Nascar News

In an offseason beset with change, add Matt Kenseth and the No. 17 team inthe Sprint Cup Series to the list. Drew Blickensderfer is replacing Chip Bolin as crew chief after one season, a move which allows Bolin to return to a position of strength as an engineer at Roush Fenway Racing.

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) — Robby Gordon is making the move to Toyota.

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Matt Kenseth will have a new man atop the box next season.

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Gillett Evernham Motorsports will layoff about 65 employees in several departments as part of scaling back its Nationwide Series program next season.

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Matt Kenseth will have a new crew chief in 2009, as Drew Blickensderfer will try to return the 2003 NASCAR champion to Victory Lane.

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Ford will not follow Japanese automakers Subaru and Suzuki out of the World Rally Championship because of the global economic crisis. The 2006 and ‘07 rally champion reaffirmed its commitment to the sport on Wednesday despite the slump in the U.S. auto industry. “It provides a big impetus to our product reputation and sales, especially for the Focus,” Ford said in a statement.

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Cup driver Ryan Newman raised $155,000 for conservation and animal welfare efforts at the Ryan Newman Foundation’s fourth annual Charity Gala and Auction on Dec. 12 and the third annual Charity Fishing Tournament on Dec. 13 in Mooresville, N.C.

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David Reutimann, driver of the No. 00 Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series and the No. 99 Toyota in the Nationwide Series for Michael Waltrip Racing, hosted his fourth annual charity golf tournament, cook out and auction at Silverado Golf and Country Club the weekend after Thanksgiving in Zephyrhills, Fla.

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Jimmie Johnson is the second driver to win three consecutive Cup Series championships, joining Cale Yarborough (1976-78).

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With NASCAR’s 60th season in the rear-view mirror — and the ripple effect of Jimmie Johnson’s third consecutive Cup Series championship still making its way across the landscape — the debate is raging over the No. 48 team’s place in history.

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