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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
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Homestead-Miami Speedway recently re-modeled its Corporate Partnerships team and facility growth initiatives with former Director of Corporate Partnerships Jim D’Arecca becoming the new Director of Consumer Sales, and Sherry Adams joining the staff as the Director of Corporate Partnerships.
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Chamber of Commerce weather, outstanding attendance, popular musical acts and some of NASCAR’s top stars combined to make the 2007 Food Lion Speed Street festival a memorable occasion.
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Bobby Hamilton Racing along with Dodge Motorsports announced today that 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion Mike Bliss will pilot the No. 4 Open Joist Dodge in 11 of the remaining 18 NCTS events, all of which are in conjunction with the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. Bliss will make his first start for Bobby Hamilton Racing this weekend at Dover. Bliss has 179 previous NCTS starts and visited victory lane 13 times. (Nate Mecha/High Sierra Photo)
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"We agree with the vigilance that NASCAR is taking in this instance," said Bill Davis. "We also have a zero tolerance substance abuse policy at Bill Davis Racing and will take the appropriate action concerning Tyler's future status with our company." (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Winning Pro or Super Late Model Driver Will Receive a Full ABC-Body from ARP
During the past couple of years, Speed51.com has become synonymous with Most Popular Driver Awards. The popular short track racing website, has worked with a number of series and divisions around the country.
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Tyler Walker, a driver in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, has been suspended from competition indefinitely by NASCAR, for violating the sanctioning body's substance abuse policy. On May 18, Walker was found to have violated Sections 12-4-A, and 12-4-E of the series rule book. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Pennington Motorsports team owner J. Pennington officially announced today the signing of Barry Dodson as crew chief of the No. 7 Hooters Energy Drink Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with driver Jason White effective with this weekend's event from Mansfield Motorsports Park. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Veteran chief wrenches Tommy Morgan and Gary Showalter have been named to new positions at Key Motorsports, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series organization that fields the No. 40 and No. 44 Chevrolets on the circuit. Team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. announced the re-structuring of his team today.
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Roush Fenway Racing announced today that K&N Filters has signed on to sponsor their No. 6 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team and driver Travis Kvapil for the remainder of the 2007 season. "It's great that K&N has signed on with us full-time," said Kvapil. "They are a great company with products that myself and many of the guys in the shop use." (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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This weekend at the Coca-Cola 600, eight Nextel Cup drivers and two Busch drivers will lead all NASCAR fans in the American Heroes Memorial Day salute to the armed forces to kick off a nationwide effort to raise funds for military families in need. It is the largest military tribute effort in history by NASCAR drivers.
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The North Carolina Motorsports Association’s (NCMA) Short Track Council held a special meeting on Tuesday May 22nd in Garner (NC) for a panel discussion of the economic and community impact of Short Track/Grass Roots Racing in the state of North Carolina.
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Kansas Speedway President Jeff Boerger has been named chairman of the board of the Kansas City, KS (KCK) Chamber of Commerce. Boerger will serve the remainder of 2007 to replace former Chair Irene Cumming who is moving to Chicago for a new position and he will continue as chairman of the board through December 31, 2008.
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Goody’s Cool Orange, the revolutionary new flavor from Goody’s Headache Powders, will be the primary sponsor for driver Chad McCumbee and the #45 Petty Enterprises Dodge at the Pocono 500 Nextel Cup race on June 10 at Pocono Raceway. McCumbee, making his Nextel Cup debut, will fill in for Kyle Petty as he goes to the booth for TNT for the first of five races.
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The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced today that the Car of Tomorrow will be fully implemented for the 2008 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season. The move accelerates the integration of the new car into the series by one full year.
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NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES:
Monday, November 19, 2007 - Regarding innovation, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Awards Banquet is set for Monday, Nov. 19 at a new site where excitement is inherent: The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Fla.
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Race fans who plan to visit the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and Talladega Superspeedway in the future have the opportunity to purchase combo tours on the Web.
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Wood Brothers/JTG Racing is proud to announce the addition of Ravenswood, the leading producer of Zinfandel from Constellation Wines, as an associate sponsor for their No. 21 Craftsman Truck Series team.
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Martinsville Speedway President Clay Campbell this week announced the promotion of two employees. Henry Williams, a long-time speedway employee, has been promoted to Senior Director of Facility Operations, while Gordon Wilson has been named Director of Track Operations.
