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Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year. Starting a new routine for me fingers crossed it works.
There have been several NASCAR weddings in the last month, congratulations to all.
GREAT DAY---shanes pops and ms peggy came to visit his bfriend and his wife zach and kim were here--his brother showed up for all of us tp go to Teds for new years eve dinner and his lovely girlfriend linds been here since thurs and stayed with him giving steve and i much needed rest---back to shane and i tomorrow and a kick ass week of therapy==going on robotic treadmill--hell yeah HAPPY NEW YEAR
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TV Times: Is E15 Ethanol a NASCAR Time Bomb?
by Lou Modestino
The Daly Planet, with its accompanying Blog, suggests that NASCAR’s involvement with Ethanol 15 could be a time bomb!
John Daly pointed out that even the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers recently filed a petition with the U.S. Appellate Court challenging the EPA’s approval for gas containing 15 percent Ethanol. Similar concerns have also been expressed by Fox Cable News contributors John Stossel and Glen Beck.
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Are Fans Going to Show Up This Year to the Track?
The holidays have concluded and life is beginning to settle back into reality. It is January and it amazes me to think that preliminary testing for the Daytona 500 is less than three weeks away already. It seems like I was watching the banquet ceremony just last night and already the hype is starting to form for the 2011 Daytona 500. The problem however is just how much hype will there actually be this year. In a country that’s going to see an increase in gas prices this year and a struggling economy, NASCAR has to stop and consider the following question: Are fans going to show up this year to the track? Racetracks are offering out
http://www.catchfence.com/2011/perspectives/01/03/are-fans-going-to-show-up-this-year-to-the-track/
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Bad boy Busch ties knot
Toronto Sun (blog)
By dean.mcnulty NASCAR bad boy Kyle Busch finally found someone to love, or more to the point, someone who loves him. The 25-year-old driver of the Joe ...
http://www.torontosun.com/blogs/deanofspeed/2011/01/02/16731621.html
NASCAR Knockout: Cup Contenders Capable Of Challenging The Champ In 2011
Bleacher Report
The contenders for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup title just may be a new mixed bag if Brian France, NASCAR's head guy, proceeds with the anticipated changes to ...
ARCA : A NEW ERA WITHOUT REMAX « RACING SERIES REPORT CENTER
By paul
TOLEDO, Ohio – December 31, 2010) – Tomorrow will be the dawn of a new era for ARCA, as Menards will officially take its place as the lone presenting sponsor of the ARCA Racing Series. RE/MAX International, Inc., a series fixture since
http://seriesreport.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/arca-a-new-era-without-remax/
Gordon in eighth place after first stage of Dakar
Nascar
By NASCAR.COM CORDOBA, Argentina -- Robby Gordon and Team Hummer completed the first stage of the Dakar Rally on Sunday in eighth place, covering the ...
http://www.nascar.com/news/110102/rgordon-dakar-rally/
Seven Up: Seven NASCAR Drivers Whose 2011 Season Will Be Better Than 2010
Bleacher Report
With every new NASCAR season, it is inevitable that some drivers will exceed expectations while others will completely fall flat. Taking a look back at 2010 ...
CUP: Chitwood Thrilled To Run Daytona
SPEEDtv.com
Earlier this month, NASCAR driver David Ragan (Left) visited Daytona International Speedway and track president Joie Chitwood (Right). ...
http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-chitwood-thrilled-to-run-daytona/
Harvick Reaches Out To Help Needy Children Around His 'Home Track'
PaddockTalk
... who finished third in this year’s Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. ... June’s in Winston-Salem, NC, featuring country music star Sara Evans. ...
http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-150987.html
Less is More: The Road to a Sprint Cup Series Title for Kyle Busch ...
