malta, Valletta, Malta, May 6/07, N
12:00n-1:00P SPEED Summer Shootout, Legends Car, Bandolero and Thunder Roadster racing, Round #1, Lowes Motor Speedway, Concord, NC, June 12/07, N
1:00P-2:00 SPEED Dream to Zoom: The Mazda Robo Pong 200 Karting Championship New Castle Motorsports Park, New Castle, IN, Oct 14/07, N
7:00P-8:00 SPEED The SPEED Report, N

Race Fan TV does not list all the programming offered by SPEED; for complete listings go to their website, www.speedtv.com/schedule/

DISC-HDT = Discovery HD Theatre
ESPN-CL = ESPN Classic, US
HDNet = High Definition Network available on DirecTV (Channel 79) and DISH, etc.
Outdoor = Outdoor Channel (US)
VS = Versus (formerly known as OLN, Outdoor Life Network)

Always CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS!
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