Sunday, August 19, 2007

Aug. 19 newsstand

Off-weekend, and Sunday/Monday coverage tends to be race-centric.

What we've got today ...

Sam, I am
Defiance Crescent-News: All about seat time for Hornish
Says Sam after his 25th-place finish in Saturday's Busch race: "The best part about today was having the opportunity to run as many laps as we did and finish the race."

Dario to RCR?
An AP story says Richard Childress is looking seriously at Dario, and a decision on whether or not to add a fourth car will be made in 30-to-45 days.

Autosport.com says that Dario has been snooping around the south for some time, including a deal with Ganassi.

Sam & Dario are also mentioned in this NASCAR silly-season column in the Nevada Appeal.

Come fly with me, part 14 & Infineon previews
San Francisco Chronicle: Franchitti not flipping out over pair of close calls.
A redux of the two crashes, with some detail from Dario, Danica and a few others. Also has the Infineon-weekend schedule.

Boston Herald: A Kanaan-do feeling.
TK feels he can win the title, but (let's spin the cliche wheel here) he's taking it one race at a time. Also has some notes on AJIV finishing third at Kentucky.

The Vallejo Times-Herald has a piece on Danica Patrick.

Sonoma News: Infineon test redux. Also, one from the Sacramento Bee.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's Dave Kallman notes that Danica isn't too keen on her teammates whacking her hair if she wins.

News flash: NASCAR fans don't care other forms of racing exist (in other news, the earth revolves around the sun).
The Detroit Free Press finds quite a few of them who don't miss the loss of the IRL at Michigan at all. Says one fan about OW racing, "That's boring." (He also admits that he's never attended an OW race, nor does he intend to. Might it be a good idea to actually *watch* a race before you make value judgements?).

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