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Fox announces 2008 Cup broadcast schedule:

As Fox Sports prepares to begin its eighth year of NASCAR coverage, the network revs its engine with the unveiling of 2008 NASCAR on Fox broadcast schedule. Prior to exclusive, live coverage of the 50th Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 17, Fox Sports hits the gas on its...
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SPEED Announces Daytona Speedweeks Schedule:

SPEED will deliver 100 hours of High-Definition programming from Daytona Speedweeks, highlighted by coverage of the Gatorade Duel at Daytona on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14 at 2:00pm/et with a prime time replay at 9:00pm/et, the season opening Craftsman Truck Series race...
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To ‘Boogity’ or not to ‘Boogity’:

Long time readers of Darrell Waltrip's columns know that every year he likes to take an annual poll as he try to keep my finger on the pulse of fans, the media, the TV critics, and the racing community as a whole. DW would like to see where everybody is concerning ...
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Johnson wins 2007 Driver of the Year Award:

#48-Jimmie Johnson crushed the competition for Driver of the Year - 2007, much like he trampled his rivals on the way to his second-straight Nextel Cup Series championship. It was also Johnson's second-consecutive title in the United States most prestigious award in...
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Sad News – Marylois Colley

- 85 - of Caldwell, Oh. She is the mother of Tom Colley, engineering coordinator for the Wood Brothers, Van Colley, Business Manager for Darrell Waltrip and Sue Colley, a pharmaceutical rep in Cleveland, Oh. She also leaves behind four grandchildren. Mrs. Colley had...
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Speediatrics to Unveil Homestead Location:

Betty Jane France, chairwoman of the NASCAR Foundation, will unveil a new Speediatrics unit at Homestead Hospital on Friday, November 16. Homestead will join Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach as the only two locations with the racing-themed children's emergency room...
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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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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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Waltrip truck team gone in ’08? UPDATE 3: TRG/Kevin Buckler assume controlling interest in DWM; Lally to drive:

Hearing the Darrell Waltrip Motorsports truck team, which is co-owned and run by DW's brother, Michael, will either close its doors at the end of the season or be sold. The team has had multiple drivers in 2007 and a sponsor for 2008 has not been secured.(10-23-2007...
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Toyota takes second straight title:

When Mike Skinner's Tundra crossed the finish line first in Saturday afternoon's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway, it enabled Toyota to clinch its second consecutive NCTS manufacturer's championship. The performance of six teams...
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Martinsville Speedway – Fast Facts

.. Jimmie Johnson won the Subway 500, his 30th victory in 215 Nextel Cup Series races. .. This is his seventh victory and 20th top-10 finish in 2007. .. This is his fourth victory and 11th top-10 finish in 12 races at Martinsville Speedway. He became the first driver...
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McDowell to make Truck Series debut UPDATE: Image added:

Michael McDowell will make his Craftsman Truck Series debut in the #17 NAPA Toyota Tundra fielded by Darrell Waltrip Motorsports at Martinsville this Saturday. Fresh off his fourth ARCA RE/MAX victory for Eddie Sharp Racing this past weekend at Toledo Speedway, McDowell...
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Jeff Hammond joins the Darrell Waltrip Racing Experience:

Jeff Hammond has teamed up with the Darrell Waltrip Racing Experience (DWRE) at Belle Island Village in Pigeon Forge, TN. Jeff Hammond, sports analyst for NASCAR, FOX Sports, Co-Host of Trackside Live, former NASCAR crew chief and co-creator of the PIT Instruction ...
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Petty to Move Into Top-Five in Career Starts:

At Martinsville Speedway, #45-Kyle Petty becomes the driver with the fifth most starts all-time. He enters this weekend tied with Darrell Waltrip with 809 career starts. Petty has made 53 starts at Martinsville. He has five top-five and 15 top-ten finishes at the track...
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Gordon 6th to sweep ‘Dega:

#24-Jeff Gordon is the sixth driver to sweep both races at Talladega in the same season. Other drivers with the Talladega double are Pete Hamilton in 1970, Buddy Baker in 1975, Darrell Waltrip in 1982, Dale Earnhardt in 1990 and 1999, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2002...
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Talladega Rookie Notes:

#6-David Ragan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the September 30 LifeLock 400 at Kansas Speedway. Ragan scored a 16th-place finish and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the 13th time this season, including four of the last five races. #42-Juan Pablo...
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Baker and Hyde to be honored at NC Auto Racing HOF:

Buddy Baker, the first driver to win on the Big Four tracks on Nextel Cup circuit and legendary crew chief Harry Hyde will be honored by the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame at its annual induction ceremonies on Oct. 10 at Mooresville's Charles Mack Citizens...
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Drivers to thank wounded soldiers:

a few NASCAR drivers will pay "Tribute to the Soldiers" this Wednesday, September 26th at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., along with NASCAR's Brian France, Fox's Darrell Waltrip and wife Stevie, drivers David Stremme, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch...
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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...
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Overstreet’s last race for Waltrip Racing: UPDATE: Overstreet at Gateway:

Long-time Darrell Waltrip Motorsports crew chief Jason Overstreet will leave the #00 team after tonight's race. By his own choice, Overstreet is moving on to pursue other opportunities within the sport. No replacement has been named, but we have heard through the grapevine...