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Delphi Renews Sponsorship with Hendrick:

Delphi Product & Service Solutions announced that it will continue its major associate sponsorship of Hendrick Motorsports during the 2008 NASCAR season. An associate sponsor of all of the 2008 Hendrick Motorsports entries, Delphi will also be the primary sponsor for...

Rumblings – Atlanta

Things got crazy at the end of the Pep Boys Auto 507 today, Jimmie Johnson was at the right place at the right time (after a strong two-tire call by Chad Knauss)....and Johnson was rewarded with the win at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Johnson ends up sweeping Atlanta (to...

Hendrick Motorsports Atlanta COT Test Plans:

Although Casey Mears and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will test with their 2008 teams at Atlanta, they will not drive cars branded with their 2008 numbers. Mears, who will drive the #5 Chevy next season, will run his customary # 25 National Guard/GMAC paint scheme during the...

Earnhardt Jr. Launches The Dale Jr. Foundation:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced the launch of The Dale Jr. Foundation Tuesday night at the eighth annual Dale Jr. Celebrity Sports Auction. His newly-formed charitable organization is dedicated to giving underprivileged individuals, primarily youth, the resources to improve...

Another Episode of MTV Cribs with Dale Jr. Filmed:

Six years after the first episode aired, MTV video crews were back near Mooresville, NC Thursday to tape another episode of CRIBS with Dale Jr. It's the last major media appearance for Junior as a part of the Budweiser family (even though it will air sometime early...

Atlanta Ramblings:

Greg Biffle went out late tonight and took the Bud Pole for Sunday's Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta with a scary-fast speed of 192.453 (28.807 sec). This is his first top-spot of the season (his last pole was at Richmond in May of 2006) and 4th of his Nextel Cup career...

Kyle Busch’s Team Earns Pit Crew Challenge Win at Martinsville:

Kyle Busch's #5 over-the-wall crew earned its third Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge win of the season by taking top honors in Sunday's Nextel Cup event at Martinsville Speedway. The win moved the #5 crew into a tie for second-place in the season-long standings...

Yeley to test at Atlanta in the #96:

on Monday and Tuesday next week, J.J. Yeley will work toward getting 2008 off to a good start by testing the #96 DLP HDTV Chevrolet for Hall of Fame Racing (HoFR) at Atlanta. Yeley will drive for HoFR beginning in 2008 and will test for the team during NASCAR's two...

Marks to make debut at Atlanta:

Justin Marks, 26, of Rocklin, CA, began his racing career on road courses. Marks is ready for his first Craftsman Truck Series race on Saturday afternoon in the Easy Care Vehicles Service Contracts 200 driving the #03 Voodoo Ride/Germain Toyota. Saturday's Easy Care...

Earnhardt Jr. & Busch will test with new teams at Atlanta:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch will be allowed to test with their new teams at a car of tomorrow test at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Oct. 29-30. A Hendrick Motorsports spokesman confirmed Saturday that plans have been finalized to allow Earnhardt Jr. to drive one ...

Unofficial “Classic” Driver Points Standings

after Martinsville [32 of 36 races]: (Traditional Points...the old way, not the Chase) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon 4864 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson 4381, -483 3) #20-Tony Stewart 4313, -551 4) #11-Denny Hamlin 4161, -703 5) #99-Carl Edwards 4122, -742 6) #07-Clint Bowyer 4119, -745...

Unofficial “Classic” Driver Points Standings

after Martinsville [32 of 36 races]: (Traditional Points...the old way, not the Chase) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon 4864 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson 4381, -483 3) #20-Tony Stewart 4313, -551 4) #11-Denny Hamlin 4161, -703 5) #99-Carl Edwards 4119, -745 [3 wins] 6) #07-Clint Bowyer...

New Dale Jr. show on ESPN?

hearing that Dale Earnhardt Jr. is working on a deal with ESPN to telecast a mini-series following Dale Jr as he makes the transition to Hendrick Motorsports from now up to the Daytona 500, which Jr's people have already started taping meetings, all kinds of behind...

Unofficial “Classic” Driver Points Standings

after Charlotte [31 of 36 races]: (Traditional Points...the old way, not the Chase) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon 4689 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson 4191, -498 3) #20-Tony Stewart 4189, -500 4) #99-Carl Edwards 4017, -662 5) #11-Denny Hamlin 4011, -672 6) #07-Clint Bowyer 3981, -708 ...

Dale Jr. in the #8 at LMS:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is among 20 Nextel Cup Series drivers scheduled to compete in the Dollar General 300 Busch Series race Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Earnhardt Jr. is entered in the #8 Menards Chevy fielded by Dale Earnhardt, Inc.(Menards Racing PR)(10...

Most Popular Driver Award Tops Three Million Votes:

The NASCAR NMPA Chex Most Popular Driver award recently surpassed the 3 million mark in votes, and voters are still logging in daily. This new tally tops last year's total of 2.8 million votes cast. Log on to the Chex Most Popular Driver Website at www.mostpopulardriver...

Winners in 2007

17 drivers have won a Nextel Cup race in 2007, three drivers who won in 2006, have not won in 2007 and have five races to keep a streak going...#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr.[last win Richmond in May 2006], #9-Kasey Kahne [last win Charlotte in Oct 2006] and #83-Brian Vickers...

Gordon 6th to sweep ‘Dega:

#24-Jeff Gordon is the sixth driver to sweep both races at Talladega in the same season. Other drivers with the Talladega double are Pete Hamilton in 1970, Buddy Baker in 1975, Darrell Waltrip in 1982, Dale Earnhardt in 1990 and 1999, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2002...

Unofficial “Classic” Driver Points Standings

after Talladega [30 of 36 races]: (Traditional Points...the old way, not the Chase) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon 4499 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson 4060, -439 3) #20-Tony Stewart 4043, -456 4) #11-Denny Hamlin 3908, -591 5) #99-Carl Edwards 33837, -662 6) #07-Clint Bowyer 3806, -693...

NASCAR to watch bump drafting Sunday:

Nextel Cup Series director John Darby said bump drafting will be monitored more closely than ever at Talladega Superspeedway where the technique is used to gain ground in the draft. "Describing the what and how we police there won't be any change in the rule," Darby...