Jul 2 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Johnny Borneman has busy plans for his Fourth of July holiday this year – with travel, visiting the beach and a couple of stock car races.
The beach he is visiting is actually Daytona Beach, Fla., where Borneman will attempt to qualify for Friday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway. He then plans to fly from the East Coast to the West Coast to compete in a NASCAR Camping World Series West race on Saturday at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif.“It’s a little stressful,” Borneman said of qualifying for the Daytona event. “It’s a real tough show to make in Daytona. You really don’t know what you’ve got until qualifying is over.” Read more (racingwest.com)
Jul 2 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Happy Hour has concluded at Daytona. The session was cut short due to rain, but quickest in this final session was #6 David Ragan, with a time of 49.281, and a speed of 182.626mph. Second fastest-#87 Joe Nemecheck, with a time of 49.315, and a speed of 182.500. Rounding out the top-five-#40 Scott Wimmer-182.456, #99 Michael Waltrip-182.397, and #20 Joey Logano-181.829. The remainder of the top-ten ran as #33 Kevin Harvick-181.767, #60 Carl Edwards-181.759, #15, quickest rookie in Happy Hour-Michael Annett-181.547, #23 Robert Richardson-181.087, and rookie #12 Justin Allgaier-181.017. There were only 39 cars on track, as some chose to sit out final practice. The major incident on track occurred right before the rain came, with the #11, rookie Scott Lagasse Jr. coming down into the #66 Steven Wallace, who turned him into the #34 of Tony Raines. The #11 and #34 suffered the most significant damage. The fastest top-ten speeds overall were posted in the earlier session, which places #99 Michael Waltrip the quickest overall today with a top speed of 185.491mph. (07-02-09)
Jul 2 NASCAR Nationwide Series:The No. 15 has added a new sponsor, Ventrilo, to their line-up for Daytona’s race. Ventrilo is a product of Flagship Industries and the premier group voice communications program used in internet-based tournaments and multiplayer games. Read more (Teampr) (07-02-09)
Jul 2 NASCAR Nationwide Series: First practice in Daytona has concluded. There were 45 cars on track for this session, quickest was #99 Michael Waltrip with a lap time of 48.520, and a speed of 185.491mph. Second fastest, and quickest rookie of the practice-#62 Brendan Gaughan, with a time of 48.669, and a speed of 184.923. Rounding out the top-five-#33 Kevin Harvick-184.559, #05 Jeff Green-184.506, and #29 Clint Bowyer-184.385mph. The rest of the top-ten were #5 Dale Earnhardt Jr-184.351, teammate, #88 Brad Keselowski-184.328, #15, rookie Michael Annett-184.245, #6 David Ragan-184.196, and #16 Matt Kenseth-183.932mph. (07-02-09)
Jul 2 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Veteran NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek would not disagree that it has been a tough year.He would disagree, though — loud and long — that it's time for the 45-year-old Lakeland native to hang up his helmet."I think I'm driving, and qualifying, as well as ever," Nemechek said. "And given our resources, we've brought some fast cars to the track this year. We just need a partner to help us get back up to that next level." Read more (Orlandosentinel.com) (07-02-09)
Jul 2 NASCAR Nationwide Series:One of the pleasant surprises on the NASCAR Nationwide Series is the performance of Knoxville's Trevor Bayne driving for Michael Waltrip Racing. In three starts, Bayne has two top-15 finishes and an outside front-row start. Not bad for a driver who had not raced on a track bigger than one mile until four weeks ago. Bayne looked to be the future for Dale Earnhardt Inc. when he signed to be a developmental driver and raced in the Camping World East series last year. When DEI merged with Chip Ganassi's operation, DEI's developmental and Nationwide teams folded. That left Bayne without a ride heading into 2009.Read more (knoxnews.com) (07-02-09)
Jul 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series:One Source Solutions will join Faith Motorsports as an associate sponsor for the remainder of the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series season beginning with this weekend’s Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the team announced July 1. Read more (FM) (07-01-09)
Jul 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Four NASCAR teams will participate in a three-day event at Goodwood, England– Hendrick Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing, Team Red Bull and Rusty Wallace Inc.Landon Cassill, the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year, will drive Hendrick Motorsports’ “T-Rex” – the then-revolutionary No. 24 chassis that four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon drove to victory in the 1997 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.Rusty Wallace Inc., is sending its namesake – 1989 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Rusty Wallace, whose organization currently fields two NASCAR Nationwide Series teams. Also an ESPN commentator, Wallace will drive a No. 2 chassis fielded by his long-time former team, Penske Racing.Read more (NASCAR) (07-01-09)
