Archive for May 24th, 2007

Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch gave Penske Racing a grip on the front row for the Coca-Cola 600. Now they hope to end Penske’s drought at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Newman won his 39th career pole Thursday with a lap at 185.312 mph. Busch, showing no ill effects after getting tangled up with brother Kyle in a [...]

Pat Tryson doesn’t know where he’ll work next, but he hasn’t ruled out a reunion with driver Greg Biffle.
Fired as Biffle’s crew chief at Roush Fenway Racing this week, Tryson said on Thursday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway that he’s been contacted about a job from officials at Dale Earnhardt Inc.
He also acknowledged that Biffle has [...]

When Dale Earnhardt Jr. demanded 51 percent ownership of Dale Earnhardt Inc., it might have seemed logical that the son of the team founder would already own part of the company.
So why doesn’t he? Because the will of his father, the seven-time Cup champion killed on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, didn’t [...]

“The King” Richard Petty is making a presence at his second marquee event in the month of May on Sunday. Petty will join Executive Vice President of Race Operations Robbie Loomis and eight-time champion crew chief Dale Inman at the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing”, the Indianapolis 500. Petty, who also attended the Kentucky Derby [...]

People already trying to rule things in or out about where Dale Earnhardt Jr. might drive in the 2008 Nextel Cup season are getting ahead of themselves, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge said Wednesday.
“I think a lot of people are drawing conclusions,” said Elledge, the driver’s sister who is also helping to negotiate his next deal in [...]

NASCAR limits tires for Nextel Cup testing, barring teams from using Goodyears except at the seven major authorized tests. So, teams have made side deals with Hoosier and Michelin subsidiary B. F. Goodrich for test tires.

It was announced yesterday at Roush Fenway Racing that Greg Erwin will take over as crew chief of the team’s #16 Nextel Cup entry with driver Greg Biffle. “We obviously weren’t performing at a level at which Jack expected and a change was made,” said Biffle.

NASCAR announced today that Douglas Mercier [#00 Hauler Driver] has been fined $5,000 and suspended indefinitely from the sport for his unauthorized duplication of a NASCAR annual credential.

This weekend Greg Biffle will run a red and black Dish Network paint scheme on the #16 Ford.
He is scheduled to run the Dish Network paint scheme 12 more times this season.