(ORLANDO, Fla.) – NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya made a smashing debut in Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling on Monday night at “The Impact Zone” at Universal Studios Orlando. He smacked Lance Hoyt over the head with a steel chair, helping TNA superstar Homicide of the Latin American Xchange gain the victory in the inaugural “Rage In The Ring” match on “TNA iMPACT!” airing this Thursday, February 14, on Spike TV (9 p.m. ET/PT).

Montoya was in the corner for Homicide, while fellow NASCAR driver Reed Sorenson was in the corner of Chris Sabin of the Motor City Machineguns for the 3-person match. Jimmy Rave of the Rock N’ Rave Infection, Hoyt’s tag team partner, rejected any NASCAR support.

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Dale Jarrett will expand his role with ESPN and join high school friends Dr. Jerry Punch and Andy Petree in the booth for ESPN’s full season of NASCAR coverage in 2008. Rusty Wallace will become lead analyst for ESPN studio programs in 2008, highlighted by serving as analyst for an enhanced NASCAR Countdown, the program that precedes all NASCAR telecasts.

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ABINGDON, Va. (January 11, 2008) - Morgan-McClure Motorsports President Tim Morgan announced today that operations will be scaled back until a sponsor or investor is found. Many employees were laid off but the organization still remains ready to head to Daytona if a sponsor signs up in time.

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As a special treat leading up to the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, which will be telecast live on pay-per-view on Saturday, January 12, FOXSports.com will stream a special hour of the final qualification night live from Tulsa’s QuikTrip Center.

On Friday, January 11 at 10:30pm ET/7:30pm PT, racing fans can log on to FOXSports.com to watch the live stream broadcast of the second Twin B feature (15 laps) followed by the A feature (25 laps).

Notable driver entries scheduled for Friday’s qualification heats include defending champion Tony Stewart, fellow NASCAR drivers Kasey Kahne and Jason Leffler, former two-time Chili Bowl champion Cory Kruseman, multiple USAC champion Dave Darland, and road racer PJ Jones.

NASCAR stars like Kasey Kahne, Tony Stewart and many more will be competing this weekend in the Chili Bowl.

The live produced stream will be hosted by veteran broadcaster Ken Stout and include color commentary by Dave Argabright, Larry Rice, Dr. Pat Sullivan and pit reporting by Matt Yocum.

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Several NASCAR drivers are expected to participate in testing Friday through Sunday for the Rolex 24 At Daytona sports car event.

With most teams using three to five drivers per car, not all drivers will participate in all days at Daytona International Speedway.

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Stock Car Gazette contributor Kent D. found this interesting Q&A with Dale Earnhardt Jr. to pass along to you…

Now that Dale Earnhardt Jr. has left his father’s race team for the promise of greater riches at Hendrick Motorsports, he can focus on the future. He also has plans to expand his Nationwide Series operation to two teams with no plans to following his father’s footsteps into the Sprint Cup as a car owner.

Earnhardt Jr. talked about what’s ahead. Here are excerpts of that interview:

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Gillett Evernham Motorsports driver Kasey Kahne faces a Jan. 8 court hearing on a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a confrontation with a security guard Nov. 16 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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Forget the beach house in the Caymans. Tony Stewart’s vacation spot of choice is a bit less sedate.

It’s loud and it’s fast and it stinks of tire smoke and exhaust, and did we mention it’s loud?

“Open-wheel racing,” Stewart says in a recent release, “particularly midget car racing has always been a reset button for me.”

And so he will reset again in Fort Wayne, in the Memorial Coliseum Expo Center, on Dec. 28 and 29. The 10th annual Rumble In Fort Wayne indoor USAC midget extravaganza goes off on those two days, and once again Stewart, the two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup champion, will be the marquee name.

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Thanks to Stock Car Gazette contributing editor Kent Daughtery for this link.

One of the most pervasive stories over the last couple years has been the change from the existing Nextel Cup car to the Car of Tomorrow. The changeover has been a significant undertaking for multi-car teams like Hendrick, Roush, and Gibbs. But it’s not the first. Before any of these teams fielded their first Winston Cup entry, there was another ‘Car of Tomorrow’ conversion. This was the car of 1981 – the new downsized 110” wheelbase Grand National Winston Cup stock car. The downsize was a move by NASCAR to mirror the factories’ migration to a smaller production car.

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Miller Brewing Co. is getting a high rate of return on its sponsorship of driver #2-Kurt Busch, at least when it comes to broadcasters and Busch himself mentioning one of his sponsors on the air, according to research released by SportsBusiness Journal.

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