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NASCAR Teams Taking Cautious Approach to Danica Sweepstakes

INDIANAPOLIS -- Perhaps it was inevitable that Danica Patrick's name would come up here during preparation for NASCAR's AllState 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday.She's the most successful woman driver in the history of the Indy 500, and she's openly flirting with NASCAR as she decides where she'll race when her contract with...

Previewing the Rolex 24 at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Sure, NASCAR has the high-wattage personalities. Drag racing has the raw speed and IndyCar racing can't be beat for pure, wheel-to-wheel excitement.But this weekend's Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway represents the truest form of racing in America and is arguably the toughest 24-hour race...

Former DEI Exec Max Siegel Picked to Lead NASCAR's Diversity Effort

Over the course of the past 24 hours, word has come out that one of the newer faces to the NASCAR garage area will be changing gears in how he works with the sport.Max Siegel, hired on as the company president at the then-Dale Earnhardt Inc. in Febuary of 2007, will now lead NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program in addition...

'08 Rear-View Mirror: Juan Pablo Montoya

Warning: Objects in this post may be the only way to successfully live through the NASCAR off-season. For best results, read rearview mirror early and often.Driver: Juan Pablo MontoyaTeam: No. 42 Chip Ganassi Dodge'08 Final Standing: 25th (-3355)Best Race: Aaron's 499 at Talladega (2nd-place)Worst Race: Dickies 500 at...

Dale Earnhardt Inc., Chip Ganassi Racing Ink Plan to Merge Mediocre Teams

Chip Ganassi has found a way to make his team not as pathetic as before and Dale Earnhardt Inc. has found a way to keep grasping at being a relevant Sprint Cup Series team.That method? Join the two programs together to create strange bedfellows, cut costs and hope that a math equation of subpar plus subpar finally equals...

ChipGanassi News From the Web

07/24/11 Dixon suffers more bad luck in Edmonton Source: Radio New Zealand Scott Dixon's run of bad luck continued in the latest round of the Indy Car series with the New Zealand driver hit from behind while running in second damaging his car and forcing the former champion into the pits effectively ending his challenge for victory.
07/10/11 Dixon second in Toronto Source: Radio New Zealand The New Zealand racing driver Scott Dixon has finished second at the latest round of the Indy Car series after an incident filled race in Toronto.