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• Winless season looms for Junior

  - 2007-11-12

  AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Unless he can solve one of his weakest tracks, the 2007 season likely will be Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s first in Nextel Cup without a victory. Earnhardt crashed off Turn2 on lap119 of Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, finishing a...

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• Waltrip's woes grow after he crashes SUV

  - 2007-04-13

  Answers to pressing questions heading into Sunday's Samsung 500 Nextel Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway by USA TODAY's Nate Ryan: How much worse can things get for Michael Waltrip? It's tempting to say not much, given there are a few million...

  Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., SUV, team, Texas, Toyota Motor Corp., USA Today

• Michael Waltrip looks to jump-start slow-going 2007 season.(Auto Friday)(Auto racing)

  - 2007-04-13

  Byline: Jerry Bonkowski FORT WORTH, Texas - Instead of his trademark "boogity, boogity, boogity" at the beginning of races, perhaps NASCAR great turned TV broadcaster Darrell Waltrip might start saying "Mikey, Mikey, Mikey" in woeful empathy of the struggles his younger brother Michael...

  Tags: NASCAR, Nextel Communications Inc., team, Toyota Motor Corp., TVs

• AAA and David Ragan Team Up to Teach Driver's Safety

  - 2007-04-09

  WHAT: David Ragan, driver of the AAA Ford Fusion #6 car in the NEXTEL Cup series, teaches Dallas teens about safe driving techniques and the importance of keeping your car running well....

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• 2007 Nextel Cup drivers

  - 2007-02-16

  22 Dave Blaney Car: Caterpillar Toyota Team: Bill Davis Racing Owner: Bill Davis Age: 44 Hometown: Hartford, Ohio Notable: Sprint Car driver...

  Tags: car, CAREER, Cup, finish, hometown, Nextel Communications Inc., Richard, team, Toyota Motor Corp.

• NASCAR hits Waltrip team with penalties for cheating

  - 2007-02-15

  This was not the way Toyota wanted to make its Nextel Cup debut. Continuing an alarming trend that grabbed headlines Tuesday, when four Nextel Cup teams were severely punished for violations found before and after Sunday's qualifying session for the Daytona 500, Michael Waltrip Racing stole the media spotlight...

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• Switching gears

  - 2007-02-14

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. needs a new contract and is battling his stepmom. Nextel Cup drivers and crew chiefs are trying to tame a bigger, boxier model developed to race safer. A foreign manufacturer Toyota with unproven teams and a foreign-born driver (Juan...

  Tags: car, ESPN, Gordon, NASCAR, Nextel Communications Inc., team, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Hopefuls want Daytona times to be on their side

  - 2007-02-09

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Michael Waltrip, Sterling Marlin, Jeremy Mayfield and Brian Vickers aren't guaranteed much when Daytona 500 qualifying starts Sunday. They can count on anxiety, though. Unlike last February, they lack the owner's points needed to guarantee themselves a spot in the season's first...

  Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., team, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Nextel Cup testing gets underway

  - 2007-01-09

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Veteran driver Dale Jarrett, a Nextel Cup regular since 1987, says the offseason seems to get "shorter and shorter." The 1999 Nextel Cup champion isn't complaining. Powered by series newcomer Toyota and on his first new team in a dozen years, Jarrett appears refreshed after two...

  Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., team, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Rudd will return to Nextel Cup

  - 2006-12-22

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Robert Yates is bringing Ricky Rudd out of retirement to keep his sinking race team afloat, signing him Thursday to drive the full Nextel Cup schedule in 2007. Masterfoods USA will sponsor the car, with its Snickers brand as the primary paint scheme. The car...

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