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Earlier this week I read an article quoting Brian France, after he appeared at the Reuters Media Summit in New York last Tuesday.
He actually inferred that the 13% downturn in ratings was partially Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fault.
Huh?

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?

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 [...]

Is anyone out there in web-land planning on going to the Performance Racing Industry Show to be held in Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center on December 6-8?
If so, I have a favor to ask…

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 [...]

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 [...]

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?

The racing season may be over for the moment, but there’s still LOTS going on in the world of stock car racing. Read all about NASCAR Nextel Cup, Busch Series, Craftsman Truck Series, and ARCA RE/MAX right here in the Stock Car Gazette.

Everyone knows the Daytona 500 is NASCAR’s biggest, richest and most prestigious race. And everyone knows that the upcoming historic 50th running of “the Great American Race” is the most anticipated event in motorsports history. But, here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about the Daytona 500:

According to a RCR press release, Richard Childress Racing (RCR) has signed two-time NASCAR champion Bobby Labonte to a part-time schedule driving its No. 21 Chevrolet in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series.