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NASCAR Daily News Headlines * October 31, 2008
Gordon On Texas PoleDespite all his success in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Jeff Gordon hasn’t had much of it at Texas Motor Speedway. That could be about to change. Gordon, driving the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, dashed to his first pole at the 1.5-mile track on Friday to claim the top starting spot for Sunday’s Dickies 500. The four-time series champ is seeking his first win in his 16th start at the track. Gordon’s fast lap of 188.469 mph beat out Dale Earnhardt Inc.’s Martin Truex Jr., who qualified second at 188.003. Richard Childress Racing’s Clint Bowyer posted the third-fastest speed at 187.859. Roush Fenway Racing’s Jamie McMurray and Hendrick’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. completed the top five.Positions six through 10 belong to Roush Fenway’s Matt Kenseth, Hendrick’s Jimmie Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Tony Stewart, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Reed Sorenson and Haas CNC Racing’s Scott Riggs. Chase For The Sprint Cup drivers outside the top 10 included Roush Fenway’s Carl Edwards (16th), JGR’s Denny Hamlin (17th), Roush Fenway’s Greg Biffle (19th), RCR’s Kevin Harvick (23rd), JGR’s Kyle Busch (29th) and RCR’s Jeff Burton (38th). Brad Keselowski, driving the No. 25 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, qualified based on speed and will start 37th in his series debut. Tony Raines (Haas CNC Racing), Bryan Clauson (Ganassi), Chad McCumbee (Petty Enterprises), Max Papis (Germain Racing) and Johnny Sauter (EM Motorsports) all failed to qualify based on speed and will miss the race.(scenedaily.com)
Atlanta Ratings Down 10%ABC reported that its coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Pep Boys 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway earned a final national rating of 3.6 – 10 down from the 4.0 the race earned last year when it also was telecast on ABC. Ratings for the Chase For The Sprint Cup on ABC are even with last year at an average of 3.8 through seven races, according to the network.(scenedaily.com)
Texas Goodyear Tire NotesTeams in all three NASCAR series will run the same tire codes at Texas this weekend, though those for the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will be branded "Goodyear Eagle," while those for the Truck Series will be branded "Goodyear Wrangler" -- this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that Goodyear brought for teams to run at Texas earlier this season -- Cup and Nationwide in April and Truck in June -- in addition to Texas, NASCAR teams have run this specific tire combination at Chicagoland earlier this summer -- teams in all three of these series will run this set-up again at Homestead in two weeks -- this left-side tire code (D-4134) has also been run with a different right-side code at Dover, Michigan and Kentucky in 2008 -- as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams will are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Texas -- air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
Mears To Stay In No. 5 Through End Of YearAlthough a switch for the NASCAR Sprint Cup finale at Homestead-Miami was discussed, Casey Mears will remain in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet while Mark Martin will sit on the sideline. Martin is replacing Mears next season, while Mears will drive for Richard Childress Racing.There were discussions about Mears driving for RCR with Martin going into the Hendrick car for the finale so they could get a head start on next season, Mears and Martin said last Sunday. But Hendrick Motorsports has opted to just keep Mears in the car.(scenedaily.com)
Team Rensi Will Run Remaining RacesTeam Rensi Motorsports will run the rest of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season after driver Bobby Hamilton Jr. put up the money for the team to compete in the final three races, team president Ronnie Russell said Thursday afternoon. The team’s sponsorship had run out for this year, and Smithfield Foods has already indicated it would not return next year.“He’s actually funding this out of his own pocket,” Russell said in the Texas Motor Speedway garage. “We’ve got several things going on and he’s taking the chance to where we keep racing long enough to where we can seal something up here [for next year].” Hamilton Jr. is 15th in driver points and the team is 18th in owners points. But if the team doesn’t attempt to qualify for an event, it would lose its automatic-qualifier status for being in the top 30 in owners points and would have to start next season qualifying on speed. “If we are able to achieve something, then it would be really important to have [that guaranteed spot],” Russell said. “We hope some people pay attention to us and we’re true to what we say – if Bobby hadn’t come forward, then we couldn’t have done this.” Hamilton Jr. said he will spend about $380,000 in keeping the team running for the rest of the year.
“[Co-owner] Ed Rensi has spent millions and millions of his own money keeping this deal going and we didn’t want him to do that any more,” Hamilton Jr. said Friday. “We could have shut down and gave up and walked away, but it wasn’t in us. It wasn’t in me and it wasn’t in these guys.(scenedaily.com)
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