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Wallace hopeful of Nationwide date for Iowa

"We have always asked NASCAR for a Nationwide race or a truck race, and there's never been room in the schedule," Wallace said at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, site of Saturday's NAPA Auto Parts 200. "Now, there's room in the schedule. NASCAR has not ...

From BOB POCKRASS, Sporting News,  2 Aug 2008
Related Topics: NASCAR,  Rusty Wallace

Kyle Petty insists he's not being forced out

Petty said no one should read into this as new majority owner Boston Ventures trying to push him out. LONG POND, Pa. -- Kyle Petty said that his not racing the last two weeks is different than his situation earlier this season at Texas Motor ...

From BOB POCKRASS, Sporting News,  2 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Kyle Petty,  TNT,  Terry Labonte,  Wells Fargo

ESPN sees new light on Wallace's Sprint Cup hopes

When Wallace started as a race analyst in the booth for the Indy Racing League in 2006 and then for NASCAR in 2007, he said he was not allowed to have ownership in a Cup team. He wasn't even allowed to be a consultant/driver coach for Chip Ganassi ...

From BOB POCKRASS, Sporting News,  23 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Rusty Wallace,  ESPN,  Brad Daugherty,  NASCAR,  Chip Ganassi

Haas to trademark No. 14, likely for Stewart

Haas CNC Racing general manager Joe Custer has applied for his team to trademark the No. 14, which is expected to be the number next season for Tony Stewart, who will co-own and drive for Stewart-Haas Racing beginning in 2009. A Stewart spokesman ...

From BOB POCKRASS, Sporting News,  22 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Tony Stewart

Stewart hasn't chosen teammate yet

"There's a lot of drivers that are in the running right now," Stewart said Tuesday during a teleconference with reporters. "It's not narrowed down to just one driver right now." Tony Stewart says he has not yet finalized a driver to be his teammate ...

From BOB POCKRASS, Sporting News,  22 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Tony Stewart,  Ryan Newman,  Joe Gibbs

Goodyear 'smarter' about Atlanta tires now

Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch (the Atlanta race winner), Haas CNC Racing's Scott Riggs and Yates Racing's Travis Kvapil will participate in the test. Goodyear will conduct a tire test Monday and Tuesday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the track where it ...

From BOB POCKRASS, Sporting News,  16 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Kyle Busch,  Joe Gibbs,  Scott Riggs,  Travis Kvapil

Toyota works through disappointment of losing Smoke

"We're disappointed," said Les Unger, Toyota's national motorsports manager. "He's a top-notch driver, very, very popular and a twice-time champion. Are we disappointed? Of course we're disappointed. Though Tony Stewart leaving Toyota is ...

From BOB POCKRASS, Sporting News,  10 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Tony Stewart,  Chevrolet,  Joe Gibbs,  Kyle Busch,  NASCAR

Riggs faces uncertain future at Haas CNC

"Everything which I see [in print] is coming to be true -- Tony is gong to be there and he's going to be driving and he's going to help make decisions on the team," Riggs said in a phone interview Wednesday. "If all that [happens], which I feel is ...

From BOB POCKRASS, Sporting News,  10 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Tony Stewart,  Scott Riggs,  Ryan Newman,  NASCAR

DEI awaits NASCAR penalties to No. 1 car

Truex is 14th in the driver standings, just 88 points out of 12th, with eight races remaining until the 12-driver field is set for the Chase For The NASCAR Sprint Cup to determine the 2008 champion. Dale Earnhardt Inc. officials are bracing for ...

From BOB POCKRASS, Sporting News,  8 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Martin Truex Jr.,  Bono,  Dale Earnhardt

Pockrass: Give Joey Logano time to be a great driver

Or in February 2005, when Mark Martin said Logano, then 15, was ready to take over Martin's Cup ride. Chances are you've heard Joey Logano's name by now. He all but took care of that two weeks ago at Kentucky Speedway. In just his third Nationwide ...

From BOB POCKRASS, Sporting News,  25 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Mark Martin,  Joe Gibbs,  Kyle Busch,  Denny Hamlin

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