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Atlanta Goodyear testing postponed UPDATE rescheduled:

The Goodyear Tire Test at Atlanta Motor Speedway On Tuesday, August 21 and Wednesday, August 22 has been postponed due to the postponement of the Nextel Cup Series Event at Michigan International Speedway. New test dates will be announced at a future date.(AMS PR)(...
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Rumblings – Michigan:

We wrapped up Michigan Speedweeks today, and Kurt Busch brought down the curtain. Busch captured the 3M Performance 406 today in dominating style. Leading 92 of the 203 circuits (surviving a G/W/C to boot) it was his second win of the season (he took Pocono two weeks...
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Five Drivers in the #5 in 2008:

Dr. Jerry Punch announced during TV coverage of the Busch race that five drivers - Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Casey Mears, Jimmie Johnson, and Landon Cassil - would share driving duties of the #5 Chevy next year. The team will operate out of JR Motorsports facilities...
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#25 to run the ’57 Chevy scheme at MIS:

This weekend Casey Mears' #25 National Guard/GMAC Chevy will feature a special paint scheme to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1957 Chevrolet, one of the most recognizable cars in American motoring history. The scheme will include decals replicating the iconic...
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Mears Making First Busch Road Course Start:

Although #24-Casey Mears has competed sporadically in the Busch Series for the past seven years, he has never run at Watkins Glen. In fact, Mears has never competed in a Busch Series race on a road course.(Hendrick Motorsports PR)(8-9-2007)...
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Chase Notes/Stats before Watkins Glen:

Positions 10-12 Are in Play: #10-Clint Bowyer (+160), #11-Martin Truex (+45), and #12-Kurt Busch (+7) are very much in play with five races left in The Race to The Chase. #13-Dale Jr. (-7), and #14-Ryan Newman (-90) are in strong contention. #15-Mark Martin (-216), #...
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Mears and Busch testing at Road Atlanta:

On Wednesday, #25-Casey Mears and team will test Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 440 at Road Atlanta, a 2.54-mile, 12-turn road course in Braselton, Ga. Crew Chief Darian Grubb said the team plans to work on the Chevrolet R07 engine package and overall race tuning...
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Pepsi? National Guard? #81? for Dale Jr.?

No final decision has been made regarding #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s future team sponsor at Hendrick Motorsports, but one is expected within the month and possibly within the next two weeks, multiple sources close to the negotiations said Monday. It is widely speculated...
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Rumblings — The Brickyard:

Tony Stewart had a spirited battle with Kevin Harvick today at The Brickyard and bested him in turn two with ten laps to go to post his second win at his historic home-state oval. Tony's win in the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard was his second in a row, the 31st of ...
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Chase stats leading up to Indy:

#1-Martin Truex's DNF at Chicagoland dropped him one spot and 79 points closer to being out of The Chase. Truex now has only an 87-point margin on 13th place #12-Ryan Newman and #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s 19th dropped him 19 points closer to Newman, who posted an eighth...
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SPEED to Broadcast Night of NASCAR Stars special:

SPEED is set to present the Night of NASCAR Stars special from Macon (Ill.) Speedway on July 22 at 8 p.m., ET, a 25-lap dirt late model race benefiting Kyle Petty's Victory Junction Gang Camp. Steve Byrnes delivers the play-by-play, while Clint Bowyer provides the ...
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Kyle Busch Still Frustrated with Teammates:

A week ago at Daytona, lame-duck Hendrick Motorsports driver #5-Kyle Busch complained his teammates weren't doing enough to help him win. Friday at Chicagoland Speedway, Busch made it clear he won't be doing anything for them in the future, either. "I'm not helping...
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Mears wins pole at Chicagoland:

#25-Casey Mears won the Budweiser Pole for the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway with a speed of 182.556mph. It was the third pole of his career and the first since Indianapolis in August 2004. #1-Truex, Jr qualified second with the rest of the top 10 being...
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NASCAR Countdown: ESPN2 Busch Series Highlights from Chicagoland:

ESPN on ABC's NASCAR Countdown will have a live preview at 2:30 p.m. ET Saturday, July 14, of the Busch Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. Suzy Kolber will host NASCAR Countdown on ABC, joined by Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty. Tim Brewer will discuss the Chicago...
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Mears Team Captures First Pit Crew Challenge Win:

Casey Mears' over-the-wall crew captured its first Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge win of the season by taking top honors in Saturday night's Nextel Cup race at Daytona International Speedway. The #25 National Guard/GMAC team spent 132.049 seconds on pit...
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Hendrick teams preparing for crew chief suspensions:

It looks like Chad Knaus and Steve Letarte are about to become teachers, in a hurry. Sources told me [captainthunderracing.com] late Monday, that the two Hendrick Motorsports crew chiefs and their crews will be working franticly to prepare for the possible suspensions...
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Chase Notes/Stats before Sonoma:

#99-Carl Edwards' win at Michigan gained him 97 points on 13th place, giving him 243-point cushion on making The Chase. Edwards is seven positions ahead of this time last year. Just five races ago, #1-Martin Truex Jr. stood in 20th place. Since, he has gone on a torrid...
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Rumblings – Michigan Race Notes:

We had a Ford in Victory Lane today, and that's a sight we haven't seen since February. Come to think of it, we hadn't seen one of those back- flips in a while either.... Carl Edwards broke the Chevy twelve race winning streak today at Michigan International Speedway...
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Agent kept Kyle Busch in dark during contract extension talks:

#5-Kyle Busch says his previous agent hampered negotiations to keep him at Hendrick Motorsports. The 22-year-old driver said on Friday that Alan Miller kept him in the dark about many things during talks to sign an extension beyond next season and that he was surprised...
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Chase Notes/Stats before Michigan:

Combined, #1-Truex Jr. and #12-Newman have made up 18 positions in the last five races and have emerged as bona fide Chase contenders. Newman has amassed a third-best 721 points over the last five and has zoomed 11 positions in the process, now sitting just 18 out ...