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Week of 9/18/05
Waltrip AND Napa head to BDR
HIGH POINT, NC (Sept. 23, 2005) -- NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip and NAPA AUTO PARTS announced today they have entered into a partnership with Bill Davis Racing (BDR) for the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season.
Nine victories and eight poles are shared between the parties including three Daytona 500 rings and a Southern 500 victory. Bill Davis Racing’s achievements lured Waltrip to their High Point, N.C. race shop.
“I like the way Bill does business and he has created a strong organization,” Waltrip explained. “NAPA and I look forward to continuing our winning ways at Bill Davis Racing on the track, as well as extending our successful marketing efforts off the track.”
Waltrip and NAPA were teamed up by the late Dale Earnhardt in 2001 when their initial race together put them in victory lane at the Daytona 500. Since then, the pair has taken advantage of their union to create one of the strongest partnerships in the sport.
“Teaming with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. and Dale [Earnhardt] Jr. for the past five years has been the highlight of my NASCAR NEXTEL Cup career to date,” continued Waltrip. “I look toward my future with NAPA and BDR with gratitude to DEI for the memories and friendships I have formed.”
“It is no secret that our association with Michael has been a key ingredient of our marketing efforts,” said Bob Susor, president of NAPA AUTO PARTS. “Race fans associate NAPA AUTO PARTS with Michael Waltrip and vice versa. Michael has promoted our brand in his own unique style. Moving forward, we are pleased to announce our continued support of Michael Waltrip and a new partnership with Bill Davis Racing. This begins a new chapter in NASCAR team sponsorship for NAPA. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation for the many successes NAPA has enjoyed during our tenure with DEI such as two NASCAR Truck Series Championships and two Daytona 500 victories. We will value our DEI association and wish them nothing but the best in their future efforts.”
Next year will be Bill Davis Racing’s 14th year of competition on the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series level, the team’s 19th year in NASCAR competition. As a NASCAR team owner, Davis has worked with some of the sport’s top drivers achieving wins in all three premier divisions of NASCAR, totaling 18 victories, 100 top-five finishes and 250 top-10 finishes.
Davis currently fields one full-time NEXTEL Cup Series team with Scott Wimmer driving the No. 22 Caterpillar Dodge Charger. In 2004, Davis expanded his operations to house three full-time truck teams in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The teams include Mike Skinner in the No. 5 Toyota Tundra, Bill Lester in the No. 22 Toyota Tundra, and Johnny Benson in the No. 23 Toyota Tundra.
“NAPA and Michael Waltrip are the perfect combination to re-establish our two-car Cup team in 2006,” said Davis. “NAPA and Michael are held in high regard in our sport and have been successful in each Series they have competed. We plan to build on their success and create a very competitive team next year and beyond.” September 23, 2005
R. Gordon helmet hits $10m
Robby Gordon's helmet that went up for a charity auction on ebay.com this week was later pulled because bidding exceeded the $10 million dollar mark. It was later re-listed and is now being monitored carefully for legitimate bids only. Bidding is currently over $50,000. September 22, 2005
DEI - Mikey didn't do it
DEI is appealing the penalties handed down by NASCAR to Michael Waltrip for using an "inappropriate gesture during a televised broadcast." Team Vice President Richie Gilmore said "In looking at the tape, we don't see anywhere during the entire incident where Michael did what he is accused of doing." September 22, 2005
Who's hot going into Dover?
Who's hot heading into Dover?
Points leader Tony Stewart keeps his streak of 13 Top 10's in a row
Greg Biffle has 5 straight Top 6 finishes
Matt Kenseth has 5 straight Top 10's in a row September 22, 2005
TRACK STATS | DOVER
Distance: 1-Mile oval
Banking up to 24 º
Front and backstretches: 1,076 ft.
