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Chad Knaus Busted, Again!

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NASCAR has spoken!

Remember all the noise about the Hendrick Motorsports #48 Lowe’s Chevy, and their slightly modified C-posts that was discovered when crew chief Chad Knaus presented their car for tech inspection prior to the Daytona 500 practice about 10 days ago?  Well, the verdict is in!

NASCAR . . . → Read More: Chad Knaus Busted, Again!

Dale Jr. and Latarte Worked Well As A Team In 2011

 

(photo courtesy of Christa L. Thomas)

The big crew chief swap

When Rick Hendrick pulled “the big crew chief swap” last year he wasn’t really sure if the paring of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Steve Latarte was really going to work as a team.  As the season closed out, he realized that . . . → Read More: Dale Jr. and Latarte Worked Well As A Team In 2011

Is Hendrick And Penske Considering an Indy Car Alliance?

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This Hendrick Motorsports decal was spotted Sunday at The Centennial Indy 500 on the wings of two of the Team Penske Racing cars on the grid before the start of the race.  The decals were on the inside rear wingplate on Will Power’s #6 Dallara Honda and Ryan Briscoe’s . . . → Read More: Is Hendrick And Penske Considering an Indy Car Alliance?

Bill Elliott Is Trying On The Chevy Bow Tie

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Geroge Elliott was a die-hard Ford supporter.  His sons, Bill and Ernie carried on that die-hard Ford fervor, racing for Ford throughout the 1980′s and 90′s.  Additionally, Bill Elliot has spent the last four seasons racing for a Ford legend, the Wood Brothers #21 Motorcraft Ford.

Later . . . → Read More: Bill Elliott Is Trying On The Chevy Bow Tie

Jeff Gordon’s #24 New Paint Scheme

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The Drive To End Hunger (DTEH), an initiative of AARP and AARP Foundation to end hunger among older Americans, today unveiled the design of four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jeff Gordon’s #24 Drive to End Hunger Chevy for the 2011 season.

“Of the nearly 51 million . . . → Read More: Jeff Gordon’s #24 New Paint Scheme

How The HMS Crew Chief Swap Really Worked

Photo courtesy Leon Hammack)

As the media reported last week, there was a major shakeup, a crew chief swap, a company upheaval, or whatever you would like to call it, at Hendrick Motorsports!

After closer scrutiny, it appears that the way this swap is going to really happen is as follows:

Dale . . . → Read More: How The HMS Crew Chief Swap Really Worked

More From Hendrick On The Major Shakeup

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In a Wednesday morning teleconference with the media, NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick reiterated that the massive changes going on at his race shop, Hendrick Motorsports, are the results of his belief that people on his team “had gotten complacent”.  He said that since his announcement of . . . → Read More: More From Hendrick On The Major Shakeup

A Shakeup At Hendrick Motorsports

(photo courtesy Leon Hammack)

On Tuesday Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports, announced a multi-team shakeup for 2011.  Hendrick cited the reason for the shakeup was due to a lack of performance.

Here is the scorecard for 2011:  Steve Letarte, who has been crew chief for Jeff Gordon for the last five . . . → Read More: A Shakeup At Hendrick Motorsports

Wal-Mart And Jeff Gordon

(photo courtesy Leon Hammack)

Wal-Mart’s potential move into NASCAR has led the retail giant deep into negotiations with Hendrick Motorsports over sponsorship of Jeff Gordon’s Hendrick Motorsports #24 Chevrolet next season.

There continues to be several moving parts to the Wal-Mart discussions with Hendrick and NASCAR, which began in the spring and . . . → Read More: Wal-Mart And Jeff Gordon

Martin-Hendrick: Could Get Ugly

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If anyone doesn’t think that Mark Martin is a proud old warrior, you better rethink that thought!  Martin made it clear last week in a very rare flare of anger after ESPN analyst, former crew chief and team owner, Ray Evernham, suggested that Mark Martin should bow . . . → Read More: Martin-Hendrick: Could Get Ugly