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Dale Earnhardt Jr is NASCAR’s #1 Story

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I’m sure Jimmy Johnson and Jeff Gordon fans will disagree with my story title, but it’s true. The top stories of the year came from Dale Earnhardt Jr. My #1 Google searched story was “Dale Earnhardt Jr Joins Hendrick.”
The Most Popular Driver in NASCAR has the biggest story by far than the Nextel [...]

NASCAR’s Championship Week is Over

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Congratulations to all our Champions in NASCAR. Two out of three championships were decided this past weekend. Many storylines also took place and ending this past weekend.
Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson on his 2nd straight Nextel Cup title, beating his teammate Jeff Gordon by 77 points. Jimmie won 10 races in 2007, including [...]

Bruten Smith Buys New Hampshire

Bruten Smith and Speedway Motorsports Inc has purchased New Hampshire International Speedway for $340 million. This purchase includes the 50% interest that Bob Bahre had in the North Wilksboro Speedway, which Bahre and Smith bought together and split the Cup dates. Bob Bahre took one Cup date to New Hampshire and added it to his [...]

Frustration Being a Dale Jr Fan

As a New Englander I’d be on cloud nine if I were a New England Patriots or Boston Red Sox fan. The Patriots have 7 wins and no loses and the Red Sox are in the World Series with a 2 games to none lead over the Colorado Rockies. It would be good, but I’m [...]

Wonderboy Wins Again in Chase

The question here is just how good Jeff Gordon is. Is Jeff Gordon lucky or skilled?
Jeff Gordon won the Bank of America 500 at Lowes Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. It’s his 2nd win in a row, winning at Talladega last week. In another wrecked filled race, Gordon played with a fuel issue, so they say, ran in [...]

NASCAR Disappointment at Talladega

I should be happy with sports, especially in my native New England. The Red Sox swept the Angels in the first round of the baseball playoffs and the Patriots are 5-0 in the NFL. But my sport is not baseball or football, it’s NASCAR racing.
I’m a Dale Earnhardt Jr fan. Junor just lost his 6th [...]

NHIS Photos available

photos by 8racingfan.com 
On September 16, 2007, I attended the Nextel Cup race at NHIS. I took over one hundred photos from pitroad and the garage area as part of Shell’s Best Seat in the House program.
I covered the #29 Shell pits and took many photos. Help yourself to these photos at my photo site www.infieldparking.com/8racingfan1/photos. [...]

Tony Eury Jr to leave DEI after Talledega

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Tony Eury Jr will leave Dale Earnhardt Inc after the Talladega race October 7. Eury Jr will take four members of the #8 team will him when he leaves, although ESPN reports only one member of the team has expressed any interest to DEI.
Tony Gibson will crew chief the remainder of the year. He [...]

Junior drives #88 Amp/ Mountain Dew

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Dale Earnhardt Jr will drive the #88 AMP Energy/ Mountain Dew/ National Guard Chevrolet Impala for Hendrick Motorsports. The wait for the number is over and Dale Jr is happy with his decision.
Since December 2006 when Teresa Earnhardt told a newspaper that Dale Jr needs to choose between Race Car driver and celebrity, [...]