Furniture Row Racing’s over-the-wall pit crew for the team’s No. 78 Sprint Cup Chevy will be employed and trained by Stewart Haas Racing, the team announced.
Faith Motorsports will field two Nationwide Series entries in 2011, the team announced recently. Morgan Shepherd and Brett Rowe will drive the cars.
Auto Club Speedway announced that it will shorten its 2011 Sprint Cup Series race from 500 miles to 400 miles, citing a successful experience last October, when the race was 400 miles instead of 500.
Drivers must now specify the national series — Sprint Cup, Nationwide, or Camping World Truck — in which they would like to compete for the championship.
David Starr will run six Sprint Cup Series races for newly formed Leavine Fenton Racing in 2011.
Turner Motorsports announced that veteran crew chief Jimmy Elledge has joined the team to serve as crew chief for the No. 31 Brandt Chevy and driver Justin Allgaier.
Roush Fenway Racing posted on its Facebook page images of three of its 2011 cars. See them here. Larger versions available on the Facebook page.
Trevor Bayne could run some Sprint Cup races for Wood Brothers Racing in 2011, according to the Motor Racing Network. The team is looking to up its Sprint Cup efforts in 2011 to 17 races.
Ray Evernham Enterprises, a company founded by the former Sprint Cup championship crew chief, has been retained by Hendrick Motorsports to oversee strategic iniatives for team owner Rich Hendrick.
Best Buy has renewed its sponsorship agreement with Richard Petty Motorsports and the No. 43 Sprint Cup Ford, driven by AJ Allmendinger in 2011, the company announced.
