Category: NASCAR Cup Series
Cuts to Toyota Racing program coming
The president of Toyota Racing Development said Wednesday he expects budget cuts in its NASCAR program as the Japanese automaker feels the effects of the global economic crisis. Typically immune … Read More
Regan Smith Named Driver of No. 78
Furniture Row Racing announced today that Regan Smith, the 2008 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year, will drive the team's No. 78 Hendrick-powered Chevrolet Impala SS in 2009. The Colorado-based … Read More
Yates to give Gilliland walking papers
David Gilliland appears to be the odd man out at Yates Racing, where the team says it will field three cars following its new partnership agreement with Hall of Fame … Read More
Chevy teams get around testing ban
Working around NASCAR's test ban, fourteen teams will wrap up three days of testing their Chevy Impala's at the General Motors Proving Grounds today in Mesa, Arizona. Richard Childress had … Read More
Siegel leaving DEI
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Max L. Siegel, former president of global operations for Dale Earnhardt Inc., is rejoining Baker & Daniels to lead an expansion of … Read More
Labonte to drive No. 96 Hall of Fame entry
Bobby Labonte is expected to drive for Hall of Fame Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this season, sources close to the situation confirmed. The announcement of the hiring … Read More
Rejected by sponsors and billionaires, Cup teams turn to each other
Michael Smith is a reporter with SportsBusiness Journal. During better economic times, NASCAR teams found infusions of capital from seemingly everywhere – from billionaires such as George Gillett and John … Read More
Yates and HOF announce alignment
Yates Racing and Hall of Fame Racing (HOF) announced today an alignment of their two teams. Under the agreement, Yates Racing will operate the No. 96 NASCAR Sprint Cup entry … Read More
Loomis to run racing operations at GEM-Petty
Robbie Loomis will serve as the executive director of racing operations for the team that will emerge from the merger of Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings, and Kevin Buskirk … Read More
Labonte to #8? Target to #42?
There have been numerous Bobby Labonte sightings at Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, but the latest twist places the 2000 Cup champion in the #8 Chevy where he would be reunited with … Read More
Axed Petty would like to find Cup ride
Kyle Petty's, who was axed from the team owned by his father Richard Petty, plans for the 2009 season include driving in some Grand American races and continuing his television … Read More
No. 43 Dodge has full sponsorship
Driver Reed Sorenson confirmed Saturday that Gillett Evernham Motorsports has secured full sponsorship for the No. 43 Dodge that he will drive in 2009. Sorenson said the car will have … Read More
R3 Motorsports plans several Cup races
R3 Motorsports owner Robert Richardson Sr. said his team has entered the Daytona 500 and could compete in a handful of other Sprint Cup races in the 2009 season. R3 … Read More
Sorenson will drive #43
Tom Reddin, CEO of Gillett Evernham Motorsports, spoke to Sirius NASCAR Radio's The Morning Drive Friday morning: David Poole: "Will Reed Sorenson be in the #43 car and, if you … Read More
GEM confirms Sadler
Gillett Evernham Motorsports (GEM) announced that Elliott Sadler will drive the #19 Dodge in the 2009 Sprint Cup season. Tom Reddin, GEM CEO: "We are a family. Sometimes in a … Read More
Allmendinger to drive part-time for GEM
GEM Chief Executive Officer Tom Reddin said in an interview Friday that Sadler will drive the No. 19 and Sorenson will drive the No. 43 car. The plan is for … Read More
Kahne, Sadler and Sorenson with Petty, GEM team
The planned new team that combines Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings will have Kasey Kahne, Elliott Sadler and Reed Sorenson as its full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers and hopes … Read More
Sadler to sue GEM and Allmendinger
UPDATE #3 The Elliott Sadler Saga took another strange twist Thursday. Days after rumors began circulating that Sadler was set to be replaced at Gillett Evernham Motorsports by AJ Allmendinger … Read More
Petty/GEM deal off, both teams circling drain?
UPDATE #3 This rumor is downgraded to 'false' with yesterday's merger announcement. 01/07/09 The expected Petty Enterprises-Gillett Evernham Motorsports merger likely won't be announced Monday, and the Petty Enterprises shop … Read More
NASCAR teams test at TMS
UPDATE Just like usual in early January, #2-Kurt Busch was back in the cockpit of a car at a track doing testing. Except this was different. Busch was at Texas … Read More
Petty & Gillett Evernham Motorsports Announce Agreement To Merge
Gillett Evernham Motorsports (GEM) and Petty Holdings announced an agreement in principle to form a new NASCAR Sprint Cup team co-owned by Richard Petty, Petty Holdings, owned by majority shareholder … Read More
Dodge: smaller budget, less team, high hopes
Although it will have fewer cars on the track and fewer promotional displays in cutting 30 percent of its NASCAR budget, Dodge has not cut back its Sprint Cup research … Read More
Bodine Earns Bobsled Title In Lake Placid
Todd Bodine carried over his success from Saturday's qualifying round to the finals as he earned his first Whelen Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge championship Sunday at the Olympic Sports Complex. … Read More
Select ticket prices at Talladega Superspeedway to drop
Talladega Superspeedway just gave its fans another reason to help celebrate its 40th Anniversary, by reducing more than 20,000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tickets in the least desirable grandstands to … Read More