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  • Jeremy Clements Racing News for Atlanta 0 CommentsPosted by THL on September 2, 2010 under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    Lowery Plumbing of Kerrville Tx, and Sammy Clay, a 16 year ministry veteran, will  be associate sponsors on the No.04 Chevrolet of Jeremy Clements Racing this weekend as they head to Atlanta for the Great Clips 300. Anne and Dan Lowery are avid NASCAR fans and long time sponsors of many teams. Sammy Clay came to the team through racedaysponsors.com, an up and coming business which gives com... more.
  • Marcos Ambrose Voted as Best V8 Supercar Driver…Ever 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Cup Series News, Nationwide News
    As a part of V8X magazines 10-year celebration, motorsports journalists have rated NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Marcos Ambrose as the best V8 Supercar driver ever.   “It’s just an honor to receive this kind of recognition,” Ambrose humbly stated. “I really want to thank V8X magazine and the motorsport journalists who voted for me. I love the V8 Supercar Series and I have so many fond... more.
  • NASCAR considering multi-car qualifying 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Cup Series News, News Links, Other News, Series News
    The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has implemented a multi-truck qualifying system in recent weeks which is reportedly being considered for both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series next year. The format calls for two vehicles on track simultaneously in an effort to speed up the qualifying session with the order of time trials based on the last practice session starting with the slowest time... more.
  • Valvoline to sponsor Michael Annett at Atlanta Motor Speedway 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Team PR
    Adding another esteemed partner to their 2010 sponsorship lineup, Germain Racing’s No. 15 Toyota Camry driven by Michael Annett will feature primary sponsorship from Valvoline this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. As a leading provider of automotive lubricants, Valvoline came on board as a sponsor of the team after a partnership with Germain Racing and Germain Motor Company was formed in June.... more.
  • FarmPaint.com to sponsor Johnny Sauter at Kentucky 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Pre Race, THL Highlights, Truck Series News
    Johnny Sauter carries momentum with him as he heads to Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway. Sauter and crew chief Joe Shear, Jr. celebrated their first anniversary together at ThorSport Racing with a fourth-place finish last weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. It was the pair’s 14th top-five finish in 27 races together and their sixth in the last eight races. In o... more.
  • Donny Lia On Board With Stringer Motorsports For Kentucky Speedway 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Pre Race, Truck Series News
    As luck would have it for both Stringer Motorsports and the former two-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Series Champion and current NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Driver Donny Lia, both had openings in their remaining 2010 NCWTS schedules to come together and partner for a few of the remaining 2010 races with Lia driving the #90 Toyota for Stringer Motorsports led by Crew Chief Trip Bruce beginning ... more.
  • Matt Crafton Kentucky Express Notes 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Pre Race, Truck Series News
    Matt Crafton is ready to close down a nine-races-in-eight-weeks stretch by chasing the checkered flag at one of his favorite tracks: Kentucky Speedway. Crafton scored his eighth consecutive top-ten finish at Chicagoland Speedway last Friday, and he has been strong at Kentucky in the past. Crafton and his Bud Haefele-led team have arguably had the best truck at Kentucky in each of the past two race... more.
  • Miguel Paludo Will Make Second Truck Series Appearance at Kentucky 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Pre Race, Truck Series News
    Miguel Paludo has been racing in the NASCAR ranks in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2010 with fellow Toyota team Hattori Racing Enterprises. He expanded his schedule to join forces with NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship points leaders Germain Racing. In the first of four Truck Series events scheduled this season, Paludo took full advantage of his team’s experience and reso... more.
  • David Starr hopes new team reverses his fortunes 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under News Links, Pre Race, Truck Series News
    David Starr is in a rare predicament for this late in a NASCAR season. The Camping World Truck Series veteran has moved to a new team—SS Green Light Racing—after running the first 16 races of 2010 with Randy Moss Motorsports. Starr, who came home a solid 10th in his SS Green Light debut last weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, will finish out the year with the team in what is likely an audi... more.
  • Aaron’s to sponsor Michael Waltrip at Talladega 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Cup Series News, THL Highlights, Team PR
    Aaron’s, Inc. will sponsor driver Michael Waltrip at Talladega Superspeedway on Oct. 31 as part of its 55th anniversary celebration. The two-time Daytona 500 champion and former Talladega winner returns to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driving the No. 55 Toyota fielded by his Michael Waltrip Racing organization. Waltrip drove the Aaron’s 55th anniversary paint scheme at Talladega in April in... more.
