The Goose's Race Awards: A Day Before Thanksgiving Feast

well the Nascar season if finally over, so as i sit here with a bag of Walnuts, YES The Goose likes Walnuts. I will give you the Drivers who won the Most Goose Awards for the 2009 season and any other records that were set. And yes i'm well aware that i only started The Goose's Race Awards near the end of the Nascar Season.

Well To Start you off, here is the Most Goose's Race Awards for The Nascar Nationwide Series.


The Fast Hand Action Award: Tie between four driver

The Slow Hand Action Award: None

The Black Sheep Award: Tie between three drivers

The Lucky Break Award: Tie between Two drivers

The Unlucky Break Award: Mike Bliss (2)

The Aggressive Move Award: Tie between two drivers

The Problem Maker Award: Denny Hamlin (1)

The Keith Romaine Good Race Award: Tie between three drivers
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The Record For The Most Goose Race Awards For One Race: Brad Keselowski (4)

The Record For The Most Unlucky Break Awards For The Season: Mike Bliss (2)

The Record For The Most Goose Race Awards For One Season: Brad Keselowski (4)


Now here are the Most Goose Race Awards for the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.

The Fast Hand Action Award: Tie between six drivers

The Slow Hand Action Award: Brad Keselowski

The Black Sheep Award: Dale Earnhardt Jr (2)

The Lucky Break Award: Jeff Gordon (2)

The Unlucky Break Award: John Andretti (2)

The Aggressive Move Award: Juan Pablo Montoya

The Problem Maker Award: Tie between two drivers

The Keith Romaine Good Race Award: tie between six drivers

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The Record for the most Goose Race Awards for one race: Juan Pablo Montoya (4)

The Record for the most Goose Race Awards for one season: Juan Pablo Montoya (4)

The Record for the most Lucky Break Awards in one season: Jeff Gordon (2)

The Record for the most Unlucky Break Awards in one season: John Andretti (2)

The Record for the most Black Sheep Awards in one season: Dale Earnhardt Jr (2)

From The Goose, Congrats to Jimmie Johnson

As everyone knows by now Jimmie Johnson has won his Fourth Sprint Cup Championship, but that isn't the biggest thing. The biggest thing is that he won his four championships consecutively.

Now I'm not a big Jimmie Johnson fan, and don't like the fact that he won another championship. But i do give credit when credit is do.

So Congrats Jimmie, Chad, and the whole Lowe's Home Improvement Chevy Impala SS on winning your fourth Championship.

The Goose's Race Awards: The Last Sprint Race for 2009

Here are The Goose Race Awards for the Final Sprint Cup Race of 2009

The Fast Hand Action Award: Juan Pablo Montoya (For not hitting anything when he spun during practice on Friday); Mark Martin (For not spinning on lap 148)

The Slow Hand Action Award: None

The Black Sheep Award: Marcos Ambrose (For having a right rear tire go flat while leading, then having a battery die, and after that scraping the wall); Dale Earnhardt Jr (I totally forgot why)

The Lucky Break Award: Juan Pablo Montoya (for not wrecking his car in Friday Practice); Jeff Gordon (for getting a caution when he needed it); Reed Sorenson (for getting the lucky dog award)

The Unlucky Break Award: Marcos Ambrose (Because he had a right rear go flat while leading); John Andretti (for having his tire blow up and wrecking the right front fender); Juan Pablo Montoya (For getting a flat tire after he made contact with Tony Stewart); Elliott Sadler (For getting caught up in a chain reaction crash on pit road); Reed Sorenson (For getting caught up in the same accident as Elliott); Robby Gordon (Got Loose and spun)

The Aggressive Move Award: Juan Pablo Montoya (For spinning Tony Stewart)

The Problem Maker Award: Erik Darnell (For trying to get to the garage during pit stops and causing a chain reaction crash)

The Keith Romaine Good Race Award: Denny Hamlin, Bill Elliott, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick



Next Wednesday will be the announcing of the Most Goose Race Awards winners for the season along with any other records.

