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Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series

* Matt Kenseth won the 51st running of the Daytona 500. * This was the fourth rain-shortened Daytona 500. The previous rain-shortened 500s: 1965,133 laps; 1966, 198 laps; and 2003, 109 laps. Sunday's race ran 152 laps. The last rain-shortened Cup race was at Loudon...
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More NASCAR on TV in Australian:

As a result of the significant and ever-growing interest in Australian NASCAR driver Marcos Ambrose, Australian viewers will enjoy unprecedented NASCAR television coverage in 2009. For the first time, Australian free-to-air television will telecast both NASCAR Sprint...
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Latest on the owners points craziness:

JTG Daugherty Racings Marcos Ambrose will have a guaranteed spot in the Daytona 500 and the next four Sprint Cup race, but Phoenix Racings #09-Brad Kesolowski will have to race his way into the events, NASCAR sources said Thursday morning. Sanctioning body officials...
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JTG scales back Nationwide teams: UPDATE 4:

JTG Daughterty Racing co-owner Tad Geschickter said Wednesday that the teams #47 Nationwide Series team for driver Kelly Bires will run at least 12 races in 2009 as sponsorship issues will likely force the team to cut back to part-time status. Geschickter has run full...
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Penske buys the #22, Davis a minority owner UPDATE more:

Bill Davis is now a minority owner in Penske Racing. Penske has acquired Davis' #22 and will keep the number for further consideration to align with the #2 and #12. But for now, the #77 Mobil 1 Dodge driven by Sam Hornish Jr. will take the 22's owner points and start...
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Owners Points still could be shook up:

Brad Keselowski, driving for Phoenix Racing [#09], is expected to be locked into the field for the Daytona 500, and there could be others also locked into the opening Sprint Cup races as various points transfers are being talked about as teams outside the top 35 in...
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Reutimann to run full season for Waltrip:

Michael Waltrip Racing owner Michael Waltrip says the #00 Toyota team for driver David Reutimann will run the full Sprint Cup season this year despite not having full sponsorship. Waltrip said on a national conference call with reporters on Wednesday that Reutimann...
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Ambrose voted Australian Driver of the Year:

Marcos Ambrose has been voted as the Australian Driver of the Year by Australian motor racing magazine Auto Action for the second-consecutive year. Ambrose, who is currently at home with his family in his hometown of Launceston, Tasmania, won the award by receiving...
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Ambrose voted Australian Driver of the Year:

Marcos Ambrose has been voted as the Australian Driver of the Year by Australian motor racing magazine Auto Action for the second-consecutive year. Ambrose, who is currently at home with his family in his hometown of Launceston, Tasmania, won the award by receiving...
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Petty-GEM merger? UPDATE 4:

hearing there could be an announcement as soon as today that Gillett Evernham Motorsports [#9,10,#19] and Petty Enterprises [#43,#45] has merged.(12-4-2008) UPDATE: SI.com has learned that Petty Enterprises' top operation will not return in 2009. The organization will...
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Some Season Record Notes:

- Five foreign-born drivers participated at Infineon Raceway: Marcos Ambrose (Australia), Patrick Carpentier and Ron Fellows (Canada), Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) and Max Papis (Italy). It was the largest contingent of foreign-born drivers in a race in NASCAR Sprint...
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Petty-GEM merger? UPDATE 3:

hearing there could be an announcement as soon as today that Gillett Evernham Motorsports [#9,10,#19] and Petty Enterprises [#43,#45] has merged.(12-4-2008) UPDATE: SI.com has learned that Petty Enterprises' top operation will not return in 2009. The organization will...
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Top 35 changes a bit:

The #10 GEM Dodge that was 37th in points will move into the top 35 guaranteed a spot in the field because the two DEI cars lost in the [DEI-Ganassi, #15 and #01 teams] merger have been eliminated from the top 35. The #47 car that will be driven by Marcos Ambrose for...
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Ambrose expects to run some Nationwide races:

Marcos Ambrose, speaking at a media conference in Australia: "In the Nationwide Series, Im going to do the road course races for sure. Theres plenty of demand for me out there to do those. And well probably fill in 15 to 20 races on the Nationwide side for the sponsors...
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Robby gets help from #77 crew:

The pit crew for the #77 Penske Dodge of Sam Hornish Jr. [who failed to make the race] will work for the #7 Robby Gordon Motorsports Dodge of Robby Gordon in Sunday's Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Gordon is battling to stay in the top 35 in owner points, which...
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Bush’s Baked Beans to sponsor Ambrose:

JTG Daugherty Racing announced a 2009 Sprint Cup sponsorship agreement with Bush Brother's and Company. Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, the company will enter its 7th season as a partner. For the first time, Bush's Baked Beans will serve as a primary sponsor in the ...
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Homestead Rookie Notes:

...Landon Cassill was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Hefty Odor Block 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Cassill scored a sixth-place finish, his fifth top-10 in 19 races this season and claimed top rookie honors for the seventh time in 2008. He became ...
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Where did the non top-35 drivers practice at Phoenix International Raceway:

if things stay the same, these drivers would make the race: #10-A.J. Allmendinger, 8th fastest #47-Marcos Ambrose, 30th #77-Sam Hornish Jr. 32nd #70-Johnny Sauter, 33rd #21-Bill Elliott [past champ 1988], 34th #45-Kyle Petty, 37th #96-Ken Schrader, 38th #78-Joe Nemechek...
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Phoenix Rookie Notes:

...Bryan Clauson and Landon Cassill are tied for the lead (177-177) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Hefty Odor Block 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. ...Marcos Ambrose was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2007 fall race at Phoenix, scoring...
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Where did the non top-35 drivers practice at Texas Motor Speedway:

if things stay the same, these drivers would make the race: #10-A.J. Allmendinger, 2nd #47-Marcos Ambrose, 5th #78-Joe Nemechek, 7th #21-Bill Elliott, [PC], 24th #96-Ken Schrader, 27th #25-Brad Keselowski, 31st #77-Sam Hornish Jr., 33rd #40-Bryan Clauson, 37th if things...