  • Blackwell Angus Beef Extends Partnership with Roush Fenway Racing and No. 6 0 CommentsPosted by THL on September 1, 2010 under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    Roush Fenway Racing announced today that Blackwell Angus Beef will extend its sponsorship of the No. 6 entry in the Nationwide Series for three additional races in 2010 with rookie of the year contender Ricky Stenhouse Jr.  Beginning this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Blackwell Angus Beef will adorn Stenhouse’s No. 6 Ford.  Blackwell Angus Beef will also be on the car in Nationwide Series... more.
  • Robby Gordon to Race TORC Series PRO 2 in Season Finale at Crandon 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Cup Series News, Team PR, Track News
    For the second time in two events, a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star is going to race in the Traxxas TORC Series Presented by AMSOIL. Last week it was Kyle Busch making his off-road debut; this weekend, it’s proven short course driver Robby Gordon returning to the “Big House” to race in the PRO 2WD class. Gordon, a three-time winner in NASCAR’s top series and a Cup Series team owner, race... more.
  • NNS No. 60 Sports Fastenal Livery for Atlanta 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    QUOTES Carl Edwards on racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway: "Atlanta is definitely one of my favorite tracks. It's the place of my first Nationwide win and Sprint Cup win.  I have a lot of great memories here. It's a driver's track, which is very fast, slippery and multi-grooved. You'll see drivers using several lines. We need to stay focused and put this Fastenal Ford in victory lane."   ... more.
  • Brad Baker in No.27 for Atlanta 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    Brad Baker will make his fifth NASCAR Nationwide start of 2010 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (first four starts were in Baker Curb’s No. 43) Made his 50th career NASCAR Nationwide start in the U.S Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway (7/31/10)   BAKER CURB RACING NO. 27 2010 Brad Baker is the 12th different driver to make a start in the No. 27 this season; including drivers from four diff... more.
  • Eric McClure Returns to Hefty Odor Block Ford at AMS 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    After sitting out last weekend’s event in Montreal because of a concussion suffered during a pair of accidents at BMS, Eric McClure is ready to get back in the car at AMS.   The Great Clips 300 will mark the Virginia driver’s 131st career NNS start if he can earn one of the 43 starting positions.   Historically, AMS hasn’t been one of McClure’s favorite tracks on the circui... more.
  • MIKE BLISS AND KEY MOTORSPORTS POISED TO CONTINUE MOMENTUM IN ATLANTA 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    Mike Bliss and the Key Motorsports team head to Atlanta this weekend ready for 300 miles of NASCAR Nationwide Series competition on the fast 1.5-mile superspeedway, determined to continue the consistency that has propelled the independent organization among the top-20 in owner points.  Posting nine consecutive top-20 finishes over the past two months, Bliss and company are expecting good things t... more.
  • Reed Sorenson Back in No.32 for Atlanta 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    Atlanta Motor Speedway has always held a special place in Reed Sorenson’s heart and he is thrilled to be back this weekend in the No. 32 Dollar General Toyota. It was here that the Peachtree City, Georgia-native claimed track championships early in his career and turned heads leading 47 laps in only his third NASCAR Nationwide Series start! He also made his Sprint Cup Series debut at the Hampton... more.
  • Numblets.com joins Jay Robinson Racing at Atlanta 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
     Numblets.com joins Jay Robinson Racing at Atlanta.  Numblets.com is proud to be an associate sponsor on Jay Robinson's #28 FX "Sons of Anarchy" Chevrolet driven by Kenny Wallace this Saturday night under the lights at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  This is Numblets.com second time with Jay Robinson Racing this year.  We have enjoyed our relationship with the team and hope to grow and continue bei... more.
  • NASCAR penalizes Johnny Davis after Montreal 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Post Race, Series News
    NASCAR has penalized Johnny Davis, owner of the No. 01 car in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, for a violation following Sunday’s race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Davis has been fined $5,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31 for violating Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing/involved in an altercation on pit road after the completion of the race) of the 2010 NASCAR ... more.
  • NMPA Hall of Fame Welcomes Three New Members in 2011 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Other News, Series News
    Champion driver Dale Jarrett, famed crew chief and engine builder Waddell Wilson and renowned journalist Tom Higgins will be inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association’s Hall of Fame in January. All three were selected on more than 65 percent of the ballots cast by NMPA members to earn induction into the Hall of Fame. Wilson was selected on 70 percent of the ballots. Higgins was... more.
