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[hmsmike]

<Crickets>

No seriously the Media Tour is going on and no one is talking!!

Current story lines...

Richard Petty Racing (the merger)

http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-gem-changes-names/

Tony Stewart racing Daytona BGN race for Hendrick Motorsports

http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news_detail.asp?id=2219&bhcp=1

Michael Waltrip considers Retiring in 2010

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=3843791

No. 12 has Verizon sponsor, but no logo

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=3844867

All kinda good stuff going on!!

[JakeFlake]

thought this was going to be about Bruton Smith wanting blackouts at races that don't sell out.

[Johnny Rockets]

A bit off subject but with all the changes that have taken place, where is the best place to get a list of who is driving full time and for what teams now.

[hmsmike]

A bit off subject but with all the changes that have taken place, where is the best place to get a list of who is driving full time and for what teams now.

jayski.com -- The NASCAR info ho...

http://jayski.com/pages/2009teams.htm

[njpanther]

A bit off subject but with all the changes that have taken place, where is the best place to get a list of who is driving full time and for what teams now.

Jimmie Johnson will be in the 48 Lowes car. 42 others guys will be fighting it out for 2nd place.

[2manytoys]

Ask your boss if I can have one of the cars he picked up in Scottsdale.... not picky... any one of them will do...

[charlotte49er]

thought this was going to be about Bruton Smith wanting blackouts at races that don't sell out.

Shades of just a few years ago. Used to have to go 100 miles outside of Charlotte to see the 600 live.

[Nicbsbll2]

Thats kinda messed up that NASCAR wont let Penske put the Verison logo on the 12 car.

[hmsmike]

Ask your boss if I can have one of the cars he picked up in Scottsdale.... not picky... any one of them will do...

I know right!! :eek:

Here is a link for you others...

http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/auto-hendrick-lands-prize-collectibles/

and here is a nice story along with that...

http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-hendrick-buys-sell-for-charity/

[hmsmike]

Ask your boss if I can have one of the cars he picked up in Scottsdale.... not picky... any one of them will do...

They just showed up this morning!!

[PanthersAlv]

Thats kinda messed up that NASCAR wont let Penske put the Verison logo on the 12 car.

the same issue with Jeff Burtons Car...

Jeff Burton’s No. 31 Chevrolet wasn’t dressed in plain orange and black, as Richard Childress Racing was given permission to apply the logos of sponsor AT&T back on the car.

There is one condition. The agreement with NASCAR and series title sponsor Sprint Nextel means the team’s cars, uniforms and equipment can carry the AT&T name and logos through the end of the 2008 season. AT&T must be long gone by 2009.

http://www.nationalspeedsportnews.com/racing-news/nascar/nextel-cup/nascar-notes-at-t-logos-back-on-rcr2019s-31

That's why he's got the CATERPILLER #31 this season, not AT&T.

[Shamrock]

Michael's running out of funds...

In other news :

NASCAR NEWS - Jeff Gordon fires entire pit crew ! This announcement followed Gordon's decision to take advantage of the*government's scheme to employ Harlem youngsters.*** The decision to hire them was brought about by a recent documentary*on how unemployed youths from Harlem were able to remove a set of*wheels in less than 6 seconds without proper equipment, whereas*Gordon's existing crew could only do it in 8 seconds with millions of*dollars worth of high tech equipment.** It was thought to be an*excellent and bold move by Gordon's management team as most races are*won or lost in the pits.**However-Gordon got more than he bargained*for! ** At the crew's first practice session, not only was the inexperienced*crew able to change all 4 wheels in under 6 seconds, but within 12*seconds they had*changed the paint scheme,*altered the Vin number, and*sold the car to Dale Jr. for 10 cases of Bud, a bag of weed, and some*photos of Jeff Gordon's wife in the shower.*

[PanthersAlv]

ROFL... that's just wrong. But funny.