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Martinsville Speedway was honored by the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation with the presentation of the organization’s Legacy Award Wednesday afternoon. It was only the second time the Legacy Award has been presented in the six-year history of the Economic Development Corporation’s Annual Business Appreciation Awards.
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The Redneck Racing Series has brought its "Street Stocks on Steroids" to fans at short tracks throughout the Southeast since its inception in 2006. With character-themed, high-powered racing machines that have header stacks coming out of the hood and front and rear bumpers ready for some action, the Redneck Racing Series has become a fan-favorite everywhere the series goes.
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Before tackling the concrete oval of Dover International Speedway on June 1, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Brendan Gaughan and two members of his South Point Racing team will make a pit stop at the Urban Youth Racing School in Washington, D.C. The school was founded 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by sports marketing expert, Anthony Martin. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Five races into the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, Aaron Fike, No. 1 Red Horse Racing Toyota, is right where he wants to be. He leads the Raybestos Rookie of the Year race by 17 points and is 11th in the standings, seven points out of 10th-place. "I think everything has gone really well so far," Fike said. "My goals coming into the season were to run in the top 10 in points, win rookie of the year and I'd like to win a pole … a race win would be nice too." Fike has finished in the top 10 in consecutive races and led six laps at Kansas - the first lead he has had in 57 NASCAR races (including 52 NASCAR Busch Series starts). He also knows that he could be doing better in the standings. "We should have more top 10s; we've run up front almost every race," Fike said. The Loop Data backs him up. Fike's Average Running Position is 11.925, eighth-best in the series. He is quick to give the credit to his team. "I'm just happy to be with a good team," Fike said. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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The Quaker Steak and Lube 200 kicks off seven consecutive weeks of racing for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competitors, and Travis Kvapil couldn’t be happier about it. He has scored top-five finishes, including two wins at six of the seven tracks along the stretch. In two Craftsman Truck Series starts at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Kvapil has recorded two top-10 finishes.
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NASCAR announced today that the No. 8 Chevrolet team in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series has been penalized and fined for rule violations committed last week at Darlington Raceway.
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Three races have been added to Mark Martin's limited 2007 schedule with Ginn Racing. The additional races include Pocono (Aug. 5), Richmond (Sept. 8) and Dover (Sept. 23). “It has been nothing but a pleasure driving that U.S. Army Chevrolet for Ryan Pemberton and this team,” said Martin.
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Race fans wanting to experience one of the biggest thrills a race fan could ever dream of have only a couple of weeks left to take advantage of a special once in a lifetime chance to drive Talladega Superspeedway.
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Erik Darnell, driver of the No. 99 Northern Tool & Equipment Ford F-150, is coming off his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory when he won at Kansas Speedway last month. Darnell, who is 10th in the series point standings, stayed sharp over the weekend as he won the ARCA race at Kentucky Speedway. The Beach Park, IL, native will look to keep his hot streak going on Friday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway as the NCTS returns to action with the Quaker Steak and Lube 200.
You've won your last two races so there must be a big smile on your face these days, right?
"I can't complain. I think John Quinn and all the guys did a great job out at Kansas a couple of weeks ago with the truck and it showed out there on the track. We had a really good race and ended up winning the thing, which is cool, and then to go to Kentucky this past weekend and win the ARCA race just kind of icing on the cake for the good run we had out there at Kansas. We're coming to Lowe's with some of the stuff that we learned at Kansas and we should have a good truck for the race."
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One of the most popular fan-oriented aspects of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event weekend will continue in 2007 as race fans will again be invited to walk the Mansfield Motorsports Park racing surface on race morning. The MMP Fan Walk will allow race fans in attendance to get down on the track just hours before the start of the Ohio 250.
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Kevin Harvick, co-owner and CEO of Kevin Harvick Inc., stated "I am thrilled that Camping World decided to expand their involvement with KHI and join the No. 33 truck team. The combination of Ron Hornaday and Rick Ren has been fun to watch this season in their bid for the Truck Series championship." (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Erin Crocker was less than six laps from being the first female winner in ARCA RE/MAX Series history. But it was not to be, compliments of a hard-charging Erik Darnell, who passed Crocker on the 95th circuit of the 100-lap race to win the Buckle-Up Kentucky 150 Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway. (ARCA RE/MAX Photo)
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The Official NASCAR Members Club (ONMC) announced today that it will celebrate a special milestone this weekend when it honors its 50,000th member with the All-Star VIP experience of a lifetime that will include honors at the ONMC's second annual National Convention as well as VIP treatment at the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star race events.