By Kelly Crandall
Applaud Kyle Busch for winning three races in one weekend. Applaud Kyle Busch for setting the single season win record in the Nationwide Series. Applaud Kyle Busch for winning the Camping World Truck Series owners championship in the
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/?p=5245
Montoya rejects F1 return rumours
Clubcall
Juan Pablo Montoya has ruled out returning to Formula 1 and insists he is happy competing in NASCAR. Montoya decided to leave the sport in 2006 and has been ...
http://www.clubcall.com/formula-1/montoya-rejects-f1-return-rumours-1140616.html
Penske Racing promotes Travis Geisler to Competition Director
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77 Dodge driven by Sam Hornish Jr. in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be responsible for coordinating all facets of Penske Racing's NASCAR racing programs ...
Lessons learned
FOXSports.com
Now he's made NASCAR history yet again with five championships in a row. Like I have said for years, the No. 48 simply has its act together on a level much ...
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/lessons-learned-in-2010
Who's Where for 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup (Part 1)
Bleacher Report
By RUSSELL SCHMIDT With all of the many changes in team lineups for 2011, I'll go over who's where in the NASCAR Sprint Cup team lineup for the next several ...
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/559321-whos-where-for-2011-nascar-sprint-cup-part-1
For NASCAR driver Carl Edwards, Columbia more than home
Columbia Missourian
They waited outside the trailer of NASCAR driver Tony Stewart, Jacob's favorite race car driver. Jacob wanted Stewart to autograph his toy race car, ...
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2011/01/01/carl-edwards-homeboy/
COLUMN: Trying to reason with NASCAR off-season
Gaston Gazette
When NASCAR season ends, a writer's thoughts drift toward other sports, at which point comparisons inevitably arise. As this is the only time of the year in ...
http://www.gastongazette.com/sports/nascar-53908-reason-season.html
Terry Blount hopes the things people in and around NASCAR say in 2011 are as ...
ESPN
So before we start 2011, let's take a look at some quotes from 2010 that said quite a bit about what happened in NASCAR last season. ...
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Brad Keselowski goes back to school
News & Observer
AP NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Brad Keselowski poses with the Series Championship trophy after clinching the title following a third place finish in the ...
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/01/01/894126/brad-keselowski-goes-back-to-school.html
Is NASCAR Missing the Mark with Social Media?
The Nascar Insiders
Do you follow NASCAR on Twitter? I noticed this week, in comparison to other sports sanctioning bodies, NASCAR's Twitter following is pitiful (TC and I ...
http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2010/12/31/is-nascar-missing-the-mark-with-social-media/
Australia's Andrew Hagen has NASCAR dreams
Detroit Free Press
A few weeks ago, he was living in White Lake, pursuing a dream of making it as a NASCAR driver. Hagen, 24, isn't giving up. He returned Down Under in ...
http://www.freep.com/article/20101231/SPORTS18/12310391/Australia-s-Andrew-Hagen-has-NASCAR-dreams
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Robby Gordon Eighth In First Dakar Stage
NASCAR driver Robby Gordon finished eighth in the first stage of the Dakar Rally on Sunday as he finished 11 minutes, 4 seconds behind leader Carlos Sainz in the route from Victoria to Cordoba in Argentina. The 138-mile stage was the first of 13 timed stages of the event, which opened Saturday with a ceremonial parade stage. Gordon, driving a Robby Gordon Motorsports Hummer, finished the route in 2 hours, 29 minutes and 36 seconds. The second stage will be Monday with a 201-mile route from Cordoba to San Miguel de Tucuman. “Tomorrow’s stage is supposed to go through the mountains, which are not good for us for two reasons: First, the Hummers are not turbo-charged then the course is a little narrow," Gordon said. "They did say that we should encounter some bumps, which could be good for us.”(scenedaily.com)
Rusty Wallace Racing Hires Doug Randolph To Crew Chief No. 66
Officials of Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR) announced today that NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series veteran, Doug Randolph, has been named crew chief for driver Steve Wallace and RWR's No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota, in their charge for the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship. Randolph joins RWR following stints as crew chief at such organizations as Richard Childress Racing, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing and Petty Enterprises. In his most recent Nationwide Series crew chief role, Randolph led Childress's No. 29 team and driver Clint Bowyer to wins at Daytona and Dover in 2009. Noted RWR General Manager Larry Carter, "We're very excited to add Doug Randolph to our organization. I've known Doug for a while and he's a really talented guy. He brings a lot of valuable experience to our team, including a lot of experience with the Car of Tomorrow. We're all looking forward to working with him."