The Goose's Race Awards: The Last for the season for the Nationwide Series And First Time A Driver Has Won Four Awards

Here are the Goose Race Awards for the final Nationwide Series race of 2009. Next Year hopefully will be better and with more Awards. The Good Race Award has been renamed, for today and tomorrows races as well as for The Goose's Most Awards which will be sometime next week, The Keith Romaine Good Race Award in honor of Brookhaven Town (Brookhaven NY) Councilman Keith Romaine who died on November 14th, he was the councilman for my area. I did not know Mr. Romaine personally but from the way people have described him, he sounded like a man whose qualities, it takes to drive a good race.

Now with no farther a due, The Goose Race Awards.


The Fast Hand Action Award: Brad Keselowski (For not hitting Jason Leffler, when Leffler got lose in front of him)

The Slow Hand Action Award: None

The Black Sheep Award: Brad Keselowski (For getting loose and spinning and then on lap 35 getting spun by Denny Hamlin); Mike Bliss (For getting a one lap penalty for having a tire getting out of his pit box, and at the time losing 5th in points by one point)

The Lucky Break Award: Brad Keselowski (For Nascar allowing his team to get an extra set of tires after his two spins)

The Unlucky Break Award: Brad Keselowski (For getting loose and then for getting spun by Denny); Carl Edwards (For having his front balance get damage); Jeff Burton (For losing a 4.6 lead due to a caution caused by Justin Marks); Mike Bliss (because a tire rolled out of his pit box after he made a pit stop)

The Aggressive Move Award: Denny Hamlin (For spinning Brad Keselowski)

The Problem Maker Award: Denny Hamlin

The Keith Romaine Good Race Award: Erik Darnell (Before he scraped the wall; Carl Edwards 9For coming back from 38th after he damaged his car); Scott Speed

Volkswagen to enter Nascar or Rolex Grand-Am

Volkswagen's motor sports program officials are at Homestead-Miami Speedway fueling speculation that the automaker may be joining either the Rolex Grand Am Series or quite possibly Nascar.

The Associated Press has confirmed from top Nascar officials that a meeting between the sanctioning body and officials from Volkswagen did take place at the track today, but that asked for anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the meeting.

Volkswagen officials have expressed interest in entering a racing series although they have indicated that they are more inclined to pick a series that showcases technology, according to an anonymous person who attended the meeting. Nascar however features competition over technology.

That is why Volkswagen would more the likely enter the Rolex Grand Am Series,which is owned by Nascar, and currently uses foreign engine makers.

Brian France, chairman of Nascar said earlier this season that the sanctioning body is open to accepting new manufacturers into the sport, and that the only requirement is that manufacturers must have production plants in the U.S.

Volkswagen is construing a plant in Tennessee, and the facility is scheduled to build midsize sedans in 2011. Their plant opening also coincides with Nascar's tentative plans to replace carburetors on Sprint Cup Series cars with fuel injection.

Nascar's tentative move to that system apparently interests Volkswagen, who has a $1 billion plant in Chattanooga, and would qualify the German manufacturer to compete in Nascar.

If Volkswagen does enter Nascar, however they will be the second foreign manufacturer in the sport, Japanese Automaker Toyota was the first when they Nascar allowed them to enter the sport in 2002.

"We have companies that are interested in particular in developing the North American market as robustly as they can, And we're all aware that there are lots of foreign manufacturers producing cars here in America. That was part of the rationale that Toyota used."

-- Brain France, Nascar Chairman

If Nascar does allow Volkswagen to enter the sport, they may upset hard core fans. Many hard core race fans objected to Toyota's entrance to Nascar, and think the Series should only include American manufacturers.

Oh Come On Now!

No i know that Jimmie Johnson doesn't need any help selling himself to fans, the media, and sponsors; But after reading Ryan McGee's recent article in "ESPN the magazine", and how Nascar and Hendrick Motorsports doesn't help promote him, made me laugh.

Sure they don't Actually go paying writers to write about him, or for reporters to do stories on him, but they do help help him sell himself.

If Nascar didn't have the races for Jimmie to win, and if they didn't work so hard to make itself the biggest racing series in the country, so they could get those big television network's to televise the races; do you think Jimmie Johnson would be a big name star like Tom Brady?