Jul 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series:JR Motorsports announced today a race swap for two upcoming NASCAR Nationwide events pertaining to its No. 5 Fastenal team and drivers Scott Wimmer and Ryan Newman. Newman, previously scheduled to compete in the Kansas event on Oct. 3, will give up driving duties that weekend to participate in the Aug. 21 race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Wimmer will now drive the Kansas event. The scheduling swap allows Newman to compete for the “Bristol Grand Slam” – four NASCAR-sanctioned events at the half-mile track all in the same week. By doing so, Newman would become the first NASCAR driver to accomplish the feat. Read more (JRM) (07-01-09)
Jul 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series: Gander Mountain will be the primary sponsor of both Front Row Motorsports’ (FRM) #37 Sprint Cup entry and FRM's #34 Nationwide entry at the legendary Daytona International Speedway during the 4th of July holiday race weekend. Both cars will be driven by Tony Raines. Read more (FRM) (07-01-09)
Jul 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Joey Logano quotes on double file restarts at Daytona“Double-file restarts are going to be a great thing for the Nationwide Series. There have been a couple of times this year that I wish we already had them. It’s what the fans want to see. They want to see hard, side-by-side racing from the leaders. We’ve been fortunate that the GameStop Toyota has led a lot of laps this year. I think most of the drivers in the Sprint Cup Series will tell you that, even though they can get out-of-control at times, they prefer the double-file restarts to the old way. It’s cool to see that NASCAR is willing to change some of these old rules because we need to make sure we are putting on the best show possible.”(TSC) (07-01-09)
Jul 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series:The Noland Company, Charlotte Division and www.NuToneHVAC.com. come on board at Daytona and Bristol with the JDM No. 4 entry. "We are very excited to partner with the No. "04" J-D Motorsports and Kertus Davis says Jim Cosgrove Noland Representative. Read more (JDM)
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Jul 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Mike Wallace announced today that R C Cola will be the primary sponsor for the number 0 entry of J-D Motorsports July 3rd at the Daytona International Speedway. R C Cola will make a dramatic return to racing by showing-off the new RC logo at the Daytona Nationwide Series race. “We’re thrilled to sponsor the # 0 RC Cola car and can’t wait for Mike Wallace of J-D Motorsports to reach the winners circle,” said Craig Musser, vice president of sponsorships for Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Wallace will make his third start of the season at a restrictor-plate track for J-D Motorsports. “We have a great car and a great new partner for this event. We hope to be put that new RC Cola logo right at the front all during the race,” said Wallace. (JDM) (07-01-09)
Jul 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Danny O’Quinn, Jr. today announced that; “Venom Energy Drink will be the primary sponsor for the number 01 entry of J-D Motorsports. Venom Energy Drink is the perfect way for us to energize our move to the top level of the Nationwide Series. We have been ready to strike all year and Daytona is a good venue for us!” “We are thrilled to partner with Danny O’Quinn, Jr. and J-D Motorsports and look forward to bringing the # 01 Venom Energy car to the winners circle,” said Craig Musser, vice president of sponsorships for Dr Pepper Snapple Group. “We cannot think of a better way to introduce Venom Energy Drink to Motorsports fans Nationwide(teampr) (07-01-09)
Jul 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series:The No. 12 Penske Racing team will race chassis PRS-552 during Friday night’s 250-mile superspeedway NASCAR Nationwide Series event at the World Center of Speed. PRS-552 is a brand new chassis to the No. 12 Verizon Wireless Dodge team’s fleet. Justin Allgaier will be signing autographs at the Penske Racing souvenir trailer on Friday, July 3 from 11:00 -11:30 a.m. The trailer is located on souvenir row outside of turn four. Read more (PR) (07-01-09)
Jul 1 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Robert Richardson and the No. 23 Mahindra Tractors Chevrolet team will have some extra colors on their R3 Motorsports entry this weekend. Through a gentleman by the name of James Lupo, the Stock Car Gourmet, the team is carrying the familiar sneakers of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. As a special guest of Lupo and the team, Nicholas Holland, 11, will be serving as an honorary team member for Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event. Read more (RB3) (07-01-09)
Jul 2 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Johnny Borneman has busy plans for his Fourth of July holiday this year – with travel, visiting the beach and a couple of stock car races. 
