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The black and blue custom Superbird was built by YearOne in Braselton, Ga., in conjunction with Gillette Evernham Motorsports, Musclecar TV and former pro wrestler, actor and auto enthusiast Bill Goldberg.

Elliott Sadler will be back behind the wheel of the No. 19 Dodge for the upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup season, Gillett Evernham Motorsports announced Friday.

Petty Enterprises and Gillett Evernham Motorsports have come to a merger and will field a four-car Dodge team that will include the famed No. 43 team.

While it always seems that Christmas rolls around faster than Carl Edwards can turn a lap at Bristol Motor Speedway, Yuletide is here again, and it’s time to speculate on what Santa might be putting under the tree for some of NASCAR’s favourite personalities.

Witness a south Florida TV stations headline for this weekends NASCAR events: “South Florida World Racing Capital This Weekend.”

Scott Steckly took advantage of a great opportunity last week as he was invited to the Statesville, North Carolina headquarters of Gillette Evernham Motorsports.

Brian Ickler established a track record in Coors Light Pole Award qualifying at Stafford Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon.
Ickler (No. 15 Ickler Motorsports Chevrolet) lapped the .500-mile oval in 19.376 seconds, for an average speed of 92.898 mph, in qualifying for Sunday’s CARQUEST Fall Final 150. It was the second pole award of the season for [...]

According to Patrick Carpentier’s website (that happens to be down at time of this writing) he and GEM team director Mike Shiplett engaged in a verbal tussle over Carpentier not qualifying at Talladega Saturday.
“I think it’s a complete lack of respect,” Carpentier wrote. “I never was shy to take the blame when I thought it [...]

Robby Gordon is suing McLaren Capital Advisers Inc. over a $1 million fee the Los Angeles-based investment company is seeking for a failed merger with Gillett Evernham Motorsports.
Gordon wants the court to throw out the fee McLaren sought for the deal, which ended with the settlement of a lawsuit last month, according to the complaint [...]

Never saw this one coming?
Wait, save that Cod for lunch, I saw it coming.
Robby Gordon Motorsports and Gillett Evernham Motorsports have announced that they have agreed to terms for resolution of the issues growing out of proposed plan to merge the two Sprint Cup teams.
Disagreements over the merger led to the recent filing of a [...]

I’m a little late with this, but good comedy stands the test of time, besides, when the comedian is Jimmie Johnson note has to be taken.
It seems J.J. had more on his mind than a victory Wednesday as he took to Bristol’s high banks for his NCTS debut. He was thinkin’ — “I’m gonna get [...]

Gillett Evernham Motorsports will rotate its three NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chiefs on the team’s No. 9 Nationwide Series entry for the remainder of this season.
The plan is to rotate Kasey Kahne, Elliott Sadler, Patrick Carpentier and Chase Miller at the wheel of #9 Dodge NS entry and match them with Kenny Francis, Mike Shiplett, [...]