Archive for October 25th, 2007

Dover Motorsports Inc. officials say the expected decrease in NASCAR television revenues were to blame as the company reported lower revenues for the financial quarter that ended Sept. 30.
The track operator said it had revenues of $40.951 million, down from $42.441 million in the comparable quarter of 2006, after promoting seven major motorsports events in [...]

A very emotional time for all NASCAR fans sees Kevin Harvick jump in the late Dale Earnhardt’s Chevy and edge Jeff Gordon for the win at Atlanta.
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Joe Gibbs Racing has lost one of its much-admired group of “Young Guns,” with 19-year-old Brad Coleman set to leave the team at the end of the 2007 season to become a full-time driver with Brewco Motorsports in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, currently the Busch Series.
“It looked like things were shaping up for a full-time run [...]

KASEY KAHNE:
“I’m often asked to name my favorite race track. Atlanta is always on the list. I really enjoy racing at Atlanta and the other mile-and-half tracks. Atlanta has multiple grooves or lines which gives the driver a chance to move around during the race to find a line that best suits the car setup. [...]

Quotes from Dale Earnhardt Jr. / Driver, #8 Budweiser Chevrolet:
“I don’t think there is a place on the tour where we’ve been as consistently fast and at the front only to have strange things happen in the final laps. It’s a lot like what has happened for the Bud team all year: we’re fast, we [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a lot to look forward to as he prepares to make his move to Hendrick Motorsports next season.
Like cars that are fast every week, engines that last 500 miles and a team capable of winning.
But I wonder if Earnhardt Jr. is starting to have some reservations about his move to Hendrick.

HAMPTON, GA - When the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series arrives at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, October 28 for the Pep Boys Auto 500, it will mark the seventh event in the 10-race Chase for the Championship that will culminate in Florida in just four more weeks.
As the series winds down, the action revs up [...]

* Jeff Gordon And Richard Petty Recognized This Weekend
* Jimmie Johnson Posts Seventh Win Of The Season
* Atlanta Features Fast Track Conditions
* Final NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Test At Atlanta Next Week

Haas CNC Racing has settled on its drivers for its two-car Sprint Cup team in 2008, but its sponsorship situation is unsettled. Best Buy, which backs the team’s # 66 - driven for the first time this weekend by Jeremy Mayfield - has not decided its future, a spokesman for the company said this week. [...]

Holiday Inn has exercised the option in its current contract with Richard Childress Racing (RCR) by signing a multiyear contract extension as the Official Hotel of RCR and the primary sponsor of RCR’s No. 29 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS in the NASCAR Nationwide Series with co-drivers Scott Wimmer and Jeff Burton.
At the same time, Wimmer [...]