Archive for June 12th, 2007
Terry Labonte to replace Michael Waltrip at Infineon, Watkins Glen
13 Comments Published June 12th, 2007 in NASCAR NewsTerry Labonte will drive the No. 55 Toyotas in place of Michael Waltrip for the NASCAR Nextel Cup road course races at Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen, the team announced Tuesday morning.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr to make major announcement on 2008 plans Wednesday morning-UPDATED 3
94 Comments Published June 12th, 2007 in NASCAR NewsGinn and Gibbs NOT involved in press conference…Childress out of the country ESPN reporting that Earnhardt, Jr will indeed go to Hendrick replacing Kyle Busch in the #5 Report: Kyle Busch will essentially switch with Dale Earnhardt, Jr and go to DEI Jr could drive the #25. Busch may not be the one leaving SPEED [...]
Michael Waltrip failed to qualify at Pocono, making it 12 DNQs in 14 races this season, and adding more fuel to the fires of speculation surrounding his team.
Rumors that an airplane carrying a NASCAR driver went down in Pennsylvania this morning [Monday] are not true. The air control tower at Fort Indiantown Gap [PA] heard a “Mayday” from an aircraft in trouble at 8:15 this morning. But Federal Aviation Administration officials told the state emergency operations center that there are no airplanes [...]
Kurt Busch would like to put an end to the on track feud that has developed between himself and Tony Stewart starting all the way back to this season’s opening race, the Daytona 500. Busch said he wants to “move forward” and that the “real incident was out on the racetrack”; that is, his run-ins [...]
With the delay of three hours and eventual shortening of the race to 106 laps, Sunday’s Pocono 500 became the fourth of the last six Nextel Cup races to be delayed or postponed by inclement weather.