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Mears or Truex to the #33? UPDATE:

Richard Childress is still looking for the right driver to add to his Cup team. He said earlier this year that Richard Childress Racing plans to add a fourth Cup driver for next season, joining Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Clint Bowyer. But the search has dragged...
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DEI to field Fellows in #01; Smith to #81 UPDATE2:

Coming off his sixth career NASCAR win last weekend at Montreal, veteran road course specialist Ron Fellows will pilot the Dale Earnhardt Inc. #01 Chevy in the Centurion Boats at the Glen at Watkins Glen International on Aug. 10. Leading rookie-of-the-year candidate...
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Richert’s contract with DEI includes unique confidentiality, charity clauses:

Dale Earnhardt Inc. required crew chief Doug Richert to endorse the Dale Earnhardt Foundation and required him to keep information learned about the Earnhardt family while he was a crew chief confidential as part of his contract with the team. The contract was entered...
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Truex to re-sign with DEI? UPDATE 4:

[see past news and runors on this on my #1 Team News and links page] Martin Truex Jr., who has been speculated as a candidate for every driver opening in the Sprint Cup garage, isn't going anywhere. The 28-year-old New Jersey native has agreed in principal to a two...
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DEI names interim crew chief for Truex:

Mike Greci will serve as #1-Martin Truex's interim crew chief beginning this weekend, the team said Thursday. Greci replaces Kevin Manion, who begins serving his six-race suspension after Dale Earnhardt Inc. lost its appeal this week. Grechi first worked with Truex...
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Testing at Kentucky this week:

Sprint Cup teams are scheduled to test this week at Kentucky Speedway. On Monday, 7/21 the Penske R& D team will be at the track. On Tuesday, 7/22 it's R&D teams for Hendrick Motorsports, Penske, and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. On Wednesday, 7/23, Hendrick Motorsports continues...
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Truex Penalties Upheld:

On July 21, 2008, the National Stock Car Racing Commission heard and considered the appeal of Dale Earnhardt Inc. regarding the #1 car. The appeal concerned four penalties issued by NASCAR stemming from opening day inspection on July 3, 2008 at the Sprint Cup Series...
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DEI to Appeal #1 Team Penalties:

Dale Earnhardt Inc. is appealing at least the suspensions of #1 team crew chief Kevin "Bono" Manion and car chief Gary Putnam. Manion and Putnam were working in the garage at Chicagoland Speedway today, and suspended personnel are not allowed at the track unless their...
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Dale Earnhardt car on display at IMHOF: UPDATE:

Dale Earnhardt scored his first victory at Talladega Superspeedway behind the wheel of the #15 Wrangler Ford Thunderbird on July 31st, 1983. To celebrate the upcoming 25th Anniversary of that historic first win, officials for the International Motorsports Hall of Fame...
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Statement from Dale Earnhardt Inc. Regarding #1 Team Fine:

Following NASCAR's announcement that it has fined the Dale Earnhardt Inc. #1 car 150 car owner points, 150 driver points and issued a $100,000 fine for crew chief Kevin Manion, as well as a six-race suspension for Manion and car chief Gary Putnam, Dale Earnhardt Inc...
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#1 car doesn’t fit templates, seized by NASCAR UPDATE 3 DEI will appeal:

During opening day technical inspection Thursday at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR seized the #1 DEI Chevy driven by Martin Truex Jr. NASCAR said that during the tech inspection the car did not fit the roof templates. The team was allowed to try again and when...
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Teresa Earnhardt Looking to sell DEI? UPDATE 2 Reports Refuted:

Sirius NASCAR Radio's Sirius Speedway is reporting today that Teresa Earnhardt has enlisted the services of Bear, Stearns and Company [actally there is no more Bear Stearns as JP Morgan aquired them] to find a buyer -- or at least a major financial investor -- for ...
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Testing this week at Kentucky:

Sprint Cup teams are scheduled to test this week at Kentukcy Speedway, the teams scheduled on Monday 7/7: #12-Newman, #77-Hornish Jr. and the R&D Test team of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. On Tuesday 7/8: #18-Kyle Busch; #11-Hamlin, #22-Michael Annett in for Blaney, #5-Mears...
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Daytona Rookie Notes:

#01-Regan Smith was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 29 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Smith scored a 27th-place finish and claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the sixth time in 2008. #10-Patrick Carpentier won his...
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Kerry Earnhardt to Drive for DEI at Daytona:

For the first time in his career, Kerry Earnhardt, the son of seven-time NASCAR Champion Dale Earnhardt, will drive a Dale Earnhardt Inc. entry in a NASCAR race. Earnhardt will pilot the #8 Bass Pro Shops Chevy in the July 4 Daytona 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race...
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Almirola to run #8 fulltime for DEI in 2009 UPDATE 2:

An official announcement that Aric Almirola will drive the #8 car at Dale Earnhardt Inc. full time next season will be made on Tuesday, sources close to the situation said. The decision to put Almirola into the U.S. Army-sponsored car full time had nothing to do with...
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Almirola to run #8 fulltime for DEI in 2009 UPDATE:

An official announcement that Aric Almirola will drive the #8 car at Dale Earnhardt Inc. full time next season will be made on Tuesday, sources close to the situation said. The decision to put Almirola into the U.S. Army-sponsored car full time had nothing to do with...
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Earnhardt brings fearless approach to barrel racing:

19-year-old Taylor Earnhardt, daughter of the late Dale Earnhardt and Teresa Houston Earnhardt "” wrapped up her nearly weeklong stay in Marshall yesterday while doing what Earnhardt's do "” race. Miss Earnhardt's racing talents are centered on fast horses "” not speedy...
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Did Not Finish Streak and stats:

#29-Harvick has been running at the finish in 61 consecutive races, the longest current streak and a NEW modern era record, next up is #07-Bowyer at 54 consecutive races. The all-time record for the longest streak of NOT having an DNF is 84 races held by Herman Beam...
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Sylvania on the hood of the #15 at NHMS:

Menards Racing will feature Sylvania on the hood of it's #15 Menards/Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevy that Paul Menard will drive during this weekend's LENOX Industrial Tools "301". Sylvania is based in nearby Danvers, Massachusetts and has been a partner sponsor of Menards...