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EMPA Driver of the Year voting:

EMPA Driver of the Year voting: The ballots are in the mail to the more than 200 professional media that make up the membership of the Eastern Motorsport Press Association. Members of the organization, now in its 34th year, will decide who be receive the Al Holbert...

Racing School Eyes Move:

Racing School Eyes Move: Race car driver and Kannapolis native Mike Herman Jr. is the lead instructor at Carolina Motorsports Tech Center based in Conover. Herman said the school provides technical training in all aspects of the industry, including the skills necessary...

Committee to spin off into a separate nonprofit agency:

Committee to spin off into a separate nonprofit agency: City officials, who oversaw the development of the city's tribute to the late NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, are spinning off their steering committee into a separate nonprofit agency. The group oversaw the development...

Some Stats – Youngest Top 10 in last 14 years:

Some Stats - Youngest Top 10 in last 14 years: this year's group of top 10 drivers in the final points standings is the youngest by average age since 1988. Based on what a driver's age was AT THE TIME THE SEASON ENDED. 2002 (driver's age at the time the season ended...

Testing set for GM’s 2003 models:

Testing set for GM's 2003 models: General Motors Racing is conducting a test at Homestead Monday and Tuesday, giving its Winston Cup and Grand National teams an opportunity to shake down their new 2003 Chevrolet and Pontiac entries. Winston Cup teams expected to participate...

Labbe re-signs with DEI:

Labbe re-signs with DEI: Dale Earnhardt Inc. sources say Slugger Labbe will be back with Michael Waltrip in the #15, but it took three contract proposals before Labbe signed.(Sporting News)(11-18-2002)...

Earnhardt Autopsy Photo Update:

Earnhardt Autopsy Photo Update: Attorneys for the widow of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt filed a brief Thursday with the Florida Supreme Court contesting an appeal filed by a student newspaper for access to the driver's autopsy photos. A law passed a month after Earnhardt...

Chocolate to retire UPDATE 2 looks so:

Chocolate to retire UPDATE 2 looks so: Next weekend's season finale at Homestead will be the last race as a Richard Childress Racing gas man for Danny "Chocolate" Myers, team officials confirmed Sunday. Myers will retire at the end of the season, but will remain employed...

ASA Champ and ROTY are looking at BGN:

American Speed Association series champion Joey Clanton and the series' rookie of the year, David Stremme, are exploring options to move to Grand National next season. Clanton is pursuing a full-time ride, while Stremme expects to compete in ASA as well in 2003.(ThatsRacin...

ASA Driver under contract?

ASA Driver under contract? ASA Driver, David Stremme, is under contract for next year with either Chip Ganassi or Dale Earnhardt Incorporated.(St Joseph Daily Press), for BGN?(11-10-2002) UPDATE: hearing it is with Ganassi for a part time BGN deal or as a Test Driver...

Championship and no poles? ever happen?

Championship and no poles? ever happen? With Mark Martin 2nd in the 2002 Winston Cup Drivers Points, still having a chance to win the Championship and not scoring any poles, has it ever happened before? Yep, six times, most recently, in 1999 when Dale Jarrett won the...

Park Wins NMPA Spirit Award

Park Wins NMPA Spirit Award Steve Park is the winner of the third-quarter voting in NMPA's "Pocono Spirit Award." Park was picked because he overcame the injury suffered in a crash at Darlington nearly 13 months ago. Amazingly, six months after the accident, Park was...

South Carloina License Plates:

South Carloina License Plates: Fans of NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing now have a new way of showing their support for their favorite drivers with the unveiling of the new NASCAR Special License Plates. The official "first look" at this custom automobile tag took ...

Nice Gesture:

Nice Gesture: New Milwaukee Brewers Manager, Ned Yost, an avid NASCAR fan, will wear #3 in honor of his good friend Dale Earnhardt, who was killed during the final laps of the 2001 Daytona 500.(Atlanta Braves Site)(10-31-2002)...

NASCAR Yearbook:

NASCAR Yearbook: the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Yearbook the 31st Anniversary Edition is now avialble for order. Appropriately, the yearbook, produced by UMI Publications, is presented to the NASCAR Winston Cup champion each year, at the season-ending awards ceremony...

Shootout at night in 2003:

Shootout at night in 2003: The Budweiser Shootout, a non-points race that has kicked off the Winston Cup season since 1979, will be run at night, under the lights at Daytona International Speedway beginning next season. The Shootout will swap days with the traditional...

Still at it:

Still at it: A law passed after the death of race car driver Dale Earnhardt that restricts public access to autopsy photos should be tossed out as unconstitutional, the attorney for a student newspaper has urged the Florida Supreme Court.(Full story ay the Daytona ...

Dead celebrities whose estates produce the most income:

Dead celebrities whose estates produce the most income: For two years, Forbes Magazine has compiled an annual list of the dead celebrities whose estates produce the most income. This year, Elvis remained the king 25 years after his death, with $37 million in income...

Dale Earnhardt Highway to be official UPDATE:

Dale Earnhardt Highway to be official UPDATE: North Carolina Governor Mike Easley will sign legislation that designates a 28-mile stretch of Highway 136 in Iredell and Cabarrus counties as the Dale Earnhardt Highway (State Highway 3) on Wednesday.(ThatsRacin.com)(10...

Earnhardt Tributes 9-14th UPDATE:

Earnhardt Tributes 9-14th UPDATE: Dale Earnhardt' hometown is ready to unveil the Tribute to the racing legend and hometown hero that has been in development since March 2001. Kannapolis Celebrates A Legend begins Wed., Oct. 9 in the Dale Earnhardt Tribute Center...