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Car and Driver NASCAR Hoax, Why So Many Were Duped
Continuing the fallout surrounding Car and Driver’s April Fool’s hoax, Ann Coutler, apparently fell for it. In her column dated yesterday, she wrote: If Obama can tell GM and Chrysler that their participation in NASCAR is an “unnecessary expenditure,” isn’t having public schools force students to follow Muslim rituals, recite Islamic prayers and plan “jihads” [...]
Story That Obama Ordered Dodge, Chevy Out Of NASCAR Still Making News
One day after Car and Driver ran its April Fool’s day hoax article claiming that President Obama ordered Chevrolet and Dodge out of NASCAR as a condition of receiving bailout funds, the story is still making news. Sandra Rose of Rightfielders.com wrote: Just when we thought we could take a breather from Barack Obama’s wacky [...]
Obama Ordering Dodge, Chevy Out Of NASCAR?
Despite Car and Driver’s attention-grabbing headline, Obama Orders Chevrolet and Dodge Out Of NASCAR,” there is no truth to the article. It is an April Fools Day joke. The article states that Obama said that in order to receive additional government bailout funds, the two automakers would have to cease their NASCAR operations by the [...]
JR Motorsports Announces Driver Lineup For No. 5 Chevy
On Monday, JR Motorsports announced the plans for its No. 5 Nationwide Series entry for the remainder of the 20009 season. The No. 5 Chevy will be split among team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr, all-time series wins leader Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, and Scott Wimmer. Jr will drive at Texas Motor Speedway in [...]
Auto Value/Bumper To Bumper To Sponsor RPM
Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper will sponsor Richard Petty Motorsports drivers Reed Sorenson, Elliott Sadler, and Kasey Kahne for four races Sprint Cup and Nationwide races in 2009. The deal calls for the team to run the Auto Value logos and the Bumper to Bumper logos each for two races. Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper will be [...]
Menard Draws Bud Shootout Pole
Picking 22nd to determine his starting spot in the Bud Shootout, Yates Racing’s Paul Menard picked the pole and will lead the field to the green on Saturday night. Richard Petty Motorsports’ Elliott Sadler will start outside row one. Sadler’s teammate Reed Sorenson will start third, with Scott Speed of Red Bull Racing and Joe Gibbs [...]
Keselowski To Run 10 Races For Phoenix Racing
After deciding to run the full Sprint Cup season in 2009, Phoenix Racing has announced that Brad Keselowski will drive 10 races in the No. 09 Miccosukee Resorts and Gaming Chevy. Keselowski will also run seven races in the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports. By running 17 races, if Keselowski runs the full [...]
Allmendinger To GEM Part Time?
It is now being reported that in addition to Sadler being back in the No. 19 car next year, AJ Allmendinger will race in a Gillett Evernham Motorsports machine next season on a part time basis. No word on sponsorship at this time. For those of you who do not know, it was reported last [...]
Sadler To Return To GEM's No. 19 Car Next Season
Following the recent reports that AJ Allmendinger would be replacing Elliott Sadler in the No. 19 Dodge, Jayski is now reporting that several sources have confirmed that Sadler will return to the No. 19 car next season. This news comes as Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings officially announced that the two teams have reached [...]
RGM To Switch To Toyota In 2009
Robby Gordon Motorsports has announced that beginning in 2009, the team will switch from Dodge to Toyota. Gordon and Toyota began their relationship in 1989, when Gordon won a championship driving a Toyota grand national truck.
