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Ten 2007 pole winners yet to get a pole in 2008:

with seven races to go, ten drivers have not won a pole in 2008, jeopardizng some long streaks: season streak poles, driver, last race pole, when 2, Kurt Busch, California, August 2007 2, David Gilliland, Daytona, February 2007 1, Clint Bowyer, New Hampshire, September...
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Rusty back to Cup? with DEI? UPDATE denied:

from an article at SPEEDtv.com by Kenny Wallace: The hot NASCAR rumor right now is not something you'd hear anywhere other than around the race shops in Mooresville, N.C. Everyone wants to know if my brother Rusty Wallace is coming out of retirement to drive for Dale...
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Bootie Barker to join MWR in 2009:

Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) announced that NASCAR veteran Robert "Bootie" Barker will be the crew chief of the #55 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota driven by two-time Daytona 500 champion Michael Waltrip for the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season. Bobby Kennedy, who has worked with...
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Kenny Wallace in the #00 at Talladega:

Michael Waltrip Racing announced that Kenny Wallace will attempt to qualify the #00 Champion Mortgage Toyota at Talladega Superspeedway for the Sprint Cup Series AMP Energy 500 on Sunday. Michael Waltrip Racing made the decision to make a driver change starting this...
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Kyle Petty out at Petty Enterprises?

Was this #45-Kyle Petty's last race for Petty Enterprises? Sunday's Kansas 400 looks like it might well have been his last Sprint Cup run for the family business that he's worked for for so many years, that his grandfather Lee founded in 1949 and that his father Richard...
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MWR could add a 4th team, Ambrose? Dow?: UPDATE:

While many teams continue to search for sponsorship for the 2009 Sprint Cup season and beyond, one team that seems confident about sponsorship is Michael Waltrip Racing. MWR Executive Vice President Cal Wells said Saturday that he believes the team has enough sponsorship...
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Toyota clinches manufacturer’s championship:

When Denny Hamlins Camry crossed the finish line first at Kansas Speedway in Saturday afternoons Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Kansas Speedway, it enabled Toyota to clinch its first NNS manufacturers championship in its second year of series competition. This marks...
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MWR could add a 4th team, Ambrose? Dow?:

While many teams continue to search for sponsorship for the 2009 Sprint Cup season and beyond, one team that seems confident about sponsorship is Michael Waltrip Racing. MWR Executive Vice President Cal Wells said Saturday that he believes the team has enough sponsorship...
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F1 McLaren boss heads to NASCAR UPDATE 2:

Steve Hallam, McLaren's head of race operations, is to leave the team at the end of this year to move to NASCAR. Hallam joined McLaren in 1990 after almost a decade at Lotus, where he race engineered for Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna. Having helped engineer Mika Hakkinen...
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Next merger rumor – Ganassi and GEM?

Since early July, Ganassi's future existence has been linked to a merger with virtually every multi-car team left in the sport. The car owner had lunch with Michael Waltrip at Daytona; immediately, rumors sprouted up the two were joining forces. Since then, rumors ...
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Ganassi-Waltrip merger? UPDATE:

Car owner Chip Ganassi pulled the plug on Franchitti's team a month ago, in a shocker that left 71 people without jobs. That move by Ganassi has led to intense speculation about Ganassi's NASCAR future. Some of that speculation includes the possibility of some merger...
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MWR has some prospective sponsors for 2009:

Ty Norris, vice president and general manager of Michael Waltrip Racing, said three prospective sponsors for next season -- two new to the sport, one old, according to Norris -- are taking notice that MWR's three teams have been running better lately. Heading into ...
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OFFICIAL: UPS to to sponsor Ragan and Roush:

hearing that UPS will announce Friday, what team and driver they will sponsor in 2009. Rumor has it that David Ragan will be sponsored by UPS in the #6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford in 2009. AND On Friday, September 12, UPS will launch a new era in our NASCAR partnership...
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Capps tests new Concord track surface, Waltrip the wall:

As North Carolina residents, fans, NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series competitors and officials prepared for this weekend's inaugural NHRA Carolina Nationals at the all-new zMax Dragway, drag racer Ron Capps was challenged by NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip to a duel on...
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Nationwide COT test at Richmond: UPDATE 3 MORE IMAGES:

The Nationwide Series begins a new era when its new car goes on track for the first of two scheduled tests Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 8-9, at Richmond International Raceway. Wednesday, Sept. 10, will be a rain date. Each of the four series manufacturers Chevy, Dodge...
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McDowell Returns to the #00 at RIR:

Michael McDowell returns to his #00 Champion Mortgage Toyota Camry at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) after stepping out for three consecutive races for Mike Skinner to evaluate the Michael Waltrip Racing organization. "I learned a lot of positives from Mike Skinner...
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Roush Fenway’s Ragan in running for UPS sponsorship: UPDATE: done deal?

UPS was linked to Roush Fenway Racing three months ago when the organization was looking for sponsorship for Carl Edwards. Aflac ended up sponsoring Edwards, but Roush Fenway Racing still might land UPS as the organization still needs a sponsor for David Ragan. Talks...
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Mixed Reactions to Bud Shootout Changes:

How do drivers feel about the decision to change the rules governing next year's season-opening Budweiser Shootout exhibition race at Daytona International Speedway? Well, it depends whether you're in or out. Michael Waltrip, who finished 11th in the 2008 Shootout, ...
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Friday Practice

for the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway is over, the fastest: #99-Edwards 178.913 #48-Johnson 178.656 #83-Allmendiner 178.059 #19-Sadler 177.800 #83-Vickers 177.773 slowest: #66-Riggs 172.790 & #08-Sauter 167.220 #55-Michael Waltrip was held 15 minutes at the start...
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“Day of Reckoning” scheme for Skinner at Calif – IMAGE:

Affliction Entertainment and Michael Waltrip Racing have teamed up to race for the checkered flag in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Southern California. This year's Sprint Cup Series race at the two-mile D-shaped oval will find Waltrip's #00 Toyota, driven ...