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IRP News and Notes:

Kenny Wallace, Fedewa aim for 300th starts Two NASCAR Busch Series drivers will be looking forward to their 300th career starts in the series Saturday night at IRP. Tim Fedewa (No. 12 Hot Tamales Chevrolet) and Kenny Wallace (No. 23 Stacker 2/YJ Stinger Chevrolet) ...
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Crew Chief for the Ganassi Busch team? UPDATE 2:

hearing Brian Pattie, Joe Nemechek's Busch crew chief, will be the crew chief for Chip Ganassi Racing's Busch team.(7-22-2004...
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Mears to drive APR Busch car at Chicago? UPDATE, no it’s Bowyer:

Casey Mears, driver of the #41 Target / Ganassi Racing Dodge, has taken over the wheel this weekend of the #1 James Finch Dodge in the Busch Series. Next week, Mears may be back in the Busch ranks, but not in the Finch car. With Andy Petree Racing still owing sponsor...
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Mears in the #1 Dodge at Daytona:

Casey Mears will make his first Busch Series start of the season on Friday night in the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway in the #1 Dodge owned by James Finch. Mears believes by running both the Busch Series and Nextel Cup events at Daytona that he ...
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NASCAR’s favorite “sons” take a drive with their biggest fans-their Dads:

Action Performance Companies is ensuring NASCAR Dads will have a Happy Father's Day with a special race day program at Michigan International Speedway on June 20, 2004. Several NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers will showcase special paint schemes that honor their favorite...
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StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Michigan:

#12-Ryan Newman used the free pass to perfection today, coming back from an early overheating pit stop to win the DHL 400 at Michigan International Speedway.....once again, under caution. Newman's win was his second consecutive at MIS (ending a streak of nine different...
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Mears’ Pit Crew Collects Pocono Win; #8 Crew Extends Points Lead:

The pit crew for Casey Mears, which has been close many times in the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade, can now lay claim to winning the weekly contest with a solid effort in Sunday's Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. The victory, worth $20,000, ...
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Kenseth Not Happy:

Late in the race, while the number of lead-lap cars had already been reduced dramatically through attrition, leader Kasey Kahne, Brian Vickers and Matt Kenseth spun in oil dropped on the track by Casey Mears' Dodge and wrecked in Turn 4. Kenseth, the reigning series...
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Mears didn’t lose an engine:

heard many reports during the race and on shows later that #41-Casey Mears lost an engine which got oil on the track and some drivers complained that Mears stayed on the track too long, from a team PR: Mears told the team he thought he had a tire going flat as the ...
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Mears to get soapy:

Casey Mears will test at Chicagoland Speedway this week in preparation for the Tropicana 400 on July 11. Mears had a season-best starting position of fourth there last season but finished 34th. Mears generally refrains from being a major player in NASCAR's As the Wheel...
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StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Dover:

For what was going to be an emotional weekend, Saturday's news increased it tenfold. The passing of President Ronald Reagan brought a thoughtful remorse to many. The world lost the greatest leader of the 20th Century, NASCAR lost a friend, and their fans lost a hero...
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Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Jimmie Johnson led early, led often, and pretty much blew away the field in tonight's 600 miler. He led 8 times for 334 laps (that's 500 miles) and seemed to be able to run away at will. We ran the first 240 miles caution- free, and that (combined with that #48 Chevy...
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StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Richmond:

Track position is rapidly becoming "the" catch phrase when it comes to Nextel Cup racing....and tonight's Chevy American Revolution 400 at Richmond International Raceway re-inforced that theory to the fullest. Dale Earnhardt Jr stayed out on lap 346 as most of the ...
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Kenseth to FX: No thanks to reality show:

Cable TV channel FX debuts its weekly unscripted program "NASCAR Drivers: 360" on Friday. The show will feature drivers and their families during their day-to-day lives. The drivers will include Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Jeremy Mayfield, Jamie McMurray, Ward...
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Infineon Testing Day 2:

#42-Jamie McMurray posted the fastest lap Wednesday during a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup test session at Infineon Raceway. McMurray recorded the fastest lap ever recorded on the newly repaved 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course for NEXTEL Cup stock cars at 1 minute, 15.0 seconds [...
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StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Martinsville:

It was a long time coming, but #2-Rusty Wallace finally answered that question today. Wallace outlasted #18-Bobby Labonte by 0.538 seconds to break his 105 race losing streak today at Martinsville Speedway. In a race delayed by an hour and 17 minutes for cement repair...
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StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Texas:

It wasn't as close as Rockingham, but it wasn't far off....#38-Elliott Sadler held off #9-Kasey Kahne today at Texas Motor Speedway, winning the Samsung/RadioShack 500 by a whopping .028 seconds for his second career Cup victory and #55 for Robert Yates Racing. He ...
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#41 to sport different colors at Texas:

The #41 Target Dodge will be adorned with the unmistakable green and white of Fujifilm for the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. For the first time this season, Casey Mears will not be sporting the Target bullseye on the hood of the #41 Dodge. Instead...
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#42 and #14 Car Seized by NASCAR; #14 Team Goes Home RESPONSE:

NASCAR on Friday morning confiscated the #42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge driven by Jamie McMurray, when it failed to meet the X-measurement of the rear window. The violation is similar to those made by the teams of Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch last season, which resulted ...
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Action Father’s Day Promotion at MIS in June on….Father’s Day:

A Father's Day promotion will run on June 20, 2004 at Michigan Speedway for the NEXTEL Cup Series. This race falls on Father's Day and as part of a recognition program of the inspiration of family and racing. Action has proposed that drivers pay tribute to their Father...