Casey Mears News

Ganassi Shake-up imminent? Marlin, Mears out?

Ganassi Shake-up imminent? Marlin, Mears out?

June 6, 2005
Is a shakeup in the works in the Ganassi Racing camp? Sterling Marlin still hasn't been officially told what the plans are for the #40 Dodge in 2006, but he says he's not ready to retire. "I'd like to race another two or three years and then go fishing," says Marlin

#8 Crew Chief Candidates UPDATE:

#8 Crew Chief Candidates UPDATE:

May 29, 2005
The two men most prominently mentioned yesterday as candidates [to be #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s new crew chief] were Jimmy Elledge, who is Earnhardt's brother-in-law [married to Kelley] and also crew chief for Chip Ganassi and #41-Casey Mears, and Robbie Reiser, crew

Changes at the #8? Crew Chief? UPDATE 2 Hmiel in:

Changes at the #8? Crew Chief? UPDATE 2 Hmiel in:

May 25, 2005
Teresa Earnhardt made a surprise visit to Lowe's Motor Speedway last Saturday night, and some Dale Earnhardt Inc. insiders say it was a move to rally the troops. Several DEI sources expect changes to Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s #8 team this week. Pete Rondeau has performed

Bliss wins pole for Nextel Open:

Bliss wins pole for Nextel Open:

May 20, 2005
#0-Mike Bliss won the pole for the Nextel Open with an unofficial track record of 189.208mph, #5-Kyle Busch is on the outside pole, followed by #41-Casey Mears, #77-Travis Kvapil and #25-Brian Vickers. Two drivers wrecked on their first lap, #11-Jason Leffler [his

Eleven Drivers Penalized UPDATE:

Eleven Drivers Penalized UPDATE:

May 14, 2005
Eleven drivers were penalized for being late for inspection at Darlignton Raceway last week. Ten teams/drivers will be held for 15 minutes before they can practice today at Richmond: #5-Busch, #7-Gordon, #8-Earnhardt Jr., #10-Riggs, #15-Waltrip, #17-Kenseth, # 41-Mears

Testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Ends:

Testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Ends:

May 5, 2005
#24-Jeff Gordon took to Lowe's Motor Speedway's renovated racing surface like the proverbial duck took to water Wednesday night as 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series teams made final preparations for the May 29 NASCAR All-Star Challenge and the May 29 Coca-Cola 600. The unofficial

Eleven Penalties Result from Talladega Infractions

Eleven Penalties Result from Talladega Infractions

May 4, 2005
NASCAR announced today that 11 penalties have been issued to NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series competitors, as a result of rule infractions this past weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. Three of those penalties were issued to the #00 Chevrolet team, because of an unapproved

Testing dates set at Lowe’s Motor Speedway UPDATE – Speeds:

Testing dates set at Lowe’s Motor Speedway UPDATE – Speeds:

May 3, 2005
Lowe's Motor Speedway has scheduled 35 hours of open testing for NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Busch and NEXTEL Cup Series teams in preparation for the track's slate of May races, including the May 21 NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge and the May 29 Coca-Cola 600. The testing

Mears in the #38 at Talladega.

Mears in the #38 at Talladega.

April 29, 2005
Casey Mears will drive the #38 Great Clips Dodge at Talladega Superspeedway, Tyler Walker was scheduled to drive, but was not cleared by NASCAR to run Talladega. Kasey Kahne, who drives the car part-time, sharing with Walker, was not available as he is driving the #

RUMBLINGS — PHOENIX

RUMBLINGS — PHOENIX

April 23, 2005
For the second week in a row we had the Roush Racing version of total domination....this time it was Kurt Busch presiding. Busch led six times for 219 laps tonight at Phoenix International Raceway and took the victory in the Subway Fresh 500 by 2.315 seconds. This

Mears waiting on Ganassi about 2006 contract:

Mears waiting on Ganassi about 2006 contract:

April 22, 2005
#41-Casey Mears is waiting to see if car owner Chip Ganassi wants to pick up the option on his contract for the 2006 season. Mears says “right now all indications are we’re going to run next year [with Ganassi]. All the feedback that I get is they’re happy with what

Biffle wins at Texas:

Biffle wins at Texas:

April 17, 2005
#16-Greg Biffle won the Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway by leading 219 of 334 laps. #41-Casey Mears made a late run after a caution and only took 2 tires and Biffle stalked Mears down within a few laps and won the race by just over 4 seconds over #42

Texas Race News and Notes:

Texas Race News and Notes:

April 17, 2005
* Greg Biffle won the Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, scoring his fifth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 85th career start. His last victory came in California Speedway, five races ago.* Biffle became the second repeat-race winner in seven races in

StockCarFans Rumbleings – Texas:

StockCarFans Rumbleings – Texas:

April 17, 2005
#16-Greg Biffle was about as close to total domination as you can get today at Texas Motor Speedway as he led 7 times for 219 laps on the way to victory in the Samsung/Radio Shack 500. And, when you figure he had to drop to the back at the start, impressive is the

Mears in a Fuji scheme at Texas:

Mears in a Fuji scheme at Texas:

April 12, 2005
Casey Mears will pilot a green and white #41 Fujifilm Dodge this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Mears finished seventh at last year's spring event at Texas in a similar paint scheme with Fujifilm. Mears didn't experience the same luck in this car when it was painted