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Kurt Busch Foundation To Host Race for the Kids Event
LAS VEGAS, NV – 2004 NASCAR Champion and Las Vegas native Kurt Busch will host the inaugural Race for the Kids benefitting the Kurt Busch Foundation on February 26, 2009. Participants will compete side-by-side in a celebrity endurance kart race featuring some of NASCAR’s finest drivers and celebrities. Jamie McMurray, Sam Hornish Jr., David Stremme and Jamie Little are scheduled to attend and race in the charity event along other drivers to be announced. … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Michael McDowell Announces 2009 Nationwide Series Plans
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – NASCAR driver Michael McDowell announced today that he has signed with JTG Daugherty Racing to race the #47 Toyota Camry entry in the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series. The #47 team, owned by Tad and Jodi Geschickter and Brad Daugherty, a former NBA all-star and current ESPN commentator, is scheduled to compete at the season opener at Daytona on February 14 and the next 15 races. The remaining races on the schedule are dependent upon sponsorship support. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Travis Kvapil to pilot Zaxby’s Ford Fusion at Daytona
Concord, NC – Travis Kvapil, the 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion, will fill in for John Wes Townley in the No. 09 Zaxby’s Ford at Daytona International Speedway for the Camping World 300 on Saturday, February 14th. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series, Truck Series
Shepherd to join Chevrolet camp in 2009
CONOVER, NC – Morgan Shepherd and his Faith Motorsports Nationwide Series program will be sporting a “bow tie” when the 2009 NASCAR campaign kicks off at Daytona International Speedway in a couple of weeks. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Baker Curb Racing Warmly Welcomes State Water Heaters
Nashville, Tenn – Baker Curb Racing announced the addition of State Water Heaters as an official partner and associate sponsor of the No. 27 Ford Fusion driven by Jason Keller in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for 2009. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Investment Group with Earnhardt ties to purchase Memphis Motorsports Park
Dover, DE – Dover Motorsports, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Memphis Motorsports Park to Gulf Coast Entertainment, L.L.C. Under the terms of the agreement, Dover Motorsports will sell all of the stock of its subsidiary Memphis International Motorsports Corporation, the owner of Memphis Motorsports Park, to Gulf Coast Entertainment for $10 million in cash. Gulf Coast Entertainment is the owner of a newly proposed multi-use entertainment complex in Mobile, AL which is projected to be operational in 2011. … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Mike Bliss To Drive For Key Motorsports In Truck Series
MOORESVILLE, North Carolina – Curtis Key, owner of Key Motorsports, has announced today that former Camping World Truck Series champion Mike Bliss will pilot the No. 40 Chevrolet Silverado for at least six races in 2009. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Former Champion Mike Skinner Teams Up With Randy Moss Motorsports
STATESVILLE, N.C. – Former Craftsman Truck Series champion Mike Skinner will drive for Randy Moss Motorsports in 2009, the team announced Thursday. Skinner, who won the 1995 series championship, will be paired with rookie Tayler Malsam. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Stacy Compton Taking the Wheel at Wyler Racing
Mooresville, N.C. – Wyler Racing is very excited to announce that veteran Stacy Compton has agreed to drive the No. 60 Wyler.com Toyota Tundra in the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starting with the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February 13th, 2009. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
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