Bobby Hamilton Jr. News

Hamilton plans to retire after 2006 season; Cup team for Jr.:

Hamilton plans to retire after 2006 season; Cup team for Jr.:

March 8, 2005
#4-Bobby Hamilton plans to hang up his own helmet at the end of next season. ''I'll race this year and next year, that's my plan,'' he said. ''I've got some bright young drivers racing for me and it's going to be fun to devote my time to running the team and helping

Hamilton plans to retire after 2006 season; Cup team for Jr.:

Hamilton plans to retire after 2006 season; Cup team for Jr.:

March 8, 2005
#4-Bobby Hamilton plans to hang up his own helmet at the end of next season. ''I'll race this year and next year, that's my plan,'' he said. ''I've got some bright young drivers racing for me and it's going to be fun to devote my time to running the team and helping

Speed Freaks back, starting tonight:

Speed Freaks back, starting tonight:

March 5, 2005
After months of preparation SpeedFreaks lay waste to their 2004 Speed Channel format. NOW, on Saturday nights @ 12midnight/et and 9:00pm/pet, it's the Freaks Night Out on Speed Channel. They have made a semi-conscious effort to ratchet-up the television version of

NASCAR announces fines for Daytona infractions:

NASCAR announces fines for Daytona infractions:

February 23, 2005
NASCAR announced Wednesday that 15 penalties - including 11 fines totaling $102,000 - have been issued to NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series teams, resulting from rule violations during the Budweiser Shootout and Daytona 500 race weeks at Daytona International Speedway. Two

Wells 2nd Team? Gaughan? another team?

Wells 2nd Team? Gaughan? another team?

January 27, 2005
Cal Wells has been looking for a sponsorship deal for a second Cup team for the past few years, given the difficulty of being a single-car team on the tour. Now it appears he has finally put together that deal - with Brendan Gaughan. Gaughan drove last season for Dodge

Gaughan and 2nd PPI team? UPDATE 2:

Gaughan and 2nd PPI team? UPDATE 2:

January 23, 2005
hearing former #77 Cup driver [and current #77 Truck Series driver] Brendan Gaughan may be running a 2nd PPI Motorsports Nextel Cup team [#96?], not sure if full-time or limited schedule. PPI Motorsports currently fields the #32 Tide Chevy for Bobby Hamilton Jr.(1-

Kahne paces testing Thurs AM, Truex Jr. fastest in PM:

Kahne paces testing Thurs AM, Truex Jr. fastest in PM:

January 20, 2005
in what looks like mostly drafting speeds, #9-Kasey Kahne was the fastest at 188.088mph, followed by #43-Jeff Green at 187.633, #39-Bill Elliott at 187.496, #31-Jeff Burton at 187.418 and #32-Bobby Hamilton Jr. at 187.282. PM in the afternoon session, once again a

Gaughan and 2nd PPI team?

Gaughan and 2nd PPI team?

January 18, 2005
hearing former #77 Cup driver [and current #77 Truck Series driver] Brendan Gaughan may be running a 2nd PPI Motorsports Nextel Cup team [#96?], not sure if full-time or limited schedule. PPI Motorsports currently fields the #32 Tide Chevy for Bobby Hamilton Jr.(1-

Edwards wins pole at Darlington:

Edwards wins pole at Darlington:

November 11, 2004
#99-Carl Edwards held off #15-Shane Hmiel to capture the pole for Friday night's Darlington 200 at Darlington Raceway. Edwards' lap at 167.487 mph set a new track record, but Hmiel came closest to knocking Edwards from the top, with a lap at 166.947mph. #59-Bobby Hamilton

Darlington News and Notes:

Darlington News and Notes:

November 11, 2004
Handicapping the title contenders at Darlington Hamilton has won both series starts at Darlington Raceway in 2001 and 03. Musgrave won in 2002 and finished second a year ago. Setzer counts a best finish of 11th. Edwards was 23rd last year as a Raybestos rookie. Crafton

Double Duty at Martinsville:

Double Duty at Martinsville:

October 21, 2004
Cup regulars who will attempt to make the Martisnville Truck race: #18-Bobby Labonte will run the #47 Truck #22-Scott Wimmer could relieve Bill Lester in the #22 Truck #32-Bobby Hamilton Jr. will run the #59 Dodge #42-Jamie McMurray will run the #2 Ultra Truck #49-

Martinsville News and Notes:

Martinsville News and Notes:

October 21, 2004
Silverado 350K sees huge ratings climb Last weeks Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway earned a 0.6 average rating on SPEED Channel, a 100 percent increase over the same events 0.3 rating on SPEED one year ago, according to Nielsen Media Research. Households were

Hamiton Jr. released from the #25, Jeff Green in:

Hamiton Jr. released from the #25, Jeff Green in:

August 24, 2004
Team Rensi Motorsports announced this afternoon that Jeff Green will drive the Team Marines #25 NASCAR Busch Series Ford Taurus for the remainder of the season effective immediately. In making the announcement, Sam Rensi, President and CEO of Team Rensi Motorsports

Bristol News and Notes:

Bristol News and Notes:

August 24, 2004
Apparently, the propensity for winning streaks runs in the family. And Kyle Busch (No. 5 Lowes Chevrolet) would like to see that trait continue Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway in the Food City 250. With his second-consecutive win coming Saturday at Michigan

Need a Scorecard:

Need a Scorecard:

August 20, 2004
Up to 22 [19 made the race, 3 missed the race] drivers are scheduled to attempt both the Busch Series and Nextel Cup races at Michigan this weekend....the list