Together Again: Martin, Pemberton Combining Efforts In ‘07
* Veteran Driver, Crew Chief Reunited At Ginn Racing
* Competitors Fondly Recall Former Series/Daytona 500 Champion Parsons

* Allmendinger Preparing For Crossover Move

Pos., No., Driver, Time, Speed
1. 12A Ryan Newman 48.247 186.540
2. 6A David Ragan 48.248 186.536
3. 2B Kurt Busch 48.257 186.501
4. 24B Jeff Gordon 48.267 186.463
5. 17B Matt Kenseth 48.269 [...]

Darrell Waltrip:
“Benny Parsons was the kindest, sweetest, most considerate person I have ever known,” said Darrell Waltrip. “He was almost too nice to be a race car driver and I say that as a compliment. In my 30 odd years of racing Benny Parsons, I never knew of anyone being mad at Benny. [...]

NOTE: The engine blew in Busch’s B car late in Tuesday afternoon’s practice session. The team plans to test a COT on Wednesday at DIS.
“I think we were on lap 30 of a run trying to get to lap 40 and put time on these tires. It just went. There was no indication. I had [...]

JEFF BURTON, TEAM CHEVY DRIVER OF THE NO. 31 CINGULAR WIRELESS MONTE CARLO SS, met with media at the end of the day and talked at length about the Impala SS Car of Tomorrow. Burton sat on the pole for the 2006 Daytona 500 and won the second Chase race (No. 28 at Dover), which [...]

TEAM CHEVY DRIVERS DENNY HAMLIN, NO. 11 FEDEX MONTE CARLO SS and CLINT BOWYER, NO. 07 JACK DANIELS MONTE CARLO SS met with reporters in the infield Media Center and discussed the upcoming ‘07 season, when both drivers will shed their rookie stripes. Hamlin was the 2006 Raybestos Rookie of the Year, won both Pocono [...]

Pos., No., Driver, Time, Speed
1. 42 Juan Pablo Montoya 48.761 184.574
2. 40 David Stremme 48.786 184.479
3. 38B David Gilliland 48.803 184.415
4. 24A Jeff Gordon 48.831 184.309
5. 17B Matt Kenseth 48.860 [...]

As race fans and the NASCAR family mourn the death of former champion and broadcaster Benny Parsons, Kenny Wallace’s family was dealt a blow of its own Tuesday morning. Shortly after Parsons passing Wallace’s father-in-law Charlie Poole died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.

COMMENT ON YOUR TEAMMATES “Do I want to beat my teammates? Yeah, I want to beat my teammates, but do I want my teammates to succeed? Of course, I want them to succeed. If the whole team does better you’re going to start getting better results more often.”
COMMENT ON FIRST DAY OF TESTING AT DIS [...]

Change Of Key: Carl Edwards Tuning Up For Fresh 2007 Outlook
* 2002 Daytona 500 Winner Ward Burton Back On The Track
* Monday’s Session Extended Because Of Morning Rains
* Regan Smith Adjusting To New Teammate/Mentor Mark Martin