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Teams Line Up Backup Drivers for Kentucky:

Several Nationwide Series teams have lined up backup drivers to fill in during some practice sessions for this weekend's Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway for sessions when their regular drivers have Sprint Cup commitments at Michigan International Speedway. Stephen ...

Teams Line up Sustitute Drivers for Nashville:

* Willie Allen, who drives for fellow Nashville native Bobby Hamilton Jr.s Sadler-Hamilton Racing team, will serve as the substitute driver for #32-Kyle Busch at Nashville. * Casey Atwood will serve in that capacity this weekend at his home track; the Nashville native...

Crew Chief Change for #70 Team:

ML Motorsports and veteran crew chief Tom Sokoloski have mutually agreed to part ways, according to team officials. "Tom was with us for five seasons," said Team President Ed Mullen. "We thank him for everything and wish him all the best." Sokoloski spent five full...

Miller Filling in for Bowyer at Nashville: UPDATE 5:

Brandon Miller will be on hand in Nashville to get the #2-BB&T Chevy dialed in before Clint Bowyer makes the trip Friday night. If weather in Pocono becomes a hindrance, Miller will qualify the car as well.(RCR PR)(6-5-2007) UPDATE: The second Nashville race kicks ...

Blount gets a sponsor for Kansas:

Kansas City company FOX Collision Center will sponsor the #92 Front Row Motorsports Chevy [entered as the #34 which will get the owners points] driven by Chad Blount at Kansas Speedway, for the Banquet 400. I look forward to driving the FOX Collision Center car at...

Changes at Front Row Motorsports:

Chad Blount will drive the #61 Oak Gloves Dodge and Carl Long will drive the #34 Chevrolet for Front Row Motorsports this weekend at Chicagoland. Front Row Motorsports driver Chad Chaffin is still in the fold at FRM, but has taken a full time ride in the #59 Harris...

Ramblings – LMS:

Ray Evernham Dodge's swept the front-row tonight at Lowe's Motor Speedway as Scott Riggs took the Bud Pole for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 with a time of 28.744 sec (187.865), barely edging out teammate Jeremy Mayfield by less than 1/10th of a second. This is Riggs' second...

Charlotte News and Notes:

Scott Riggs won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Coca-Cola 600, lapping Lowes Motor Speedway in 28.744 seconds at 187.865 mph. Elliott Sadler holds the track-qualifying record of 27.948 seconds, 193.216 mph - set Oct. 13, 2005. This is Riggss second...

Driver Changes UPDATE:

Chad Chaffin goes from #34 to #61 [both Front Row Motorsports cars]; Kevin Lepage moved from #61 [Front Row Motorsports/Peak Performance] to #49 BAM Racing Dodge; Chad Blount replaces Chaffin in #34 Front Row Motorsports car, Blount had been on the team's #92 entry...

Richmond Testing Day 3 OVER:

only six drivers in seven cars [Wimmer had 2] made runs in the AM session on Day three, with #4b-Scott Wimmer being the fastest at 125.974 [is 6th overall fastest], followed by [Wimmer was 2nd in #4] #78-KWallace, #34-Chaffin, #32-Kvapil, #92-Blount and #49-Sherman...

Richmond NEXTEL Cup Series Testing, April 11-13:

the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers will take their turn for three consecutive days of testing starting Tuesday, April 11. Below is the tentative schedule of when the drivers expect to test at Richmond International Raceway. Testing each day will run from 9:00am to...

#92 gets a sponsor for Texas:

Front Row Motorsports announced that FOX Collision Center will sponsor the Front Row Motorsports #92 Chevy driven by Chad Blount at Texas Motor Speedway, for the Samsung/RadioShack 500. FOX Collision Center, Inc., with 11 full service body shops is owned and operated...

Makoto Dressing on #34 and #92 at Martinsville:

Front Row Motorsports placed both of their entries into the starting lineup at Martinsville for the DirecTV 500. The #34 Oak Gloves car driven by Chad Chaffin will start 31st and the Makoto Dressing #92 driven by Chad Blount will start 43rd. Makoto Dressing will be...

Martinsville Qualifying News and Notes:

Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the DIRECT 500, lapping Martinsville Speedway in 19.575 seconds at 96.736 mph. Tony Stewart holds the track-qualifying record of 19.306 seconds, 98.083 mph, set Oct. 21, 2005. This is Johnsons ninth ...

Blount to the #92:

look like Chad Blount has taken over the driving duties for the #92/64 Front Row Motorsports Chevy/Dodge. Blount was supposedly going to run a full-schedule then a partial schedule in the #37 RJ Racing Dodge. Blount is now listed as the #92 driver on the Front Row ...

Skinner in the #37 for some races:

been told that Mike Skinner will run some Nextel Cup races in the #23 Bill Davis Racing Dodge as sponsorship permits and the #37 R&J Racing Dodge in some races. No word on what happened with Chad Blount's full time ride with the #37. Skinner will run the #37 at...

Blount to the #37 for full season:

Chad Blount is using this weekend's ARCA RE/MAX Series event as a test session and said he has been hired to drive the #37 Dodge in the Nextel Cup Series for owner John Carter. Blount said the team is looking for sponsorship but plans to run the full 2006 Nextel Cup...

Blount and ML Motorsports Part Ways:

Chad Blount and ML Motorsports have parted ways. Blount ran part of the 2005 season with ML in the ARCA Series, where they collected four wins, before moving to Busch. The team however failed to make the fields in Kansas and Texas. The team confirmed Wednesday that...

Newman wins pole at Texas:

#39-Ryan Newman won the pole for the O'Reilly Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway with a speed of 189.500mph. #14-David Stremme starts 2nd, followed by #21-Kevin Harvick, #47-Jon Wood and #66-Greg Biffle. Points leader, #8-Martin Truex Jr. will start 10th and 2nd in ...

Truex Jr. wins pole at Kansas:

#8-Martin Truex Jr. won the pole for the United Way 300 presented by Yellow Transportation and Sprint at Kansas Speedway with a speed of 178.938mph, a new track record. #47-Jon Wood will start 2nd followed by #58-Regan Smith, #6-Kasey Kahne and #32-Jason Leffler. Missing...