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Scott Pruett said Juan Pablo Montoya called him Tuesday to apologize and told him `"Of all the people I could have done it to, you're the guy I didn't want to [bump] the most.''

Pruett, who in his postrace comments characterized Montoya's move as ''lowdown, nasty, dirty driving,'' said the talk went well.
-- Miami Herald

Some big names could be sent home today with 54 cars entered for Sunday's UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Jeremy Mayfield has failed to qualify his Toyota in both races this season, and Michael Waltrip did not make the 43-car field for the second race of the season in Fontana, Calif. Waltrip also drives for Toyota.
-- Miami Herald

Rep. Larry Seaquist said he has no problem with NASCAR fans, despite having been quoted earlier as saying: "These people are not the kind of people you would want living next door to you. They'd be the ones with the junky cars in the front yard and would try to slip around the law." Seaquist on Monday, said he "never said a word against NASCAR fans" in his opposition to a proposed deal to build a 1.2-mile, 80,000-seat race track in his district near Bremerton, Wash.
-- Charlotte Observer

One job you don't want to have is picking which teams are asked to do tire tests for Goodyear. Jeff Gordon, Dave Blaney and Reed Sorenson, for example, will test tires Tuesday and Wednesday at Darlington. That means those three drivers will get laps on the tricky Darlington track in their "cars of tomorrow" before the May race there. It can't do anything but help, and you can bet there are other teams who wish they'd been selected.
-- Charlotte Observer

The "fire and flames" paint design on Jeff Gordon's No. 24 will remain the same on a car that won in Chicago, but this weekend it will be with "no smoke" on the specially painted green DuPont/Nicorette Chevrolet.
-- USA Today

The folks who run Bristol Motor Speedway decided to create a 30-member fan advisory board to help them stay in touch with what they need to be doing better for people who attend races at the .533-mile track. The track got 1,588 applicants from 41 states and Canada, and picked the first 30 members this week. This year's board represents 18 states and Canada's Ontario province. Those selected serve one-year terms.
-- Charlotte Observer

Magic Johnson, the former NBA star signed by NASCAR a couple of years ago to promote its diversity campaigns, hasn't been seen much recently in stock-car circles, but he'll be in Las Vegas this weekend. Johnson is co-chairman of NASCAR's Executive Steering Committee for Diversity.
-- Winston-Salem Journal

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