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Edwards resigns with Roush-Fenway
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From Jayski.com: Edwards re-signs with Roush: Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing has signed a multi-year stay with the team on Thursday. His old contract was thru the end of 2008.(PRN's Garage Pass) UPDATE: Carl Edwards said Friday he signed a multiple-year contract exten...
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Schrader to drive #40 at Richmond, Marlin at Darlington?
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From Jayski.com: Marlin back in the #40 at Darlington? Schrader at Richmond UPDATE 2: Sterling Marlin may drive again for Chip Ganassi Racing as a substitute for the injured Dario Franchitti in the May 10 Sprint Cup race at Darlington. Marlin drove eight seasons for Ganassi in the #40 Dodge before be...
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Andrews leaves MWR?
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From Jayski.com: Andrews leaves MWR? hearing former crew chief Paul Andrews has parted ways with Michael Waltrip Racing. Andrews had been the crew chief of the #55 NAPA Toyota of Michael Waltrip until March then took on the role as a manager at MWR.(4-29-2008)
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Franchitti injures ankle in NWS event at Talladega, Stremme to sub in #40 for SCS event at Talladega
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From Jayski.com: Franchitti injured in Nationwide race, Stremme to run #40: #40-Dario Franchitti has fractured his left ankle in the Nationwide Series race at Talladega on Saturday and will not be able to race in Sunday's Sprint Cup race. David Stremme, former driver of the #40 Dodge for Ganassi Ra...
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Allmendinger to return to RBR #84 at Talladega
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http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/04/24/aallmendinger.return.talladega.ap/index.html
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UPS to #99? 31?
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http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/business/04/22/ups.office.depot.cedwards/index.html
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Papis to drive #70 in road course events?
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From Jayski.com: Max Papis in the #70?: Hearing that Haas CNC Racing has talked to Max Papis about running the two Sprint Cup road course races in the #70 car. Papis' agent confirmed talks and said he "feels as though they are close to a deal". Papis was originally planning to drive the Phoen...
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Mayfield still remains confident after release from #70 Team
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http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/opinion/04/16/drodman.jmayfield.confidence/index.html-- Edited by openwheelracer at 19:51, 2008-04-17
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Schrader to drive #70 at Talladega
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http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/04/16/kschrader.no.70.haas.talladega/index.html
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Drivers upset over lack of drug testing
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From Jayski.com: Drivers upset over lack of drug testing: Sprint Cup drivers Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne say they never have undergone a drug test as NASCAR competitors. "In the 10 years that I've raced, I've never been drug-tested," Harvick said. "...
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Firestone interested in Nascar?
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From Jayski.com: Firestone interested in NASCAR: If Goodyear were to leave NASCAR, the executive director of Firestone Racing says his company would be interested. Goodyear is NASCAR's exclusive supplier through 2012. "There's a lot of people in our organization that would love to be runn...
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BDR sues sponsor for non payment
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From Jayski.com: Bill Davis Racing sues sponsor 360 OTC for non-payment: Bill Davis Racing alleges that Rockford-Montgomery Labs has paid only $25,000 of the $14 million it was supposed to pay for sponsorship of the No. 36 Cup entry last season, according to a lawsuit filed April 2 in North Carolina...
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Newmans #12 fails post race tech at Texas. Update:#12 Team docked points, crew chief fined put on probation
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From Jayski.com: Newman's car too high: Penske Racing's #12-Ryan Newman finished fourth in Sunday's Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, but his Dodge did not clear postrace inspection. According to Sprint Cup Series Director John Darby, the right rear of the car was too high following the Sprint...
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Mayfield out of #70, Sauter in
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From Jayski.com: Mayfield out of the #70 ride: Sirius NASCAR Radio's Sirius Speedway is reporting that Jeremy Mayfield is out as driver of the #70 Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet, and will be replaced by former Haas CNC driver Johnny Sauter, effective immediately.(4-7-2008)
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Hamlin becomes ill during post race interviews at Texas
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From Jayski.com: Hamlin nearly faints after race: #11-Denny Hamlin was talking with reporters on pit road about his fifth-place finish in the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway when he nearly fainted and collapsed Sunday. It brought an abrupt end to the interview, as a wobbly Hamlin staggered to a...