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As the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series only three-time champion, Jack Sprague, No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota, is arguably one of the best drivers in series' history. He has wins at 18 of the 44 tracks at which he has competed and at least one top-five finish at 39 different tracks. But if there is one place Sprague hasn't conquered, it is Lowe's Motor Speedway. In three races at the track, his best finish is 26th, in 2004. Last year, in his first race there with Wyler Racing and crew chief Tony Furr, Sprague finished 34th. He can't figure out why. "I don't know what it is," Sprague said. "I love this place. I won the first Sportsman race the track had - I can run fast here." His actions spoke louder than words Thursday, during the first day of a two-day series test at Lowe's. Sprague's test laps were among the top five quickest in each of the three sessions. "I know the guys gave me two great trucks here at the test," Sprague said. "Hopefully we can come back next Friday and at least contend for the win." (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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The NASCAR Foundation announced today that they have joined forces with several NASCAR drivers and media partners for a historic telethon in support of NASCAR Day on May 18.
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To further bolster its claim as one of the most fan-friendly venues in NASCAR racing, Mansfield Motorsports Park will open its gates for local school field trips on Graham Auto Mall Pole Day on May 24, part of the fourth annual NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Ohio 250 weekend.
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Former Cup Champs Richard Petty, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte and Kurt Busch Set to Appear
- If an event is measured by the success of its participants then this year’s Food Lion Speed Street festival in uptown Charlotte is shaping up as one to remember.
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Organic, green-tea based SteaZ beverages, a division of the Healthy Beverage Company, is the latest product line to become an official supplier of Key Motorsports. The Newton, Pennsylvania based company came onto the popular beverage scene just a few years ago, producing a line of USDA Organic soda in popular flavors that are micro-brewed fresh from the finest organic Ceylon green tea grown in Sri Lanka.
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SPEED will interrupt regularly scheduled programming to go LIVE from the JR Motorsports race shop at 11 a.m. ET for a news conference with NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Bobby Hamilton Racing and Dodge Motorsports are redirecting its focus in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series from driver development in the No. 4 Open Joist Dodge. BHR and driver Chase Miller will part ways effective immediately. A replacement will be determined. Evernham Motorsports driver Kasey Khane and Chip Ganassi Racing driver Kevin Hamlin will test the Open Joist Dodge later this week at Lowes Motor Speedway. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Wyler Racing and Johnny Benson had the odds stacked against them when they rolled into Richmond International Raceway last weekend. Here was a full-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team with a former full-time Nextel Cup Series regular as their wheelman. He was driving a Toyota Camry; a car that has struggled to make races in a Car of Tomorrow and a regular car. Some were scratching their heads as to why they would subject themselves to this punishment; especially with 50+teams entered into the race. But, when the checkered flew under sunny skies on Sunday, Benson and Wyler Racing left with their collective heads held high. Heck, they had them held even before the race when they qualified on Friday. In doing so; they bested a two-time Daytona 500 champion, a Nextel Cup champion who hadn't missed a race since 1994 and five other fully-funded teams in the top series of the sport. (Photo: Nick Laham/Getty Images)
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There were many changes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the past year, but one thing that didn’t change was the tremendous impact its NASCAR Weekend had on the Las Vegas economy. The 2007 event weekend, March 9-11, kept its place as one of the most lucrative on the city’s calendar.
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The last two weeks have been anything but easy for veteran Ken Schrader and the Wood Brothers/JTG Nextel Cup team. Having missed out on Talladega’s event after posting the 29th fastest time, the next week the team missed the Richmond race by 3/100th of a second. The team is now pulling out almost all of the stops to find the speed they need to qualify each week on time.
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NASCAR’s own Hermie Sadler is extending an invitation to everyone within the NASCAR community to join him at Lake Norman High School in Mooresville, North Carolina this Friday night for the United Wrestling Federation’s UWF Live! presented by Peak Fitness.
