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‘No grip’ yada yada.

‘Save fuel’ yada yada.

‘Oooops’……

GM: What a turn-around from years past. Instead of racing in Michigan to showcase the Big Three manufacturers, thanks to our gracious President and his Democratic dweebs in Congress, this year we can cheer our own Government Motors to the winners circle. Yes, whether you are a died in the wool Ford or Chrysler fan, we all now own a piece of GM, and will be owning it for quite some time.

Something exploded down in Daytona, and the NASCAR and ARCA news is just flying out everywhere, particularly about the draws of starting position for the Bud Shootout.

We tried to pick up the best parts and send it right to you in today’s edition of the Stock Car Gazette.

Enjoy.

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by MotorSportsNews.Net

Welcome to February (already?) and Groundhog Day (a movie of the same name is one of my favorites). Anything different is good!

We have a different but good edition of our Stock Car Gazette for you, containing all the latest NASCAR racing news… check it out!

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by MotorSportsNews.Net

I told you there’d be some stuff happening in stock car racing since yesterday… and here it is.

Check out the latest edition of the Stock Car Gazette e-zine, containing all the latest from NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, ARCA RE/MAX, and other motorsports news.

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by MotorSportsNews.Net

Photo by Steve Langley

So, what do you say when you meet a king?

I finally got to meet “The King”.

If you’re new to stock car racing and NASCAR, you might not know who that is, but it would be surprising if you didn’t.

“The King” is Richard Petty, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ most winning driver, with 200 victories.

Mr. Petty was at the world headquarters of Valvoline in Lexington, KY, today to sign a contract of some sort.

No details were provided, but I would surmise that it had something to do with Valvoline sponsoring the #43 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge Charger in the 2009 Daytona 500.

FastCar Newsdesk for week of 1/2/09

The events of the last month regarding Petty Enterprises, Gillett Evernham Motorsports, and their possible merger have taken many turns. A.J. Allmendinger’s promotion to the No. 19 Dodge and Elliott Sadler’s removal from the team is one of he strangest. Last weekend, sources confirmed that Elliott Sadler had been released from his contract and replaced by A.J. Allmendinger, who raced the final five events for GEM in the No. 10 car.

I have a subscription to Hot Rod Magazine. I know it's not NASCAR by any means, but I'm a car guy not just a NASCAR guy.

I like Hot Rod, it is one of the few magazines that I literally read from cover to cover. Editor Rob Kinnan and his crew do a great job with it each month.
A long time ago I gave up my subscription to Hot Rod because it wasn't what it should have been, could have been, or once was. To me it felt like it lost its focus then, but now its back and is better than it has been in many years - that is why I finally started to subscribe to it again after nearly 20 yrs.

FastCar Newsdesk for week of 12/11/08

Another piece of Petty Enterprises is breaking away. 2000 Cup champion Bobby Labonte, driver of the famed No. 43 Dodge announced his plans to leave the team, citing PE’s uncertain future as his reasoning. This announcement comes in the wake of rumors surfacing last week that PE is in discussions with Gillett Evernham Motorsports about letting GEM make the No. 43 car its 4th team.

Though nothing official has been announced, multiple sources are confirming that Boston Ventures and Petty Enterprises are terminating their deal and George Gillett, owner of Gillett Evernham Motorsports, is going to absorb the partially sponsored No. 43 Dodge and make it his fourth team.

Wow. Another great race at Atlanta….

Still Truckin’?: With Ford pulling out of the Truck series (joining Dodge), this puts the whole series in jeopardy. Hey. One way they could cut costs is to replace the Truck series with a newly invigorated IROC series (but this time have a choice of bodies so it would seem more palatable). The motors and chassis would have to be the same, but the skin could resemble current day cars. Just a thought.