Rick Hendrick helps to sell Jimmie by signing him to million dollar contracts, signing big name sponsors that show Jimmie in their commercials, and giving him a car to drive every week so he can win races and championships.

So for Mr.McGee to give sole credit to Jimmie for his success, to me at least, is a hoot and a half. I mean sure Jimmie has talent and you do need that, even though there are some teams that have hired drivers squarely because they have sponsorship and not talent, but Nascar and Rick Hendrick do have done plenty to get Jimmie Johnson recognized.

And to hear Mr.McGee also say that Mr. Hendrick tempers done his praise of Jimmie, so not to offend his three other Cup drivers, had me laughing as well. Hendrick Motorsports three other drivers are Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. All three drivers are veterans of the sport and have their share of success and failure.

None of those three have ever shown anger to Johnson's success, now i know that i have no idea what goes on behind the scenes of Hendrick Motorsports, but if any of those three had a problem with Jimmies success wouldn't you think there would be a rumor about it by now. I mean if Danica Patrick is thinking about coming to Nascar and a rumor starts within, lets say, 24 hours of her thinking about such a move; don't you think if any of Hendricks other three drivers have a problem with Jimmies success a rumor would start in the same amount of time.

Now, i have to say that i'm not a big fan of Ryan McGee's.

Mr. McGee also interviewed Jeff Gluck who is Associate Editor for Nascar Scene.

"You Just Run Out Of Idea's , He's won so many races, you feel like you're hitting readers over the head with the guy."

-- Jeff Gluck

What Mr. Gluck was referring to was how difficult it is to write stories or articles about Jimmie Johnson because of all the races and championships he's won. Yet they do it any way. Why?

Because hes what sells, no matter how they spin the headline, the story that will capture readers and sell their paper or magazine will always be Jimmie Johnson so long as he is winning races and championships.

So does it matter who you give the credit to for promoting Jimmie Johnson, no, because people will always buy the merchandise, or read an article written about a person who a champion.

Rusty Wallace Racing will be racing Toyota's in '10

Rusty Wallace Racing announced that for the 2010 Nationwide Series season the two car team will be running Toyota Camry's, and that Steve Wallace and Brendan Gaughan will remain the teams drivers.

"We decided that at the end of the day, our goal as a race team is simple: to win races and championships. Thus, we all had to take a long look at which manufacturer partner could best help us reach that goal."

-- Rusty Wallace

With the start of the 2010 season, it would mark the third different Manufacturer Rusty Wallace Racing has had in its five year existence. The team has previously run Dodge Intrepid and Chargers before switching to Chevrolet Impala's for the past two seasons.

"Chevrolet has been a great partner for our team and on behalf of RWR, I'd like to thank Pat Suhy, Shane Martin and everyone at GM Racing for their dedication and support, They were a key in our team's growth the past two seasons."

--Rusty Wallace

Also in 2010 Toyota will be defending its second Manufacturer Championship, and with the help of RWR hopes to capture its third.

Also announced was a separate agreement between Rusty Wallace, who is also the 1989 Cup Series Champion, that will allow him to represent the Toyota brand on a national basis.

"I'm very proud to have the opportunity for the team and I to represent the Toyota brand, Our team's decision on manufacturers involved input from a lot of people within the organization."

-- Rusty Wallace

EGR to sign McMurray, and Sterling Marlin to Retire?

According to Autosport.com, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will be announcing that they will be signing Jamie McMurray for the 2010 Nascar Sprint Cup Season.

McMurray, who is 33 years old and has spent the last four year driving a Roush/Fenway Racing Ford, will be driving the EGR's No 1 Chevy that has been piloted by Martin Truex Jr. Truex has signed with Micheal Waltrip Racing to drive the No 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry.

If these rumors are true then it will mean a reunion of sorts for EGR Co-Owner Chip Ganassi and McMurray.

McMurray made his Nascar Sprint Cup debut in October of 2002, as a substitute driver for the injured Sterling Marlin, in Chip Ganassi's No 40 Dodge. McMurray also got his first Sprint Cup win, in his second start in the car which was at Charlotte.