Penske Racing Names Todd Gordon Nationwide Crew Chief
Penske Racing has announced that experienced crew chief Todd Gordon has been named as the crew chief for the defending NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) championship-winning No. 22 Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge team for 2011. Gordon, who most recently served as race engineer for Diamond-Waltrip Racing in the Nationwide Series, will take over the team that earned Penske Racing’s first NASCAR championship last season with driver Brad Keselowski claiming six wins, five poles and a series single-season record 26 top-five finishes. Gordon will be paired with Keselowski as the No. 22 team will once again pursue the Nationwide Series title in 2011.
Gordon, who graduated from Clemson University with a mechanical engineering degree, has served as a crew chief several times throughout his 12-year career in racing. Prior to working with Diamond-Waltrip Racing, he was crew chief at Baker Curb Racing in the Nationwide Series and he also helped build the CJM Racing Nationwide Series program from the ground up, serving as both team manager and crew chief. This will also mark Gordon’s second stint as crew chief of the No. 22 NNS car as he actually led the “double deuce” team when it was part of PPC Racing in 2006. Paul Wolfe, who helped lead the No. 22 team to the NNS championship this season, was named recently as crew chief of Penske Racing’s No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge in the NASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2011, which created the opportunity for Gordon.
Billy Ballew Motorsports Merges With Vision Aviation Racing
Billy Ballew Motorsports (BBM) announced today that the team has merged with Vision Aviation Racing (VAR) to continue to field the No. 15 and No. 51 entries in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The announcement was made today by Ballew and Vision Aviation Racing General Manager Tom Davis. The team will compete under the Vision Aviation Racing banner and race with the same winning equipment and resources Billy Ballew Motorsports is known for. Ballew will keep an ownership stake in the team. Up-and-coming drivers Justin Johnson and Dusty Davis, who both competed in the Super Late Model and K&N Pro Series West divisions in 2010 for VAR, will make their Truck Series debut in 2011. The team will remain supported by Toyota. Vision Aviation Racing, already a winning team on the West Coast, will carry on the tradition of Billy Ballew Motorsports, which just completed a history-best season with two wins and a second-place finish in the drivers' championship by Aric Almirola. The team is also known for teaming with Kyle Busch to collect 16 wins before Busch started his own operation. The team merger is still in process with key personnel yet to be finalized. The team will compete out of VAR's Mooresville facility, located directly across from the former Billy Ballew Motorsports location.
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Courtesy of Jayski
- Day 1: Robby Gordon and the 2011 Dakar Rally: Today [Jan 2nd] marked the official start of the 2011 Dakar Rally. Stage 1, the first of 13 timed stages in this year's rally race, included a 566-km road section and a 222-km special that began in Victoria and ended in Cordoba. Heavy rain created an unforeseen obstacle for Team Hummer. According to the TV choppers flying over the route, the participants in the car category suffered from skidding and sliding. Robby Gordon, driver of the #303 SPEED Energy / Toyo Tires Hummer, started today's special in fourth place. He was scored 9th as he crossed the CP1 marker located at km 137 together while last year's winner, Carlos Sainz, led the field. Eliseo Salazar, driver of the #327 SPEED Energy / Cristal CERO Hummer finished today's stage 28th, 34 minutes, 25 seconds behind.
