PARTICIPANTS:
- DALE EARNHARDT JR. (NO. 88 AMP ENERGY/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLETS)
- RICK HENDRICK (OWNER, HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS)

- DAWN HUDSON (PRESIDENT AND CEO, PEPSI-COLA NORTH AMERICA)
- LT. GEN. CLYDE A. VAUGHN (DIRECTOR, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD)
- EDDIE GOSSAGE (PRESIDENT, TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY)
- WINSTON KELLEY (MODERATOR)
THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of Hendrick Motorsports, Rick Hendrick, Dale [...]

Former NASCAR driver Aaron Fike appeared in Warren County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday on charges stemming from his arrest in an amusement park parking lot with what police said was heroin and drug tools.
Fike, 24, of Cornelius, N.C., did not enter a plea, and no trial date was set, Warren County Prosecutor Rachel Hutzel [...]

It was announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive the #88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolets in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, giving him a storied car number for his transition to Hendrick Motorsports. Some history behind the #88 in NASCAR’s top series:

Robert Yates confirmed today he is retiring the #88 from Robert Yates Racing (RYR) following the last race of the 2007 Nextel Cup season. He is requesting NASCAR transfer the number to Hendrick Motorsports and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. for use in competition for the 2008 Sprint Cup Series.
“Ralph Earnhardt drove the #88 Olds in 1957 [...]

Mountain Dew AMP Energy and the Army National Guard will sponsor Dale Earnhardt Jr. when the popular stock-car driver joins Hendrick Motorsports for the 2008 Sprint Cup Series campaign, it was announced Wednesday at the Dallas Convention Center. Earnhardt, who helped design his two primary paint schemes and red car-number graphic, will drive the #88 [...]

Q – Racing at Dover doesn’t seem to wear drivers out as much as it used to. What’s the reason for that?
“One of the reasons the drivers don’t get as worn out is because it is less distance to race than in the past. It went from 500 miles to 400 miles and that has [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is bringing his heavy-hitting brand and high-profile name to the candy business, announcing the launch of his new candy bar, ‘Dale Jr.’s Big Mo’ through R.M. Palmer Company. Earnhardt Jr. introduced Big Mo’ to buyers and industry media today [Tuesday] at the 2007 Candy Expo at McCormick Place.

George Gillett Jr., the majority owner of Gillett Evernham Motorsports, has been a big fan of seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Richard Petty for more than 30 years. Now he wants to be business partners. Gillett is actively pursuing a merger that would make Petty Enterprises and GEM a four-car team. Sources close to the situation [...]

Tracy Lathram, whose husband Scott Lathram died in the Hendrick Motorsports plane crash in October 2004 near Martinsville, Va., has settled her lawsuit against Hendrick Motorsports and the government. All sides had agreed to a settlement in June, and it was approved Tuesday in U.S. District Court in North Carolina.

Scott Wimmer will attempt to qualify for his second Cup Series race of the season at Dover International Speedway, giving RCR four entries in the Dodge Dealers 400.