In 2004, McMurray would statistically have his best season, by finishing 11th in the championship and scoring an impressive 23 top-ten finishes while driving Chip Ganassi Racing's No 42 Dodge. He would leave the team one season later, being replaced by teammate Casey Mears.

Juan Pablo Montoya, who would go on to replace Casey Mears in the No. 42, will claim Ganassi's best ever Sprint Cup Series Championship Chase result, this season. Sterling Marlin holds Ganassi's best pre-Chase championship standings finish of third in Chip Ganassi Racing's inaugural season.


Racintoday.com is also reporting that former Chip Ganassi Racing driver, Sterling Marlin will hang up his driving gloves following the 2009 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Marlin, who is 52 years old, and has raced for over 30 of those 52 years; compiling 10 wins, 216 top 10's and 11 poles.

“Will I miss it? Yeah, in some ways, But in some ways I’ll kinda be glad when it’s over. The sport has changed. It’s not much fun any more.”

-- Sterling Marlin

Sterling gained international fame by wining back to back Daytona 500's, driving the No 4 Kodak Chevy of Morgan McClure Motorsports, in 1994 and 1995. He now spends much of his time tending the farm, that when he was younger, he wanted to get away from.

And as his career in the bright lights, of Nascar's top Series start to fade away, the one-time terror of Daytona has no regrets and no complaints.

Is Jimmie Johnsons Domination really good for NASCAR?

As Jimmie Johnson heads for his record breaking fourth straight Sprint Cup Championship, yeah...yeah i know that he doesn't have it solidly locked up yet, but come on he's within a stones throw of it.

Anyway, is his domination of Nascar's top series really that good for the sport?

Now sure it may draw new fans to the sport, but what about the fans that doesn't like seeing the same driver out in front every race or in the points lead week after week, do you really think the like the fact that Jimmie is going for his fourth straight championship, i doubt it.

Now i admit that i'm one of those fans that doesn't like to hear, the same driver win week after week, and hear that Jimmie is about to win yet another championship, even if it gets him into the record book, to put it bluntly it kind of bores me to the point where i actually don't want to watch the last race.

But i won't do that, because i still am holding out hope that Mark Martin can come back and win.

I have, however not watched some races this season because i got bored of listening about Jimmie Johnson, and Kyle Busch winning or how well they were doing.

There are some of you that will ask if the New York Yankees domination of Baseball is good for that sport. And then i'll have to admit that i'm a fan of the New York Yankees.

Unlike most Yankees fans though, i can look at them as a person who isn't a fan and say that i think their domination of baseball is a bad thing for that sport as well. It will surprise most of you that at one time i was a fan of the Boston Red Sox, but that was only for a few months.

But i feel that Jimmie Johnson's domination of the Nascar Sprint Cup Series is a turn off, for me at least, but isn't of course for his fans.

I do admit that i'm not a fan of Jimmie's and him winning four straight championships won't make me a fan of his either, but that doesn't make me think his domination is a bad thing for the sport.

I also think Jeff Gordon is a dominating driver in Nascar to, even though he hasn't won a championship in about eight years, but i still rooted for him when he was tiring to end his 47 race win less streak earlier this season. I also though Tony Stewart was Dominating when he was with Joe Gibbs Racing, but i also rooted for him to win only because he brought 50% of a team that didn't do so well before. Though i will go back to disliking both driver next year.

But i don't think i will ever be on Jimmie's side of the fence.

Hopefully 2010 brings change to the wind, otherwise i fear that Nascar will Lose it's Goose.

The Goose's Race Awards: Double Winners for Sprint Cup

Here is this weeks The Goose's Race Awards for the Sprint Cup Series.

Yesterday i unveiled a new award during the first ever The Goose's Race Awards for the Nationwide Series, well today i'll unveil two new awards.

(*) denotes a brand new award.

