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March 2009 - Posts

• McMurray rejects apology attempt by Montoya

  Juan Pablo Montoya attempted to apologize Friday morning to Roush Fenway Racing’s Jamie McMurray about an incident last week, but McMurray apparently wasn’t interested in what he had to say. Montoya, who got into the back of McMurray last Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, approached McMurary on Friday morning at Martinsville Speedway, and things apparently [...] Posted Mar 28 2009, 12:50 AM by AutoRacingSport.com Filed under: NASCAR News

• Martinsville interview with Jeff Gordon

  YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT RACING HERE THIS WEEKEND AT MARTINSVILLE: “We’ve been looking forward to this one for a long time. It’s always been a great track for us and I feel that as strong as the team is this year and as well as things are going that we’re probably even more anxious to get [...] Posted Mar 28 2009, 12:49 AM by AutoRacingSport.com Filed under: NASCAR News

• Martinsville interview with Dale Earnhardt, Jr

  HOW IS THE CAR? “Oh, the car’s pretty good. We seem to be real competitive with everybody. Jeff (Gordon) is really fast. But I was happy with how I unloaded.” HOW DID YOUR MEETING GO? IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS IS BEHIND YOU “Well, when you need to do better you get down and [...] Posted Mar 28 2009, 12:48 AM by AutoRacingSport.com Filed under: NASCAR News

• Martinsville interview with Dale Earnhardt, Jr

  HOW IS THE CAR? “Oh, the car’s pretty good. We seem to be real competitive with everybody. Jeff (Gordon) is really fast. But I was happy with how I unloaded.” HOW DID YOUR MEETING GO? IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS IS BEHIND YOU “Well, when you need to do better you get down and [...] Posted Mar 28 2009, 12:48 AM by AutoRacingSport.com Filed under: NASCAR News

• Source: Allmendinger and Speed on USF1’s short list, Patrick and Busch are not

  Sources tell AutoRacingSport.com that NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers AJ Allmendinger and Scott Speed are ‘definitely’ on the short list of the newly formed USF1 Formula 1 team that’s set to begin competition in 2010 while IndyCar star Danica Patrick and NASCAR Sprint Cup sensation Kyle Busch are not. ‘Ken and Peter (Ken Anderson and Peter Windsor-USF1 [...] Posted Mar 27 2009, 09:40 AM by AutoRacingSport.com Filed under: NASCAR News

• Interview with Mark Martin

  THE MODERATOR: Joining us from the NASCAR headquarters in Daytona Beach Florida, Mark Martin, driver of the No. 5 Kellogg’s Chevrolet for Hendrick motorsports. Mark comes into Martinsville and has some serious momentum going. He has been the pole setter at the last two Sprint Cup events, Atlanta and Bristol and he also finished [...] Posted Mar 27 2009, 09:19 AM by AutoRacingSport.com Filed under: NASCAR News

• Interview with Rick Hendrick

  THE MODERATOR: Welcome to today’s NASCAR teleconference in advance of this week’s race at Martinsville Speedway. This is the first half of a teleconference doubleheader. Right now we are pleased to have a very special guest, Hendrick Motorsports owner, Rick Hendrick, whose organization got its very first NASCAR Sprint Cup win 25 years ago [...] Posted Mar 27 2009, 09:16 AM by AutoRacingSport.com Filed under: NASCAR News

• Reports: Almirola to lose ride, team to be shut down

  Series watchers expect that Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will park its No. 8 Chevrolet for Aric Almirola. Team owner Chip Ganassi said he won’t run the car without a sponsor–the same stance he took last year when he closed down former IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti’s team. Almirola is scheduled to compete in this weekend’s race at [...] Posted Mar 26 2009, 07:47 PM by AutoRacingSport.com Filed under: NASCAR News