Everybody gets a second chance at Christmas time, even Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Just a few months after being stung by Dale Jr.’s surprise decision to switch teams and racing numbers — a move that cost the NASCAR souvenir industry millions — gift shops have rolled out updated Dale merchandise in time for holiday shopping.
But this Yule [...]

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In his statement to authorities, Kasey Kahne’s brother Kale Kahne said he has reaching for his ID but that his brother didn’t have his because he’d just been in a car on the track. “He (Kasey) said. ‘I am going to walk to my motor home then,’” Kale Kahne wrote. “One guard [...]

The Shell “Stop Gunky Build-Up” campaign returns in January, this time featuring Kevin Harvick. In February, the gasoline retailer will add the “Un-Gunk Your Car” promotion. The focus continues to be the company’s commitment to fuel quality. The campaign will continue the current TV spots as well as adding two new spots, says a Shell [...]

Penske Racing is turning to an experienced crew chief to help lead the new #77 Mobil 1 Dodge team in the 2008 Sprint Cup Series. Chris Carrier, a veteran of more than 30 years in racing who has been a winning crew chief in NASCAR’s top three levels of competition, will join Penske Racing in [...]

Chemung native Todd Bodine will return to the Craftsman Truck Series next year in the #30 Germain Racing Toyota, team media relations spokeswoman Lori Smith said Wednesday. Bodine, who won the Truck Series title with Germain in 2006, finished fourth in the series this past season.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr., recently voted NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver for the fifth year in a row, and Juan Pablo Montoya, winner of the Indianapolis 500, Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix and the 2007 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year title, have joined an all-star cast of drivers, team owners and country music artists [...]

The last time Jimmie Johnson climbed on top of a golf cart was disastrous — he fell off, broke his wrist and was embarrassed by the controversy the stunt caused.
But for charity, the NASCAR champion might be persuaded to climb on top of one again.
Johnson and good friend Nick Lachey told The Associated Press on [...]

Dale Earnhardt Inc. announced it has signed crew chief Kevin “Bono” Manion to a three-year deal that will continue his long-term tenure at DEI.
“Chemistry is a very important part of any race team and I’m excited that we’ll be able to continue to build on what we have accomplished over the past several years,” said [...]

AT&T Inc. has a new look for Richard Childress Racing’s #31 Chevy driven by Jeff Burton. Burton will be zipping around the track in a new paint scheme splashed with the AT&T logo. The stylish revamp coincides with the first full season of competition of the Car of Tomorrow, as well as RCR’s switch from [...]

Accidents and spins soared during the 2007 NASCAR Chase for the Nextel Cup, USA TODAY database research shows.
Fueled by a track-record number of cautions in races at Martinsville Speedway (21) and Atlanta Motor Speedway (14), a total of 89 incidents were recorded — the most since NASCAR’s 10-race playoff was instituted in 2004 — and [...]