SPEED Radio Off-Season Update

Host Rob D'Amico gets you up to SPEED with all the latest headlines in the world of racing...

Race Day on FSR | Posted November 23, 2008 Charlotte, North Carolina

Rob D'Amico is host of the Weekend Preview on SPEEDtv.com Radio, and hosts Raceday on FOX Sports Radio. (SPEED Photo)

Host Rob D'Amico gets you up to SPEED with all the latest headlines in the world of racing. Find out why Rick Hendrick was disappointed with Dale Jr., how many people have been laid off, how much will Bernie Ecclestone's wife walk away with in her divorce and so much more. This week I talk to Tom Jensen (NASCAR), Chris Martin (Moto Racing), Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Mike Bliss and Jason Leffler.

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SPEED™ opened fan voting for the third annual SPEED Performance Awards on Nov. 17 with an eye towards highlighting the year’s defining moments on and off the race track. Click Here To Vote

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES - This week I talk to Carl Edwards 1 on 1 about heading to London for the Race of Champions, getting married, testing ban and what he'll be doing on the off season. Click Here

Matt Kenseth joins teammates Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards all have now signed long-term deals with Roush-Fenway Racing. Click Here

Furniture Row Racing officials say that the team has bought out its contract with NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Joe Nemechek. Nemechek drove the No. 78 entry this season for the team, which had previously announced plans to run a part-time schedule in 2009. Click Here

There is no doubt that we are all feeling the effects of a down economy and we knew that there would be layoffs and cutbacks but to hear numbers from 700 to 800 people is staggering. Here are some of the unofficial numbers that have been reported so far online:
DEI -- 116 Employees
Ganassi -- 71
Petty -- 23
Wood Brothers -- 22
Stewart-Haas -- 16
Hendrick -- 12
Hall of Fame -- waiting on sponsor
Yates -- Todd Parrott
Bill Davis -- has already made cuts to run streamline

As the American auto industry struggles and looks to Congress for a financial support, some leading Chevrolet team owners and drivers in NASCAR are voicing their support for Detroit's Big Three automakers. Team owner Rick Hendrick of Hendrick Motorsports, whose organization fields four Chevrolets in the Sprint Cup Series, stressed that if something isn't done to rescue the financially strapped domestic automobile industry there will be a ripple effect throughout the nation. Click Here

Now you know I don't always agree with Jimmy Spencer but he makes a great point when he praises NASCAR for their ban on testing in 2009. Read the article Click Here

Team owner Rick Hendrick says he is “disappointed” that driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn't finish in the top 10 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings in his first season with Hendrick Motorsports. Was he disappointed in the fact that Dale Jr will not be N.Y. or was it Tony Eury Jr.....find out Click Here

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