Other news for April 20

It seems that Kyle Busch was not aware that his team was scrambling to put the car back together. “I assumed the car was finished, that there was too extensive damage to fix it. I took that as an indication we were done for the day, went to the hauler and changed my clothes,” Busch said Thursday." And apparently no one on the team told him about it. At least that's teamwork!

http://www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3803.html

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Waltrip shuffled up his Toyota team a bit this week by adding Buddy Sisco as crew chief for Michael Waltrip’s embattled No. 55 Toyota team effective with this weekend’s Nextel Cup race at Phoenix.

http://www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3791.html

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On the same team note, Michael Waltrip is cutting back on his TV time to focus more on his team.

"Waltrip, looking a bit haggard and a little thinner than when the season began, acknowledges he took on a huge task in jumping into NASCAR’s Nextel Cup series with a three-car team in Toyota’s first year in the series.
Asked if, knowing what he knows now, he would still go with three teams, Waltrip said, “Heck yeah."

http://www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3821.html

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There's news and no news with Earnhardt Jr.'s contract negotiations. Some reports say Teresa has agreed to his 51% ownership deal, and then there are other reports saying Jr had no clue about that issue. Depends who 'ya read. Heck, at this moment, on NASCAR.com, this is Jeff Gordon's 4th pole of the year, while over at Fox, it's his 3rd!! So as I always say, time will tell.

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In memorial of the victims of Virginia Tech, All Nextel Cup and Busch cars at Phoenix, Talladega and Richmond and Trucks at Kansas will carry Virginia Tech logos to the right of the driver’s-side window nets as a tribute to victims of this week’s shootings on the campus.
http://www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3793.html

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It look slike 20 Cup drivers have entered the Busch Aaron's 312 at Talladega.

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BUSCH SERIES - Friday, 9 p.m. ET (ESPN2)At Phoenix Int'l Raceway
Qualifying: Friday, 5:35 p.m. ET

NEXTEL CUP SERIES - Saturday, 8:45 p.m. ETAt Phoenix Int'l Raceway

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Tony Stewart took call after call on his Sirius Satellite show from so many people saying don't retire Tony!! It would seem his quick, off the cuff remark got many people up in arms and Tony paid the price by having to answer all their calls. Matt Yocum noted that then ext time Tony has to answer a question, he needs to ponder how many calls he will have to take in regards to what ever action he takes!!

I almost feel bad for him.

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In case you hadn't noticed, Clint Bowyer is haning in there this year pretty tough. In my race recap blog you can see his number pop up in the top 10 repeatedly through out the different races. You go Clint!!
http://www.thatsracin.com/242/story/3802.html