1) The Fast Hand Action Award: Dale Earnhardt Jr (For being able to not be involved in the chain reaction crash on the lap 119 restart); Sam Hornish Jr (for being able to get through the wreck on lap 170 with little damage); Casey Mears (For getting through the lap 170 wreck with little damage)

2) The Slow Hand Action Award: Brad Keselowski (for getting damaged on the chain reaction crash on the restart on lap 119)

3) The Black Sheep Award: Brad Keselowski (For getting in the wreck on lap 170 after being involved in the lap 119 restart crash); Dale Earnhardt Jr (After causing the lap 170 wreck he then had an oil leak that they couldn't find at first); Scott Speed (For being involved on the lap 170 wreck and having to fight to get back into the top 35 in owner points)

4) The Lucky Break Award: Jeff Burton (for being able to gain five spots on a pit stop)

5) The Unlucky Break Award: Robby Gordon & Micheal Waltrip (for getting involved in the chain reaction restart wreck on lap 119); Brian Vickers, Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, John Andretti & Scott Speed ( For getting involved in the lap 170 wreck that Dale Jr caused); Catch-can man Jason Dalrymple, Front-tire carrier Ben Fischbeck, Rear-tire carrier Matt Myers, and Pit-support crewmen Bailey Walker and Mark Jacobs all on Dale Earnhardt Jr's Pit crew (because they were involved in a fender bender while getting to the track); Kenneth Purcell, Jackman on Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 (because he was working with a sore ankle)

6) The Aggressive Move Award: None

7) The Problem Maker Award: Dale Earnhardt Jr (for causing the lap 170 wreck)*

8) The Good Race Award: Martin Truex Jr*

Hendrick says there isn't any Danica Deal......... Yet

Nascar Sprint Cup Owner Rick Hendrick, who just got back from a week long vacation in Israel, said Sunday that any reports about Danica Patrick coming to Nascar are "premature".

"I just think that they are not even close to making a decision on whether to even do it this year or next year."

-- Rick Hendrick

Reports claim that Danica has said very little about her 2010 plans, and her apparent contract extension with Andretti Green Racing.

However there are reports that do contradict this claim, one by Sports Illustrated which says that she indeed has a three year contract extension with Andretti Green Racing.

Now i know that there is a change of ownership going over there at Andretti Green Racing, and i do know how rumors can get started when something like that happens, I mean just ask Elliott Sadler.

But come on if Danica Patrick is suppose to come over to Nascar don't you think she or anybody with knowledge would say so by now, i mean like everyone says she gets a lot of media coverage and i doubt no body would want to miss that, especial in this day and age when sponsorship is hard to come by.

Now if someone like Mr. Hendrick says that "Nothing is imminent", then everyone should stop talking about the matter until there is something imminent.

The only thing i have a problem with Mr. Hendrick is when he said he likes her approach.

"I've been impressed with the way her approach has been, She wants to do the right thing and the right pace, and that's the only way she should do it."

-- Rick Hendrick

Hello, she will only be able to run a few races for the next three years, that is if the rumors of her three year contract extension are true, how is that acceptable by any owner?

There are drivers in the Nationwide series right now that have driven in a handful of races every year and prove that they can drive stock cars, but aren't looked at by big teams.

And You know why that is, its because they don't have sponsorships.

Its time that writers stop writing about weather or not she will be coming to Nascar and start writing about how owners only see a cash cow in Danica. Now many may say that, thats a rude thing for me to say about her, but thats the truth plain and simple.

There are many drivers who have already proven that they can drive stock cars and deserve a ride in the Sprint Cup Series, But they aren't looked at because they can't draw the sponsorships or get the owners the money or recitation.

Now i agree that there should be women driver in Nascar, but i think they should work from the bottom up, like Erin Crocker, Ali Owens, Johanna Long have or are trying to do; and Sarah Fisher did do to show that they want to race in stock cars. I don't think a female driver should be giving a ride just because she's a woman and has popular, that to me defeats the purpose of sowing people that woman re able to drive stock cars.

The Goose's Race Awards: A Double First.

This is the first ever The Goose Awards for The Nascar Nationwide Series, it is also the first The Goose Awards that have multiple winners.

There is also a new award, that i thought up while watching the Nationwide Series race today.