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Mike Skinner saves the best for last. That's not to say he's not the best there is in the beginning and the middle. He is. But he shines when it counts - the end. Skinner's average start is 2.8. His average position in the middle of each race is 5.0. But his average finish is 2.4. All those marks are far and away the best in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Erik Darnell will attempt to make his first ARCA RE/MAX Series start at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday night. Darnell comes to Kentucky after two days of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series testing at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Darnell participated in the Kentucky ARCA test last week, where he unofficially topped the speed charts.
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Two remarkable events took place in historic Virginia over the weekend. Jamestown celebrated “America’s 400th Anniversary" while another extraordinary feat took place just an hour away at Richmond International Raceway as Johnny Benson put Wyler Racing’s No. 46 Wyler Racing Toyota Racing Development (TRD) Toyota Camry in the field for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series’ running of the Crown Royal presents the Jim Stewart 400.
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Chad McCumbee, 22, has been assigned by Petty Enterprises to drive the No. 45 Petty Enterprises Dodge this June at the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway. McCumbee made his first Nextel Cup laps Monday afternoon at the 1.5-mile Lowe's Motor Speedway located in Concord. McCumbee made nine laps Monday afternoon posting a fast lap of 30.833 seconds at a speed of 175.137 miles per hour. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular Wayne Edwards took advantage of a weekend off from his normal duties to compete in the ARCA RE/MAX Series ARCA Winchester 200 at Winchester Speedway on Sunday afternoon.
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For nearly 15 years, late model stock cars prepared by Jason 'Scotty' Williamson pounded the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States winning at places like Martinsville, South Boston and New River Valley. That success, and the drive to achieve even more in racing, took him in an unusual direction that eventually earned him a position with the HT Motorsports No. 59 Toyota Tundra driven by Terry Cook in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. "I started thinking about moving on," said Williamson, now the brake and suspension specialist with HT Motorsports. "I wanted to do more than late model race. I wanted to be a part of the big three - NASCAR Nextel Cup, Busch, or the Craftsman Truck Series. I decided to look into the Patrick Henry Community College Motorsports Program. With all the experience I had, a lot of people wondered why I would go back to school, but I knew the instructor and it was a chance to see how someone else did things." (HT Motorsports Photo)
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One Lucky Fan to Win Ultimate Backyard Tailgate Party -
NASCAR announced today a new brand extension and logo to further support the sport's more than 25 licensed food and official partner products under an umbrella brand "NASCAR Cooks!,". NASCAR will launch a nine-week contest to run from July 1 through August 27; "NASCAR Cooks! Race Day Recipe Contest."
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Jason 'Scotty' Williamson puts in long hours as a NASCAR suspension specialist and mechanic at HT Motorsports. When away from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team shop located in Martinsville, VA, Williamson blows off steam - literally - dreaming about a bygone era. (HT Motorsports Photo)
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Location:
Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C. Date: Saturday, May 19, 2007 Time: 9:00 p.m. (EDT)
Sanctioning Body:
NASCAR, Daytona Beach, Fla.
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NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series - Special Non-Points Event
Companion Races:
NEXTEL Open - NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, Kobalt Tools Crew Chiefs Race.
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Pull out a cool drink, break out the suntan lotion and get ready to get some sand between your toes. A bonanza of America’s best beach music is primed to perform on the Budweiser Stage to help kick off opening night festivities at this year’s Food Lion Speed Street festival in uptown Charlotte on Thursday, May 24th.
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In an effort to charge up for a summer filled with consecutive weekends at the racetrack, we're closing up shop on the Close Finishes keyboard for a couple of days. Instead of your normal Close Finishes.com Monday morning feature, we're getting the jump on the weekend and posting a tasty little photo gallery of a vintage Indy roadster we came across at Kansas Speedway last week. (CloseFinishes.com Photo)
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Homestead-Miami Speedway invites South Florida residents to join thousands of companies and individuals from across the country to celebrate the fourth annual NASCAR Day on May 18 and raise money for the NASCAR Foundation and local charitable initiatives, including Speediatrics at Homestead Hospital.
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Tickets for the most anticipated racing event in history - the 50th annual Daytona 500 - will go on sale on Wednesday, May 9, at 8 a.m. (EST). The pre-Mother's Day Weekend on-sale date marks the earliest opportunity ever for fans to purchase all remaining tickets for the 50th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 17, 2008.