For fans tracking the Dakar Rally at home, please visit speedenergy.com, planetrobby.com, dakar.com along with Facebook and Twitter for daily updates on the team's performance including a daily recap, photos and videos. The team will also be doing a preview daily leading up to the Rally that details their Dakar program and what it takes to get the team ready to participate in the 14-stage event. The Versus Channel will provide coverage throughout the United States. A 30-minute daily program featuring highlights from that day's racing will be aired on Versus daily at 3:30pm with a replay airing later in the day. (more notes and quotes at speedenergy.com)(1-2-2011) - Congrats - Kyle Busch gets married: #18-Kyle Busch exchanged vows with his beautiful fiancee, 24-year old Samantha Sarcinella, on Friday Dec. 31 in Chicago. The service was attended by 300 of their close family and friends, including many in the NASCAR community. The wedding reception followed at the Chicago Cultural Center, as the newly named Mr. and Mrs. Busch and guests celebrated their marriage while also using the opportunity to ring in the New Year together. The couple will take a two-week honeymoon before returning home to North Carolina. They have requested fans follow them both on their respective Twitter accounts for special news about the wedding. Twitter.com/KyleBusch and Twitter.com/SamanthaBusch.(KyleBusch.com)(1-2-2011)
- Another Aussie looking to make a future in NASCAR: Andrew Hagen is helping dig tunnels under the tropical city of Brisbane, not far from where he grew up in Australia. A few weeks ago, he was living in White Lake, pursuing a dream of making it as a NASCAR driver. Hagen, 24, isn't giving up. He returned Down Under in November to see his family and make some seed money. He will be back in Michigan in the New Year to resume his racing career, competing in the Must See Racing Extreme Sprint Series, one of the fastest short-track oval series in the country. In the past Hagen drove in the Super Late Model Series at tracks like Toledo Speedway and Auto City Speedway in a car owned by Penske Racing's Brad Keselowski. Hagen said he would like to run the series again, doubling it up with his dirt and pavement sprint-car program. "It's going to get busy on the track," said Hagen, a regular in the Michigan International Speedway media room since arriving in the U.S. a couple years ago. "Every time you get behind the wheel of a racecar is valuable. You learn something different." Right now, Hagen is working 20-hour shifts under Brisbane. He drives a truck hauling dirt out of the tunnels. "It's not glamorous but the pay is great," Hagen said. "Driving a truck underground at night is a little crazy but it all helps." Hagen drove a couple of sprint-car races late in the 2010 season, one at Berlin Raceway near Grand Rapids and the other at Anderson Speedway in Indiana. He will drive next year for Don and Suellen Wilshe, owners of Wilshe Motorsports Bio-Based USA team.(Detroit Free Press)(1-1-2011)
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Courtesy of Racin' Today
Hood: Anybody Have Directions To Perfection?
http://www.racintoday.com/archives/23666
Ingram: Hagan Reflects On ‘Tremendous’ Season
http://www.racintoday.com/archives/23676
Woody: Jimmie Becomes Monk, Other Predictions
http://www.racintoday.com/archives/23659
Pedley: Memorable Scenes From The 2010 Season
http://www.racintoday.com/archives/23653
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The Living Legends Charity Auction and Celebrity Book Signing
February 15. 2011
Plaza Resort and Spa
600 N. Atlantic Avenue
Daytona Beach, Florida
The Living Legends of Auto Racing will host a Celebrity Charity Auction and book signing on Tuesday evening, February 15, 2011. The event will be held at the Plaza Resort & Spa, 600 North Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach,Florida and will begin at 6PM. The event will benefit the Victory Junction Gang and other local charities.
Guests for the evening will include, Johnny Allen, Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Jack Anderson, Dave Dion, Dick Fleck, Frances Flock, Ray Fox, Jeff Hammond, James Hylton, Jack Ingram, Ned Jarrett, Flossie Johnson, Ralph Liguori, Joe Mihalic, Cookie Osterhaut, Marvin Panch, Pal Parker, Dick Passwater, Ronnie Rohn, Ernie Saxton, Morgan Shepherd, Yolanda Sheridan, Eddie Spurling, Russ Truelove, Waddell Wilson, Bill Wimble, Vickie Wood, and others. List will be updated as other Legends confirm.
Come meet and talk with the Legends of Auto Racing
Tickets for the event are $15.00 each and include light food. For tickets or additional information please call Paulette at 386-299-7343 or Donna at 386-760-9587
We are "William's Garden Ministries" : A non-profit organization offering facilities for services centered around children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Our goal is to help to unlock the hidden potential in children with Autism, and to promote awareness about ASD's.
