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#14 Closing down? AND:

hearing that ppc Racing is closing down it's Nextel Cup team and will not run the #14 team again in 2005. John Andretti was slated to run 5-7 more races in 2005.(6-1-2005) AND John Andretti was in the Nextel Cup garage at Lowe's Motor Speedway last week, but there ...

#14 and Andretti coming back in June, for 5-7 races:

It was reported on Speed Channel's NASCAR Nations show Thursday night that the #14 ppc Racing Ford and John Andretti would return to the track to run 5-7 races in 2005, with the first being at Michigan in June. Plans call for the team to run 15 to 17 races in 2006 ...

Victory Brand to be bought, could the #14 be back on the track?

Legend Investment Inc. announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire 100% of Victory Brand, LLC. Based in Coldwater, Michigan, Victory Brand is privately held developer and marketer of valued priced, premium cigarettes. Victory Brand started the ...

#14 team in trouble?

The new team John Andretti has been driving [#14 ppc Racing] for this season may be in more trouble than anticipated. Last week the team announced it was cutting back to a limited schedule of Cup events, indicating sponsorship issues, and about a dozen men were reported...

#14 team scales down number of races it’ll run AND:

ppc Racing officials announced today its #14 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series program with driver John Andretti will cut back its full-time operations to a part-time schedule effective immediately. The team made five starts last year with Andretti and the first three races...

Testing at Martinsville:

Advance Auto Parts 500 Schedule UPDATED March 28: rained out. March 29: #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #15-Michael Waltrip, #5-Kyle Busch, #25-Brian Vickers, #11-Jason Leffler, #21-Ricky Rudd, #14-John Andretti, #22-Scott Wimmer, #17-Matt Kenseth, #49-Ken Schrader, #32-Bobby...

Testing at Bristol:

#31-Jeff Burton, in his first full Nextel Cup season with RCR, tested at Bristol Motor Speedway Tuesday. Meanwhile, #29-Kevin Harvick was among a large group of Busch and Nextel Cup drivers at BMS Thursday. #14-John Andretti tested Wednesday.Bristol Herald Courier)(...

Atlanta Post Race Notes:

Carl Edwards won the Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, scoring his career-first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 17th career start. Edwards won both the NASCAR Busch Series and the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Joe Nemechek...

Testing at Martinsville:

Advance Auto Parts 500/Kroger 200 Test Schedule 3/22: Cup Series: #32-Bobby Hamilton Jr.; Truck Series: Ricky Craven, Todd Kluever, Brad Keselowski, Justin Allgaier. 3/23: Truck Series: Todd Kluever, Darrell Waltrip, Robert Huffman, Bill Lester, Brandon Whitt, Justin...

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NASCAR announces fines for Daytona infractions:

NASCAR announced Wednesday that 15 penalties - including 11 fines totaling $102,000 - have been issued to NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series teams, resulting from rule violations during the Budweiser Shootout and Daytona 500 race weeks at Daytona International Speedway. Two ...

Popular PRN Programs Return for 2005 Racing Season:

Officials of Performance Racing Network [PRN - www.goprn.com] announced that two of the network's most popular radio programs, "The ALLTEL Pit Reporters" and "PRN's Sunday Drive," have been renewed for the 2005 season. "The ALLTEL Pit Reporters," hosted by veteran ...

No Indy double?

A handful of NASCAR drivers took notice when the start of the Indianapolis 500 was moved back an hour, making it almost impossible for them to compete at the Brickyard and in NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. Robby Gordon, Tony Stewart and John Andretti have ...

Bear Creek Soups To Step Up Sponsorship at ppc Racing:

ppc Racing officials announced associate sponsor Bear Creek Soups will return with an expanded 2005 motorsports marketing program. Under the sponsorship agreement, Bear Creek Soups will be the "Official Soup Product" at ppc Racing and have a strong presence on all ...

Las Vegas Testing – Day 2 – no speeds:

Kurt and Kyle Busch have won races all over the United States, but the Las Vegas natives have one major void in their trophy case - a trophy from Las Vegas Motor Speedway. While the two have won many times at the speedway's Bullring, the big prize would be a win in...

Airplus Footcare Returns Comfort with ppc Racing in 2005:

ppc Racing officials announced the return of Airplus Footcare as associate sponsor with driver #14-John Andretti. Entering its second year of sponsorship with ppc Racing, the Implus Footcare logo will be featured on the deck lid of the #14 VB / APlus at Sunoco Ford...

Nicorette to be an assoc on the #41 UPDATE:

Nicorette will be both a three-year sponsor of NASCAR and an associate sponsor of the Target Chip Ganassi Racing #41 Team led by driver Casey Mears. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but are believed to exceed $3 million annually. NASCAR now has no tobacco sponsors...

California Testing – Fans Invited:

As part of NASCAR's Preseason Thunder, several NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series teams will participate in a test session at California Speedway from January 31 - February 3, 2005. As of early January, nine NASCAR Busch Series drivers have confirmed for the first two days...

35 Cup drivers to test at Las Vegas:

Just how important is Preseason Thunder Las Vegas? All 10 drivers in last year's Chase for the Nextel Cup have indicated they will visit LVMS Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 to prepare for the March 13 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400. In 2004, eight of the 10 drivers who made the Chase...

Jourdain to ppc Racing? UPDATE 3 official:

It appears from an article at ESPN Deportes that Michel Jourdain is a wanted man, and that Champ Car owner Gerald Forsythe has been trying to keep Jourdain in Champ Car. Good news for Champ Car fans.. right? It seems there is another bidder...NASCAR's Busch series ...

Ward named interim crew chief for Cook:

ppc Racing officials announced Wes Ward as interim crew chief of the #10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International race team with driver Terry Cook. Ward has served as Cook's crew chief in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) earlier this year at Mansfield Motorsports...