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Menard, Sadler Start Up Front in Shootout

Paul Menard's new season with a new team is starting out on a refreshingly good note.Menard, who left the Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing team following 2008 to drive the No. 98 Ford at Yates Racing, drew the pole for Saturday night's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona during a made-for-TV draw "party" Thursday night just outside of...

Labonte Slated to Drive No. 96 Fords in 2009

Move over Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, the newly crafted alliance between Yates Racing and Hall of Fame Racing -- I don't know if we can call it a merger just yet -- has landed 2000 Sprint Cup Champion Bobby Labonte.Labonte, who left Petty Enterprises in December, moves to the team to drive the No. 96 car that, thanks to that...

'08 Rear-View Mirror: Travis Kvapil

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: Travis KvapilTeam: No. 28 Yates Racing Ford'08 Final Standing: 23rd (-3300)Best Race: Aaron's 499 at Talladega (6th-place)Worst Race: Bank of America 500 at...

Roush Fenway Racing Extends Matt Kenseth, Appears to Leave Out Jamie McMurray

Matt Kenseth's contract at Roush Fenway Racing got extended Thursday afternoon and that was seemingly bad news for his teammate Jamie McMurray.Kenseth got a new "multi-year dear" from RFR to keep him as the driver of the No. 17 Ford for well past 2010, when his current contract was set to expire. Terms weren't disclosed by...

Video: Gilliland's Intentional Wreck of Montoya

Sunday's race at Texas Motor Speedway had a grand total of two cautions for actual on-track wrecks, and had David Gilliland not intentionally wrecked Juan Pablo Montoya, that number would have been cut in half.First, the video:I saw Montoya's crash live Sunday during our live blog here on the 'House, and immediately felt...