Archive for September 8th, 2007

Richmond Race Trax

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Jimmie Johnson continued his winning ways on Saturday night, winning at Richmond securing the top spot in the Chase.

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Glance at drivers competing in Chase

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A glance at the 12 drivers competing in NASCAR’s Chase for the Nextel Cup championship, in order of points standings:

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Sponsor, number almost set for Junior

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His 2008 lineup finally set, team owner Rick Hendrick said he’s about two weeks away from announcing a sponsor and car number for Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Championship standings

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The action is underway at Richmond and everybody is wondering if Dale Jr. will qualify for the Chase. Check out the live standings here.

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Son to take over team

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Robert Yates will retire at the end of the season and hand control of his race team to his son.

Doug Yates will own and operate Yates Racing beginning Dec. 1. The team will use the car numbers and owner points from Robert Yates Racing and will field cars for David Gilliland and Travis Kvapil.

The Friday night announcement erased the merger announced last month between RYR and the Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team from the Champ Car Series.

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Doug Yates learned NASCAR from his father, and with Robert Yates retiring and handing his company off at the end of this season, his son is already making changes he thinks will bring about a resurgence for the organization.

For one, the younger Yates is ditching a partnership his father was pursuing with Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing team from the Champ Car series and aligning the two Yates teams with Roush Fenway Racing, the top-performing Ford teams in the series.

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Action underway at Richmond

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Teams and drivers are ready for tonight’s Chevy Rock & Roll 400, are you? Get up to speed with all the latest by following Race Trax.

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Car of Tomorrow to hit track Monday and Tuesday

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Next week’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series test at Talladega Superspeedway marks more than the usual in-season prep session.

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Indy 500 champ Franchitti switching to NASCAR?

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SONOMA, CA - AUGUST 25: Dario Franchitti, driver of the #27 Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda during practice for the IRL IndyCar Series Motorola Indy 300 on  August 25, 2007 at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California.  (Photo by Darrell Ingham/Getty Images)Dario Franchitti will become the latest open-wheel star to make the jump to NASCAR. A source close to the negotiations said Franchitti will sign with Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the No. 40 Dodge beginning in 2008. David Stremme, the current driver of the No. 40, has already been told he will not have the ride next year.

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Making Chase chance is slim

Posted by on September 8th, 2007

Dale Earnhardt Jr. needs a miracle to make the Chase, but his Race to the Chase rally hasn’t gone unnoticed.

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