Car owner Ray Evernham had until last Friday to convince Dodge officials to allow UPS to sponsor Kasey Kahne's Dodge next year, and apparently he couldn't do it. That means UPS will sponsor Greg Biffle's Ford next year.
-- Augusta Chronicle
While on vacation with his family in Myrtle Beach, Scott Riggs injured both feet while unloading his jet ski in an oyster bed. The wounds required 12 stitches in the ball of left foot and eight stitches in the right big toe. The injury to Riggs has caused Valvoline Evernham Racing retain former NASCAR champion Bill Elliott to stand by for this weekend's NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race in Sonoma.
-- jayski.com
Sunday's Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway adds another wrinkle to the let-him-pass-or-not issue because there aren't a lot of places on the twisting road course where it's easy to pass. NASCAR refers to the unwritten rules as "the gentleman's agreement.'' But, as Jeff Gordon said after Darlington, "I think we found out who the gentlemen were and who the gentlemen weren't.''
-- San Francisco Chronicle
For the first time in his short Busch career, Stephen Leight will compete in consecutive races, driving Robert Yates Racing's No. 90 Ford in Saturday's AT&T 250 at The Milwaukee Mile.
-- Charlotte Observer
Cup rookie David Stremme will drive Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Reed Sorenson's No. 41 Dodge in Saturday's race, ending Sorenson's plans to run full Cup and Busch schedules this season. Stremme has three Busch starts at the Milwaukee Mile, where he has one pole, two top-five starts and three top-five finishes including a second-place finish in 2004.
-- Charlotte Observer
Chip Ganassi Racing development driver Kevin Hamlin hopes to compete in Ganassi's No. 42 Dodge in the Busch series later this season. With the recently announced departure of Ganassi Cup driver Casey Mears at season's end, Ganassi said he would likely try to find more seat time for Hamlin and Scott Lagasse Jr., another development driver.
-- Charlotte Observer
MB2 Motorsports announced today that Scott Eggleston will take over the crew chief duties on Sterling Marlin's No. 14 Chevy, replacing Doug Randolph, who will be reassigned to a new position. Eggleston's first race as Marlin's crew chief will be this weekend at the Nextel Cup road course event at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma.
-- jayski.com
David Gilliland's victory last weekend at Kentucky Speedway is considered by many the biggest upset in the history of NASCAR's Busch Series. Now all he has to do is top that performance this week. Gilliland, who followed his father, Butch, into racing, is going to try to qualify for his first Nextel Cup event Friday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. He's going to try it with a team, CJM Racing, that has yet to qualify for a Cup race this season.
-- St. Petersburg Times
NASCAR team owner Jack Roush received the highest honor the Ford Motor Company bestows in racing when he was presented with the Spirit of Ford Award last week at world headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. Roush was hired as an engineer at Ford in 1964, but got the racing bug when he joined a group called The Fastbacks two years later. The group was made up of Ford employees who competed in drag racing on weekends.
-- St. Petersburg Times
A.J. Allmendinger had big plans for his weekend off two weeks ago. The plan for Allmendinger, who is a driver in the Champ Car World Series, was to take his girlfriend on a nice romantic trip to Montreal and Niagara Falls, and propose to her. The plan did not include getting a phone call from his boss, Carl Russo, telling him he was fired.
-- Kansas City Star
Rusty Wallace will host NASCAR Angels, a reality TV show that will begin airing this fall, according to Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Daily. The show, which will feature top NASCAR competitors showing deserving families a look behind the scenes of NASCAR, is scheduled to debut Sept. 12 on various networks, including ABC.
-- SceneDaily.com
-- Augusta Chronicle
While on vacation with his family in Myrtle Beach, Scott Riggs injured both feet while unloading his jet ski in an oyster bed. The wounds required 12 stitches in the ball of left foot and eight stitches in the right big toe. The injury to Riggs has caused Valvoline Evernham Racing retain former NASCAR champion Bill Elliott to stand by for this weekend's NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race in Sonoma.
-- jayski.com
Sunday's Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway adds another wrinkle to the let-him-pass-or-not issue because there aren't a lot of places on the twisting road course where it's easy to pass. NASCAR refers to the unwritten rules as "the gentleman's agreement.'' But, as Jeff Gordon said after Darlington, "I think we found out who the gentlemen were and who the gentlemen weren't.''
-- San Francisco Chronicle
For the first time in his short Busch career, Stephen Leight will compete in consecutive races, driving Robert Yates Racing's No. 90 Ford in Saturday's AT&T 250 at The Milwaukee Mile.
-- Charlotte Observer
Cup rookie David Stremme will drive Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Reed Sorenson's No. 41 Dodge in Saturday's race, ending Sorenson's plans to run full Cup and Busch schedules this season. Stremme has three Busch starts at the Milwaukee Mile, where he has one pole, two top-five starts and three top-five finishes including a second-place finish in 2004.
-- Charlotte Observer
Chip Ganassi Racing development driver Kevin Hamlin hopes to compete in Ganassi's No. 42 Dodge in the Busch series later this season. With the recently announced departure of Ganassi Cup driver Casey Mears at season's end, Ganassi said he would likely try to find more seat time for Hamlin and Scott Lagasse Jr., another development driver.
-- Charlotte Observer
MB2 Motorsports announced today that Scott Eggleston will take over the crew chief duties on Sterling Marlin's No. 14 Chevy, replacing Doug Randolph, who will be reassigned to a new position. Eggleston's first race as Marlin's crew chief will be this weekend at the Nextel Cup road course event at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma.
-- jayski.com
David Gilliland's victory last weekend at Kentucky Speedway is considered by many the biggest upset in the history of NASCAR's Busch Series. Now all he has to do is top that performance this week. Gilliland, who followed his father, Butch, into racing, is going to try to qualify for his first Nextel Cup event Friday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. He's going to try it with a team, CJM Racing, that has yet to qualify for a Cup race this season.
-- St. Petersburg Times
NASCAR team owner Jack Roush received the highest honor the Ford Motor Company bestows in racing when he was presented with the Spirit of Ford Award last week at world headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. Roush was hired as an engineer at Ford in 1964, but got the racing bug when he joined a group called The Fastbacks two years later. The group was made up of Ford employees who competed in drag racing on weekends.
-- St. Petersburg Times
A.J. Allmendinger had big plans for his weekend off two weeks ago. The plan for Allmendinger, who is a driver in the Champ Car World Series, was to take his girlfriend on a nice romantic trip to Montreal and Niagara Falls, and propose to her. The plan did not include getting a phone call from his boss, Carl Russo, telling him he was fired.
-- Kansas City Star
Rusty Wallace will host NASCAR Angels, a reality TV show that will begin airing this fall, according to Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Daily. The show, which will feature top NASCAR competitors showing deserving families a look behind the scenes of NASCAR, is scheduled to debut Sept. 12 on various networks, including ABC.
-- SceneDaily.com
