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Bristol News and Notes:

The television camera doesnt do justice to the steep 36-degree banked concrete turns of Bristol Motor Speedway. Few are prepared for the enormity of what they see. Imagine, then, what passes through the mind of a rookie competitor gazing upon the .533-mile track for...

DW Grand Marshall and 10,000 Toyota Employee’s at Nashville:

Nashville Superspeedway will play host to the Toyota Tundra 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on Saturday afternoon, August 14 and racing legend Darrell Waltrip will serve as Grand Marshal for the race. Waltrip will be joined by more than 10,000 Toyota employees...

Nashville – NEWS & NOTES

Hamilton seasons fifth different points leader Nashvilles Bobby Hamilton enters this weeks home game as the new NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship leader by five points over Dennis Setzer (No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado Chevrolet). The last time Hamilton led the...

Sprague wins pole at IRP:

#16-Jack Sprague won the pole for the Power Stroke Diesel 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park with a speed of 110.275mph. The pole is Sprague's 24th of his career. The rest of the top five are #4-Bobby Hamilton, #24-Travis Kvapil, #42-Mike Skinner and #18-Chad Chaffin...

IRP – NEWS & NOTES

Toyota wins for first time at Michigan After two early-season runner-up finishes, Toyota claimed its first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory on July 31 at Michigan International Speedway. Travis Kvapil (No. 24 Line-X Toyota) passed his Bang Racing teammate Mike...

NASCAR Pay Per View Racing Special:

a racing program that premiered last night [Friday, June 18th] on inDemand called "The greatest night of champions. It pits 5 current NASCAR drivers against 5 retired drivers. The program runs for almost 3 hours. Legendary drivers include three-time Winston Cup Chamption...

Jones to drive for Team Chick Motorsports:

Team Chick Motorsports announced that they have tapped NASCAR driver Eric Jones to drive their #74 Chevrolet. Jones joins Team Chick after leaving #03-Team EJP Racing at the start of the 2004 season. In addition to signing Jones, who also has experience in the Busch...

Waltrip Racing Experience Announced:

Three-time NASCAR Winston Cup Champion and FOX Sports Analyst Darrell Waltrip announced plans for a $5 million, 30,000 square-foot motor racing-themed attraction to be opened in this resort community in spring 2005, sited at the multi-purpose Belle Island Village development...

It’s a big, fast truck…what’s not to like?

Three-time NASCAR champion Darrell Waltrip's Toyota Tundra pickup truck, an exclusive VIP trip to the Toyota Tundra 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race Aug. 14 in Nashville, a "Do-It-Yourself" Dream Garage of more than 500 Craftsman tools and a $1,000 gift certificate...

Todd Szegedy gets a Hills Bros. Coffee Break of a Lifetime; Nadeau to spot:

In 2003, Hills Bros. Coffee, along with grocery chains Jewel in Chicago, Pic 'N Save of Milwaukee and Meijers in Michigan teamed to create the Hills Bros. Coffee Break of a Lifetime. The program offers unknown drivers a chance to showcase their talent in top-notch...

New Sam Bass Art:

Winning the Daytona 500 is arguably the most prestigious feat in all of motorsports. It is also perhaps the most difficult. It took icons Darrell Waltrip, Buddy Baker, David Pearson, Bobby Allison - and even Dale Earnhardt himself - the better part of two decades to...

Junior Johnson Honored:

Fifty years ago, Junior Johnson regularly hurtled along U.S. 421, hauling illegal moonshine whiskey from stills in Wilkes County to bootleggers in Charlotte and elsewhere across the Carolinas. Monday [May 24th], a section of the route, rebuilt to interstate standards...

DW Honored:

Darrell Waltrip was presented the Community Leadership Award at Williamson Christian College's annual fund-raiser this week. Waltrip has supported the college, located in Cool Springs, TN, by donating racing memorabilia for a silent auction.(Tennessean)(5-20-2004)...

LOWE’S NEWS & NOTES

Jack (Sprague) definitely is back Jack Sprague (No. 16 Chevy Trucks Chevrolet) measured the competition at Mansfield, Ohio to post his 24th career win and first since 2001. The victory vaulted Sprague to seventh in the points as he bids for a fourth series title. IWX...

DW Comments on the Stewart Flap:

Darrell Waltrip responded yesterday to a series of personal sideswipes by Tony Stewart by saying, ''I don't like it when it turns ugly. 'At first I thought he was just messing around with me, doing a little pre-race sparring, which is OK,'' Waltrip, a Fox Sports announcer...

New Jersey driver picked for diversity spot:

Bruce Driver, an African American competitor from Pennington, N.J., will drive a car sponsored by MBNA in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series at South Boston Speedway in Virginia this year as part of the Drive for Diversity program. Driver's team, Score Motorsports...

Labonte going for a rare pole feat at RIR:

#5-Terry Labonte is bidding to become the first driver to win consecutive poles for RichmondÃÂÃÂs spring race since Jeff Gordon went back-to-back in 1998-99. In fact, only three other drivers have accomplished that feat in 50 years of racing at the .75-mile oval...

All-Star Panel Says One Hot Night is No. 1 Moment:

As the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge prepares for the celebration of its 20th anniversary, the previous 19 editions have evoked everlasting memories of many of the sport's greatest stars providing the fans with brilliant racing, stunning finishes and occasionally...

DR. Boogity?

NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip will deliver the commencement address to the 137th graduating class of Kentucky Wesleyan College in his hometown of Owensboro, Ky. on Saturday, May 8 at 10am/ct in KWC's Hocker-Hall Grove. The three-time NASCAR Champion will be presented...

Six suggestions for green-flag finishes from DW:

here are a few suggestions from Darrell Waltrip rhat could be discussed so that in the future races could finish races under the green flag: 1) Yellow light on dashboard: When NASCAR flips the switch to turn on the caution lights, a light on your dashboard comes on...