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NASCAR Daily News Headlines * November 29, 2008

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champions Week Preview

Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will be the centerpiece of next week’s annual Champions Week celebration in New York City – a busy and joyful five days that marks the traditional end of each season.

Next week’s festivities mark the 28th consecutive year that NASCAR has crowned its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion in New York. The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel has served as the sport’s host for each of those years, with its historic Grand Ballroom the site of the Dec. 5 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony.

Johnson, however, will have much to do before Champions Week culminates on that Friday night.

  • Monday – Johnson and wife Chandra arrive in New York. That evening, he and Chandra will participate in the annual Champion’s Welcome Dinner in the Waldorf=Astoria Executive Kitchen, a gathering attended by NASCAR and champion team representatives and overseen by Executive Chef John Doherty.

  • Tuesday – Johnson will participate in another Champions Week tradition – photo shoots at New York landmarks. Later that evening, he’ll be a guest on Motor Racing Network’s NASCAR Live.

  • Wednesday – Johnson begins his day by ringing the New York Stock Exchange’s Opening Bell. He’ll also attend the Tissot Countdown Clock event at the Marquee of the Hard Rock Café, a March of Dimes luncheon, a media luncheon at Foley’s and the Sprint Media Celebration at the Sports Museum of America.

  • Thursday – Johnson’s major event this day is the annual NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Media Luncheon at Cipriani. He’ll be joined by the rest of the top 12 drivers in the 2008 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, plus Raybestos Rookie of the Year Regan Smith and other annual award winners. Following the awards luncheon, Johnson will participate in the traditional Times Square photo shoot outside the Hard Rock Café, then attend the annual Stewies Awards, orchestrated by fellow NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart, at Sirius/XM Satellite Radio studios.

  • Friday – The Big Day. Johnson, his family and his Hendrick Motorsports team will participate in traditional photos during the afternoon, before attending the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony that evening in the Waldorf=Astoria’s Grand Ballroom.

    Blaney's Future In Doubt

    Dave Blaney knows he’ll be involved in racing in some capacity in 2009, but that’s speaking in general terms. It could be in NASCAR Sprint, Nationwide or Craftsman Trucks series or it could be as overseer of his 14-year-old son’s super late-model short-track activities.

    Following the last of 36 Sprint Cup races at Homestead Miami Speedway on Nov. 16, the Hartford native reflected on the 2008 season, but, more painfully, gazed into auto racing’s crystal ball. “I’m ready for a break,” said Blaney, who finished 31st in the owners’ points standings. “I’m glad it’s over.”

    About the only circuit he’s ruled out is hot rods. At age 46, steering a flamethrower at 200-plus mph is not an option. The uncertainty of his place in NASCAR’s top tier is utmost on his mind.

    “It’s hard to tell what’s going to happen,” Blaney said of the status of Bill Davis Racing’s No. 22 team, which, following Homestead, laid off most of its employees. The 22 team is kind of up in the air. It doesn’t have sponsorship for 2009.”

    If it sounds like the end, that’s understandable, but the door doesn’t appear to have closed completely. “I’d love to keep going. I’d love to have a job and have it done,” he said of a contract that is customarily signed by season’s end. “I’m not even close to thinking about not driving, but if I don’t have any opportunities, I don’t have any opportunities. I’m pretty confident something will happen; I’m just not quite sure what yet.”

    Blaney said he’d consider the second-tier Nationwide series or Craftsman. “I’d love to run Nationwide or Trucks with a really competitive team. That would be fun. If not, I’ll will look at racing somewhere else. My son is having fun racing, so I could see myself going with him.”(vindy.com)





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