Germain Racing officials announced Monday that Mike Wallace will drive the team’s No. 7 Nationwide Series Toyota in 2008, with sponsorship from GEICO. Wallace and GEICO move from Phoenix Racing, which fielded the No. 7 Chevy for Wallace this season. Wallace finished 11th in the Busch Series points standings in 2007.

Defending Grand-Am Rolex 24 At Daytona winner Chip Ganassi Racing has announced a two-car effort for the Rolex Sports Car Series’ 46th running of the event. The eight drivers competing for the organization include 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup competitors Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti.

Two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and Gillette have “severed ties on the ‘Young Guns’ program,” and Johnson is looking for “an agency to help him market his on-track success,” according to Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal.

Richie Gilmore has returned to work and to his new job full time.
Gilmore, Dale Earnhardt Inc.’s former vice president of competition, had suffered a mild stroke in early October.

Red Horse Racing driver David Starr is beginning a two-day test in his No. 11 Toyota today at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway to prepare for the 2008 Craftsman Truck Series season.

NASCAR Busch Series Awards Banquet on ESPN2 Tuesday
Fans of the NASCAR Busch Series can see Carl Edwards honored as the 2007 series champion when ESPN2 televises highlights of the series awards banquet from Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. ET.
NASCAR on ESPN personalities Allen Bestwick and Shannon Spake co-host the awards banquet, which [...]

Officials of the ARCA RE/MAX Series and SPEED have announced a four-year agreement under which SPEED will continue to televise ARCA RE/MAX Series events through 2011.

Nurses arranged John Hyland’s hospital bed in Texas with safety in mind. And it’s a good thing, the Charlotte native said, because he almost fell out of it early Saturday when he got a phone call from his mother. That’s when Hyland, an injured U.S. Army corporal, learned that Charlotte car dealer Rick Hendrick had [...]

With voting completed for the 2007 All-America Auto Racing Team, five drivers emerge as contenders for the Jerry Titus Award. Tony Schumacher, the 2006 Titus winner, is bidding to be only the third driver ever to win the award in consecutive years, after Mario Andretti in 1977-78 and John Force in 1999-2000. For the second [...]