Casey Mears News

Rumblings – Indianapolis:

Rumblings – Indianapolis:

August 7, 2005
Tony Stewart finally got to the fence he's been looking to climb all his racing life today as he passed Kasey Kahne with 11 laps to go and went on to win the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard for his first-ever win at his beloved Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Our unforgivable

Indy Qualifying Notes:

Indy Qualifying Notes:

August 6, 2005
• Elliot Sadler won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the AllState 400 at the Brickyard, lapping Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 48.882 seconds at 184.116 mph. Casey Mears holds the track-qualifying record of 48.311 seconds, 186.293 mph, set Aug. 7, 2004. •

Mears speaks about McMurray, 2006 plans:

Mears speaks about McMurray, 2006 plans:

August 5, 2005
Brandon Mudd of 590 the Fan, KFNS, (www.kfns.com), spoke to #41-Casey Mears, who was in the St. Louis area yesterday for a Victory Junction Gang Camp function at Kenny Schrader's dirt track in Pevely, MO. When asked about the situation between his car owner, Chip Ganassi

Testing ends at Watkins Glen:

Testing ends at Watkins Glen:

August 3, 2005
Over thirty drivers from the NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series tested their skills before 9 am at Watkins Glen International Tuesday morning. The test continued until 4:30pm/et. Many NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers tested their Busch Series cars including

Watkins Glen Testing…no speeds:

Watkins Glen Testing…no speeds:

August 2, 2005
Almost fifty NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series cars teamed up for an open test today at Watkins Glen International in preparation for the SIRIUS Satellite Radio at The Glen and Zippo 200 events August 11-14th. Some of the driverss testing: #39-Scott Pruett (Tues.

Rumblings – Pocono:

Rumblings – Pocono:

July 24, 2005
Kurt Busch kinda "stunk it up" today at Pocono Raceway as he was easily the dominant car in the Pennsylvania 507.5. After leading 110 of the first 121 circuits, and falling back after a poor pit stop, Busch took the lead for the final time on lap 183 to record his

Ramblings – Pocono:

Ramblings – Pocono:

July 23, 2005
Jamie McMurray took the Bud Pole today at Pocono Raceway for tomorrow's Pennsylvania 500 with a time of 53.330 (168.761 mph) in what can only be considered an upset. With Rocket Ryan Newman being the quickest in both practices yesterday, for him to fall to fourth was

Ganassi Racing to pick up McMurray’s option UPDATE 2 more:

Ganassi Racing to pick up McMurray’s option UPDATE 2 more:

July 22, 2005
from a Q&A at USA Today: Q.) Will Chip Ganassi's team let Jamie McMurray out of his contract for next season? A:) No. Team co-owner Felix Sabates said Thursday that the team would pick up its option on McMurray's contract for next season and expected him to honor

Mears to stay at Ganassi? UPDATE Sorenson in?

Mears to stay at Ganassi? UPDATE Sorenson in?

July 19, 2005
#41-Casey Mears appears to be safe in Chip Ganassi's Dodges for another season, according to sources familiar with the situation. Mears has been anxiously awaiting official word from Ganassi about his future. Word that rival team owner Roger Penske is interested in

Riggs fastest at Indy testing on Tuesday, shortened by Rain:

Riggs fastest at Indy testing on Tuesday, shortened by Rain:

July 13, 2005
Scott Riggs and the MBV Motorsports team led testing on a rain-shortened day July 12 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a speed of 181.244 mph in the #10 Valvoline Chevrolet. Riggs’ top lap ranks him as seventh-fastest to date in 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series private

Biffle fastest in Monday’s test at Indy:

Biffle fastest in Monday’s test at Indy:

July 12, 2005
Roush Racing teammates Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth served notice that they will contend for victory in the 12th Allstate 400 at the Brickyard by posting the fastest laps in private testing July 11 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Biffle turned the fastest lap of the

Rumblings – Chicago:

Rumblings – Chicago:

July 10, 2005
Dale Earnhardt Jr took the lead from Scott Wimmer with 11 laps to go and held off a hard-charging Matt Kenseth to take today's USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway for his first victory of the season. This was win #16 for Little E (he's now tied for 40th with

More on Mears to Penske:

More on Mears to Penske:

July 9, 2005
With McMurray out of the picture, Casey Mears' name has popped up as replacing the retiring Rusty Wallace at [#2 Miller Lite Dodge] Penske Racing South. Mears, who drives the #41 for Chip Ganassi Racing, said yesterday he is waiting to hear from Ganassi on next year

Johnson wins pole at Chicago:

Johnson wins pole at Chicago:

July 8, 2005
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the Budweiser Pole for the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway with a new track record speed of 188.147mph for his first pole since Lowe's Motor Speedway in May 2004, 41 races ago. The pole is the first of 2005 [he started first at Dover

Chicago Qualifying Notes:

Chicago Qualifying Notes:

July 8, 2005
• Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the USG Sheetrock 400, lapping Chicagoland Speedway in 28.701 seconds at 188.147 mph. • Johnson broke Jeff Gordon’s track-qualifying record of 28.886 seconds, 186.942 mph set July 9, 2004. Six drivers eclipsed