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NASCAR Daily News Headlines * November 18, 2008
Homestead Ratings DownABC’s broadcast of Sunday’s Ford 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup season finale from Homestead-Miami Speedway earned an overnight Nielsen Media Research rating of 3.6, Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal reports. The figure is 5.3 percent less than the 3.8 ABC earned overnight for the 2007 race.(scenedaily.com)
DEI Leaves DEIThe Dale Earnhardt Inc. transporters are expected to start moving inventory to Chip Ganassi Racing on Monday — the first step to uniting the two companies. By now, what is left of the original DEI will begin the pilgrimage to their new home, 17 miles across town.It seems like just yesterday that DEI was moving into the Ginn Racing building, though the merger between the two outfits was actually a year ago. This time, however, the mood will be much different as it won't include all their co-workers and friends, many of whom have been laid off. This time the move is to unfamiliar territory, with unfamiliar faces and unfamiliar management calling the shots. But these crews have become accustomed to a nomadic life; it's the price racers pay to compete at this level. There were still people like crew chief Kevin "Bono" Manion who believed that as long as the Earnhardt name was on the door, they were racing for the Intimidator's memory. But every year since Dale Earnhardt's death was another year removed from his vision. .. to read more...(foxsports.com)
Crew Chiefs On The MoveParrott, son of former Roush crew chief Buddy Parrott, joined Robert Yates Racing as a crew chief in 1995. Parrott, 44, partnered with Dale Jarrett in 1996, and the duo won four races with the No. 88 Ford, including the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400. The following season Parrott and Jarrett went on to score seven victories before winning the title together in 1999.
Nationwide Banquet On SaturdayIn its first season as title sponsor of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Nationwide Insurance has been rewarded with a “two-for-one.” Saturday night on the stage of the Tuscan Ballroom at the Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando, Fla., Clint Bowyer officially will be crowned the 2008 series driver champion, while Joe Gibbs Racing and the No. 20 Toyota team also will be honored as series owner champion.For the second consecutive year and the third time in NASCAR Nationwide Series history, the titles will be shared. Richard Childress Racing won the owner championship last year while Carl Edwards was the driver champion. In 2003, RCR claimed the owner crown; Brian Vickers won the driver title. Bowyer’s first week as driver champion will be a busy one. Some of the key highlights include: Tuesday – Bowyer travels to Columbus, Ohio, home of Nationwide Insurance headquarters. There, he will take part in a multitude of activities including a visit to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, a meeting with company executives and a question and answer/autograph session with company associates. He’ll also meet with Columbus-area media before attending the Columbus Blue Jackets – Edmonton Oilers hockey game at Nationwide Arena. In addition to taking in the game, he’ll participate in an on-ice activity during the first intermission. Thursday – Bowyer, his No. 2 BB&T Chevrolet crew and the owner champion No. 20 Toyota team will be guests of Nationwide Insurance for a congratulatory dinner in Orlando. Friday – Bowyer, JGR vice president, NASCAR Nationwide Series operations Steve deSouza, Joey Logano, one of the four drivers of the No. 20, the Top 10 drivers and the Raybestos Rookie of the Year will meet with outlets from national, regional, state and local print and broadcast media at the ESPN Club on Disney’s BoardWalk in Orlando. The drivers will be featured across the network’s various programming platforms including SportsCenter, ESPNews, ESPN First Take, ESPN Radio and ESPN.com. Afterwards, the drivers will participate in a free, one-hour autograph session for fans outside the ESPN Club (Fans can pick up a limited number of participant wristbands outside the ESPN Club on Friday). Bowyer will be featured on a satellite media tour broadcast from the ESPN Club that afternoon before being honored along with members of his team and the owner champion team at a private dinner hosted by NASCAR that evening. Saturday – Bowyer, the No. 2 team and the No. 20 team will participate in the traditional Champion’s Photo Shoot at the Portofino Bay Hotel. Then both champion teams will join the Top 10 drivers, rookie of the year and other guests at the main event, the NASCAR Nationwide Series Awards Banquet. The ceremony begins at 7:30 p.m. and culminates as Bowyer and JGR officially are coroneted as the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series driver and owner champion.
What: 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Awards Banquet 
Benson Most Popular DriverJohnny Benson and his team collected awards of $1,181,997 – most in Craftsman Truck Series history. Benson was also named the series’ Most Popular Driver for the third consecutive season. It marked the first time that fans could vote for the award.
Truck Series Banquet Held On MondayIn a season of firsts – and the final one for longtime series sponsor Craftsman – Johnny Benson and his Bill Davis Racing team celebrated the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship Monday night during the series’ awards banquet at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.Benson, 45, became the series’ 10th different champion by finishing seventh in Sunday night’s Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He also became only the second competitor to win the truck series title and the NASCAR Nationwide title, having captured the latter in 1995. Greg Biffle is the other driver to have won both championships. The 13 years between championships is the longest in NASCAR national series history. Owners Bill and Gail Davis and crew chief Trip Bruce also became NASCAR Craftsman Truck champions for the first time as Benson edged Ron Hornaday Jr. by seven points in the third-closest title race since the organization adopted its current national series points structure in 1975. There has been a different champion each year since 2000 as the series concluded its 14th season. Benson joined Bill Davis Racing in mid-2004 on a race-to-race basis and became a fulltime driver in 2005. He finished third in the standings a year ago after placing runnerup to Todd Bodine in 2006. Over the course of the three seasons, Benson has won 14 races. “Winning the championship for Bill and Gail Davis and BDR has been great. When I got the call from Bill (in 2004), we had two main goals. To win races and win a championship,” said Benson, from Grand Rapids, Mich. “We have accomplished those goals. I am excited about being Craftsman's last champion and being the ambassador for (news series sponsor) Camping World. We are going to enjoy this off season.” The championship was the first for the Davises, who have operated a NASCAR team for more than two decades and won the 2002 Daytona 500 with driver Ward Burton. “Winning a championship is what NASCAR is all about; the ultimate goal,” said Bill Davis in his banquet remarks. “For Gail and me, we have been lucky enough to be in the championship hunt for the last three seasons. We have been so close so many times.” Bruce, a 31-year-old Chester, Va., native, teamed with Benson for the past two seasons. Their nine victories rank No. 2 in the series over the two-year period. During 2008, Benson and the team collected awards of $1,181,997 – most in series history. Benson was also named the series’ Most Popular Driver for the third consecutive season. It marked the first time that fans could vote for the award. Craftsman, the series’ presenting sponsor in 1995 and full entitlement sponsor since the following season, will be succeeded by Camping World under a seven-year agreement beginning in 2009. The series will be known as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. “Over our 14-year span we’ve crowned 10 different champions in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and have been proud to watch many of our series stars go on to become great heroes of NASCAR,” said Mike Cassar, Craftsman brand manager. “While our role will change going forward, Craftsman will remain as the Official Tools of NASCAR.”  Discuss this and other racing matters in the Prodigys@Speed ForumYou can contact us at.. Insider Racing News
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