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Erik Darnell, zero wins on his resume heading into Kansas, was dominating like a seasoned veteran. Darnell turned Kansas Speedway into his personal playground last Saturday night and registered the fifth-widest margin of victory in Craftsman Truck Series history - 10.440 seconds. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Talladega Superspeedway President Grant Lynch made good on a promise to crack down on fans who threw objects onto the track following last Sunday’s Aaron’s 499.
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Johnny Benson will be returning to some very familiar territory - but in an unfamiliar car - this weekend at Richmond International Raceway. Benson, normally found driving the No. 23 Toyota Tundra for Bill Davis Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, will attempt to make Saturday night's Nextel Cup Series race. He'll be piloting a Toyota Camry, not for BDR, but for Wyler Racing. Wyler has Jack Sprague wheeling their No. 60 Toyota Tundra in the NCTS ranks. To get ready for their NNCS debut, Wyler and Benson took part in a two-day test session last month. Oh, did we mention this also a COT race for the Cup cars? Yeah, that should make it even more interesting for Benson. Not only is it his first Cup attempt since 2003, it's also his first time in a COT. The good news is every other team in the Cup garage will be racing with the COT for only the fourth time this season. "I think it's going to be great," Benson said. "We went to Richmond and the test went very well. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Michigan International Speedway’s continued commitment to race fans took another important step with the approval of several capital improvement projects for the 2007 summer racing season. Although MIS has yearly goals, its primary goal of providing the best possible experience to the race fan is ongoing.
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As part of its weeklong All-Star programming lineup leading up to the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge, SPEED will deliver a special episode of Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain. The 90-minute special, entitled "Wonderboy or The Intimidator ... Who's Better?" will air live at 7 p.m. ET on May 16, as Despain brings in experts to compare the careers of the sport's ultimate all stars -- Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon.
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"Immediately following the Aaron's 499 on Sunday, April 29 at Talladega Superspeedway, 14 people were arrested in the grandstands. Of the 14 arrested, 12 were for throwing objects on the race track and were booked for disorderly conduct. The remaining two were not accurately identified as throwing objects, but were booked for disorderly conduct for other actions that took place."
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Petty Enterprises announces that Chad McCumbee and John Andretti will drive the No. 45 Marathon/Wells Fargo/Tire Kingdom Dodge this summer. The duo will be filling the seat of full time driver Kyle Petty. Petty, with permission from primary and associate sponsors will step out of the car in a five race hiatus to join TNT during their six-race broadcast schedule. Petty will return to the car during the road course event at the Infineon Raceway and provide in-car race analysis. Petty will complete the season after the July 15 event at the Chicagoland Speedway in the No. 45 Marathon/Wells Fargo/Tire Kingdom Dodge. McCumbee, 22, will attempt to make his NASCAR Nextel Cup debut at the 2.5-mile Pocono (Penn.) Raceway on June 10 during the Pocono 500. Veteran driver John Andretti will race the remaining four open races for Petty. "I'm very grateful to Chad and John for lending their talents behind the wheel," said Kyle Petty. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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NASCAR Images, the internal production and creative services company of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), has received a Sports Emmy Award for the television program Beyond the Wheel. The program, which took television viewers inside the sport of NASCAR like no other previous show, turning the NASCAR race experience into a cinematic adventure, was awarded for “Live Event Turnaround.”
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Johnny Benson on Teaming Up with Wyler Racing:
"I think it's going to be great. The Wyler's and (Crew Chief) Tony Furr asked me to do some testing for them at the end of last year and we thought that test went pretty well. As this year got underway, they were talking about doing some more testing and called to see if I would do it. I said, "Yeah, I'd be glad." (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Tony Stewart Racing driver and former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular Tracy Hines was injured in an accident on the evening of Monday, April 30 on his Indiana property. The 35-year-old from New Castle, Ind., crashed while riding his off-road motorcycle. Hines was transported via helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. (High Sierra Photo)
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Popular Short Track Racing Website Looking for “Good Writers” Around the Country -
Six years ago, a little known website called 51SportsRacing.com began writing and publishing original stories and features on the internet surrounding two of the biggest short track racing series in the country, the now-defunct ASA National Tour and the World of Outlaws.
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Whether Iowa Speedway's future schedules will include NASCAR events beyond the Grand National Division is anybody's guess. But Iowans pining for even more events at the second-year Newton facility can be certain of one thing here and now, said NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Rick Crawford.
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