Michael McDowell News

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Phoenix:

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Phoenix:

April 14, 2009
* Scott Lagasse Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Nashville 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Lagasse Jr. scored a 10th-place finish and grabbed top rookie honors for the first time this season. He has racked up two top-10 finishes in six races. * Two Raybestos

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Bristol:

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Bristol:

March 16, 2009
...Michael McDowell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas. McDowell scored a sixth-place finish, his first top-10 and best effort in eight Nationwide Series starts. He has taken Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors twice in the first

Racing Resources Says…

Racing Resources Says…

March 2, 2009
...Greg Biffle won the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was his 19th Nationwide Series win in his 223rd race; his last victory came at the Auto Club Speedway in February 2006, a span of 76 races. ...Biffle ranks 18th on the all-time wins list. ...Biffle

Congrats:

Congrats:

February 26, 2009
to JTG/Daugherty Racing's Nationwide Series driver [and former Cup driver], Michael McDowell as he and wife Jami welcomed their first child, Trace McDowell, on Tuesday Wednesday Feb 25th at 7am/et. Trace was 7 pounds, 7 ounces.(JTG/Daugherty Racing)(2-26-2009)

Pacific Packaging Group sponsoring McDowell:

Pacific Packaging Group sponsoring McDowell:

February 20, 2009
Pacific Packaging Group, through their parent company Pacific Group Inc., announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement with JTG Daugherty Racing. Pacific Packaging Group will be sponsoring the #47 Nationwide Toyota driven by Michael McDowell along with the teams other

Raybestos Rookie Notes for California:

Raybestos Rookie Notes for California:

February 18, 2009
* Michael McDowell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Camping World 300 at Daytona. McDowell scored a 14th-place finish, matching his best effort in six Nationwide Series starts. * McDowell leads Brendan Gaughan by one point (11-10) in the Raybestos Rookie

Racing Resources Says…

Racing Resources Says…

February 16, 2009
* Tony Stewart won the Camping World 300 at Daytona International Speedway. It was his eighth Nationwide victory in his 87th career start. * Stewart has won his past three Nationwide restrictor-plate starts, and six of his past 10 NNS starts. * Stewart posted his fourth

Tom’s Snacks sponsoring JTG Daugherty:

Tom’s Snacks sponsoring JTG Daugherty:

February 13, 2009
Last week it was announced that Michael McDowell would be joining a new team, JTG Daugherty Racing, and this week the team announced his new primary sponsor. Charlotte-based Tom's Snacks (part of Lance, Inc.) will be featured as primary sponsor on McDowell's #47 Toyota

JTG scales back Nationwide teams: UPDATE 4:

JTG scales back Nationwide teams: UPDATE 4:

February 4, 2009
JTG Daughterty Racing co-owner Tad Geschickter said Wednesday that the teams #47 Nationwide Series team for driver Kelly Bires will run at least 12 races in 2009 as sponsorship issues will likely force the team to cut back to part-time status. Geschickter has run full

Bires to attempt Daytona 500:

Bires to attempt Daytona 500:

January 21, 2009
Kelly Bires will attempt to make his Sprint Cup debut in the Daytona 500 next month, but he probably won't be too busy after that. On a week when he wrapped up a deal for the biggest race of his life, Bires also learned that he no longer has the promise of any Nationwide

McCumbee to Cup; announcement soon? UPDATE 2 Under contract, # of starts in question:

McCumbee to Cup; announcement soon? UPDATE 2 Under contract, # of starts in question:

December 3, 2008
Hearing that the deal for Chad McCumbee has been finalized for the move to Sprint Cup in 2009, and an announcement is expected sometime within the next week.(8-9-2008) UPDATE: Petty Enterprises has not decided on a driver for its #45 car next year, team official Robbie

McCumbee to Cup; announcement soon? UPDATE 2 Plans still up in the air; may run trucks?

McCumbee to Cup; announcement soon? UPDATE 2 Plans still up in the air; may run trucks?

November 21, 2008
Hearing that the deal for Chad McCumbee has been finalized for the move to Sprint Cup in 2009, and an announcement is expected sometime within the next week.(8-9-2008) UPDATE: Petty Enterprises has not decided on a driver for its #45 car next year, team official Robbie

Rookie of the Year Candidates:

Rookie of the Year Candidates:

October 31, 2008
where do they start at Texas: Michael McDowell, DNR #01-Regan Smith, 186.207mph, starts 25th Patrick Carpentier, DNR #77-Sam Hornish (X), 186.335mph, starts 21st

#00 team could go away in 2008, McDowell not picked up:

#00 team could go away in 2008, McDowell not picked up:

October 15, 2008
Michael Waltrip Racing will field cars for #55-Michael Waltrip and David Reutimann [#44 in 2008 supposedly will use the #00 in 2009 with #44 owners points] and then partner with JTG Daugherty Racing to field the car for Marcos Ambrose [#47] in the Sprint Cup Series

A.J. back at Charlotte? UPDATE to MWR:

A.J. back at Charlotte? UPDATE to MWR:

October 6, 2008
A.J. Allmendinger was interviewed on ESPN2's NASCAR Now and he said he has been in meetings with teams at Talladega Superspeedway and hopes to have his 2009 plans set soon and hopes to be in a ride as soon as the Bank of American at Lowe's Motor Speedway next weekend