Casey Mears News

Chase Notes/Stats before Watkins Glen:

Chase Notes/Stats before Watkins Glen:

August 8, 2007
Positions 10-12 Are in Play: #10-Clint Bowyer (+160), #11-Martin Truex (+45), and #12-Kurt Busch (+7) are very much in play with five races left in The Race to The Chase. #13-Dale Jr. (-7), and #14-Ryan Newman (-90) are in strong contention. #15-Mark Martin (-216), #

Mears and Busch testing at Road Atlanta:

Mears and Busch testing at Road Atlanta:

August 1, 2007
On Wednesday, #25-Casey Mears and team will test Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 440 at Road Atlanta, a 2.54-mile, 12-turn road course in Braselton, Ga. Crew Chief Darian Grubb said the team plans to work on the Chevrolet R07 engine package and overall race tuning

Pepsi? National Guard? #81? for Dale Jr.?

Pepsi? National Guard? #81? for Dale Jr.?

July 30, 2007
No final decision has been made regarding #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s future team sponsor at Hendrick Motorsports, but one is expected within the month and possibly within the next two weeks, multiple sources close to the negotiations said Monday. It is widely speculated

Rumblings — The Brickyard:

Rumblings — The Brickyard:

July 29, 2007
Tony Stewart had a spirited battle with Kevin Harvick today at The Brickyard and bested him in turn two with ten laps to go to post his second win at his historic home-state oval. Tony's win in the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard was his second in a row, the 31st of

Chase stats leading up to Indy:

Chase stats leading up to Indy:

July 25, 2007
#1-Martin Truex's DNF at Chicagoland dropped him one spot and 79 points closer to being out of The Chase. Truex now has only an 87-point margin on 13th place #12-Ryan Newman and #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s 19th dropped him 19 points closer to Newman, who posted an eighth

SPEED to Broadcast Night of NASCAR Stars special:

SPEED to Broadcast Night of NASCAR Stars special:

July 21, 2007
SPEED is set to present the Night of NASCAR Stars special from Macon (Ill.) Speedway on July 22 at 8 p.m., ET, a 25-lap dirt late model race benefiting Kyle Petty's Victory Junction Gang Camp. Steve Byrnes delivers the play-by-play, while Clint Bowyer provides the

Kyle Busch Still Frustrated with Teammates:

Kyle Busch Still Frustrated with Teammates:

July 15, 2007
A week ago at Daytona, lame-duck Hendrick Motorsports driver #5-Kyle Busch complained his teammates weren't doing enough to help him win. Friday at Chicagoland Speedway, Busch made it clear he won't be doing anything for them in the future, either. "I'm not helping

Mears wins pole at Chicagoland:

Mears wins pole at Chicagoland:

July 13, 2007
#25-Casey Mears won the Budweiser Pole for the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway with a speed of 182.556mph. It was the third pole of his career and the first since Indianapolis in August 2004. #1-Truex, Jr qualified second with the rest of the top 10 being

NASCAR Countdown: ESPN2 Busch Series Highlights from Chicagoland:

NASCAR Countdown: ESPN2 Busch Series Highlights from Chicagoland:

July 12, 2007
ESPN on ABC's NASCAR Countdown will have a live preview at 2:30 p.m. ET Saturday, July 14, of the Busch Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. Suzy Kolber will host NASCAR Countdown on ABC, joined by Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty. Tim Brewer will discuss the Chicago

Mears Team Captures First Pit Crew Challenge Win:

Mears Team Captures First Pit Crew Challenge Win:

July 12, 2007
Casey Mears' over-the-wall crew captured its first Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge win of the season by taking top honors in Saturday night's Nextel Cup race at Daytona International Speedway. The #25 National Guard/GMAC team spent 132.049 seconds on pit

Hendrick teams preparing for crew chief suspensions:

Hendrick teams preparing for crew chief suspensions:

June 25, 2007
It looks like Chad Knaus and Steve Letarte are about to become teachers, in a hurry. Sources told me [captainthunderracing.com] late Monday, that the two Hendrick Motorsports crew chiefs and their crews will be working franticly to prepare for the possible suspensions

Chase Notes/Stats before Sonoma:

Chase Notes/Stats before Sonoma:

June 19, 2007
#99-Carl Edwards' win at Michigan gained him 97 points on 13th place, giving him 243-point cushion on making The Chase. Edwards is seven positions ahead of this time last year. Just five races ago, #1-Martin Truex Jr. stood in 20th place. Since, he has gone on a torrid

Rumblings – Michigan Race Notes:

Rumblings – Michigan Race Notes:

June 17, 2007
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

Agent kept Kyle Busch in dark during contract extension talks:

Agent kept Kyle Busch in dark during contract extension talks:

June 16, 2007
#5-Kyle Busch says his previous agent hampered negotiations to keep him at Hendrick Motorsports. The 22-year-old driver said on Friday that Alan Miller kept him in the dark about many things during talks to sign an extension beyond next season and that he was surprised

Chase Notes/Stats before Michigan:

Chase Notes/Stats before Michigan:

June 16, 2007
Combined, #1-Truex Jr. and #12-Newman have made up 18 positions in the last five races and have emerged as bona fide Chase contenders. Newman has amassed a third-best 721 points over the last five and has zoomed 11 positions in the process, now sitting just 18 out