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How about Terry Labonte
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Terry Labonte started 37th driving for an upstart single car team and nearly puled off the upset at Infineon. a great pit call by Crew Cheif Phillipe Lopez. Nice to see the "little guys" slug it out with the multi-car teams.
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Belts, steering wheel confiscated from #21
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From Jayski.com:
#21 belts and steering wheel confiscated: Ken Schrader's #21 Wood Brothers Ford had their entire set of seat belts confiscated by NASCAR at Infineon Raceway. Belts are not allowed in use two years after date of manufacture and these were clearly marked May 2004 and on Saturday th...
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Riggs injured, B.Elliott to stand by
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From Jayski.com:
Riggs injured, Elliott to stand by at Sonoma: Monday, while on vacation with his family in Myrtle Beach [SC, #10-Scott Riggs injured both feet while unloading his jet ski in an oyster bed. The wounds required 12 stitches in the ball of left foot and eight stitches in the right big to...
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UPS to sponsor Greg Biffle in 2007
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It appears that UPS will go to the Roush Racing #16 and driver Greg Biffle in 2007.
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Schrader looking for 07 ride
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From Jayski.com.
#21-Kenny Schrader says he has nothing lined up for next year. "If you hear of anything, call me," said Schrader, rushing off to grab a bite to eat before his qualifying session at Michigan. Schrader said two years ago that when his Nextel Cup career came to a close, he would concent...
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Sadler to leave Yates ?
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From Jayski.com.
Elliott Sadler has let it be known he isn't happy in the team's [Robert Yates Racing] #38 car and appears to be looking for a way out, especially after teammate #88-Dale Jarrett accepted a Toyota pension for 2007, with Michael Waltrip. Where exactly Sadler would go is a question, a...
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America's love affair with Nascar fading?
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From Insiderracingnews.com:
http://insiderracingnews.com/CB/061606.html
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It's official Mears to HMS #25
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http://aolsvc.sports.aol.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/06/14/cmears.hendrick/index.html
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Jones to drive #4 at Infineon
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From Jayski.com:
Jones to run the #4 at Infineon: #4 team owner Larry McClure along with crew chief Chris Carrier, looking at the top priorities for the team, qualifying for the race and competing well in the race, have made the call to put P. J. Jones in the car for Infineon Raceway, replacing regula...
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Wheldon to #42?
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From Jayski.com:
Wheldon to the #42? ESPN's Mike Massaro reported on ESPNEWS Monday Night NASCAR that Dan Wheldon could move from Chip Ganassi's IRL team to Ganassi's #42 Texaco Havoline Dodge in the Nextel Cup Series in 2007, replacing Casey Mears, who is leaving the team and could be headed to th...
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Waltrip to announce 07 sponsors at MIS
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From Jayski.com
On Speed Channel's Inside Nextel Cup, Michael Waltrip said he would be making a sponsor announcement for the 2007 season for his Toyota team this weekend [at MIS]. Ken Schrader asked why not now [on the show], Waltrip said the paperwork isn't signed yet in which Schrader asked if th...
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Another Wallace in Cup?
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From Jayski.com.
Another Wallace in Cup? Stephen Wallace told Sirius Speedway (MRN/Sirius Satellite Radio) that he is working to schedule a handful of Nextel Cup starts with his father's Rusty Wallace, Inc., team. "I've been beating it into my father's head 365 days a year to do something," said...
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Mears leaving Ganassi to RYR, Hendrick?
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From Nascar.com:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Brian Vickers asked for and received permission from Hendrick Motorsports to look for a new ride, and Casey Mears was in line to replace him Thursday after informing car owner Chip Ganassi he won't be returning next year.Mears' decision comes after weeks...
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Vickers looking to get out of contract with Hendrick?
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From Jayski.com:
Vickers looking to get out of contract? Hearing that Brian Vickers, driver of the #25 GMAC Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports is now looking to get out of his contract with Hendrick after the 2006 season.(6-7-2006)
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David Poole article
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http://www.thatsracin.com/mld/thatsracin/14735243.htm
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Martin to buy into RYR?
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From Jayski.com:
Martin and Yates? hearing Mark Martin, driver of the #6 AAA Ford for Roush Racing may buy or buy into Robert Yates Racing in some form, would it be a Roush satellite operation? Would it get around NASCAR's new ownership rules? Martin is already listed as the owner of the #17 Roush Rac...
