Archive for September 21st, 2007

Robby Gordon is at Dover International Speedway this weekend without a crew chief after parting ways with Gene Nead on Monday. Gordon said that he and Nead parted amicably. When asked what he was looking for in a crew chief, the Cup owner/driver answered simply, “I don’t know.” This weekend he plans to use either [...]

Launching on eBay tonight (Thursday), the Wrangler® brand is auctioning the chance to win what is likely the last opportunity to ride with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the famous Dale Earnhardt Inc. #8 Budweiser Chevrolet.
Bidding opens at 11:00 p.m. EDT and when the auction closes Sunday, Sept. 30, the Wrangler® brand will donate 100 percent [...]

The split between old and new in the 2007 Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup dramatically closed at New Hampshire.
On one side, there are the four-timers. Two drivers, Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth, are the only two to make each Chase since its 2004 inception. On the other side, the first-timers. Two drivers, Clint [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. said he talked with Anheuser-Busch’s Tony Ponturo and gave his blessing for Kasey Kahne to replace him as the Budweiser driver.
Kahne was introduced as the driver of the Budweiser-sponsored 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup car Tuesday, and Earnhardt Jr. was introduced Wednesday as the driver of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet sponsored [...]