Posted by @ 11:08 pm, September 30th, 2008
MWR tabs Wallace to drive No. 00 Toyota at TalladegaNascar - 26 minutes agoCOM Michael Waltrip Racing announced on Tuesday that Kenny Wallace will attempt to qualify the No. 00 Toyota for Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race at …
Posted by @ 10:05 pm, September 30th, 2008
“We’re Close on a Sponsorship Deal.” Yeah, Sure You AreThe Nascar Insiders, NC - 31 minutes agoWithin the last several weeks we’ve had both Ty Norris and Cal Wells from Michael Waltrip Racing, and Aric Almirola from Dale Earnhardt Inc. appear in media …
Posted by @ 8:30 pm, September 30th, 2008
TEAM CHEVY IMPALA SS INSIDE THE GARAGE AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY: PAT SUHY, GM RACING NASCAR GROUP MANAGER: “Talladega is one of those races that you have to go into with a realistic expectations. So often, the fastest qualifier or the fastest car in race trim doesn’t finish up front.
Posted by @ 4:49 pm, September 30th, 2008
AJ Allmendinger will not finish out the season with Red Bull Racing. It had already been announced Allmendinger wouldn’t be returning to the Number 84 Toyota for the 2009 season and the team is letting him go early to pursue another job. Mike Skinner and Scott Speed will share the seat for the final seven races of the year.
Posted by @ 4:34 pm, September 30th, 2008
Paul Menard will leave Dale Earnhardt Inc. at the end of the season to drive for Yates Racing, The Associated Press has learned. Menard is expected to announce Tuesday that both he and his sponsorship will move to Yates, a person familiar with Menard’s decision told The AP. The person requested anonymity because Menard had yet to make his announcement.
Posted by @ 3:25 pm, September 30th, 2008
Racing announcer, publicist Hamrick dies at age 79Nascar - 18 minutes agoBy Official Release Hal Hamrick, an announcer for Universal Racing Network which broadcast the first Daytona 500, passed away on Saturday. He was 79. …
Posted by @ 3:16 pm, September 30th, 2008
Weekend odds and ends after emptying the notepadNascar - 11 minutes agoWhen asked if the Chase had become a three-man race, he said "I hope not, hell." Then he thought for a second and threw out, "Unless you're counting me in? …
Posted by @ 2:48 pm, September 30th, 2008
Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — Paul Menard, son of hardware-store billionaire John Menard Jr., will drive for Yates Racing in Nascar’s top series next season and bring sponsorship from family-owned Menard Inc. with him.
Posted by @ 1:48 pm, September 30th, 2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Paul Menard is heading to Yates Racing at the end of the season in a switch certain to hurt Dale Earnhardt Inc. DEI is losing both a driver and a sponsor at a time when a bleak economic outlook has made funding difficult.
Posted by @ 1:38 pm, September 30th, 2008
No. 18 crew chief on bad luck, how Chase isn't overNascar - 11 minutes ago18 Toyota team fielded by Joe Gibbs Racing ended the 26-race regular season on top of the Sprint Cup world, having won eight races to earn the No. …