Rolex 24 Hours Of Daytona

The Rolex 24 hours of Daytona was awsome, the only draw back to me was that they didn't have any coverage of the race during the early morning, which most years seems to be when most of the action seems to happen. Not that what is shown doesn't have any action, but most of the machanical problems teams seem to have always seem to happen during the early morning period.

I also hate how, when they resume the broadcast of the race the Speed Channel personalities spend the first few minutes explaining what happen during the early morning hours, which the viewers couldn't see. What they should do is have a little pre show or something before they resume the broadcast of the race, to get everyone up to date on what had happen.

The only other problem i had was with MRN Radio, i listen to some of their broadcast in the evening of the start of the race Via Grand Am's website, and one of their broadcasters said that they would be starting again at 7am. Well i went out to my computer at 7am to listen and found out that MRN's feed wouldn't be airing until 10am. Now i don't know if they meant that MRN would be start airing at 7am, but wouldn't be broadcasted through Grand Am's website until 10 or what. But if MRN's race feed really did start at 10am instead of 7am, then i'm mad that the MRN people would lie to their viewers.

Anyway, i'm glad that Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates won, with Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Joey Hand, and Graham Rahal behind the wheel of the #01 TELMEX/Target BMW/Riley. And the teams sister car, the #02 Target/TELMEX BMW/Riley to finsih second with Juan Pablo Montoya, Jaime " Big Mac" McMurray, Scott Dixion and Dario Franchitti behind the wheel, i can't think of any other way for a team to start off the season.

I think Chip said it beast when in victory lane he said "We finished first three years and finshed second three years"

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.

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.