Miles/laps: 400 miles, 400 laps
Last year's poll sitter: Jeremy Mayfield
Last year's winner: Ryan Newman
Up for grabs: $4.9 million September 22, 2005
Lowes testing angers drivers
Test sessions at Lowes Motor Speedway did not create happy drivers. In fact 4, including series points leader Tony Stewart tried to move the wall with his racecar. You may remember in the Coke 600 earlier this year we saw basically unsafe conditions on the track after they re-surfaced it. September 22, 2005
T.V. Schedule - Dover
ON TV
BUSCH SERIES QUALIFYING @ 1:30pm Friday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP SERIES QUALIFYING @ 3pm Friday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP SERIES FINAL PRACTICE @ 11am Saturday on TNT
BUSCH SERIES RACING @ 1pm Saturday on TNT
TRUCK SERIES RACING FROM LAS VEGAS @ 9pm Saturday on Speed
NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACING @ 12:30pm Sunday on TNT
all times are eastern September 22, 2005
Roush 'Reality' set's start date
Roush Racing and the Discovery Channel have announced their new reality show will make it's debut on October 24th at 8pm. The show is called "Driver X" and will feature 25 contestants all hoping for a full-time, fully sponsored Craftsman Truck Series ride in 2006. September 22, 2005
This...is 'Carl Edwards' eh CNN
PAINT SCHEME
Carl Edwards #60 Ford in the Busch Series will take on a new look for this weekend. It will feature CNN's red & white logo and will be used to promote a CNN special show called 'Driven to Extremes' which will air on Sunday, October 16th at 10pm. September 22, 2005
Jarrett gets Parrott back
Robert Yates Racing is putting Todd Parrot back in control of Dale Jarrett's #88 UPS Ford as the crew chief. Kevin Buskirk team engineer will become the interim crew chief of Elliott Sadler's #38 machine. The team is making these changes now to prepare for the 2006 season. September 20, 2005
R. Gordon puts helmet up for charity auction
Robby Gordon is still fuming over Sunday's events, but he hasn't lost sight on what is important in life. So he is putting up his now famous helmet up for auction on ebay, and will give the proceeds to the "Harrah's Employee Relief Fund" who lost several casinos in hurricane Katrina displacing their employees. The auction is up on ebay.com, and we've you linked up from our website at finalllapradio.com
http://cgi.ebay.com/Robby-Gordon-race-used-NASCAR-Helmet_W0QQitemZ5245335747QQcategoryZ50121QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem September 20, 2005
Many fines, no suspensions
Here's the rundown on the fines and penalties from this past weekend.
-Lance McGrew, crew chief of the 25 car was fined $10,000 and put on probation till the end of the year for an unapproved car body. Brian Vickers was penalized 25 points.
-Kasey Kahne was fined $25,000, 25 points, and put on probation for his on track run-in with Kyle Busch.
-Robby Gordon was fined $25,000, and 25 points for trying to hit Michael Waltrip's car under caution, and then throwing his helmet at the 15. He was also fined separately $10,000 for use of inappropriate language during a television interview, and docked another 25 points. Robby was also put on probation until the end of the year, but not suspended like first thought.
-And finally Michael Waltrip was fined $10,000 and 25 points for an inappropriate gesture during the television broadcast. September 19, 2005
Robby sorry for TV word
Robby Gordon has publicly apologized via his website. "First and foremost, I want to apologize for the words I chose immediately after our race had ended," Gordon said. "We had a decent car and we were obviously hoping to give our sponsors Jim Beam, Harrah's and Menards a top-10 finish. For some reason Michael obviously wanted that spot a lot more than I did because he flat took me out as I was cleared in front of him. I let my emotions get the better of me and I apologize."
http://www.robbygordon.com September 19, 2005
Testing this week at Lowes Motor Speedway
Tons of teams at the track this week getting ready for the October 15th race at the track. Drivers include: Tony Stewart, Mark Martin, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, and others. September 19, 2005
Truck Series results
In the Truck Series race over the weekend the top 5 stacks up like this: Ron Hornaday, Clay Rogers, Ted Musgrave, Dennis Setzer, and Rick Crawford takes the checkered flag for the trip to victory lane. It's his 4th career, and first since April 2004. September 19, 2005
POINT STANDINGS | CUP SERIES
1. Tony Stewart Leader?2. Greg Biffle -20?3. Ryan Newman -40?4. Rusty Wallace -40?5. Matt Kenseth -50?6. Jimmie Johnson -53?7. Mark Martin -54?8. Jeremy Mayfield -95?9. Carl Edwards -109?10. Kurt Busch -142?after New Hampshire September 19, 2005
Newman wins crazy race - Recap
RACE RECAP | NEW HAMPSHIRE
10 Kevin Harvick
9 Jeff Burton
8 Jimmie Johnson
7 Mark Martin
6 Rusty Wallace
5 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4 Greg Biffle
3 Matt Kenseth
2 Tony Stewart led the most laps but came up short
VICTORY LANE
Ryan Newman with his first win of 2005, and the first since Dover last year
OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY
-On lap 3, Scott Riggs wiggled in the corner and Chase driver Kurt Busch wrecked his 97 hard. Falls to 10th in points, and finished 35th on the day.
-Kyle Busch sent Kasey Kahne into the wall hard, Kasey then retaliated and was invited to NASCAR's hauler for discussion.
-Michael Waltrip spun the 7 of Robby Gordon. Robby then took his mangled race car and tried to back it into the 15, when that didn't work he got out and threw his helmet at Michael, and finally Robby used some colorful language on TV calling Michael names...and he was invited to NASCAR's hauler for discussion.
-When the full-moon craziness calmed down there were some great battles at the end of the race between Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth, and Tony Stewart and race winner Ryan Newman.
September 18, 2005
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