Archive for January 7th, 2007

Bobby Hamilton, the longtime NASCAR driver who won the 2001 Talladega 500 and was the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series champion, died Sunday of cancer, said Liz Allison, a family friend who co-hosted a radio show with Hamilton. He was 49.

If Teresa Earnhardt is half the marketing guru people proclaim her to be then she’ll have WWJD bracelets in a NASCAR trailer near you soon.
No, not “What Would Jesus Do?”
“What Will Junior Do?”

In recognition of his outstanding professional accomplishments, Bob Osborne, crew chief of the #99 Office Depot Ford, will receive Penn State University’s Alumni Achievement Award for 2006. The award is sponsored by the Alumni Association at Penn State University and is presented to one person from each college at Penn State (a total of 10). [...]

NASCAR drivers Boris Said, Randy LaJoie and Mike Stefanik showed that “racers are racers” by placing 1-2-3 in the 2nd annual Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge presented by Whelen at the Lake Placid (N.Y.) Olympic bobsled course on Saturday. Drivers from a variety of NASCAR divisions and the NHRA tested their skills at the site of [...]

The Biagi DenBeste Racing NASCAR Busch Series team has shut down, sources told NASCAR Scene.
The team, which was to field Toyotas for Auggie Vidovich in 2007, laid off all its employees Thursday, a team source said.