Motorsports News

CARLOS CONTRERAS JOINS ESPN DEPORTES NASCAR TEAM

Contreras to Make His Debut at the NASCAR Busch Series: Stater Bros 300 Saturday, February 24 Carlos Contreras, the first Hispanic driver in NASCAR, has joined ESPN Deportes experienced team of hosts, analysts and reporters for ESPN Deportes coverage of the 2007 NASCAR season.   Contreras will serve as analyst for numerous races, joining analyst Alex Pombo and play-by-play commentator Andrés Agulla in the booth.  He will make his first appearance
on ESPN Deportes flag-to-flag coverage of the NASCAR Busch Series: Stater Bros 300 Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. ET, live from the California Speedway in Fontana, Calif.
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Smith Family Racing names veteran Ervin Breitan as Crew Chief
LA VERNIA, TX (1.11.07) The Smith Family Racing team announced the hiring of Ervin Breitan (San Antonio, TX) as the crew chief for 17-year-old Cody for the 2007 season.
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Sam Hornish, Jr., driver of the No. 12 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger, will
attempt to make his first NASCAR Busch Series start at Daytona
International Speedway on Friday, February 16th.
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MOORESVILLE,  NC (March 25, 2007) - The anticipation has been building all weekend long and finally, the time is here. Speedweeks 2007 is officially underway and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will take to Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February, 16^th.  Chad McCumbee is ready to try his hand at the 2.5-mile high-banked Superspeedway.
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Dodge Charger Driver Quotes

      Scott Riggs (No. 10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge Charger)

      COMMENTS ON QUALIFYING LAP “I don’t know why the lap was so slow. The car is a little bit better than what we had in practice down here a month ago. We know we have more horsepower to the rear wheels. We know that everything we have done since the test, we’ve undone and it’s not made a difference. So it’s just really confusing. I’m proud of all the guys, how hard they’ve worked. I’m proud of how they keep their focus. I’m proud that they’re not pointing fingers at anyone. They just keep working at it. When we find out what’s wrong, we’ll be the first ones to tell everyone or
hopefully, show everyone on the race track. Right now we have to keep working on what we can control and that’s making this car drive good in race trim and make sure we have a good car so we can race our way to the front for the 500.
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POMONA, Calif. — John Force kept his NHRA record qualifying streak
alive at 393 races, while his daughter Ashley qualified for her first
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event Saturday at Auto Club Raceway at
Pomona.
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ORLANDO, FL (February 9, 2007) - Dennis Thomson is doing this weekend what many Canadians and people in the northeastern part of the United States do during the wintertime.  The Ontario, Canada-native Thomson traveled to Orlando, Florida, to escape his frigid and snowy hometown to spend a couple of days in the warmth of the Sunshine State.
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ANGLETON, Texas (February 9, 2007)  There apparently was no courting period needed in the budding relationship between Canadian racer James Hinchcliffe and his new team, Sierra Sierra Enterprises. Friday had all the spark and magic of a dream first date for the pairing as Hinchcliffe convincingly led both the morning and afternoon sessions in the first of two days of pre-season testing at the MSR Houston road course for the Cooper Tires Presents The Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda.
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, four of NASCAR’s most successful and popular NEXTEL Cup drivers, participated in a roundtable discussion Friday afternoon which will debut on Sunday’s 10:30 p.m. ET SportsCenter as the Sunday Conversation. The roundtable, moderated by ESPN analyst and 1989 NASCAR Cup champion Rusty Wallace, was taped at the Daytona International Speedway Infield Media Center. While topics included how difficult it is to win back-to-back championships and each driver’s defining moment, they also joked with Gordon, who’s about to
become a father, and Stewart on his weight loss: “I see some of you is missing,” Wallace said.   Downloadable photos are available at:
http://media.espn.com/MediaZone/NASCAR_SC_photos.htm.

NASCAR Now, ESPN’s first daily news show totally dedicated to NASCAR, will originate from Daytona International Speedway starting Monday, Feb. 12, and continuing all week.
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