All tax deductable donations and contributions welcome!
For more information please go to www.williamsgarden2010.com
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- Barnwell leaves Tri-Star: TriStar Motorsports General Manager Keith Barnwell is leaving the team effective immediately and has accepted another opportunity within the sport. A successor will be named soon. Barnwell will also spot for the number #56 NAPA Toyota of Martin Truex in the Sprint Cup Series, moving over from EGR and Jamie McMurray after a breakout season that included wins in the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, and Charlotte 500 in October.(12-30-2010)
- Acredale returning to Jay Robinson: Acredale Vending & Coffee Service will return to Jay Robinson Racing for the 2011 season. Acredale has been a small assoicate sponsor for a number of years now and business owner Scott Abshire will return as a crew member as well.(12-30-2010)
- Doug Randolph named crew chief for Wallace: Officials of Rusty Wallace Racing announced that Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series veteran, Doug Randolph, has been named crew chief for driver Steve Wallace and RWR's #66 5-Hour Energy Toyota, in their charge for the 2011 Nationwide Series Championship. Randolph joins RWR following stints as crew chief at such organizations as Richard Childress Racing, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing and Petty Enterprises. In his most recent Nationwide Series crew chief role, Randolph led Childress's #29 team and driver Clint Bowyer to wins at Daytona and Dover in 2009.(RWR)(12-28-2010)
- Gordon to be Keselowski's crew chief? UPDATE: Looks like Todd Gordon, who spent this season as race-day engineer for Diamond-Waltrip Racing's Nationwide team, will become the new crew chief for Penske Racing's #22-Brad Keselowski in the Nationwide Series. Gordon joined Diamond-Waltrip in January. Keselowski is fresh off winning the series championship with help from an astounding 26 top-five finishes in 35 races. His crew chief in the series this season, Paul Wolfe, moves to Keselowski's Sprint Cup team in 2011.(Charlotte Observer)(12-22-2010)
UPDATE: Penske Racing has announced that experienced crew chief Todd Gordon has been named as the crew chief for the defending NASCAR Nationwide Series championship-winning #22 Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge team for 2011. Gordon, who graduated from Clemson University with a mechanical engineering degree, has served as a crew chief several times throughout his 12-year career in racing. Prior to working with Diamond-Waltrip Racing, he was crew chief at Baker Curb Racing in the Nationwide Series and he also helped build the CJM Racing Nationwide Series program from the ground up, serving as both team manager and crew chief. This will also mark Gordon's second stint as crew chief of the #22 NNS car as he actually led the "double deuce" team when it was part of PPC Racing in 2006.(Penske Racing PR)(12-27-2010) - Mike Wallace will return to #01 team: Mike Wallace and team owner Johnny Davis have already agreed upon one thing as they ready for the 2011 Nationwide Series season they have what it takes to be successful. They have the equipment, crew, intelligence, talent and tenacity on the team. Davis, sole owner of the team, isn't your typical NASCAR owner. You will hardly ever find him standing around the hauler on race weekends. The only thing they are lacking is the proper funding and marketing partners to make it happen.(JD Motorsports)(12-24-2010)
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The Latest News
- DOUG RANDOLPH TO LEAD STEVE WALLACE AND NO. 66 TEAM IN 2011 0 CommentsPosted by THL on December 29, 2010 under Nationwide News, Team PR
Officials of Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR) announced today that NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series veteran, Doug Randolph, has been named crew chief for driver Steve Wallace and RWR's No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota, in their charge for the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship. Randolph joins RWR following stints as crew chief at such organizations as Richard Childress Racing, E... more.
- Day 1 of Daytona KartWeek: Allmendinger ready to go back racing 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Other News, Track News
The new NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season hasn’t even started yet and AJ Allmendinger is already turning competitive laps at Daytona International Speedway. For the second straight year, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star is participating in Daytona KartWeek, which showcases hundreds of karters from across the country in World Karting Association races. “We’ve had three off weekends now s... more.
