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Sellouts used to be easy at Daytona. And while the first race of the stock car season probably will wind up as standing room only, the racetrack no longer rests solely on the sport's popularity to fill its grandstands. For months, the speedway has used a national advertising program and has tried to create more attractive ticket plans. Ticket offices not only have extended their hours, they're offering two-day packages that include Saturday's Busch Series race.
-- Florida Times-Union

A foreign journalist recently told Juan Pablo Montoya that his former F1 competitors already have begun taking bets on how many laps into the season Montoya will first crash his No. 42 Texaco-Havoline-sponsored Dodge. Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has publicly questioned Montoya's sensibilities and mocked the move.
-- Tampa Tribune

[We're] hearing that Sammy Speaks has taken over the crew chief duties at the No. 72 CJM Racing for rookie driver Brandon Whitt. Doug George had been the crew chief since the team was purchased from Morgan Shepherd last season and is now listed as the car chief on the CMJ Racing site.
-- jayski.com

The operating cost for a major Cup team ranges from $16 million to $20 million a year, and Ford representative Kevin Kennedy said the Toyota teams are being subsidized, which has allowed them to charge a primary sponsor $8 million to $10 million -- half the market price.
-- Miami Herald

Richard Petty has grown tired of the questions he has been asked since he outraced Cale Yarborough to the checkered flag to win at Daytona on July 4, 1984. It was the 200th and final victory of Petty's career and it came in front of President Ronald Reagan, the first sitting president to attend a NASCAR race. It was a storybook ending for Petty and NASCAR -- or perhaps too close to a storybook ending.
-- New York Times

After speculation that Robbie Reiser would step off the Nextel Cup Series pit box sooner, rather than later, and take a higher-level position with Roush Racing, the driver's crew chief said Friday he has signed a three-year contract extension to maintain his crew chief position with the No. 17 team.
-- Wisconsin State Journal

The engine rule is a little different at Daytona 500, teams must run the same engine from Saturday's first practice session through the Duel 150 mile qualifying races. If a team makes a change, then it must start at the rear of the Duel 150 field. After the Duel 150 races, teams can make an engine change before the next day's practice session. So far it looks like two teams have changed engines: No. 22-David Blaney, No. 23-Mike Skinner, and looks like No. 55-Michael Waltrip may change an engine if the car is returned, so those drivers will fall to the rear of their respective Duel 150's.
-- jayski.com

Joe Gibbs Racing officials say Fire-Dex LLC, which produces protective-firefighting and emergency-response clothing, will serve as an associate sponsor of the No. 18 Chevrolet and driver J.J. Yeley for the 2007 Nextel Cup Series season.
-- SceneDaily.com

Haas CNC Racing officials say that Blue Ox Products, a manufacturer of recreational vehicle and towing industry supplies, will be the primary sponsor of the team's No. 66 entry driven by Jeff Green in Thursday's Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway.
-- SceneDaily.com

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