The Sprint Cup is taking this weekend off leading into next week's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But, worry not my fateful NASCAR fans, there are still Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series races this weekend. The Nationwide Series will be traveling to Gateway International Raceway and the Craftsman Truck's will be hitting Kentucky Speedway. I'm sure those two races will hold you over until next week's BIG race at Indy.In the mean time, there is a little bit of news to touch on.
JTG Racing made a few big announcements. First, ESPN Analyst Brad Daugherty has purchased part of JTG Racing, making the team JTG/Daugherty Racing. Second, the team will field a full-time Sprint Cup Series team next year for Marcos Ambrose. Sponsorship will come from Little Debbie Snack Cakes and the car number will be 47. No word on the manufacturer just yet, the team said the are unaffiliated for the 2009 season (but they currently field Ford's in the Nationwide Series for Ambrose and Kelly Bires). Ambrose, as far as I know, is the first confirmed Rookie of the Year Canidiate for 2009 season.
Yates Racing might have finally gotten a little bit of sponsorship help. The No. 28 Ford driven by Travis Kvapil will be getting sponsorship from Hitachi Power Tools for six races, with the first race being next week's Brickyard 400. This is great news for Yates Racing, both cars have been searching for sponsorship most of the 2008 season and this could be a sign of things to come.
Speaking of tools, Kobalt Tools looks to be the top choice as a sponsor to replace Craftsman as the the Truck Series sponsor. Its unfortunate that Craftsman is leaving as series sponsor, they've been with the Truck Series since the very beginning. But, with any luck, whomever replaces Craftsman will do as much for the series as Craftsman has.
I'll be back Monday for some offweekend news and notes, including my thoughts on the weekends Nationwide and Truck races.
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