- Greg Biffle Finds Peace in the NC Mountains 0 CommentsPosted by THL on December 28, 2010 under Cup Series News, News Links, Other News
Coming off of a Truck Series championship in 2000 and en route to Nationwide rookie of the year honors in 2001, Greg Biffle knew it was time to get comfortable in North Carolina. The Washington state native searched for and found a place where he could get away from the hustle and bustle of life as a NASCAR star. That place is the Triple B Ranch. Nestled in the foothills of North Carolina... more.
- Kenny Wallace to Drive for RAB Racing in 2011 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News
RAB Racing with Brack Maggard and veteran driver Kenny Wallace are teaming up to compete full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2011. Wallace, who has over 20 years of experience in stock car racing, will make his debut for RAB Racing driving the No.09 Toyota Camry beginning on Saturday, February 19, 2011, in the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway. Wallace, a native of St.... more.
- TODD GORDON NAMED AS CREW CHIEF FOR CHAMPIONSHIP-WINNING PENSKE RACING NO. 22 NNS TEAM 0 CommentsPosted by THL on December 27, 2010 under Nationwide News, Team PR
Penske Racing has announced that experienced crew chief Todd Gordon has been named as the crew chief for the defending NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) championship-winning No. 22 Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge team for 2011. Gordon, who most recently served as race engineer for Diamond-Waltrip Racing in the Nationwide Series, will take over the team that earned Penske Racing’s first NASCAR c... more.
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- Congratulations Kyle and Samantha: The 25-year-old driver of the No.18 M&M's Camry & owner of Kyle Busch Motorsports exchanged vows with his beautiful fiancee, 24-year old Samantha Sarcinella, on Friday Dec. 31 in Chicago. The service was attended by 300 of their close family and friends, including many in the NASCAR community. The wedding reception followed at the Chicago Cultural Center, as the newly named Mr. and Mrs. Busch and guests celebrated their marriage while also using the opportunity to ring in the New Year together. The couple will take a two-week honeymoon before returning home to North Carolina.(Kyle Busch.com)(1-2-2011)
- Starr still looking to finalize 2011 deal: [David] Starr is a NASCAR truck series veteran, but after finishing the 2010 season in 10th place he has yet to finalize a deal to drive next season. Starr has a deal with Zachry to continue to be his primary sponsor, but he is still looking for a place for both to land in 2011. "This time of year is very critical and important, trying to get everything situated so the team can hire and update some equipment," Starr said. "You are trying to get all your sponsors lined up and situated so that you can enhance your racing team. And that is what we are doing right now." After starting last season with Randy Moss Motorsports, Starr made a jump midyear to SS Green Light Racing and didn't miss a beat. He maintained his spot at 10th in the points standings the rest of the season. Now Starr is hopeful the work he and the team put in together over those last races of 2010 can become a full-time commitment for 2011. "We plan on doing that (running fulltime for SS Green Light Racing next season)," Starr said. "We are working on it now. We are just wanting to make sure that the race team has enough funding to be able to do that. But right now, that is what our plans are."(Houston Chronicle)(12-29-2010)
- Roush returning to trucks? Rave as driver? Been hearing unconfirmed rumors for some time that Roush Fenway Racing would be returning to the Truck Series. On a recent news broadcast from local La Crosse, Wisconsin TV station WKBT it was reported that Troy Rave, a Black River Falls native and Ho-Chunk Nation tribal member, recently crowned the 2010 Kwik Trip Late Model Rookie of the Year, at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway, had signed a one-year deal with Roush Fenway Racing to drive in the Camping World Truck Series. Troy Rave recently posted the following on 4Racers.com [search Troy Rave] to clarify: "Just to get everyone caught up on whats going on. Rumors have been going around and I just want to clear things up. Yes Roush-Fenway has contacted me and my father about running trucks in 2011. Several proposals have been put on the table by Roush concerning what i'll be running in 2011. Trucks are being discussed and so is ARCA. NOTHING has been signed yet as far as contracts are concerned. We are still only in negotiation phase with our major sponsor Roush and myself. Roush will be here on Monday, and come monday or tuesday night we willl have a better understanding and more accurate information for you all!"(12-26-2010)
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(TOLEDO, Ohio - January 3, 2011) - With the holidays in the rearview mirror, all eyes now turn to Daytona International Speedway, where the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards will kick off its 59th consecutive season of competition on Saturday, February 12. While Danica Mania garnered the lion's share of the media attention last year, in the end, the cameras had no choice but to point toward series veteran Bobby Gerhart, who picked up a record sixth victory at the "World Center of Racing." |
http://www.arcaracing.com/news.php?contentid=10338
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Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/MP/010311.html
What's Wrong With NASCAR?
