Archive for September 7th, 2007

Dale Earnhardt Inc. officials unveiled the team’s four-car 2008 Sprint Cup lineup Friday, announcing in a news release that Regan Smith will join Martin Truex Jr., Paul Menard and Mark Martin/Aric Almirola.
DEI said Martin and Almirola would share the No. 8 Chevrolet, replacing Dale Earnhardt Jr. Sponsorship will come from the U.S. Army. Truex remains [...]

How does it feel to step into the #88 Snickers Ford to sub for Ricky Rudd this weekend?
“I think what makes me feel comfortable about this weekend is that Ricky was at the shop this morning (Wednesday) and we had a really good talk, and I told him that he could help speed my process [...]

Robert and Doug Yates, owners of the No. 88 Snickers Ford Fusion, have decided to put Kenny Wallace behind the wheel for Saturday night’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway, replacing the injured Ricky Rudd. Doug Yates cited the fill-in job Wallace did for the team in the nineties as one of [...]

Sophomore drivers Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr. will clinch a spot in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup by simply taking the green flag for this weekend’s NEXTEL Cup race, their first time ever participating in NASCAR’s playoff system.
“I can’t even imagine what it means yet,” Truex said of making the Chase. “It’s [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be a guest on Friday’s edition of the popular Pardon the Interruption sports talk program airing at 5:30pm/et on ESPN.
PTI is co-hosted by Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon, who debate a variety of sports topics during the program. Earnhardt will talk to the hosts during the “Five Good Minutes” segment.
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After missing the Chase in 2006, Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Office Depot Ford, has secured a spot in this year’s championship battle, and for a second consecutive season, the Roush Fenway Racing driver will join host Steve Byrnes for a weekly preview of each Chase event with the Thursday night SPEED program The [...]

BAM Racing will have LifeLock as primary sponsor of the #49 Dodge driven by John Andretti for this weekend’s Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway. LifeLock, the leader in identity theft prevention, helps consumers to render their personal information useless to thieves, backing up its service with a million-dollar guarantee. LifeLock also [...]