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Labbe: Ginn/DEI merger costs 124 jobs:

There were 124 employees who lost their jobs following the recent Ginn Racing-Dale Earnhardt Inc. merger, former Ginn employee Slugger Labbe said Friday. Labbe was the crew chief for the #14 car driven by Sterling Marlin, but was laid off on Tuesday night along with...
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Nemecheck to Drive at Indy UPDATE:

Joe Nemechek will have a ride this weekend at Indianapolis, but which car he will drive remains in limbo. E&M Motorsports is looking to put Nemechek behind the wheel of its #08 car, but Ginn Racing may have a sponsor for the #13 -- the car from which Nemechek was bounced...
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Some Indianapolis Notes:

There have been 13 Nextel Cup Series races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway since the first race there in 1994. Opened in 1909, Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the second-oldest, active track in the world (after The Milwaukee Mile). Eight drivers have competed in all ...
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DEI, Ginn Merger to Be Announced Wednesday:

Dale Earnhardt Inc. will announce on Wednesday that it is merging with Ginn Racing, effective immediately, and will acquire all Ginn assets, including its massive headquarters. Sources said the company will be known as Dale Earnhardt Inc., but that Ginn owner Bobby...
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DEI buying Ginn? UPDATE 3:

hearing a deal could be announced in the next week or so, where Dale Earnhardt Inc. would buy into or outright Ginn Racing. Ginn Racing currently fields the #01-Mark Martin/Regan Smith, #13-Joe Nemechek and #14-Sterling Marlin teams.(7-16-2007) UPDATE: Dale Earnhardt...
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#78 to get #13 owners points? UPDATE:

hearing the #78 Furniture Row Racing team will 'buy' the owners points of the #13 Ginn Racing team unless a sponsorship deal can be put together for the #13 team to run at Indy. A deal could be announced for the owners pts early this week. Joe Nemechek was driving ...
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Joe Nemechek to Revive Busch Team?:

Joe Nemechek spoke about the change at Ginn this morning on "The Morning Drive," on SIRIUS Radio, with hosts Pat Patterson and David Poole: "We've got a lot of sponsorship deals in the works. I think we're getting really close to getting my Busch operation back up ...
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Ginn Announces Changes: MORE:

Emphasizing an eye on the future along with solidifying the foundation of its Nextel Cup program, Ginn Racing announced the following transactions. * Aric Almirola has signed with Ginn Racing. He will become Mark Martin's co-driver in the #01 U.S. Army Chevrolet for...
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More on Changes at Ginn; Regan Smith to Drive in Place of Marlin or Nemechek? UPDATE 2:

Ginn Racing laid off an unspecified number of employees as part of its re-evaluation process and has "hibernated" its Busch Series team as the company attempts to shore up its direction, Ginn Racing Chief Executive Officer Jay Frye said Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway...
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DEI buying Ginn? UPDATE 2:

hearing a deal could be announced in the next week or so, where Dale Earnhardt Inc. would buy into or outright Ginn Racing. Ginn Racing currently fields the #01-Mark Martin/Regan Smith, #13-Joe Nemechek and #14-Sterling Marlin teams.(7-16-2007) UPDATE: Dale Earnhardt...
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Nemechek’s Plans for 2008 Uncertain:

With his contract with Ginn Racing set to expire at the end of this season and nothing in place for 2008, #13-Joe Nemechek says he could soon consider himself a free agent. "If I'm not [a free agent], time's getting pretty close," he said Saturday. "But I'd love to...
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Ginn Racing seeking sponsors, Army back in 2008 UPDATE layoffs? Busch team?:

Though the #13 and #14 Ginn Racing teams seek sponsorship, CEO Jay Frye anticipates Ginn will remain a three-car team in the future. There has been speculation of late that the #13 team would soon be shut down [as there have been reports of layoffs within the teams...
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Nemechek’s Car to Honor Charleston Fallen Firefighters:

The paint scheme on Joe Nemechek's #13 Ginn Racing Chevy for this weekend's Pepsi 400 Nextel Cup race at Daytona International Speedway will honor the nine Charleston, S.C. firefighters who perished in a warehouse blaze on June 18. The names and ages of the nine fallen...
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Rumblings – New Hampshire:

It was Denny Hamlin by an eyelash....Denny Hamlin won his first race of the season today at New Hampshire International Speedway as he barely held on to take the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 over Jeff Gordon....proving (at least for today) that two tires was the way ...
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Ginn Planning for 2008:

Jay Frye, CEO of Ginn Racing, said Regan Smith, who is currently splitting the #01 with Martin, would drive either the #13 or #14 on a full-time basis next season. #14-Sterling Marlin is interested in a part-time schedule for next season, but his contract expires at...
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Ginn Racing looking for sponsors:

The jet black Ginn Racing Chevrolets of #13-Joe Nemechek and #14-Sterling Marlin have no primary sponsors this weekend. Why not? Very simple: The team is trying to illustrate that it needs sponsors for some races in the second half of the season on the two cars, it...
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Some first wins since stuff, some ironies:

#42-Juan Pablo Montoya's win at Infineon Raceway is the first win for sponsor Texaco since Ricky Rudd won in the #28 RYR Ford...at Infineon Raceway in 2002 and the first win for the 42 number since Joe Nemechek won for Felix Sabates at New Hampshire in 1999, the 68th...
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Rumblings – Michigan Race Notes:

We had a Ford in Victory Lane today, and that's a sight we haven't seen since February. Come to think of it, we hadn't seen one of those back- flips in a while either.... Carl Edwards broke the Chevy twelve race winning streak today at Michigan International Speedway...
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Rumblings – Pocono Race Notes:

We had it all today....twilight racing, a race to the rain, a strategy race, and one of the longest days in Nextel Cup racing to boot. When they finally put us out of our misery, Jeff Gordon was declared the winner. Gordon won the Pocono 265 today while the rain fell...
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Fast Facts – Dover International Speedway

.. Truex joined Casey Mears, who won last week at Lowe's Motor Speedway as the first back-to-back first time race winners since Jerry Nadeau and Michael Waltrip in the final race of 2000 and the first race of 2001. The last time there were back-to-back first-time race...