Gas prices have race fans rethinking trip to the track (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

Auto racing is the ultimate in gas-guzzling entertainment. But the prospect of paying $4 a gallon to get to the track has some fans reluctant to start their engines. Ticket sales have slipped just as May, the biggest month in motorsports, approaches. So track promoters are shifting into high gear to keep the grandstands full, offering all-you-can-eat packages and staging rock concerts.

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Former Formula One driver Speed paying his dues in ARCA (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

In this Oct. 4, 2007 file photo, Dario Franchitti,  left, is greeted by fellow driver Scott Speed during qualifying for the ARCA RE/MAX Series 250 auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. These days, Scott Speed has to be content in his down time playing video games in his motorcoach or hanging out with other drivers. And that's just fine with the former Formula One driver.

No more hanging out at the casino in Monte Carlo or attending parties hosted by a prince in Dubai.

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Petty Enterprises heads into summer of uncertainty (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte stands next to his car as he waits to start the Aaron's 499 Nationwide Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on Sunday, April 27,  2008. The team made famous by Richard Petty heads into a summer of uncertaintity as it attempts to secure a business partner, locate a sponsor for its flagship No. 43 Dodge and convince Bobby Labonte not to leave at the end of this season.

The first step was getting Kyle Petty back into a race, accomplished last weekend when he qualified the No. 45 at Talladega Superspeedway for its first event in nearly a month.

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Moss forms Craftman Trucks team (PA SportsTicker)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina (Ticker) — Randy Moss is getting involved in NASCAR.

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Young mechanics will win chance to spend time with RFR (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

Some of the nation’s best young automotive technicians will vie for the chance to spend a week with Roush Fenway Racing and learn about the workings of a NASCAR team.

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Crew chief change sparks Montoya’s best finish of the year (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

In this May 28, 2005 file photo, Jimmy Elledge, Dale Earnhardt Jr's brother-in-law, watches practice for the Coca-Cola 600 race at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.  A crew-chief change helped Juan Pablo Montoya to his best finish of the season. But Montoya thinks it's far too early to tell if Jimmy Elledge will make him a championship contender.

A new crew chief helped Juan Pablo Montoya to his best finish of the season, a second-place showing at Talladega Superspeedway.

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SAFER barriers going into LMS backstretch (AP)

Posted by on Apr 29, 2008

Lowe’s Motor Speedway will have a SAFER barrier along the inside wall of its backstretch by the time the track opens for NASCAR racing next month.

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Schrader to replace injured Franchitti in No. 40 at Richmond (AP)

Posted by on Apr 29, 2008

NASCAR drivers Dario Franchitti, left, and Larry Gunselman (91) crash during the Aaron's 312 Nationwide Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., in this Saturday, April 26, 2008 file photo. Franchitti was injured just 10 laps into Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Talladega, the injuries have sidelined the reigning Indy Car Series champion and Indianapolis 500 winner for at least two weeks.

Ken Schrader will replace the injured Dario Franchitti in Saturday night’s NASCAR race at Richmond International Raceway.

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Stewart has plenty of reasons to leave Joe Gibbs Racing (AP)

Posted by on Apr 28, 2008

In this April 26, 2008 file photo, Tony Stewart walks to his car before qualifying for the Aaron's 499 auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. Joe Gibbs Racing is clearly the best team in NASCAR now. And if winning is truly the most important thing to Tony Stewart, why would he even consider leaving the organization?

If winning really and truly is the most important thing to Tony Stewart, then he’ll be hard pressed to find an acceptable reason to leave Joe Gibbs Racing.

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Colombia's Montoya makes run at NASCAR crown (AFP)

Posted by on Apr 28, 2008

Juan Pablo Montoya, the Colombian racer who ditched Formula One for US stock car racing, finished second at the Aaron's 499 to match his best oval showing in his two seasons in the series.

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