Archive for December, 2007

CHSG Partners, the North Carolina based limited liability corporation, in partnership with Dale Jarrett and Terry Bradshaw are pleased to announce that Kathleen Borgne is the $150,000 winner of its first ever, “Ten Race Chase,” online fantasy racing game. Borgne, 40, of Tulsa, Okla., beat out the national field with her racing expertise, and [...]

Roush Fenway Racing announced today the 2008 schedule for Jamie McMurray and the No. 26 NASCAR Sprint Cup team. The No. 26 team will again be led by crew chief Larry Carter. In 2008, McMurray will split his seat time between the No. 26 Crown Royal Ford Fusion and the No. 26 IRWIN [...]

Ricky “Biscuit” Bowman, 46, of Hickory, passed away Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. Bowman was general manager of Dale Jarrett Inc. and had worked for Dale for 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Annette M. Bowman; his parents, Charles and Toni Bowman; one brother, Dennis Bowman of Hickory; a [...]

The Race of Champions is truly a splendid event, one brimming with national pride, international camaraderie and precision competition among some of the greatest and most respected racing drivers in the world, from all disciplines of motorsport.
That makes it a coveted commodity. And it makes event founder Fredrik Johnnson an influential man. We’ve been chasing [...]

Greg Biffle is scheduled to appear on the Food Network show, Paula’s Party, on Friday, Dec. 21 at 9:00pm/et [re-air at midnight].
Paula Deen puts the pedal to the metal and turns up the heat with NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and her Blowtorch Steak with Bourbon Mushroom Sauce.
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Joe Gibbs Racing officials say Z-Line Designs will serve as a primary sponsor for the team’s Nationwide Series cars in 11 races in 2008. The company will sponsor the No. 18 Toyota for six races and the No. 20 Toyota for five events.
Driving duties for the two cars will be split among Tony Stewart, Denny [...]

Marcos Ambrose has been voted the Australian Driver of the Year by Australian weekly motorsport magazine Auto Action.
The Australian earned the accolade in the magazine’s annual Racer of the Year Awards issue, released in Australia today.
Ambrose won Auto Action’s Australian Driver of the Year Award, open to any Australian-born driver racing domestically or internationally, for [...]

Autosport is a British magazine that covers motorsports on a worldwide basis. The people who work for it know far more about what’s going on around the wide, wide world of racing than I ever will.
I know that a guy like me who has seen one Formula One race live and probably has seen a [...]

Roush Fenway Racing announced today that Joey Clanton will be part of its NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series line-up for 2008, along with sponsor Zaxby’s. Clanton will pilot the No. 09 Zaxby’s Ford F-150 for the entire truck series season.
Clanton, the 2002 ASA champion, joins Roush Fenway Racing after a season in the Craftsman Truck Series [...]

UPDATE:
The paint scheme for Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Nationwide Series car was unveiled Tuesday on GoDaddy.com. The company will sponsoring Earnhardt Jr. in six Nationwide (formerly Busch Series) races in 2008.
Earnhardt Jr. designed the paint scheme for the No. 5 Chevrolet, which will be fielded by the driver’s JR Motorsports team in conjunction with Hendrick Motorsports.
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