David Stremme got the call he has been wanting. Penske Racing will make the announcement today that Stremme will be the driver of the #12 Dodge currently sponsored by Alltel. Stremme has been working as a test team driver for Penske Racing during the ‘08 season as well as driving the #64 cup light entry [...]
The 2007 Indy 500 and IRL champion began the ‘08 season as a rookie in the NA$CAR cup series. Driving the #40 Dodge for Chip Ganassi, the venture was short lived as the lack of sponsorship caused Ganassi to park the entry and lay off some of the team. Dario has continued to run a [...]
Patrick Carpentier’s future seems uncertain with GEM. The news of Reed Sorenson coming to Gillette-Evernham beginning in ‘09 may leave the former ChampCar and IRL star on foot.
The spin from GEM is that Sorenson will be in a 4th entry. No word of a potential sponsor or car number has been released.
Carpentier is talking with [...]
Joe Gibbs Racing confirmed that Joey Logano, 18 will take the wheel of the #20 Home Depot Toyota for the 2009 season.
Logano has been hailed as ‘Sliced Bread’ since he joined JGR as a development driver. Who could have known that his development would go this fast?
At age 17, he took the pole and won [...]
Cup Light: Brad Kesolowski started 37th on Friday night at the ‘World’s Fastest half Mile’. Kesolowski is the ‘Best in Class’ driver who is not running in the cup series. He ran a smart race with Tony ‘Pops’ Eury Sr. on top of the pit box.
Series points leader, Clint Boyer was leading with the 88 [...]
Chevron Oil, the parent company of Texaco has announced that they will not continue to have a presence in NA$CAR and the #42 Chip Ganassi Dodge current driven by Juan Pablo Montoya. The current agreement expires at the end of the ‘08 season. In recent years, Texaco has split the major sponsor cost with Wrigley.
The Texaco [...]
JIM UTTER
The Charlotte Observer
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
NASCAR dropped the hammer on Joe Gibbs Racing’s Nos. 18 and 20 teams Wednesday, suspending seven team members indefinitely - including both teams’ crew chiefs - assessing fines and points penalties for their efforts to rig a chassis dyno test last weekend at Michigan International Speedway.
The penalties are easily [...]
NA$CAR released the schedule for the ‘09 Cup and cup light series today. There has been a shift in the fall schedule among three tracks.
The ‘09 Labor Day weekend race will be in Atlanta instead of Fontana, Ca. A late start time will put the finish under the lights.
Fontana will move to the slot previously [...]
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