(*) This indicates new award

1) Fast Hand Action Award: Denny Hamlin (being spun by Brad Keselowski and not hitting anything; Matt Kenseth (for not hitting Denny after he was spun); Jason Keller (for just avoiding being in the Paul Menard wreck)

2) Slow Hand Action Award: The driver that wrecked with Paul Menard. (I don't know the drivers name because the ESPN people said the wrong car number)

3) The Black Sheep Award: Justin Allgaier (because he lost a lap, but then got the Lucky Dog, then his left rear tire went flat and ended his chances of a top 5 finish)

3) The Lucky Break Award: Clint Bowyer (For not getting any damage when he spun with Kyle Busch); Steven Wallace (Because he got his lap back due to the Paul Menard wreck)

4) The Unlucky Break Award: Steven Wallace (Because his left rear tire came off after he made a pit stop); Eric McClure (Because he got hit by Paul Menard); Jason Leffler (Because he lost his breaks, with about 50 laps to go, which ended his day); Mike Bliss (Because he recived damage from the No. 1 when Brad Keselowski spun Denny Hamlin)

The Aggressive Move Award: Brad Keselowski (when he spun Denny Hamlin)*

Michael Waltrip Racing to stay with Toyota.

Michael Waltrip Racing announced that Toyota has signed a multiyear extension that will keep the team in a Toyota Camry until 2012.

MWR which was formed by Waltrip when Toyota decided to compete in Nascar's top Series three years ago, got their first win this year when David Reutimann won the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May.

"I never would have been a team owner if not for Toyota, There were times when I was proud of that and times when I wondered what I got myself into. But it's been worthwhile and very rewarding for me."

-- Micheal Waltrip

Waltrip, who has raced full time in the No. 55 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry for his own team for the last three years, will drive a part time schedule in 2010. He will be replaced by Martin Truex Jr in the No 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry.

"Michael Waltrip Racing was a part of Toyota's freshman class and they have shown tremendous progress, Michael has always been a tremendous spokesperson for Toyota and continues to impress all of us with the moves he is making to elevate MWR to a championship-caliber organization."

-- Lee White, president of Toyota Racing Development.

Is It Time For NASCAR Get Involved?

If you've seen todays Nationwide Series race, then you should know what i'm talking about.

Now i know some of you are going to say that Denny Hamlin may have started it by hitting Brad Keselowski first, but i'm not trying to say who started it, i'm just saying that Brad did a unjustified move by spinning Denny out.

Now i'm just wondering why Nascar hasn't gotten involved with this yet, i mean they have the drivers tell them if they are taking aspirin for a headache because they believe it may interfere with a drivers ability to race. (now i know you really shouldn't drive if you are taking aspirin, but i'm trying to make a point and thats the best i could come up with)

Yet they don't interfere when two drivers are seemingly intentionally wrecking each other, where is the logic in that because if there are drivers intentionally wrecking each other isn't that unsafe?

I mean didn't Dale Earnhardt Jr get yelled at by Nascar when he intentionally spun his car at Rockingham years ago when his car wasn't handling well. They also warned all the drivers that they shouldn't spin their cars out either just to get cautions.

Now sure Denny may or may not (i say it either way because i know there are many that blame the other depending which driver you like) have hit Brad first, but Brad was the one who hit Denny which lead him to spin out.

When i first saw the replay of the wreck it looked like Brad had driven into the back of Denny, but when i saw a later replay of the wreck it looked like Denny had slowed up and Brad didn't. (although whose to say that it was still intentional)

I just think that Nascar should get involved and tell Denny and Brad to cool off are face suspension from the Nationwide Series, Or if not Nascar then maybe their team owners should. Otherwise those two will be going at it again next week and if they do that will overshadow the driver who wins the Nationwide Series Championship.

Partial-season sponsorships the future of Nascar?

No, Your not reading the title wrong, so don't worry about having to have your eyes checked.

According to many industry people, the time of having full season sponsors is over, and the time of having partial season sponsors are in.

This according to many is shown by the recent announcement by Michael Waltrip Racing that Tums will sponsor the teams No. 00 Toyota Camry driven by David Reutimann, as well as the announcement that Lance and Kleenex will be partial primary sponsors of the No. 47 Toyota driven by Marcos Ambrose.

