Greg Biffle won the pole for the Pep Boys Auto 500, but his fellow Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards was the story on Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Biffle’s lap at 192.453 mph was good enough to knock Kurt Busch’s lap at 192.426 mph out of the No. 1 starting spot. It was Biffle’s first [...]

Matt Kenseth doesn’t have any plans to make up with Roush Fenway Racing teammate Carl Edwards.
The 2003 Nextel Cup champion said if Edwards, who has left him several phone messages, wants to apologize for his behavior following Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway then he needs to do it with action on the track, not words.
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Patrick Carpentier will drive the #10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge at Phoenix and Homestead. The plan is being implemented in an effort to give the #10 team a head start on preparations for the 2008 season.
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Chevrolet officials announced today that the auto maker will continue its partnership with Dale Earnhardt Inc. in 2008 and beyond.
Dale Earnhardt Inc. will compete with four NASCAR Nextel Cup Series teams next season. Martin Truex Jr. will drive the team’s No. 1, Paul Menard will drive the No. 15, Regan Smith will drive the No. [...]

Steve Hmiel has joined Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. He will be responsible for competition management, race preparation, race engineering and testing. John Fernandez remains Managing Director.
Tony Glover will remain as team manager overseeing race weekend activities.
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As former F1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve continues to prepare for his rookie season in Sprint Cup in 2008, he says he’s enjoying his initiation into stock car racing and the challenge it offers.
“It’s just fun racing. You just have to look at the racing and it’s just good racing which hasn’t been the case [...]

A.J. Allmendinger, an Indy-car racer trying to make it in NASCAR, has another year on his contract with Toyota’s Team Red Bull, according to competition director Elton Sawyer.
Nevertheless, there is speculation that at least one rival team owner would like to make a run at Allmendinger, even though Allmendinger has had a fitful first season [...]

Expect an announcement Sunday in Atlanta that David Stremme will run a 20-race schedule of Nationwide Series races next season for Rusty Wallace, Inc.
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GOODYEAR TIRE NOTES
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series — Race No. 33 — Pep Boy’s Auto 500
Atlanta Motor Speedway (1.54-mile oval) — Atlanta, Ga.
Fast Facts for October 26-28, 2007
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NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced the launch of The Dale Jr. Foundation Tuesday night at the eighth annual Dale Jr. Celebrity Sports Auction, held at Founders Hall in Charlotte, N.C. His newly-formed charitable organization is dedicated to giving underprivileged individuals, primarily youth, the resources to improve confidence, education and the opportunity [...]