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Cup teams testing at Memphis:

Some Nextel Cup teams are lining up to test at Memphis Motorsports Park. This month in Memphis: the #9 car of Evernham Motorsports on Tuesday, July 31. While NASCAR's current testing policy does not allow Busch and Truck series teams to test in Memphis, there is no...

NMPA Chex Most Popular Driver Award Logs Over Two Million Votes:

More than two million votes have been tallied in the race for the NASCAR NMPA Chex Most Popular Driver Award. Thanks to fans logging in at www.mostpopulardriver.com to support their favorite driver, the goal of topping last year's total votes is in sight. The current...

Josh Wise Making Busch Debut at ORP:

Michael Waltrip Racing development driver Josh Wise will make his Busch Series debut driving the #22 Family Dollar/Supercuts Dodge for Fitz Motorsports this weekend in the Kroger 200 at the O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis.(Fitz Racing PR)(7-26-2007)...

Simpsons Scheme for Reutimann at Indy:

David Reutimann will be carrying an up and coming movie star on his #00 Burger King Toyota at the Brickyard this week. On July 27, The Simpsons Movie will be released and Reutimann's Nextel Cup Series entry for the Allstate 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will feature...

Changes to Top-35 Rule Analyzed:

Amid growing unrest among team owners on the wrong side of NASCAR's rule guaranteeing the top 35 teams spots in each Nextel Cup field, a Charlotte Observer analysis of several potential alterations leads to the same conclusion. In the first 10 races this season, traditional...

Terry Labonte in the #55 at Indy? UPDATE 2:

hearing that two time Cup Champ, Terry Labonte, will drive the #55 NAPA Toyota in the Allstate 400 at Indianapolis instead of owner and regular driver Michael Waltrip. Labonte drove the #55 at Infineon Raceway and is scheduled to run it at Watkins Glen. Labonte brings...

Reutimann Hopes to Stay with MWR:

From Reutimann's diary with the Tampa Tribune, " My contracts with Michael Waltrip Racing for the Nextel Cup and Busch rides were for one year. Nobody from the organization has talked to me about next year yet. They're trying to make sure all the sponsorship stuff ...

Reutimann looking? UPDATE 4:

hearing the #00-David Reutimann is looking at his options for the 2008 season. Reutimann currently drives the #00 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing. UPDATE: MWR denies Reutimann had talked to any team about 2008.(6-26-2007) UPDATE 2: David Reutimann would prefer to...

Reutimann looking? UPDATE 3:

hearing the #00-David Reutimann is looking at his options for the 2008 season. Reutimann currently drives the #00 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing. UPDATE: MWR denies Reutimann had talked to any team about 2008.(6-26-2007) UPDATE 2: David Reutimann would prefer to...

Reutimann looking? UPDATE:

hearing the #00-David Reutimann is looking at his options for the 2008 season. Reutimann currently drives the #00 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing. UPDATE: MWR denies Reutimann had talked to any team about 2008.(6-26-2007)...

The Most Valuable NASCAR Teams:

Forbes has released its annual ranking of Nextel Cup teams based on value, Roush Fenway Racing tops the list. Forbes estimates, the average NASCAR team is worth $120 million, up 67% from last year. Average revenue was $84 million. Top teams now field 41 cars in NASCAR...

Toyota sticking with Waltrip:

Toyota's Lee White said Toyota is committed to its long-term deal with Michael Waltrip Racing.(ESPN.com)(6-19-2007)...

Road Course Racers at Infineon Raceway, Fellows in #96 UPDATE Pruett a no go:

Mastering the twists and turns of Infineon Raceway is no small task, especially for many of the regulars on the Nextel Cup Series, who only compete on two road courses each year. For that reason, the Toyota/Save Mart 350 usually attracts a number of road-course specialists...

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...

P.J. Jones in for Reutimann at Sonoma:

PJ Jones will qualify and race the #00 Toyota for David Reutimann during the Nextel Cup Series event weekend at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. While Jones is in Sonoma, Reutimann will be at the Milwaukee Mile preparing to race the #99 Toyota in the Busch Series event ...

Michigan Rookie Notes:

#42-Juan Pablo Montoya was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 10 Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. Montoya finished 20th and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the sixth time this season. Montoya leads David Ragan by six points (152-146) in the Raybestos...

Jarrett could leave MWR? UPDATE 2:

XM Radio reported on Sunday that #44-Dale Jarrett, Michael Waltrip Racing and Toyota were re-evaluating Jarrett's future with the team and could release him outright or sending him to a different Toyota team, either a current team or one that could switch to Toyota...

Terry Labonte to run the #55 at the road courses? UPDATE:

hearing that two-time Cup champ, Terry Labonte, will run the #55 NAPA Toyota at the road course races at Infineon Raceway [where he finished 3rd in the #96 last season] and at Watkins Glen in August. Labonte would have the past champions provisional to use and since...

Bobby Kennedy Happy to be Back at Track:

Michael Waltrip Racing's Bobby Kennedy is relieved to be taking a more hands-on approach with his team. Kennedy, the team's vice president of competition, is back at the track for the second week after serving a NASCAR suspension that began Feb. 12 after the team was...

NASCAR stars say goodbye to France in simple ceremony:

NASCAR stars paid respects to former chairman Bill France Jr. on Thursday in a short, simple funeral service that was far more fuss than he would have wanted. About 2,000 people filled the Performing Arts Center at Bethune-Cookman University to say goodbye to France...