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October 04, 2007
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Another name change

Starting in 2008, Busch Series will be referred to as the Nationwide Series. All I think of when I say Nationwide is that commercial... "Nationwide is on your side." I can't get that little melody out of my head.

Honestly, I don't care all that much about what they call the Busch series. It's just a second race for the Cup drivers.

Move over Boris Said
There's a new woman in town...Ashley Judd. Man or woman, who doesn't just love Ashley Judd?!

Her husband, Dario Franchitti, will be joining the Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 40 car for Chip Ganassi Racing in 2008. He will be joining teammates Juan Pablo Montoya and Reed Sorenson. For more on Dario joining Ganassi, visit www.chipganassiracing.com/

Tomorrow, he will be debut in the ARCA race at Talladega Superspeedway. For more on Franchitti racing in the ARCA series, check out this article.

Another Formula One driver will also be debuting next year, Jacques Villeneuve, driving for Bill Davis Racing. He will actually be racing in the Cup race this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. Some Cup guys, such as Jeff Gordon are not so pleased that he will be in the field on Sunday.

Thirsty?
Coors Brewing Company will be the new Official Beer of NASCAR, replacing Budweiser in 2008. This year, the drivers raced for the "Bud" pole award. Coors will not sponsor the Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. But in 2009, I would guess it will be called the Coors Shootout.

RCR
Richard Childress Racing will not be fielding a fourth car in 2008. He was too busy sheep hunting in Mongolia and not busy enough trying to secure a driver in that fourth car.

And finally...
M&M's will be the main sponsor for Kyle Busch. When I think of M&M's I think yummy and sweet which is completely opposite of what I think of Kyle Busch.

Posted at 11:30 AM

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My opinions:
Welcome Franchitti, Villeneuve, Montoya, Lazier, and Hornish. They are great talents that should be allowed to showcase on the Nascar stage. They just want you to beat them, Ricky Bobby!

Second, I think Coors should be the sponser of the Busch series. Coors is a very light, watery beer and the Busch series is watered down Cup. Also, why does an insurance company sponser a series where driving fast and reckless is encouraged?

A four car Childress team is dangerous.

I think Kyle can be sweet, but with a hard candy shell.

Posted by son of racefan
October 4, 2007 05:43 PM

Part way through the Chase is probably not the best time to introduce these drivers to Nascar, but it's still exciting. They'll add some spice to the series. (Think Robby, Smoke, and Juan.)

Danica, where are you?

Posted by racefan
October 4, 2007 08:26 PM

I don't care who he is or was, he still has to qualify. Jacques that is. We don't know if he will be running or not. The only thing that matters is if he is the cause of the big one. If he is, then what. All we need is another Juan crash- help- me- my- cars- on -fire-I -have- no- idea -of what- he- just -said Montoya. Where are the American drivers? Nascar might as well change its name to ITSCAR. INTERNATIONAL STOCK CAR RACING.

Posted by Jacko
October 4, 2007 11:35 PM

Bring in Danica Patrick. I bet she would make the Chase, in her first or second year. Then again, Lorne Wallace is only 100 miles away and ready to strike. I say put Lorne in the 008 "Twinkie the kid" Hostess car.

Posted by Sal
October 5, 2007 12:26 AM

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Jennifer is the newsroom
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