Sprint posts huge loss, scraps dividends

Filed under: Announcements — Mike Irwin @ 4:14 PM Friday, February 29, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp posted a quarterly loss of $29.45 billion on Thursday due to a huge goodwill write-off and forecast deepening subscriber losses, pushing its stock down as much as 13 percent to a five-year low.

The No. 3 U.S. mobile service said it would stop paying dividends for the foreseeable future, and Chief Executive Dan Hesse said it would take many quarters to turn the company around and rebuild its brand.

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No Stock Car Gazette for Friday, 2/29/2008

Filed under: Stock Car Gazette — Mike Irwin @ 8:53 AM

I had problems with my furnace in the middle of the night last night, so due to that my schedule is messed up, and I won’t be able to do a Stock Car Gazette today.

Thank you for being a subscriber, and hopefully, we’ll be back to a normal routine next week.

FYI: Who Invented Leap Year?

Filed under: Jokes and Whatnot — Mike Irwin @ 12:20 PM Thursday, February 28, 2008

So, who came up with “leap year”? A bunch of happy frogs?

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Bonfire! The Great Escape”s”

Filed under: Bonfire! — Lonnie Bernarde @ 8:44 AM
  This week I won’t be talking about that wobbly little piece of glass. CCB (cracked crystal ball) vamoosed this last week and I’m not sure where it went. Frankly I don’t really care. Yep, that’s right I have a ‘tude!

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Stock Car Gazette for Thursday, February 28, 2008

Filed under: Stock Car Gazette — Mike Irwin @ 6:25 AM

Here’s your Thursday dose of NASCAR stock car racing news, right here in the Stock Car Gazette e-zine.

If you’re reading this on our website, you too can receive the Stock Car Gazette by e-mail. Visit motorsportsnews.net/subscribe/ for more information.

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Restrictor Plates at California?

Filed under: Chuck Checks In! — Chuck Abrams @ 2:07 PM Wednesday, February 27, 2008

I don’t know what Michael Waltrip is smoking, but I am sure I don’t want any of it.

After the disaster that was California (or whatever the new Auto Club Speedway name Is), Waltrip says that the change needed to make California a more viable race destination is to make it longer, bank it more, and then make it a designed restrictor plate track.

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Stock Car Gazette for Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Filed under: Stock Car Gazette — Mike Irwin @ 6:26 AM

Is there a “snow, snow, go away” rhyme, (like the similar one for “rain”)?

Nevertheless, from the comfort of my desk here at the warm, Irwin homeplace, here’s your latest NASCAR news in the Stock Car Gazette.

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Stock Car Gazette for Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Filed under: Stock Car Gazette — Mike Irwin @ 6:19 AM Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Here’s your Tuesday dose of Stock Car Gazette, containing all of yesterday’s NASCAR racing results, points, and the usual news and article links.

Enjoy.

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Canada’s next crop of stock car stars in the running for Readers’ Choice Awards

Filed under: Canadian Racing, Press Releases — Mike Irwin @ 5:58 AM


UP AND COMING STOCK CAR RACER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

TORONTO, ON – An important aspect of the Inside Track Readers’ Choice Awards presented by Castrol is the program’s ability to shine a light on the future stars of Canadian motorsports. Since being launched in 2002, well-known drivers like Pete Shepherd Jr., Jason Hathaway, Derek Polack and Tyler Brown have received the prestigious ‘Up and Coming Stock Car Racer of the Year’ award, as voted by the readers of Inside Track Motorsport News.  

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