Regan Smith News

Dover Rookie Notes:

Dover Rookie Notes:

May 29, 2008
#77-Sam Hornish Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the May 25 Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Hornish Jr. scored a 13th-place finish, his best in 14 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts and claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the fourth time

New crew chief for the #01 team UPDATE:

New crew chief for the #01 team UPDATE:

May 27, 2008
Doug Richert, crew chief for Regan Smith, has left Dale Earnhardt Inc. and will be replaced on the #01 team by Kevin Buskirk this weekend, a team spokesman confirmed Wednesday. Richert joined DEI this season after leaving Red Bull Racing in 2007. Smith is 33rd in the

New crew chief for the #01 team:

New crew chief for the #01 team:

May 21, 2008
Doug Richert, crew chief for Regan Smith, has left Dale Earnhardt Inc. and will be replaced on the #01 team by Kevin Buskirk this weekend, a team spokesman confirmed Wednesday. Richert joined DEI this season after leaving Red Bull Racing in 2007. Smith is 33rd in the

Darlington Rookie Notes:

Darlington Rookie Notes:

May 8, 2008
#01-Regan Smith was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the May 3 Crown Royal 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Smith scored a 21st-place finish and captured top rookie honors for the fifth time in 10 races this season. He has been the top Raybestos Rookie in

Testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway is over:

Testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway is over:

May 6, 2008
Sprint Cup testing at Lowe's Motor Speedway ended Tuesday evening, with 51 cars running laps, the fastest was #26-McMurray at 185.720mph in a Ford followed by the Dodge of #12B-Newman, the Toyota of #84-Allmendinger, #66B-Riggs in a Chevy and the Dodge of #10-Carpentier

Smith rookie of the race at RIR:

Smith rookie of the race at RIR:

May 4, 2008
#01-Regan Smith scored a 21st-place finish at Richmond and claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the second consecutive race and for the fifth time in 10 races this season. Smith unofficially leads the Raybestos Rookie standings by one point (97-96) over #

Richmond International Raceway Fast Facts

Richmond International Raceway Fast Facts

May 3, 2008
.. Clint Bowyer won the Crown Royal presents the Dan Lowry 400, his second victory in 83 Sprint Cup Series races. His other win came at New Hampshire in September 2007. .. This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2008. .. This is his first victory and

Steak-umm debut at Richmond:

Steak-umm debut at Richmond:

May 1, 2008
#01-Regan Smith and his team will be unveiling a new sponsor at Richmond -- Steak-umm, the best known sandwich steak brand in the country. The company is using a special Steak-umm paint scheme on the #01 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet to promote their burgers.(DEI),

Richmond Rookie Notes:

Richmond Rookie Notes:

May 1, 2008
#01-Regan Smith was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the April 27 Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Smith scored a 21st-place finish and captured top rookie honors for the fourth time in nine races this season. He also led the race once for one lap and was

Talladega Rookie Notes:

Talladega Rookie Notes:

April 24, 2008
#77-Sam Hornish Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race at Phoenix. Hornish Jr. scored a 20th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the third time this season. Hornish Jr. leads #01-Regan Smith by three points (78-75) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering

Testing at Nashville:

Testing at Nashville:

April 22, 2008
Nashville Superspeedway is scheduled to host two days of testing on Tuesday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 23. Tentative teams and drivers scheduled: Chip Ganassi Racing [two cars, no drivers named]; #12-Ryan Newman/Penske Racing; #24-Jeff Gordon; Richard Childress

No Blank Car For Sponsor-Seeking #01:

No Blank Car For Sponsor-Seeking #01:

April 21, 2008
The #01 DEI Chevy of Regan Smith may be short on sponsorship, but don't expect a blank car to show up at the track resembling Yates Racing entries. Instead of running a plain scheme to highlight the need to find more sponsorship, DEI Vice President of Motorsports Operations

Phoenix Rookie Notes:

Phoenix Rookie Notes:

April 10, 2008
#10-Patrick Carpentier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the April 6 Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, the first time he has taken the honor in 2008. Carpentier scored a 28th-place finish, his best on an oval in his seven-race Sprint Cup Series career. #01

Almirola, Menard, Smith Test at Infineon Raceway:

Almirola, Menard, Smith Test at Infineon Raceway:

April 10, 2008
Three DEI drivers visited Infineon Raceway on Wednesday to hone their skills on the challenging 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course. #8-Aric Almirola, #01-Regan Smith and #15-Paul Menard came to the track for a one-day test session before the Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sprint

Sprint Cup Series testing at Kentucky Speedway:

Sprint Cup Series testing at Kentucky Speedway:

April 2, 2008
some Sprint Cup drivers are scheduled to test at Kentucky Speedway on Wednesday, April 2 Infield, including Jason Keller of Gillett Evernham Motorsports Research & Development Team; #84-Mike Skinner [also will test a truck for Bill Davis Racing]; #01-Regan Smith of