NASCAR Daily News Headlines * November 25, 2008

Fans Can Vote On Sprint Monster Moment

Fans who are a member of the Sprint Crew Community on NASCAR.com can vote for the 2008 Sprint Monster Moment at (nascar.com). Voting is unlimited and ends at 5 p.m. (EST) Wednesday, Dec. 3. Membership is free and new members may also vote. Register for the Sprint Crew Community at http://community.nascar.com/crews/sprint.

A Sprint Monster Moment is defined as an action in a race where a driver exhibits extreme competiveness, passion or determination to win. Fans can choose from five clips. This year’s Sprint Monster Moment nominees are:

• Carl Edwards bumps Kyle Busch at the Bristol night race to take the lead and the win.
• Greg Biffle makes a late-race pass at Dover to hold off teammates Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards and capture his second consecutive win, making him two-for-two in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
• Carl Edwards’ valiant wall-brushing, final-lap pass for the lead at Kansas. Despite gaining the lead with the aggressive move, he was passed again on the final stretch by Jimmie Johnson and finished a heartbreaking second place.
• Jimmie Johnson’s rapid climb from 12th to second place at Atlanta with just six laps to go. The move earned him a commanding lead in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
• Carl Edwards dominates the season-ending Ford 400 by leading the most laps and winning the race and consequently putting as much pressure as he could on point leader Jimmie Johnson.

Record Food Drive At Infineon Raceway

The raceway is proud to aid such well-respected organizations. FISH has been serving needy Sonoma Valley residents since 1970, while COTS, which is based in Petaluma, delivered more than 500,000 pounds of food in 2007. Moreover, COTS served more than 102,000 meals through its Petaluma Kitchen in 2007.

“The donation from Infineon Raceway helps us hit our target number of supplies,” said Sherman Bielfelt, a long-time FISH volunteer who helps sort all the food donations. “We make Christmas baskets from the food donated, and it’s tough to make baskets without food. We’ll serve more than 400 families during the holidays with this.”

“Infineon Raceway’s gift enables people that are hanging by their fingertips to have a good holiday,” said John Records, executive director of COTS. “We are so grateful that the raceway serves the community beyond just providing entertainment. This is a great thing that they do.”

Infineon Raceway was not alone in its efforts. It was joined in the food drive by four Northern California Mary’s Pizza Shack locations, the Racer’s Group in Petaluma, the Petaluma Fire Department, the Petaluma Chamber of Commerce, as well as Destination RKA in Windsor. Sonoma Gourmet of Cotati also made a generous donation of three pallets of gourmet food items.

Hamilton's Team Closes Down

The team, started by the late Bobby Hamilton, moved from its base in Nashville, Tenn., to Martinsville, Va., after the 2007 season when it added partners to the ownership group.