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B.Elliott to run 3 races for Team Red Bull
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From Jayski.com:
Elliott to drive for Red Bull UPDATE: Red Bull Racing is planning to announce that former Nextel Cup champion [1988] Bill Elliott will drive for the team for three races this season as the team prepares a full-time entry into Cup racing with Toyota in 2007, a source close to the situ...
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New Rules to limit owners
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From Jayski.com
In a little-known codicil [supplement or appendix] to the 2006 rules book, NASCAR executives are trying to limit car owners to four teams by precisely pinning down business relationships between various stock-car teams - like the joint engine operation run by Robert Yates an...
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Todd Bodine will return to Cup in 2007
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From ThatsRacin.com
Germain Racing announced Friday it will run a part-time Nextel Cup Series next season, fielding Toyota Camrys with driver Todd Bodine.
The team, which fields two Craftsman Truck Series teams this season, will run only in events next season in which NASCAR will use its new “...
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Rudd unsure of future plans
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From Jayski.com:
Rudd unsure of future plans: Shortly before stepping into a Nextel Cup car for the first time since last November, veteran driver Ricky Rudd says he won't decide until late this season whether he wants to return to the sport next year, although he appears to be leaning against it. R...
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Sherman to race at Pocono
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From Jayski.com
Sherman to race at Pocono: from Brent Sherman diary at the St. Paul Pioneer Press: "I got a phone call Wednesday from a Nextel Cup team [Jayski: hearing it is the #72 CMJ Racing team] interested in me possibly driving for them in the Pocono race next weekend. I flew to Charlotte on Thur...
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DEI executive ugrges GM to unify engine program
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From Jayski.com
Richie Gilmore, the general manager at Dale Earnhardt Inc., said that General Motors' racing executives may have to change the way they do business in order to compete against Toyota next season on the Nextel Cup tour. Toyota, a newcomer to the Nextel Cup, will be centraliz...
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DEI and MB2 ????
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From Jayski.com
There's speculation that Teresa Earnhardt [who own's DEI, #1,#8,#15] is planning to buy MB2 Motorsports, with drivers #01-Joe Nemechek and #14-Sterling Marlin, in addition to the ongoing speculation that she may be planning to sell DEI to John Menard, a home-improvements cza...
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Jason Jarrett will spot for Father at Dover
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From Jayski.com
Jarrett spotting for Jarrett: been told that Jason Jarrett, son of #88-Dale Jarrett. will spot for Dale this weekend at Dover and possibly for the rest of the season. Jarrett lost his regular spotter Eddie D'Hondt after Darlington when D'Hondt was released by Robert Yates Racing...
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Champ Car Series accuses Nascar of "sabotage"
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From Jayski.com:
Champ Car accusing NASCAR of sabotage: Champ Car is accusing NASCAR of trying to sabotage a proposed race in downtown Phoenix next year in an effort to do away with all street racing in this country. And stock car racing's major sanctioning body claims nothing could be further fro...
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Kyle Busch summoned to Nascar trailer. Mears, R.Wallace comment
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http://aolsvc.sports.aol.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/05/28/kybusch.kbusch.lowes/index.html-- Edited by openwheelracer at 17:28, 2006-05-30
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Toyota hopes for early approval of cars
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From Jayski.com
Toyota hopes to have its Camrys for next year submitted to NASCAR in the next week or two as it tries to get a jump on the approval process. The deadline for submissions is July 1, but Toyota's NASCAR program Manager, Pat Wall, said Tuesday that he would like to have a Toyota "car of toda...
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Stewart to start race at Dover. Rudd to sub
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From Jayski.com:
Stewart Sustains Fracture of Right Scapula UPDATE Stewart will start race, then......Rudd?: #20-Tony Stewart sustained a fracture of his right scapula in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 Nextel Cup Series race when a flat right front tire sent his #20 Home Depot Chevy into the SAFER bar...
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Kyle Busch, Mayfield their owners and crew mebers fined, docked points, probation
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http://aolsvc.sports.aol.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/05/31/kybusch.jmayfield.fines/index.html
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Ribbs decries Nascar's diversity program?
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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060509/SPORTS16/605090304/1064
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