The No. 47 is owned by JTG Daugherty Racing, but the team formed an alliance with MWR at the beginning of the season.

With the MWR deal, Tums will be expanding their presents in NASCAR as the antacid company is already an associate sponsor of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, and sponsor of races at Martinsville Speedway.

Another trend that is appearing in sponsorships is a move from the Nationwide Series to the Sprint Cup Series, as is seen with Kleenex sponsorship. Kleenex has been a sponsor in the Nationwide Series for several years, the last Nationwide team being the No 27 of Baker Curb Racing. Lance Inc also was a sponsor in the Nationwide series but they haven't been active in the sport for some years, the last team they sponsored was the No 47 of JTG Daugherty Racing.

With These deals and Aaron’s being the other primary sponsor of the No 00, and Little Debbie, Clorox and Kingsford sponsoring Marcos for half the season. That makes NAPA Auto Parts, MWR's only full season sponsor.

Weather or not this is going to be a trend or not, i don't think anyone can say for certain, but for now this partial sponsor thing seams the only way small teams and some big teams can survive.

CARQUEST back as primary sponsor for eight races for two years.

CARQUEST Auto Parts announced at Phoenix on Friday, which is today, that they will be sponsoring Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Sprint Cup Car driven by Mark Martin for eight races in 2010 and 2011.

"Our goals and values have always matched up extremely well, Carquest is focused on teamwork, quality and providing terrific value to their customers, which are things we emphasize daily in our business. We're excited that racing continues to pay dividends for them, and we look forward to seeing Carquest in victory lane many times in the next two seasons."

--Rick Hendrick

Mark Martin announced earlier in the year that he had signed an contract extension with Hendrick that will have him driving the No. 5 Chevy Impala SS for the next two years.

"I can't say enough great things about Carquest, They've been an incredible partner in my first season with Hendrick Motorsports, and I'm extremely happy that we'll have them back for the next two. I'm looking forward to having fun and competing for more wins with Carquest on board the No. 5 Chevy."

--Mark Martin

Also GoDaddy.com will serve as primary sponsor on the No. 5 for 20 races next season, and Delphi will sponsor two races. There are six races that still need sponsoring.

Robby Gordon Looking For Sponsorship

Nascar Sprint Cup Driver Robby Gordon has announced that he is seeking sponsorship for 28 of the 36 race 2010 Sprint Cup Season.

Gordon says he can run only the first eight races of the 2010 Cup season as of right now.

The reason Gordon is looking for sponsorship is because, his Primary sponsor Jim Beam announced in September that they weren't going to be coming back next season.

While Gordon isn't interested in a merger, he has said that he wouldn't mind putting another driver in his car as long as 'it's somebody capable'.

“Hypothetically, I joked around with David Gilliland, and said, ‘If you have a couple of deals and I have a couple of deals, why don’t we just mix them together and run one car all the time?’ Obviously, both of us hope that we don’t get into that situation and both of us have deals to run the season.”

-Robby Gordon

Gordon, who has driven for himself for the last five years has said that he will have to lay people off if he does not find and sponsorship.

“We’ve got a lot of mouths to feed, We’ve got a lot of people who dedicated a lot of time into our program. We’re going to do everything we can to make sure that them and their families are secure. Unfortunately, it’s just a fact of dollars and cents. Everybody has to get paid for the job they do and you’ve got to be able to stay in business.”

- Robby Gordon

Braun Racing to field Four cars in Nationwide Series in 2010, Brian Scott announced as fourth driver

Todd Braun, who was a former racer, started Braun Racing in 2002 and fielded a car in the ARCA Re/Max Series for Chad Blount. The team got four wins and five poles, in that season which made Braun to try the Nationwide Series on a limited bases the next year.

Braun then decied to run full time in the Nationwide Series in 2004 as well as ARCA, and with Jamie McMurray got the teams first Nationwide Series win. For ARCA he had Ryan Hemphill who in 13 starts was able to get six wins.

In 2005 the team focused solely on the Nationwide Series and since has continued to grow his organization. The team has grown so much that Braun Racing announced Monday that the team would have four entries in the 2010 Nationwide Series season, and that Brain Scott would driver the fourth and new car.

