| Franchitti and No.40 to cease Cup operations
Dario Franchitti and his No.40 Chip Ganassi
Racing Dodge will not compete in the Sprint Cup Series, due to lack of
sponsorship, the team announced on Tuesday.
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| This Week in Auto Racing July 4 - July 6
It's the Fourth of July and NASCAR returns
to the "World Center of Racing" to highlight the holiday weekend of racing.
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| Busch, Montoya Clash Unavoidable
It's no surprise the arrogance of NASCAR's
Juan Pablo Montoya and the cockiness of Kyle Busch would soon cross paths on
the track, and it did in Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at the New
Hampshire Motor Speedway. When the caution flag was displayed in the closing
laps of the rain-shortened race, Montoya's No.42 Dodge hit Busch's No.18
Toyota from behind and put Busch in a spin.
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| Busch wins rain-shortened race at Loudon
Kurt Busch's crew chief Pat Tryson kept the No.2
Penske Racing Dodge on the track when all the leaders pitted for fuel, and it
turned out to be the winning move as Busch captured Sunday afternoon's Lenox
Industrial Tools 301 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway when a rain storm
came barreling through the Loudon area.
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| Carpentier surprises in Loudon
Patrick Carpentier took advantage of cooler
conditions after a one-hour, 45-minute rain delay and captured the pole for
Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at the New Hampshire International
Speedway. The top-five on the grid all qualified after the rain delay.
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| Bowyer signs with RCR for three years
Clint Bowyer, driver of the No.07 Richard
Childress Racing Chevrolet, said on Friday that he had "signed up with RCR for
three more years."
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| Biffle to stay at Roush
On Friday Greg Biffle said he agreed to a three-
year extension to remain at Roush Fenway Racing ending months of speculation.
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| Mears to leave Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports announced that driver
Casey Mears will be leaving the team and its No. 5 Chevrolet at the end of the
2008 Sprint Cup season.
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| This Week in Auto Racing June 27 - June 29
NASCAR's Sprint Cup race highlights this
week's schedule as they head down to the final 10 races before the "Chase for
the Sprint Cup" begins.
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| COT and driver safety concerns
If NASCAR is looking to monitor heat and
carbon monoxide inside the Car of Tomorrow, it certainly got a good test over
the weekend at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California as outside temperatures
reached near 90 degrees and cockpit temperatures soared to 130 degrees.
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