UPDATE:
Kenny Wallace will replace Ricky Rudd in the No. 88 Yates/Newman/Hass/Lanigan Racing Ford this weekend at Richmond International Raceway.

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For the first time in his NASCAR Cup Series career, Ricky Rudd will miss a race because of injury.
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Jimmie Johnson will be a guest on the Live with Regis and Kelly show on Wednesday, September 5. The show airs at 9:00 am - 10:00 am in most time zones. Please check local listings for your location and time zone. The network varies.
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UPDATE:
JR Motorsports has signed the 23 year old Brad Keselowski to finish the season in the No. 88 Chevrolet.
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SPEED will interrupt regular programming tomorrow, Sept. 5 at 11a.m. ET to present a live NASCAR press conference. It is expected to be an announcement from Joe Gibbs Racing regarding the 2008 season and their move to Toyota.
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
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Tony Eury Jr. will be Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s crew chief at Hendrick Motorsports.
“Tony Jr. and Dale have a successful history working together,” team owner Rick Hendrick said Tuesday. “They have trust in each other, which is the biggest part of the relationship between driver and crew chief.”
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Hendrick driver Casey Mears will move to the No. 5 team next year from the 25 as Hendrick makes room for Dale Earnhardt, Jr in 2008.
Although Earnhardt said in June he had agreed to a five-year deal to drive for Hendrick starting next season, many details still had to be settled. He’s technically replacing Kyle [...]

UPDATE:
ESPN2’s NASCAR Now has reported that Mountain/AMP would probably be 55% of the races and National Guard would be 45% of the races for Dale Earnhardt Jr. There would be no problem with Navy being the sponsor of Dale Jr’s #88 Busch team, but that he would not be able to drive it.
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Car owner J.D. Gibbs says that contract extensions are nearly set with #11-Denny Hamlin and #20-Tony Stewart. Both have contracts through 2009.
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Marcos Ambrose gets a do-over. One of the feel-good stories of this year happened when Robby Gordon provided a Nextel Cup car for Australia’s Ambrose at Watkins Glen, a week after an on-track confrontation cost both of them a victory in the Busch race in Montreal.
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Elton Sawyer, Team Red Bull’s competition director, responded to questions about a possible switch from Toyotas to Chevrolets next season by saying his operation “is very content with our current manufacture. We have no plans to make any changes. It’s been a good partnership.”
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