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NASCAR Daily News Headlines * November 5, 2009
Danica Patrick Deal In Works?Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Wednesday night that his JR Motorsports team is still negotiating with IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick about driving a partial Nationwide Series schedule in 2010 and that he still believes that there’s competition to land Patrick.“We’ve been talking to her,” Earnhardt Jr. said during an appearance in Las Vegas. “Other teams are talking to her as well. She’s really serious about coming to NASCAR. A lot of people, I guess, thought that it was just a media hoax or her kind of blowing smoke. “She’s really serious about it, and she’s going to do it with somebody. We’re working on details and trying to be part of that puzzle. We’ll know more in the future.” JR Motorsports is considered one of the leading candidates to land Patrick because both Earnhardt Jr. and Patrick have had sponsorship agreements with GoDaddy.com, which will sponsor Earnhardt Jr.’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin at the Sprint Cup level next year.(scenedaily.com)
Motorsports Authentics Big LossMotorsports Authentics, the primary provider of NASCAR-related merchandise, has lost $20.1 million in the first nine months of 2009, Speedway Motorsports Inc. reported in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today.SMI owns half of Motorsports Authentics with track operating rival International Speedway Corp. The $20.1 million in losses this year does not include the $111.2 million write-down of the worth of the company. SMI estimates its half is worth $14.9 million. It cost ISC and SMI $247.5 million to purchase Action Performance and Team Caliber to form Motorsports Authentics in 2005. For the first nine months of 2008, Motorsports Authentics made nearly $10 million but couldn’t stay in the black for 2009. The company warned the situation might not get better and that bankruptcy is a possibility. “MA continues to have a material amount of inventory,” the company stated in its detailed financial filing of overall third-quarter results. “Although lower than 2008, a significant portion of MA’s 2009 revenues and gross profits relate to sales of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. licensed merchandise, which may or may not continue at current levels. “Lower 2009 revenues have resulted, and may continue to result in, reduced profitability and increased exposure to excess product levels.” In the last four months, Motorsports Authentics has stopped paying guaranteed royalties due licensors. It only is paying royalties on what is actually sold.(scenedaily.com)
Texas Hotpass LineupNASCAR HOTPASS™ on DIRECTV is free to all DIRECTV customers. Four dedicated driver channels offering viewers multiple camera angles, real-time statistics and audio of the network broadcast augmented by live communication between the drivers and their pit crews is available for all 36 point-paying races during the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth is as follows:
Kurt Busch will make his 326th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 14th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … The 31-year-old Las Vegas native has scored 19 wins and 133 top-10 finishes in 325 Sprint Cup starts … Has eight top-10 finishes in 13 Sprint Cup starts at Texas … Won April 2006 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the 1.5-mile oval … Never started worse than fifth or finished lower than sixth in two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Texas … 2009 marks Busch’s ninth full season of Sprint Cup competition and he won the points championship in 2004 … Finished eighth in April race at Texas … Started sixth and finished 30th last week at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Ranks sixth in Sprint Cup points with one win and 18 top-10 finishes.
Juan Pablo Montoya will make his 107th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his sixth at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … The 34-year-old Bogota, Columbia, native has scored one win and 26 top-10 finishes in 106 Sprint Cup starts … Has two top-10 finishes in five Sprint Cup starts at Texas … Won 1999 Champ Car World Series championship, 2000 Indianapolis 500 and scored seven Formula One victories, including the 2003 Grand Prix of Monaco … 2009 marks Montoya’s third full season of Sprint Cup competition and he finished a career-best 20th in points in 2007 … Finished seventh in April race at Texas … Started fifth and finished 19th last week at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Ranks fourth in Sprint Cup points with 17 top-10 finishes.
Jimmie Johnson has won the last three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships (2006-2008) and has never finished worse than fifth in points … The 34-year-old from El Cajon, Calif., will make his 289th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 13th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … Has one win (November 2007) and nine top-10 finishes in 12 starts at the 1.5-mile oval … Johnson has won 46 races and has 178 top-10 finishes in 288 Sprint Cup starts, meaning he has finished 10th or better in 61.8 percent of races he has entered … Finished second in April race at Texas … Started first and finished sixth last week at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Ranks first in Sprint Cup Series points with six wins and 22 top-10 finishes.
Carl Edwards will make his 191st career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 10th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … Has three wins (November 2005, April 2008 and November 2008) and four top-10 finishes in nine Sprint Cup starts at Texas … In nine NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at Texas, Edwards has five top-10 finishes and won the pole for the fall 2008 race … Has five NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the 1.5-mile oval with four top-10 finishes … The 30-year-old Columbia, Mo., native has won 16 races and has 98 top-10 finishes in 190 Sprint Cup starts … Captured 2007 Nationwide Series title … 2009 marks Edwards’ fifth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of second in 2008 … Finished 10th in April race at Texas … Started 10th and finished 14th last week at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Ranks 10th in Sprint Cup points with 13 top-10 finishes.
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