By Matthew Pizzolato
Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/KR/010211.html
Shane Hmiel Working Hard To Come Back
By Kim Roberson
Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/Guest/RM/010111.html
A Rational Rebuttal To Darrell Waltrip's Short Track Article
By Randy Myers
Insider Racing News
http://insiderracingnews.com/Writers/RG/123110.html
David Poole, Through Katy's Eyes - Part Two
By Rebecca Gladden
No. 15: Analysis Of The Hendrick Motorsports Crew Chief Swap
No. 14: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Explains Why He Won't Tweet
http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/1/2/1904826/dale-earnhardt-jr-twitter-facebook-nascar-news
No. 13: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Finishes 16th At Las Vegas
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FIA World Touring Car Championship, Rounds 9 & 10, Autodromo International do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal, July 4/10, N |
|
3:30P-4:00 |
VS |
Dakar Rally, Day 2, Victoria to Cordoba, Argentina, Jan 2/11, N |
|
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011 | ||
|
3:30P-4:00 |
VS |
Dakar Rally, Day 3, Cordoba to San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, Jan 3/11, N |
|
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011 | ||
|
3:30P-4:00 |
VS |
Dakar Rally, Day 4, San Miguel de Tucumán to San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, Jan 4/11, N |
|
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011 | ||
|
3:30P-4:00 |
VS |
Dakar Rally, Day 5, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina to Calama, Chile, Jan 5/11, N |
|
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2011 | ||
|
3:30P-4:00 |
VS |
Dakar Rally, Day 6, Calama to Iquique, Chile, Jan 6/11, N |
|
9:00P-10:00 |
SPEED |
2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood estate, Chichester, England, July 2-4/10, N |
|
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8 | ||
|
11:00A |
CBS |
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing |
|
11:00A-12:00n |
SPEED |
British Touring Car Championship, Round 6, Snetterton, England, Aug 8/10, N |
|
12:00n -1:00P |
SPEED |
German Touring Cars (DTM), Round 6, Zandvoort, Netherlands, Aug 22/10, N |
|
1:00P-2:00 |
SPEED |
FIA World Touring Car Championship, Rounds 11 & 12, Brands Hatch, England, July 18/10, N |
|
3:30P-4:00 |
VS |
Dakar Rally, Day 7, Iquique to Arica, Chile, Jan 7/11, N |
|
10:00P-1:30 |
SPEED |
AMA Monster Energy Supercross Special, Angels Stadium, Anaheim, CA, HD, L |
|
SUNDAY, JANUARY 9 | ||
|
11:00A-12:00 |
SPEED |
FIA GT1 World Championship, 2010 year in review, N |
|
12:00n-1:00P |
SPEED |
2010 Porsche Super Cup, Rounds 1 to 5 (Bahrain, Barcelona, Monaco, Valencia, Silverstone), N |
|
3:30P-4:00 |
VS |
Dakar Rally, Day 8 – Rest Day at Arica, Chile, Jan 8/11, N |
|
7:00P-8:00 |
SPEED |
The SPEED Report, HD, L |
We do not list all the programming offered by SPEED; for complete listings go to their website, http://www.speedtv.com/schedule/
Always CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS!
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