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By Paul Jensen MTRS Archive: ▼ 2008 (1568) ▼ September (99) Franchitti: #41 Cup car was an option Race Night in Tennessee: Clayhill Motorsports resu... Race Night in Tennessee: Clarksville Speedway poin... Trackside at Salem: Kimmel Comes Homes for Salem V... Race Night in Tennessee: Clarksville Speedway resu... Franchitti to be on Wind Tunnel Sunday Trackside at Berlin: Rainout Drill Bits: Advice for short-track operators Trackside at Berlin: Andy Ponstein on CRA pole Federated to return as Nationwide sponsor at Nashv... Clayhill Setup: Championship scenerios Weekly Schedule Riverview Setup: 35-lappers for Limited Late Model... Thunderhill Setup: Summertown Sizzler Duck River, Winchester taking weekend off Clayhill Motorsports points after racing o...   [read the full post]

By Paul Jensen Blog Archive ▼ 2008 (1487) ▼ September (18) Richmond Nationwide Setup: Casey Atwood Thunderhill Raceway points after racing on 8/30/20... Thunderhill Raceway results for 8/30/2008: Richmond Nationwide Setup: Casey Atwood in #27 Bak... Franchitti out of Nationwide car? California Nationwide Wrap: Gilliland’s Night Snar... Winchester Speedway points after racing on 8/30/20... Winchester Speedway results for 8/30/2008: Franchitti back to IRL in 2009 Rick Turner Wins CRA McGunegill Engine 100 Clarksville Drag Strip points after racing on 8/29... Clarksville Drag Strip results for 8/29/2008: Music City Motorplex points after racing on 8/30/2... Frank Kimmel gets ARCA win at DuQuoin Riverview Speedway points after racing on 8/30/200... Riverv...   [read the full post]

By Jensen MediaNet Long Time Chip Ganassi Racing Sponsor Target Continues Partnership with Multi-year Deal Target Chip Ganassi Racing announced they will be adding former IndyCar Series and Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti as a teammate of the 2008 Indy 500 winner and current points leader Scott Dixon, as the driver of the No. 10 Target Honda. In addition, Chip Ganassi Racing and Target announced the details of their joint plans to take their partnership into its 20th season and beyond. Franchitti Returns to the IndyCar Series: The former Indy 500 and IndyCar Series champion will return to open-wheel racing but this time behind the wheel of the No. 10 Target Dallara Honda. The native of Scotland and resident of Williamson County has over 180 starts under h...   [read the full post]

By Paul Jensen Commentary by Paul Jensen Brad Coleman will not be racing this weekend. That was not part of the plan when Brad made out his 2008 schedule. The fact that this weekend will again find Coleman an observer demonstrates the uncertainty of life in NASCAR's top level. Coleman is a talented young driver from Texas whose positive attitude and personality is infectious. He left the highly successful Joe Gibbs organization after last year to come to Nashville and hook up with the new Baker Curb organization. Why would anybody do that? The reason is simple. Brad thought it highly important that he actually be racing every weekend. He wasn't getting that opportunity at Gibbs. He was only a part-time driver in the Nationwide series, and Coleman figured his b...   [read the full post]