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Truex Jr. wins at Dover:

#1-Martin Truex Jr. won the rained delayed Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa at Dover International Speedway for his 1st ever Nextel Cup Series win in his 58th career start. #25-Casey Mears was a first time winner last week, this is the first time we have had back...
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Rumblings – Dover Race Notes:

Martin Truex Jr made it back-to-back firsters today at Dover International Speedway as he took the rain-delayed Autism Speaks 400 present by Visa in a romp. Martin pretty much dominated the race (leading 216 circuits) and went on to a convincing 7.355 second victory...
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Fast Facts – Dover International Speedway

.. Truex joined Casey Mears, who won last week at Lowe's Motor Speedway as the first back-to-back first time race winners since Jerry Nadeau and Michael Waltrip in the final race of 2000 and the first race of 2001. The last time there were back-to-back first-time race...
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Ramblings – Dover Qualifying Notes:

It was Ryan Newman today for the second week in a row.... Newman took the Bud Pole for Sunday's Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa at Dover International Speedway with a time of 23.541 sec (152.925 mph) for his third top-spot of the season and 40th of his NEXTEL Cup...
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Toyota: Gibbs? Penske merge with Waltrip? UPDATE 2:

Toyota, sources said, has approached the Gibbs team with a proposal to leave Chevrolet, which would give it #20-Tony Stewart, #11-Denny Hamlin and #18-J.J. Yeley. Gibbs' management doesn't appear to be that interested, but the offer hasn't been rejected, according ...
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Hyder gets new gig, crew chief for Mayfield UPDATE:

Crew chief David Hyder, fired from Michael Waltrip Racing last month, will return to the pit box next weekend at Dover International Speedway to guide the #36 Toyota driven by Jeremy Mayfield, Bill Davis Racing competition director Tommy Baldwin told ESPN.com Saturday...
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Hyder gets new gig, crew chief for Mayfield:

Crew chief David Hyder, fired from Michael Waltrip Racing last month, will return to the pit box next weekend at Dover International Speedway to guide the #36 Toyota driven by Jeremy Mayfield, Bill Davis Racing competition director Tommy Baldwin told ESPN.com Saturday...
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Butler to make series debut at Mansfield:

Ken Butler III will make his Craftsman Truck Series debut in the #00 Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota Tundra fielded by Darrell Waltrip Motorsports at Mansfield Motorsports Park this Saturday. Additionally, Butler won his first ARCA RE/MAX event this past Sunday at Toledo ...
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Hyder & Kennedy suspensions to be lifted:

NASCAR will lift the indefinite suspensions of crew chief David Hyder and competition director Bobby Kennedy on May 30, NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said on Friday. Hyder and Kennedy were suspended when NASCAR discovered an unidentified substance in the engine of #...
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Waltrip’s Raceworld opens:

Michael Waltrip Racing's ˜Raceworld USA' opened to the public on Wed., May 16, in time for race weeks at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The 140,000 square-foot facility encompasses more than 11 acres and houses the world's first interactive fan destination race shop accessible...
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Reutimann’s car to have both sponsors at Nextel Open:

This weekend the #00 Domino's Pizza Toyota will be carrying a different look, as Michael Waltrip Racing makes the transition from primary sponsor Domino's Pizza to Burger King Corporation, with a special paint scheme honoring both companies. The #00 Toyota, driven ...
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Waltrip’s hearing postponed until late June:

#55-Michael Waltrip's hearing on charges of reckless driving and failure to report an accident after a crash has been postponed until June 25. The district attorney's office of Catawba County requested the continuance on Monday. Neither Waltrip nor his attorney appeared...
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Top-35 in Owners Points

and a guaranteed starting spot at Lowe's Motor Speedweay [May 27th] are set: no team dropped out of the 35 or got into it, but the gap from 35th to 36th is closer the following drivers/teams are in the top-35 in owners points: 31) #45-Petty/Petty Enterprises 900, +...
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Battle Heats Up for the Most Popular Driver Award:

The 2007 season is well under way and the battle is heating up for the 2007 NASCAR NMPA Chex Most Popular Driver Award. Race fans have really begun to show their enthusiasm for their favorite driver and continue to make their votes count at www.MostPopularDriver.com...
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Borland released by MWR #44 team UPDATE 3 Evernham?:

Michael Waltrip Racing and #44-Dale Jarrett's crew chief Matt Borland have parted ways. "Dale Jarrett wasn't happy, UPS wasn't happy, and we had to do something immediately," Waltrip said. "Originally, we had hoped that Matt Borland would take the role as the technical...
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Ramblings – Richmond Qualifying Notes:

Jeff Gordon took the Bud Pole tonight for tomorrow night's Crown Royal presents the Jim Stewart 400 at Richmond International Raceway...and he made it a three-peat. His time of 21.386 (126.251 mph) was good enough for his 5th top-spot of the season and 61st of his ...
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Testing at Nashville:

DEI Driver #15-Paul Menard and #55-Derrike Cope/Michael Waltrip tested the car of tomorrow (COT) at Nashville Superspeedway on Tuesday.(Nashville Superspeedway PR)(5-2-2007)...
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NASCAR considering tweaking qualifying:

NASCAR is considering changing its qualifying procedures in response to complaints about the restrictive system. With at least 50 drivers vying for 43 spots in the field, seven or more cars fail to make the race each week. Because NASCAR assures a spot to the top 35...
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Restrictor Plate Streak Ends:

Thru Daytona in Feb 2007, three drivers had competed in all 77 restrictor-plate races at Daytona and Talladega, plus all three ran the one-off restrictor plate race at New Hampshire [but that was not a drafting/aero track]: #01-Mark Martin (2 Talladega, 0 Daytona wins...
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Stock Car Fans:

#24-Jeff Gordon took the Bud Pole today at Talladega Superspeedway. Gordon and David Gilliland ran identical times.....to the thousandth of a second (49.857.....192.069 MPH), but since Gordon is waaaaay ahead of Gilliland in Owner Points, he gets the spot. This was...