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Ganassi promises changes if Cup teams don't improve
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From Jayski.com: Ganassi promises changes if Cup teams don't improve: Chip Ganassi wasn't pleased with his NASCAR teams long before #40-Dario Franchitti failed to qualify for Sunday's race at Texas Motor Speedway. Just how unhappy the car owner actually is became clear Saturday when he unleashe...
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BAM Racing #49 Team withdraws from Texas event
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http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/04/01/kschrader.bam.withdraws.entry/index.html
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Mcumbee to fill in for Petty at Texas
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http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/04/01/cmccumbee.kpetty.45.texas/index.html
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Roush says Toyota Team "Stole parts"?
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From Jayski.com: Roush Says Toyota Team Stole "Proprietary Part": ESPN the Magazine has an interesting and potentially explosive quote from Roush Fenway Racing co-owner Jack Roush as part of its 10th Anniversary issue, which is on newsstands this week. Two weeks ago at Atlanta Motor S...
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E.Sadler to step out of #19 at Martinsville due to back injury, Setzer to stand by?
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http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/03/28/esadler.hurts.back.martinsville/index.html
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Crew chief Nead leaves the #21, go's to the #22
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From Jayski.com: #21 Crew chief leaves team: Gene Nead, crew chief for the #21 Wood Brothers Racing Sprint Cup car, has left the team, team officials confirmed Monday morning. Nead joined the Wood Brothers in November 2007 after a stint with Robby Gordon Motorsports. With a variety of drivers this y...
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Cup Teams Test At New Smyrna
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From Jayski.com: Cup teams test at New Smyrna: Mike Skinner was at New Smyrna Speedway [FL] on Wednesday testing at the half-mile oval in the #84 Red Bull Racing Toyota, a car normally occupied by AJ Allmendinger. Skinner has been given the wheel for a short span of Sprint Cup races in an attempt to get t...
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Not All Drivers Took Weekend Off
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From Jayski.com: Not all drivers took the weekend off: A pair of veteran NASCAR drivers spent part of their Easter weekend racing in north Georgia Saturday evening. Bill Elliott finished fifth in a Legends race in the Masters class at Lanier National Speedway in Braselton. About 50 miles to the nort...
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BAM Racing to merge with another team? Petty Enterprises?
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From Jayski.com: BAM merging..with someone? been hearing rumors, but no confirms, that the #49 BAM Racing team may be merging with another team, the rumors include either the Petty Enterprises Dodge teams [#43 and #45] or the #22 Bill Davis Racing Team. The Petty deal sounds like a better match as BA...
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Raines to run Martinsville in EM Motorsports #08
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From Jayski.com: Raines to attempt to make Martinsville in the #08: EM Motorsports owner John Carter announced that Tony Raines would pilot the #08-Rhinos Energy Drink Dodge Charger in the Goodys Cool Orange 500 on March 30, at Martinsville Speedway. Raines is a veteran of six Sprint Cup Series st...
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Changes at RBR?
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From Jayski.com: Changes at Red Bull, Labbe?: Guenther Steiner is no longer the director of competition for Team Red Bull. Officially, Steiner is on "vacation." However, sources close to the team say he's gone and there's been no replacement named. It's all part of the shakeup underway...
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Crew chief change at the #96 Team?
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From Jyaski.com: Changes at the #96? hearing there could be a crew chief change coming at the #96 Hall of Fame Racing team...Slugger Labbe could be coming over from the now idle #27 Bill Davis Racing team. Brandon Thomas is the current crew chief for J.J. Yeley at Hall of Fame Racing. There tend to be som...
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R.Gordon to sell to A.Gillett?
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From Jayski.com: Robby to sell? hearing that Alex Gillett [George Gillett's son] has purchased Robby Gordon Motorsports [#7 Dodge] and will run it as a separate entity from Gillette-Evernham Motorsports. Plans are to eventually expand it to a multi-car team. Assuming Robby Gordon will stay on as...
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BDR #27 Team shuts down
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From Jayski.com: #27 team suspends operations: Slugger Labbe, crew chief of the #27 Toyota for Bill Davis Racing told Mike Bagley and David Poole on The Morning Drive (Sirius NASCAR Radio 128) that the team has suspended operations due to lack of funding. The #27 may run Talladega but sponsorship mo...
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Petty's to merge with investor's?
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From Jayski.com: Petty finds investor? Yahoo! Sports has learned through two independent sources that Richard Petty [#43, #45] will soon announce that he has struck a deal with a major investor that should keep the Petty name in the sport it has been so instrumental in building. While it's obviousl...
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