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Pruett, road racing aces lead charge into Mexico
By Amanda Brahler,Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service , April 17

Scott Pruett won the pole at last year's Nationwide Series race in Mexico City and was in good position to drive away with the win -- that is, until Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Juan Pablo Montoya put a fender to him with less eight laps remaining and sent him spinning. While Pruett vented after a fifth-place finish, Montoya celebrated his first NASCAR win.

The Rev. Francisco Javier blesses Mexican driver Michel Jourdain Jr, center, on the first day of activities before this weekend's NASCAR race in Mexico City, Thursday, Arpil 17, 2008. Mexican drivers Ruben Pardo, left, and Jose Luis Ramirez, right, look on. Mexico City will host the Corona Mexico 200 this weekend, as part of NASCAR's Nationwide series.
(AP Photo/Miguel Tovar).

This time around, Montoya won't be able to get in the way when Pruett straps into the No. 40 Dodge for Sunday's Corona Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Montoya's not in the race.

"(I'm) looking forward to big things," Pruett said. "We did finish fifth last year. It was very controversial. It was the talk of the town for the week afterwards. I think it's a little bit more personal with what happened last year and it's also a little bit more personal with the fact of this long-standing relationship with Mexico. For me personally, it would be huge. I'm excited to get down there and see if we can win that race."

Pruett will be joined by other road racing specialists, including Michel Jourdain (Braun Racing), Max Papis (Rusty Wallace Racing), Boris Said (Team Rensi Motorsports) and Adrian Fernandez (JR Motorsports), a native of Mexico City.

While some teams are tabbing road course specialists as weekend replacements, others are sticking with their full-time Nationwide Series drivers. Of those full-time drivers, Marcos Ambrose will have an edge as he tries to get his first Nationwide win. A two-time V8 Supercar champion in his native Australia, Ambrose finished eighth in last year's race at Mexico City and also came in seventh at the road course in Montreal last season.

"I'm really excited to be road racing again, just for the fact that we're going to be OK, and we can turn our season around," Ambrose said. "We've had a really good buildup but we haven't had any stand-up performances yet, so I'm hoping Mexico is going to be it."

Next Sprint Cup Race:

What: AARON’S 499
Where: Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
GREEN FLAG: 2:30 p.m. ET April 27
TV: Fox, 2:00 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128.
Distance:188 Laps 500 miles
Track layout:2.66 paved track
2007 Winner: Jeff Gordon

Todays Headlines:

--Boris Loves Mexico

--Son Hires Father to Drive

--Mexico City Event Has The Look Of An All-Star Event

--The Director’s Take: Brake Set-Up Crucial For Mexico City Race

--Hamlin's Southside race tickets go on sale

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Carl Edwards enjoys racing at Mexico City

Boris Loves Mexico
CSD Staff, April 18

For Boris Said, this weekend's NASCAR Nationwide Series event in Mexico City is more than just his first chance to race a stock car since February. The free spirit from Southern California loves the sprawling city south of the border.

Son Hires Father to Drive
CSD Staff, April 18

For the first time in NASCAR’s racing history a father will drive for a team owned by his son and not vice-versa.

Mexico City Event Has The Look Of An All-Star Event
CSD STaff, April 18

The Corona Mexico 200, the fourth consecutive trip to Mexico City for the NASCAR Nationwide Series, is a preeminent race on the 2008 schedule – and then some.

BThe Director’s Take: Brake Set-Up Crucial For Mexico City Race
CSD Staff,April 18

The NASCAR Nationwide Series returns to Mexico City with plenty of anticipation for the drivers and crews that participate.

Hamlin's Southside race tickets go on sale
By Jill Erwin,Richmond Times Dispatch April 18

Tickets go on sale this afternoon for the Denny Hamlin 175, a Late Model race May 1 at Southside Speedway Virginia.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 18

Today's NASCAR Number is this week's Daily Double.

4.17: Distance in miles of the longest lap in a NASCAR race, recorded in the 1950 race on the Beach & Road Course in Daytona Beach, Fla. Ten races were on the Beach & Road Course (1949-58), and the 1950 race was the only one in which the course layout was 4.17 miles. The first race was 4.15 miles and the last eight were 4.1 miles. The 1950 race was 48 laps, 200.2 miles, and Harold Kite won in a 1949 Lincoln.

2.518: Distance in miles of one lap on Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, site of Sunday's Nationwide Series race. That makes the Mexico City track the ninth-longest track/course to be used in a NASCAR race.

This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 18

1960: With Glen Wood leading all 200 laps at quarter-mile Bowman-Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., the Wood Brothers get their first of 97 Cup victories.

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