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Happy 4th of July, everyone! Along with celebrating America’s independence, since it just so happens to have fallen on a Friday this year, that means you’re also treated to a “special” edition of “Loose in Turn Three”. Along with me as always are Bruce Simmons from “Bruce’s Bits & Pieces”, and, of course, Charlie Turner from “On Pit Row”.
Earlier this week, Chip Ganassi announced that due to sponsorship woes, he was being forced to cease operations on his no. 40 operation, laying off 71 employees in the process and also putting NASCAR rookie, Dario …read more

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Richard Childress Racing has announced that their brand new number 33 team – not scheduled to go full-time until the 2009 season – will be fielded in the running of the Coca Cola 600 two weeks from now at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and that NASCAR veteran driver, Ken Schrader, will attempt to qualify the car for the event.
Schrader was left without a full-time ride when, earlier in the season, BAM Racing announced that they would be taking a sabattical from the sport until the Fall due to sponsorship woes. Since then, …read more

Lowe’s Motor Speedway President, Humpy Wheeler, asked … and, now he has received. The NASCAR sanctioning body announced last Tuesday that they have added an open testing session at Lowe’s for all Sprint Cup Series drivers on May 5-6, just twelve days prior to the running of the annual All-Star Race, and twenty days before the Coca-Cola 600 – both of which are also at Lowe’s.
Why the change of heart all the sudden by NASCAR? The quick and simple answer – and, many believe this to be true – would be that NASCAR officials became overloaded with complaints from around …read more

With quite a bit to look forward to heading into Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race in Phoenix, Arizona, the dynamic duo over at Hendrick Motorsports were still able to take time out of their schedules to contribute to some good causes.
Following Thursday night’s qualifying session, defending Cup Series champion, Jimmie Johnson, endorsed NASCAR’s Camping World West race, labeled the “Jimmie Johnson Foundation 150”, in support of – obviously – the Jimmie Johnson Foundation. Johnson’s wife, Chandra, served as the Grand Marshall for the race while Jimmie himself drove the pace car.
Four-time Series champion, Jeff Gordon, connected with the Make-A-Wish Foundation …read more

Well, the Sprint Cup Series returns to action this week, and what do ya know – seemingly overnight stories start surfacing once again. Funny how that works, eh? So, it’s been a little while, but I’ve decided to bring back your Saturday Morning Quick Fix, but this time with a slightly different format. Rather than trying to inform you of all the news in the NASCAR world by providing links to each of the story, this time ‘round I’m simply going to brush up on a few of the select storylines from this week. So, let’s get to it!
-  After …read more