Things continue to go downhill between Jeremy Mayfield and his team boss, Ray Evernham. Veteran Bill Elliott has replaced Mayfield in the No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge at Watkins Glen. There's every reason to believe Mayfield may not run for Evernham Motorsports at MIS next weekend, although he's the defending race winner of the GFS Marketplace 400.
 -- Detroit Free Press

Half a dozen Jeremy Mayfield fans sent e-mails to every NASCAR writer they knew this week, pleading Mayfield's case and saying he was treated unfairly by Ray Evernham.
 -- Dallas Morning News

What happens when you taking the increasingly popular sport of "drifting" and mix it with the huge appeal of NASCAR? The answer will emerge Aug. 31 at Irwindale Speedway, when some of NASCAR's top drivers join leading U.S. and Japanese drivers from the D1 Grand Prix drifting series. Kasey Kahne is scheduled to appear with Greg Biffle, Robby Gordon, Casey Mears and Bill Elliott.
 -- Los Angeles Times

Racing professor Darrell Waltrip last season conducted a special lecture for his prize pupil, driver David Reutimann. "David had had a series of wrecks, and finally I called him in for a meeting," said Waltrip, who owns the truck Reutimann drives. "I wrote on a card, 'Don't Beat Yourself,' and held it up to David. I told him that's a lesson he has to learn. He was going through a period where he was simply trying too hard."
 -- The Tennessean

Mark McFarland has been ousted from the No. 88 Busch Series Chevrolet owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. McFarland had a best finish of seventh at Talladega and an average finish of 23rd this season. He's being replaced this weekend by Martin Truex Jr. Earnhardt said in a statement that his decision to remove McFarland was based on the lack of more positive results.
 -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Steve Grissom has joined DLP Racing to pilot the un-sponsored No. 07 Chevy for the 2006-2007 Busch Series season.
 -- jayski.com

Boris Said, the tall, quirky driver with the curly hair, will have plenty of support at Watkins Glen over the weekend. Said, an expert road racer, will drive in both the Busch (Zippo 200) and Nextel Cup races, running the No. 9 Ingersoll Rand Dodge on Saturday (Busch) for Evernham Motorsports and the No. 61 Dodge on Sunday (Cup) for Front Row Motorsports.
 -- Detroit Free Press

Max Papis said this weekend could prove pivotal to his future because he wants to drive in NASCAR full-time. Papis, a road-racing specialist, would drive the No. 78 Chevrolet for Furniture Row Racing -- replacing regular Kenny Wallace -- with a motor purchased from Hendrick Motorsports for the Cup race. In the Busch race, he would fill in for Tim Sauter in McGill Motorsports' No. 38 Chevrolet.
 -- Miami Herald

While some tracks on the NASCAR circuit, such as Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week, have struggled to fill empty seats this year, Richmond International Raceway has the opposite problem -- not enough seats to meet the demand. So after 30 consecutive sellouts, including the Sept. 9 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, the track has announced plans for an expansion that will result in a net increase of about 5,000 seats.
 -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Fans with an eye to the sky Sunday morning prior to the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen likely are going to see an unusual banner being towed by plane. The banner's message in the air above the road course in the mountains of New York state's Southern Tier won't be an advertisement for some company or product. Instead, it will read, "Tim Richmond We Miss You -- Your Fans."
 -- ThatsRacin.com

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