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Martin Heads To Hendrick
By Greg Engle,Cup Scene Daily, July 2

DAYTONA BEACH FL. -- Mark Martin wants one more shot at a title.

Veteran driver Mark Martin will announce his intentions to campaign the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy full time in 2009 at a press conference scheduled by Hendrick Motorsports at Daytona International Speedway Friday.

Martin,49, has finished in the top five in the Cup point standings 12 times in his career stretching back to 1981. He will now compete in one final full season in an effort to gain an all-elusive title. Hendrick teams have won Cup series titles in seven of the last 13 years.

Martin had announced in 2005 that he would be retiring from full time competition after 2006, but when a driver couldn’t be found to replace him raced in 2006 for Roush Racing.

Because of sponsor conflicts at Roush, Martin stunned the NASCAR world when he announced in October 2006 that he would split time with Regan Smith at Ginn Racing in 2007. Then in July 2007 Dale Earnhardt Incorporated acquired Ginn and Martin. He is scheduled to race 24 times this season splitting seat time with Aric Almirola.

While Martin hasn’t raced in the Cup series for Hendrick, he has competed five times in the Nationwide Series using Hendrick equipment; three for Hendrick and twice for JR Motorsports the team owned by Hendrick driver Dale Earnhardt Junior that uses Hendrick equipment. The seed for the move to full time competition for Hendrick may have been planted win Martin won a Nationwide Series race for JR Motorsports at Las Vegas in March.

Next Sprint Cup Race:

What:COKE ZERO 400
Where: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach Fl.
GREEN FLAG: 8:00 p.m. ET July 5
TV: TNT,6:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128.
Distance:160 Laps 400 Miles
Track layout:2.5 paved track
2007 Winner:: Jamie McMurray

Todays Headlines:

--Kerry Earnhardt to make first NASCAR start for DEI

--Ganassi pulls the plug on Franchitti's Cup car

-- Almirola to be full time in the No. 8 in 2009

--McMurray Blames Speedway and Dale Junior for Accident at New Hampshire

-- 12 Gauge: The Martin Short edition after Loudon

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Kerry Earnhardt to make first NASCAR start for DEI
CSD Staff, July 2

MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- For the first time in his career, Kerry Earnhardt, the son of seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, will drive a Dale Earnhardt Inc. entry in a NASCAR race.

Ganassi pulls the plug on Franchitti's Cup car
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 2

Chip Ganassi Racing officials announced Tuesday the team will shut down the No. 40 Sprint Cup Series entry driven by rookie Dario Franchitti, effective immediately.

Almirola to be full time in the No. 8 in 2009
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 2

Aric Almirola, who is sharing the No. 8 Sprint Cup ride with Mark Martin this year, will drive the car full time in 2009, Dale Earnhardt Inc. officials announced Tuesday.

McMurray Blames Speedway and Dale Junior for Accident at New Hampshire
By Greg Engle, Editor, Cup Scene Daily, July 2

Jamie McMurray put partial blame Tuesday on the Speedway itself for the accident last Sunday at New Hampshire that took out Dale Earnhardt Junior.

12 Gauge: The Martin Short edition after Loudon
By Bill Marx, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, July 2

Each week, 12 Gauge takes a look at the top 12 drivers in the Sprint Cup Series. All race and performance references are from Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway unless otherwise indicated.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,July 2

12: Combined Nationwide Series wins for the Earnhardts -- Dale and Dale Jr. Dale Sr. has the most wins, seven, and Junior is next with five. The most successful drivers outside the Earnhardt family are Tony Stewart, Darrell Waltrip and Randy LaJoie with three wins each.

This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,July 2

1988: Bill Elliott starts 38th and wins the Pepsi Firecracker 400 by three feet over Rick Wilson. In the 122 Cup points races at Daytona International Speedway, no winner has started deeper in the field than Elliott's 38th.

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