- - NASCAR on Wednesday fined Donnie Wingo, crew chief of the No. 41 car in the Sprint Cup Series, for a violation committed during the Aug. 17 race at Michigan.

- - Penske Racing on Tuesday announced that Travis Geisler has replaced Chris Carrier as the crew chief of the No. 77 Dodge, driven by Sam Hornish Jr. A mechanical engineering graduate from Vanderbilt, Geisler, 27, had been the race engineer for the No. 12 Dodge, and was an integral part of that team's 2008 Daytona 500 victory.

- - Ken Schrader will drive the No. 96 Toyota Camry for Hall of Fame Racing in this weekend's Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

- - Ryan Newman will drive the No.39 -- not the No. 4 -- for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2009.

- - Hammerhead Entertainment and Team Marketing have partnered to bring Dale Jr. -- Shifting Gears, the five-episode ESPN sports documentary featuring Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his move to Hendrick Motorsports, to DVD this fall.

July 7th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
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