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New Crew Chief for Vickers:

Red Bull Racing Team announced Kevin Hamlin [no relation to Denny] to crew chief the #83 Red Bull Toyota Camry piloted by Brian Vickers for the 2008 Sprint Cup Series season. Hamlin's past crew chief roles include his most recent stint with Dave Blaney's #22 Toyota...
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Martin and DEI announce 2008 Cup Schedule:

Mark Martin will race in 26 Sprint Cup events in 2008, including 24 point races and two non-point events. Martin will kick off the 2008 season and his tenure in the #8 U.S. Army/Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevy with his record-extending 20th-consecutive Budweiser Shootout...
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#1 crew chief Manion signs 3yr deal:

Dale Earnhardt Inc. announced it has signed crew chief Kevin Bono Manion to a three-year deal that will continue his long-term tenure at DEI. Chemistry is a very important part of any race team and I'm excited that we'll be able to continue to build on what we have...
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Pemberton leaves DEI? UPDATE 4 MWR names 3 new crew chiefs:

hearing that Dale Earnhardt Inc #8 crew chief, Ryan Pemberton [#01 in 2007 with DEI/Ginn Racing], could be heading to Penske Racing as the crew chief for #77 Sam Hornish Jr.(12-5-2007) UPDATE: Crew chief Ryan Pemberton has left Dale Earnhardt Inc., and the team said...
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Richert to crew chief at DEI UPDATE:

Crew chief Ryan Pemberton has left Dale Earnhardt Inc., and the team said Doug Richert will replace him beginning Wednesday. Pemberton was scheduled to lead the #8 Chevy that will be co-driven next season by Mark Martin and Aric Almirola.(Associated Press/ESPN.com)(...
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Richie Gilmore Back at Work:

Richie Gilmore has returned to work and to his new job full time. Gilmore, Dale Earnhardt Inc.'s former vice president of competition, had suffered a mild stroke in early October. He is back at work as [COO] chief operating officer of Earnhardt-Childress Racing Technologies...
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Smith tests at Kentucky:

Rookie-of-the-Year hopeful Regan Smith laid the groundwork for his first full Sprint Cup Series season by testing his new Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), machine at Kentucky Speedway on Wednesday [and is scheduled to test Thursday also]. Smith will compete in the #01 Chevy...
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New crew chief for Labonte in 2008? UPDATE 2:

Hearing that #24-Jeff Gordon's car chief [not crew chief], Jeff Meendering, will be Bobby Labonte's new crew chief of the #43 Cheerios/Petty Enterprises Dodge in 2008, replacing current #43 crew chief, Doug Randolph, will leave after the season and head to the #15 ...
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Martin’s last race in the #01, 26 races in #8 in 2008:

Mark Martin will run double duty again this weekend at Homestead. In addition to his duties in the #01 DEI Chevy on Sunday, he will make his third and final start of the season in the #5 Hendrick Chevy Busch entry. In two previous starts in the #5, Martin finished ...
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Drivers in NASCAR’s top series who have won FOUR or more consecutive races in a season:

1964 Billy Wade(4): Old Bridge, Bridgehampton, Islip, Watkins Glen 1966 David Pearson(X)(4): Hickory, Columbia, Greenville, Winston-Salem 1967 Richard Petty(X)(10): Winston-Salem, Columbia, Savannah, Darlington, Hickory, Richmond, Beltsville, Hillsboro, Martinsville...
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Frye at Phoenix:

Former MB2 Motorsports and Ginn Racing General Manager Jay Frye, one of many casualties of the fire sale of Ginn to Dale Earnhardt, Inc. earlier this season, was back in the garage at Phoenix International Raceway Saturday, ending a hiatus of several races. Frye said...
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New crew chief for Labonte in 2008? UPDATE:

Hearing that #24-Jeff Gordon's car chief [not crew chief], Jeff Meendering, will be Bobby Labonte's new crew chief of the #43 Cheerios/Petty Enterprises Dodge in 2008, replacing current #43 crew chief, Doug Randolph, will leave after the season and head to the #15 ...
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Some changes at DEI? New crew chief for Menard? UPDATE confirmed:

hearing that Dave Charpentier, current Paul Menard's crew chief on the #15 Menards/Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevy, will become DEI's Technical Director, overseeing the engineering support of the four Cup Teams [#01,#1,#8,#15] and development of DEI's race cars going forward...
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Four court cases against Ginn dismissed, settled?

Former Ginn Racing drivers Joe Nemechek and Sterling Marlin as well as former crew chiefs Peter Sospenzo and Richard "Slugger" Labbe apparently have reached settlements with former team owner Bobby Ginn. All four cases - filed in North Carolina Superior Court in Concord...
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DEI’s Gilmore back in hospital:

Richie Gilmore, vice president of competition for Dale Earnhardt, Inc., is back in the hospital, four weeks after suffering a brain aneurysm, said DEI's Vice President of Motorsports Operations, John Story. According to Story, Gilmore was scheduled to return to work...
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Cars Dyno’d at Texas:

NASCAR officials put the cars of several Nextel Cup teams on the sanctioning body's chassis dyno machine after the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday. The Chevrolets of race winner Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports), Dale Earnhardt Inc.'s Martin Truex Jr...
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Drivers in NASCAR’s top series who have won three or
more consecutive races in a season since the modern era began in 1972:

1972 Bobby Allison: Bristol, Trenton, Atlanta 1973 David Pearson: Darlington, Martinsville, Talladega 1974 Richard Petty(X): Atlanta, Pocono, Talladega 1975 Richard Petty(X): Bristol, Atlanta, North Wilkesboro 1976 Cale Yarborough(X)(4): Richmond, Dover, Martinsville...
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Chevy Renews with DEI:

Chevy will continue its partnership with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in 2008 and beyond. "Chevy enjoyed a successful relationship, including six NASCAR Cup championships, with the legendary Dale Earnhardt behind the wheel of his Richard Childress Racing Chevy, and we're proud...
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Hmiel to Ganassi: UPDATE:

Steve Hmiel has joined Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. Hmiel will be responsible for competition management, race preparation, race engineering and testing. John Fernandez remains managing director. Tony Glover will remain as team manager overseeing race weekend...
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Atlanta Rookie Notes:

#42-Juan Pablo Montoya was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race at Martinsville Speedway. Montoya finished eighth, his sixth top-10 finish in 33 Nextel Cup Series races. He took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the 14th time this season. Montoya became the third...