23rd January 2009

Rain pushes back NASCAR All-Star Showdown (AP)

Persistent rain washed racing Friday in the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, forcing officials to set all three races for Saturday

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23rd January 2009

Driver and owner Stewart also comfy as a pitchman

Tony Stewart played pitchman for Old Spice recently, starring in a commercial in a frigid outdoor garage at a mall in White Plains, N.Y.

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23rd January 2009

FR9 engine has promise, but future remains on hold

The latest NASCAR-approved engine from Ford and Roush Yates Engines has raised expectations to an even higher level for 2009.

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23rd January 2009

Nemechek plans to run full Cup, N’wide slates in 2009

Joe Nemechek’s NEMCO Motorsports plans to have Sprint Cup and Nationwide series cars for Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway in less than three weeks — and the most stunning part of the bold plan is “we’ll be at California, Las Vegas, Atlanta and Bristol in both series, too,” Nemechek said on Thursday evening.

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23rd January 2009

3-time NASCAR champ looking for endurance victory (AP)

Jimmie Johnson took part in a photo shoot Friday in Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway, a place where he’s spent time before. But everything looked a little different this time for the 2006 Daytona 500 winner. Nearly two-dozen drivers surrounded the three-time reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion for the “racing legends” picture, most of them known as sports car endurance racers or…

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23rd January 2009

Preparation, talent and luck all needed at Daytona (AP)

Winning one 24-hour sports car race takes a combination of a fast reliable car, skilled drivers and a good helping of luck to avoid all the possible pitfalls. Chip Ganassi Racing is bucking the odds, going for four in a row in this weekend’s Grand-Am Rolex 24. But it wouldn’t be wise to bet against the elite two-car team.

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23rd January 2009

Notes: New Ford engine will be available in 2009

Ford Sprint Cup teams will begin using a new engine later this season, but the exact rollout hasn’t been determined, Roush Yates Engines president Doug Yates said Thursday.

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23rd January 2009

Roush wants to keep team intact, NASCAR says no

It was a full house in the E Ballroom at the Embassy Suites hotel Thursday morning, but then it usually is when Roush Fenway Racing is involved.

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23rd January 2009

TRG signs M. Wallace; will try to make Daytona 500

TRG Motorsports, which expanded its successful sports car legacy by winning a race in the 2008 Truck Series and also competing in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, will enter a No. 71 Chevrolet in the 2009 Daytona 500 for Mike Wallace.

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23rd January 2009

Notebook: Biffle hits 218 mph in test at Texas World

With NASCAR’s ban on testing at sanctioned facilities sending its national series teams far and wide to rack up some mileage, Greg Biffle’s Roush Fenway Racing Ford team was the first Cup operation to test at the newly-spruced-up, two-mile Texas World Speedway, whose last Cup race was held in 1981 and won by the late Benny Parsons.

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