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Whitt to #60 at Homestead; full-time in 2011? UPDATE more from Turn One Racing:

During the race broadcast on SPEEDtv, Ray Dunlap reported that Cole Whitt will be in the #60 with Stacy Compton's Turn One Racing for the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway next weekend. Dunlap also reported that there's a good chance Whitt will be full-time...

Jeffrey Earnhardt to #1 for RWR in 2011:

Rick Ware Racing has finalized a deal with Jeffrey Earnhardt Inc. to place Jeffrey in the RWR #1 Truck for the full 2011 season of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The fourth generation Earnhardt will launch his campaign for the Rookie of the Year at a track ...

Congrats:

#39-Ryan Newman twittered: "We have a little baby girl! Mom and baby are both doing great! Our beautiful baby girl is named Brooklyn Sage Newman!"(11-18-2010)...

Prism Motorsports to shut down operations:

Prism Motorsports, owned by Phil Parsons and Randy Humphrey, that field the #66 Toyota [all the races] and the #55 Toyota [34 races], will shut down operations after the race in Homestead. The team is only running one car, the #66 at Homestead, with Mike Bliss as the...

Kahne to have surgery on his knees:

Kasey Kahne will be having surgery on both knees in the days following this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway and is expecting to be sidelined about six weeks, the driver of the #83 Red Bull Toyota told FanHouse Wednesday. ...

Newman still on baby watch:

#39-Ryan Newman is soon to become a first-time father. His wife Krisse is due shortly, and in case baby Newman arrives this weekend, four-time NASCAR truck champion Ron Hornaday will be ready to step in as the team's substitute driver. "This is an exciting time for...

Red Bull layoffs?

Sirius NASCAR Radio's Sirius Speedway with Dave Moody has learned that Red Bull Racing laid off a number of crewmembers from its #82 Toyota team Wednesday, in part to clear the way for new personnel expected to join Kasey Kahne when he drives the car full-time in 2011...

Special guest for Almirola:

On Friday, #9-Aric Almirola will be joined at the track by his paternal grandmother, Eneida Almirola, whose visit to Homestead-Miami Speedway will mark the first time she's ever been to a race track in her entire life. Abuela Eneida, a Cuban native, first came to the...

Hamlin to make special delivery:

Before hitting the track in Homestead, Points leader #11-Denny Hamlin will visit the visit the FedEx Express Miami Gateway at Miami International Airport, and join FedEx in making a special delivery to the American Red Cross, South Florida Region. The Miami Gateway...

Johnson’s Team Wins Tissot Pit Road Award in Phoenix:

Jimmie Johnson's #48 team won the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Phoenix. The #48 crew [formerly the #24 crew], out of the Hendrick Motorsports stable, picked up the top prize as a result of Johnson's Lowe's Chevy spending the least ...

Some Chassis selections for Homestead-Miami Speedway:

#2-Kurt Busch and his Steve Addington and crew will be racing their 'PRS-739'Â Miller Lite Dodge Charger in this weekends 2010 Sprint Cup season finale at Homestead. This is a brand new chassis that hasnt been raced to date. 'Thats the plan right now,'Â team engineer...

David Ragan delivers 53rd annual Daytona 500 tickets to race fans:

To celebrate the delivery of 53rd annual Daytona 500 tickets around the world, David Ragan, driver of the #6 UPS Ford for Roush Fenway Racing, jumped into a UPS package car and visited the homes of longtime area ticket holders. Matthew Leon, Walter Gasowski and Joe...

Braun unsure of 2011 plans: UPDATE:

NASCAR Nationwide Series rookie #16-Colin Braun is unsure what his sophomore year in the series and his fifth year overall in NASCAR will look like. The 22-year-old Texan tells WSB that his plans with Roush Fenway Racing for next season are not limited to any series...

BeAStockCarDriver.com back on the #34:

TriStar Motorsports heads to Homestead Miami Speedway this weekend for the season finale for the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series. BeAStockCarDriver.com also returns for the final race of the season as it will ride along with Tony Raines and the #34 Chevy in the running...

Mastiff Games and Wiley X on the #20:

Two companies, Mastiff Games and Wiley X, will share time with GameStop on Joey Loganos #20 this weekend at Homestead. Mastiff Games is a developer and publisher of video games and a licensee of Sony Computer Entertainment, Microsoft and Nintendo of America. They take...

Gaughan returning to RWI:

According to a Twitter post by Brendan Gaughan, he will return to the #62 Rusty Wallace team next year, "Yes, i will be in the 62 SouthPoint Toyota [next season]".(11-17-2010)...

Westerman returns to the #40 team:

Westerman Companies returns with driver Mike Bliss and the Key Motorsports team for Saturdays 300-mile race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, an annual event that traditionally concludes the NASCAR Nationwide Series season. Bliss and crew chief Gary Showalter are going ...

Homestead Rookie Notes:

Colin Braun was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the WYPALL 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, scoring a seventh-place finish. Braun grabbed top rookie honors for the ninth time this season and claimed his fifth top-10 of the season. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. scored...

Paludo to make first Homestead start; 2nd with RHR:

The WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway was Miguel Paludo's first start with Red Horse Racing. Qualifying his #11 Stemco Duroline Toyota in the 8th starting spot, Paludo ran a great race until contact with the wall on lap 52 took him out of the event early...

Zachry colors onboard #81 at Homestead:

David Starr joined the SS Green Light team just days before the Chicago race on August 27th keeping his seven plus year NCWTS starting streak alive. He has made the most of his new opportunity with the SS Green Light team finishing in the top-fifteen in each of the...