Archive for May, 2007

Toyota and Penske?

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

According to sources, Toyota has approached Gibbs, Penske and others about going with them in 2008.
Penske, who has been with just about every manufacturer in racing over the years and who is one of the world’s biggest Toyota dealers, could be making the move to Toyota for next year. According to sources close to the [...]

600 ratings drop 11.8 percent but beat Indy

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Fox’s broadcast of Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Nextel Cup race from Lowe’s Motor Speedway earned a final Nielsen Media Research rating of 4.5 and a 10 market share, Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily reports.
The rating is 11.8 percent lower than the 5.1/11 the race earned last year. The NASCAR race, however, again outdrew ABC’s coverage [...]

Penske - Noting Newman -Dover 400

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

– Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Avenger, will make his 11th Cup start at Dover International Speedway. It will be his 201st career start in the Cup Series.
– Newman has an average start of 6.2 and an average finish of 9.0. All but one of Newman’s 10 starts have been from [...]

Alltel rethinks deal after AT&T ruling

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

The court ruling that allowed AT&T to rebrand the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet has Alltel thinking about challenging the restrictions placed on its NASCAR team sponsorship.
Until now, Alltel has abided by a set of rules that aren’t specifically written into its deal with Penske Racing, and many of those rules restrict Alltel from [...]