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NASCAR Daily News Headlines * May 7, 2008
Mears Set For 2009Amidst rumors that Casey Mears was off to Ginn Racing a year ago, he captured his first Sprint Cup win in the CocaCola 600 last season and quieted the critics. Alas, Mears finds himself in the same position again this year. But with reassurance from bossman Rick Hendrick, the driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet hopes to keep trudging ahead."We're solid for next year and definitely focused on moving forward," said Mears, who is currently 23rd in points. "Rick has stated that several times, that things are where they're going to be, and we're moving forward for next year. We're just getting started again. "It's kind of an unfortunate thing, but it seems like I'm in this situation almost every year a little bit, just because I'm constantly changing teams and I'm constantly spending the first half of the season just trying to grow and learn with that new team. I think the biggest thing that obviously we need to see happen with the 5 team is that it stays consistent, obviously get this full year under our belt."(oxsports.com)
Franchitti Returns In Two Weeks At Coke 600NASCAR rookie Dario Franchitti is wearing a carbon-fiber walking cast on his broken left ankle. The 2007 Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar Series champion was injured during the April 26 Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. He missed the Cup races at Talladega and Richmond and will miss the upcoming race at Darlington Raceway. Sterling Marlin will drive Franchitti's car at Darlington, then stand by for the May 25 Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, where Franchitti is expected to return to action.(autoweek.com)
MRN Will Air NHMS RaceMotor Racing Network will handle the radio broadcast of the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races June 28-29 from New Hampshire Motor Speedway, spokesman Wes Harris of MRN parent company International Speedway Corp. said Tuesday afternoon.Motor Racing Network, owned by the France family-controlled ISC and rival Performance Racing Network are involved in lawsuits over the radio broadcast rights stemming from PRN parent company Speedway Motorpsorts Inc.'s purchase of the track in January. PRN typically broadcasts the Nationwide and Cup races from SMI tracks. A partial settlement in their court battles has resulted in MRN being granted the exclusive broadcast rights for June and for the two sides to enter mediation in hopes of settling which network will broadcast the September 2008 weekend as well as the 2009 and 2010 weekends, Harris said. If the two sides can’t agree on a settlement on what should happen beyond June, they will return to court in 60 days, according to court documents.(scenedaily.com)
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