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Earnhardt’s Team Collects Pit Crew Win at Kansas:

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s #8 crew collected the Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge win in Sunday's Nextel Cup race at Kansas Speedway. It was the third win of the season for Earnhard't over-the-wall crew. On its way to a 10th-place finish, the Budweiser crew spent...

DEI West to house Cup cars; #01 stays:

Max Siegel, president of Global Operations for Dale Earnhardt Inc., said the facility DEI inherited in the merger with Ginn Racing has been renamed DEI West. Siegel said Sunday that the #15 Chevrolet team and the #01 Chevy operation already have moved to the DEI West...

Unofficial “Classic” Driver Points Standings

after Kansas [29 of 36 races]: (Traditional Points...the old way, not the Chase) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon 4309 2) #20-Tony Stewart 3896 -413 3) #48-Jimmie Johnson 3885 -424 4) #11-Denny Hamlin 3738 -571 5) #99-Carl Edwards 3716 -593 6) #17-Matt Kenseth 3707 -602 7) #07-Clint...

Ramblings – Kansas

Jimmie Johnson took the Bud Pole today at Kansas Speedway for Sunday's Lifelock 400 with a time of 30.846 (175.063 mph) for his second top-spot in a row and 3rd of the season. This was career pole #12 for the Lowe's Chevy driver. He'll be joined on the front-row by...

NC drivers could be shut out for the first time ever?

Unless one of the six North Carolina born drivers, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #44-Dale Jarrett, #83-Brian Vickers, #45-Kyle Petty, #6-David Ragan [actually born in Unadilla, GA not NC] or #10-Scott Riggs, wins one of the final nine races in 2007, it will be the first year...

Latest on Dale Jr. testing for Hendrick:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to test a car for Hendrick Motorsports at the upcoming Atlanta car of tomorrow test, but said he would only do so if Dale Earnhardt Inc. allowed it. DEI's answer? Go ahead. "We're talking about it and we don't necessarily have a problem with...

Rumblings – Dover Race Notes:

Carl Edwards takes the Dodge Dealers 400 today at Dover International Speedway by a comfortable .671 seconds over teammate Greg Biffle after another teammate (Matt Kenseth) pretty much dominated. When Kenseth lost a motor on lap 374, Edwards was home free. This was...

Dover Fast Facts:

.. Edwards won the Dodge Dealers 400, his seventh victory in 113 Nextel Cup Series races. .. This is his third victory and 12th top-10 finish in 2007. .. This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Dover International Speedway. .. Greg Biffle...

About car numbers and #28 back at Yates?

A common misconception in NASCAR Nextel Cup racing is that the teams own their numbers and can trade them freely among each other. In fact, NASCAR owns each and every number in the Nextel Cup, Busch and Craftsman Truck Series and licenses them to the teams on an annual...

McGrath leaves JR Motorsports:

JR Motorsports development driver Jeremy McGrath has left the team and has joined a Late Model team on the West Coast, closer to his home. JR Motorsports Vice President of Competition Steve Crisp confirmed Friday the departure of the motorcycle supercross star. "He...

Five Drivers in the #5 in 2008: UPDATE:

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...

Sad News – Chuck Silvey:

Chuck Silvey, who worked for Motorsports Authentics [Action Performance] for roughly 17 years died earlier this week. Silvey ran Dale Earnhardt Sr's souvenir hauler. In 1994, he was promoted to Transportation Director of Trackside and oversaw some 60 souvenir trailers...

Eury Jr. to leave DEI after Talladega:

Tony Eury Jr. will leave Dale Earnhardt Inc. for Hendrick Motorsports earlier than expected, team officials confirmed on Thursday. Eury, who has been Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car or crew chief for all but one season since the two broke into the Nextel Cup Series in 2000...

Dale Jr. to run up to seven Busch races in 2008:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. likely will run seven Busch Series races next season. Which races he runs in the #5 car is still to be determined, said his sister Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, general manager for JR Motorsports. "It will be around seven or so," Earnhardt Elledge said...

#88 Retires with Robert Yates:

Robert Yates confirmed today he is retiring the #88 from Robert Yates Racing (RYR) following the last race of the 2007 Nextel Cup season. He is requesting NASCAR transfer the number to Hendrick Motorsports and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. for use in competition for the 2008...

TRANSCRIPT

view the full transcript from Wednesday's news conference, in which Nextel Cup driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced his plans sponsors and car number he will run in 2008 with Hendrick Motorsports on the Dale Jr. Sponsor Announcement Transcript page.(9-20-2007)...

Earnhardt Likely to Drive 7 Busch Races in 2008:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. likely will run seven Busch Series races next season. Which races he runs in the #5 car is still to be determined, said his sister Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, general manager for JR Motorsports.(SceneDaily.com)(9-19-2007)...

Mountain Dew AMP Energy & the National Guard to Sponsor Earnhardt Jr.:

Mountain Dew AMP Energy and the Army National Guard will sponsor Dale Earnhardt Jr. when the popular stock-car driver joins Hendrick Motorsports for the 2008 Sprint Cup Series campaign, it was announced Wednesday at the Dallas Convention Center. Earnhardt, who helped...

More Earnhardt candy with Dale Jr.:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is bringing his heavy-hitting brand and high-profile name to the candy business, announcing the launch of his new candy bar, Dale Jr.'s Big Mo' through R.M. Palmer Company. Earnhardt Jr. introduced Big Mo' to buyers and industry media today at ...

Dale Jr. in the #88 Mountain Dew/AMP Energy/National Guard Chevy in 2008:

It was announced at a press conference in Dallas, TX, that Dale Earnhardt Jr., who announced in May he would leave the #8 DEI Chevy, then in June he would drive for Hendrick Motorsports, and Rick Hendrick announced Earnhardt Jr. would drive the #88 Chevy with sponsorship...