"It's been a great ride, from where we started as a no-name ARCA team in 2002, to where we are today, It's been a lot of hard work, but it's something I am very proud of. Expanding into a four-car team is not something I ever fathomed, but I have a great group of hard-working, dedicated people behind me that have helped to make it happen. We also have the support of our outstanding marketing partners and without them, we wouldn't be here. To say that I am proud of what we have all built together is an understatement. We welcome Brian Scott to the team and we're looking forward to a very successful year in 2010." --Todd Braun

Brain Scott is from Boise, Idaho. he got his start racing mini-sprints on dirt tracks throughout Idaho and Washington. He moved to North Carolina in 2006 so he could focus on his racing career. He ran a limited number of races in the USAR Hooter's Pro Cup Series and ARCA Series.

Scott has one win nine top-five and 19 top-10 finishes in his two season in the Camping World Truck Series. he has also made five Nationwide starts this year, driving Braun Racing's No. 10 entry. His debut coming in the April race at Nashville.

"I am really excited to have the opportunity to join forces with Braun Racing next season, we had some great runs this year, which I think is a solid building block for what we want to accomplish in 2010. Braun Racing is an outstanding organization, with first-rate equipment and an extremely talented crew and staff. As a driver entering his first season of full-time competition in the Nationwide Series, you can't ask to be in a better situation. Daytona can't get here fast enough for me!" -- Brain Scott

The Sponsor, as well as car number and crew chief for Braun Racing's fourth car is going to be announced some time in the coming weeks.

Busch Loses 25 Points in Nationwide Series

Nascar Announced today that Kyle Busch, who won the Nationwide race at Texas Motor Speedway this past week, was Docked 25 Nationwide drivers' point and Team Owner Joe Gibbs was docked the same amount in owner points after his car failed opening-day inspection.

Busch's crew chief Jason Ratcliff was fined $5,000 and was placed on probation until Dec. 31, 2009 by NASCAR. The violations were Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-I (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules) and 20A-2.3A (improperly attached weight) of the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series rule book.

Kyle Would have won all three races at Texas Motor Speedway, and made it into the record books by doing so, had he not run out of gas in the Sprint Cup Series race.

Nascar also announced that the crew chief for the number 09 Zaxby's Ford Fusion, Brad Parrott, was fined $5,000 and placed on probation until Dec. 31, 2009 after the car was found in in violation of Section 12-1, 9-4-A (crew chief assumes responsibility for the actions of his/her driver, car owner and crew members) and 12-4-I (unapproved panhard bar adjustment during impound by a team member). Parrott's violations were found during pre-race inspection.

ARCA announces new 105-inch wheelbase chassis

Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) announced today that they approved the 105-inch wheelbase chassis for competition in 19 of the 21 races for 2010. The 105-inch wheelbase chassis are currently used in the NASCAR Nationwide and NASCAR Camping World East and West Series.

The 105-inch wheelbase chassis however will not be run at Daytona Int'l Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. ARCA's current 110 inch wheelbase cars will also be raced along with the 105-inch wheelbase chassis at the 19 selected races.

Along with the approval of the 105-inch wheelbase, there will be a rules package change that will create parity between the two cars. ARCA's base rules package for 3400 pound, steel-bodied stock cars with corresponding auto manufacturer engine and body configuration will remain in place.

This approval coincides with Nascar's announced integrating the Car of Tomorrow (COT) for the Nationwide Series in 2011, and the gradual exit of the present-day cars, which as said above are 105-inch wheelbase chassis, from the Series.

"Since the inception of our series in 1953, we've kept an open line of communication with NASCAR and others to monitor industry trends, At the time of the evolution of the NASCAR Sprint Cup COT technology, ARCA team owners represented a market for NASCAR team owners to sell the race cars they were cycling out of inventory. We're positioned to accommodate a similar situation with the NASCAR Nationwide team owners. We've invested a great deal of research and interaction into this move with several groups, in particular our ARCA team owners, and we feel this is the right step with the proper timing for everyone involved."
- ARCA President Ron Drager.