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Fernandez pulling double duty
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service , April 19

MEXICO CITY -- Adrian Fernandez will hop between two countries this weekend as he competes in the American Le Mans Series race Saturday in Long Bach, Calif., and the NASCAR Nationwide Series Corona Mexico 200 on Sunday in Mexico City.

MEXICO CITY - APRIL 18: Adrian Fernandez, driver of the #5 Lowe's Chevrolet, speaks to the press prior to the NASCAR Nationwide Series Corona Mexico 200 practice at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez April 18, 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images)

Scott Pruett, of the Fastenal Dodge Team, drives his car during the final practices of the NASCAR Nationwide race in Mexico City, Friday, April 18, 2008. Mexico City will host the Corona Mexico 200 this weekend, as part of NASCAR's Nationwide series.
(AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)

Fernandez practiced his JR Motorsports car Friday in Mexico and then left to fly to Long Beach for the race Saturday in a car he owns. He will return to Mexico City at about 1:30 a.m. local time Sunday morning and race less than 12 hours later in the Nationwide race.

"The logistics are quite hard," said Fernandez, who planned to get about six hours of sleep between races. "I would not be able to have the time that I would love to have here through the weekend. It's just not possible."

Because David Green will qualify the JR Motorsports car Saturday for Fernandez, the Mexico City native will have to start from the rear of the field Sunday.

Fernandez drove from the back to the front in 2005 but then came into the pits just when the yellow light turned on and was penalized. He still managed to finish 10th, however.

Fernandez knows he will have to be patient Sunday.

"It's a long race; there's always a lot of yellows," Fernandez said. "But I feel at the end, if I manage to keep my car clean, I think I'll be fighting for the win."

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:

--Hornish: No Plans For Indy this Year

--No Talladega For Said

--Bowyer Looking To Finish

--Barrett helping his father settle an old score

--Parrott looks to make amends in Mexico

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Carl Edwards enjoys racing at Mexico City

Hornish: No Plans For Indy this Year
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service , April 19

MEXICO CITY --Sam Hornish Jr., in Mexico City to compete in Sunday's Nationwide race, reiterated Friday that this is not the year he will try to run both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600.

No Talladega For Said
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service , April 19

MEXICO CITY --Boris Said's No Fear Racing team will not attempt to run the Sprint Cup race at Talladega next week, he said Friday.

Bowyer Looking To Finish
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service , April 19

MEXICO CITY --Clint Bowyer leads the Nationwide Series standings, and he would like to leave in that same position following Sunday's race.

Barrett helping his father settle an old score
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service,April 19

Stan Barrett is perhaps most famous for driving more than 739 miles per hour.

Parrott looks to make amends in Mexico
by Lee Spencer, FOXSports.com, April 19

Brad Parrott wants to give Scott Pruett the one that got away.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 19

99: Nationwide Series races in which Clint Bowyer and Carl Edwards have competed against each other. Except for wins -- Edwards has an 11-5 edge -- their statistics are similar. Edwards has a 53-46 edge in finishing ahead of Bowyer and a 43-40 edge in top fives. The two are tied in top-10 finishes at 63 each. However, Bowyer's average finish is 10.5, just ahead of Edwards' 11.5. The drivers will find themselves in the same Nationwide race for the 100th time Sunday in Mexico City. Bowyer leads the 2008 Nationwide Series standings by 24 points over Edwards.

This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 19

1942: Jack Roush, one of the most successful owners in NASCAR history, is born in Covington, Ky. Roush has been an owner in NASCAR since 1988 and has 105 Cup wins, 91 Nationwide wins and 47 wins in the Craftsman Truck Series. His drivers have won five championships -- two each in the Cup and Nationwide series and one in CTS.

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