Archive for January, 2009
Academy Sports To Sponsor HOFR No. 96, Labonte
Hall Of Fame racing announced that Academy Sports + Outdoors will sponsor Bobby Labonte and the No. 96 Ford for five races next season beginning at Bristol Motor Speedway. The retailer will also sponsor the car at the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, the Pep Boys Auto [...]
Andretti To Drive 4th EGR Car in Daytona 500?
John Andretti is expected to be named as the driver of the fourth Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevy at the Daytona 500. No word on the car number or the sponsor. Andretti will join EGR drivers, Martin Truex Jr., Juan Pablo Montoya, and Aric Almirola. Andretti, who has one victory at the track, and is a [...]
Labonte To Attempt Daytona 500
Terry Labonte will attempt to make this year’s Daytona 500 in a Toyota Camry fielded by newly formed Prism Motorsports, which is co-owned by former Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series driver Phil Parson. The No. 66 entry will be sponsored by Window World for the 500, and the company is looking at sponsoring [...]
Companies With NASCAR Ties Eliminating Jobs
Four companies with ties to NASCAR, Sprint Nextel, General Motors, Caterpillar, and Home Depot all announced that they are cutting jobs in light of current economic conditions. Sprint Nextel, the NASCAR Sprint Cup series sponsor, announced that it will be cutting about 15% of its workforce, or 8,000 employees. This move is expected to save [...]
Keselowski To Run 10 Races For Phoenix Racing
After deciding to run the full Sprint Cup season in 2009, Phoenix Racing has announced that Brad Keselowski will drive 10 races in the No. 09 Miccosukee Resorts and Gaming Chevy. Keselowski will also run seven races in the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports. By running 17 races, if Keselowski runs the full [...]
Riggs To Drive For TBR In 2009
Tommy Baldwin Racing announced that Scott Riggs will drive the team’s No. 36 Toyota for the 2009 Sprint Cup season. No sponsor has been named. Riggs said: I look forward to working with Tommy. I think we can work together to build something really strong. I feel fortunate to work with someone like Tommy who [...]
GEM Becomes RPM
Gillett Evernham Motorsports will now be known as Richard Petty Motorsports, following its recent merger with Petty Enterprises. As part of the deal with PE, GEM agreed to keep the Petty name in the name of the new organization. Richard Petty also requested that the team use the No. 44. The No. 44 will replace [...]
Fastenal To Sponsor JR Motorsports' No. 5
JR Motorsports announced that Fastenal has signed on to sponsor its No. 5 Chevy for 14 Nationwide races in 2009, starting with the O’Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway with Dale Earnhardt Jr. behind the wheel. He will also start the Winn Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway in July. The other 12 races and drivers [...]
Gilliland Out At Yates?
With Hall Of Fame Racing forming an alliance with Yates Racing and signing Bobby Labonte to drive the No. 96 Ask.com Ford Fusion, David Gilliland figures he is the odd man out at Yates. The team intends to field three cars this season, and, for those of you counting, the addition of Labonte and Paul [...]
It's Official: Labonte To HOF Racing
As previously reported, Bobby Labonte will drive Hall Of Fame Racing’s No. 96 Ford Fusion next season. The team will be sponsored by Ask.com. Following his release from Petty Enterprises, Labonte was rumored to be going to Earnhardt Ganassi Racing in the No. 41 sponsored by Target, or, more recently, the No. 8 Chevy. No [...]
