A big shake down in the Richard Childress Racing stables. Childress is swapping crews and crew chiefs between Kevin Harvick and Casey Mears following this weekend's race at Talladega Superspeedway. I say, why not. They haven't been performing up to par at all so far.

Childress did a complete overhaul with Clint Bowyer this year and he's been the strongest RCR car this season. He has four top-five finishes in the eight races run thus far and is the highest RCR car in the point standings, sitting in sixth place. I think this crew/crew chief swap is a good gamble.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is going green. Between now and April 30, if you purchase a ticket, NHMS will plant a tree on their 1,200 acre facility. Tickets for the LENOX Tools 301 weekend are on sale now. You can purchase tickets by calling the Ticket Hotline at 603-783-4931 or go online at www.nhms.com.

Jeff Gordon will be sporting a new paint scheme this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.





Photo credit: Alex Stamper, Hendrick Motorsports

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According to the press release, the last time this yellow paint scheme was on the track was over 25 years ago. Darrell Waltrip drove the No. 11 car and took the Pepsi Challenger car to victory lane six times during the 1983 Winston Cup season.

"Driving the Pepsi Challenger paint scheme that Darrell Waltrip drove back in 1983 is a great honor for me," said Gordon. "Darrell is a legend of NASCAR and visited Victory Lane several times with that car -- and I hope we can duplicate that success at Talladega. I was really excited when Pepsi brought this opportunity to us. Although the cars are very different, we wanted to make sure our paint scheme closely matched the one that was out front so often in 1983."

All for now. I'll be back tomorrow with my pick and preview for Dega.

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