  • SS Green Light Racing to field NCWTS No. 81 for David Starr 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under THL Highlights, Team PR, Truck Series News
    David Starr will return to the No. 81 Toyota this weekend at Kentucky Speedway with SS Green Light Racing. The team will now field the No. 81 truck with Starr behind the wheel for the remainder of the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Starr made 16 starts with Randy Moss Motorsports before moving to SS Green Light Racing at Chicagoland Speedway; he scored a solid tenth-place finish in his fi... more.
  • The Okaloosa County, FL Tourist Development Council and GetMoreVacations.com Join Forces to Sponsor Team 42 and David Gilliland for the Great Clips 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    The Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) represents the cities of Destin, Fort Walton Beach and Okaloosa Island, Florida and is partnering with GetMoreVacations.com to sponsor the Team 42 Nationwide car this weekend in an effort to promote vacation specials in Northwest Florida. The Okaloosa County TDC joins Team 42 at the Great Clips 300 in Atlanta this Saturday, September 4th. T... more.
  • “Anarchy” Follows Kenny Wallace to Atlanta 0 CommentsPosted by THL on August 31, 2010 under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    “Anarchy” will follow Kenny Wallace to   Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend. Wallace will drive the No. 28 “Sons   of Anarchy” Chevrolet in the Great Clips 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series   event at Atlanta Motor Speedway this Saturday night.     “Sons of Anarchy is a great show—one of the most popular on television,”   said Kenny Wallace. “I create anarchy all around me and it... more.
  • Kasey Kahne proud to represent long-time sponsor Great Clips in Saturday night’s Great Clips 300 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    The Great Clips 300… This weekend marks Great Clips’ first endeavor as primary sponsor of a NASCAR event.  As a result of their “Gimmie Gotta Getta” ticket promotion in the Atlanta area, 23,000 ticket vouchers to Saturday night’s race were awarded to Great Clips customers.  A little about the Great Clips 300 “Grand Marshall” Jack Stapleton… In May 2004, during a family outing... more.
  • McMurray and Wise Head to Atlanta for JRM 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    Jamie McMurray No. 88 Hellmann’s Chevrolet “Atlanta is big, fast and wide enough to give you plenty of different options on where to run your car. The last time I ran the Hellmann’s paint scheme was back at Charlotte and we struggled a bit in that race. I’m looking forward to getting another chance to get the Hellmann’s Chevrolet up front. It’d be great to get Pops (Tony Eury Sr.) a... more.
  • Bayne Talks Atlanta…and His New Braces 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    It’s easy to forget No. 99 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver Trevor Bayne is 19-years-old.  He acts and drives like a veteran but the Knoxville, Tenn., native showed up at Bristol Motor Speedway two weeks ago with braces. Since then the Diamond-Waltrip Racing driver lost 10 lbs. but still managed to score two top-10 finishes.  This weekend Bayne visits Atlanta Motor Speedway hoping to continue hi... more.
  • Villeneuve Drives the Dollar General Toyota to a Third-Place Finish in Front of Hometown Crowd 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Post Race
    The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) made its annual visit north of the U.S. border this weekend, traveling to Montreal, Canada for the fourth running of the NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge. Canadian Jacques Villeneuve returned to the wheel of the No. 32 Dollar General Toyota, determined to claim his first NASCAR win and end a 17-year winless streak at the track that bears his late father’s... more.
  • TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com and New Hampshire Motor Speedway Partner Up for NCWTS 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Track News, Truck Series News
    TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com and New Hampshire Motor Speedway Partner Up for the Camping World Truck Series Race on September 18 Loudon, NH. (August 31, 2010) - New Hampshire Motor Speedway announced today that The Charity Splits Company, of Joliet Ill., will sponsor TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday, September 18. Charity Splits has been establi... more.
  • Scott will make his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Atlanta Motor Speedway 0 CommentsPosted by THL on under Nationwide News, Pre Race
    Scott will make his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Atlanta Motor Speedway - Scott has two top-10’s at Atlanta in the Camping World Truck Series - Scott currently leads Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings by 15 points (196-181) over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - Scott has been awarded Rookie of the Race 10 times this season, three more than any other rookie. - Scott leads all oth... more.