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Defending Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart is among the entries in this weekend's Modified race at New Hampshire International Speedway. Although he has driven the open-wheeled Modifieds before and has won at New Hampshire in Nextel Cup and Indy Racing League cars, it will be his first appearance in an official Modified Tour event.
  -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Carl Edwards aside from running his normal Cup and Busch schedule this weekend, is scheduled to run in Saturday's Whelen Modified race. With running all three races, Edwards will log 600 laps and more than 634 miles around the 1.058-mile speedway.
  -- jayski.com

It's possible Robert Yates Racing will replace a 49-year-old driver with a guy 30 years younger. Busch rookie Stephen Leicht, 19, hopes to make his Nextel Cup debut in the Allstate 400 next month in a third car for RYR. Leicht is a candidate to replace Dale Jarrett in the No. 88 Ford next season. Yates may opt to go in the opposite direction.
  -- Dallas Morning News

Bill Elliott was one of the last successful driver/owners in Nextel Cup. Michael Waltrip takes on that dual role next season with his new Toyota team. Elliott was asked if he thinks Waltrip can handle the task. "If anybody can, Michael can," Elliott said. "He's pulled off some amazing stuff already. But it's going to be a tough road."
  -- Dallas Morning News

One of the two counts of witness intimidation in the indictment of NASCAR team owner Gene Haas has been dropped. The U.S attorney's office asked for the dismissal of the charge because the five-year statute of limitations had expired. Haas, who owns the No. 66 Nextel Cup team of Jeff Green and the No. 00 Busch Series team of Johnny Sauter, still faces five counts of tax fraud and one count of witness intimidation.
  -- SceneDaily.com

Last weekend, Nextel Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield made some cutting comments about his boss, Ray Evernham. They were so sharp that race fans had to wonder whether the two would be able to work together for the rest of the year and, perhaps, beyond. Evernham said Mayfield would, at the very least, remain with the team for the rest of the current season.
  -- Kansas City Star

McKee Foods said this week it has started negotiations with the Wood Brothers/JTG Racing team on renewing of its sponsorship of the No. 21 Ford driven in Nextel Cup by Ken Schrader. McKee CEO Jack McKee said in a statement he'd like to continue the deal he has with the team, which is for primary sponsorship for 19 races. He hopes a deal is finalized by Labor Day.
   -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Bobby Labonte threw out the first pitch before the White Sox-Red Sox game on July 7 in Chicago. But he almost missed the opportunity when practice at the track lasted until 6:35 p.m. He was due at the ballpark an hour later. After a helicopter ride from the track to Midway Airport, Labonte was forced to sprint into the stadium and through the tunnel. He didn't have any time to warm up, but he still delivered a nearly perfect pitch to home plate.
  -- USA Today

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