Happy Halloween !!
Ah my pretties, be very scared to watch the Speed's the Set-Up Show for Saturday's the Mountain Dew 250 powered by Fred's as they are celebrating Hall-O-Dega. It could be a very frightening experience. (My picture this week will remind you how frightening)
I hear they will be topping the trauma they caused at Texas, when the Wizard of Oz Speed's version visited the Set-Up Show and they scared everyone on pit road.
Rumors
Chrissy Wallace will be driving the No. 08 SS Green Light Racing Chevrolet at Talladega in conjunction with Rick Ware Racing.
Austin Dillon will not only be making his first start at Talladega, but also RCR's first restrictor plate race in the Truck Series. It's his third start of the season. He'll be driving the No. 3 Realtree Outfitters Chevrolet.
Chad McCumbee will be back driving the No. 07 SS Green Light Racing Chevrolet for the four remaining races this season.
Andy Lally will be back driving the No. 28 FDNY Racing Chevrolet at Talladega for Jim Rosenblum.
J.R. Fitzpatrick will be driving the No. 29 Brad Keselowski Racing Chevrolet at Talladega.
Circle Bar Racing will be in the spirit of Hall-O-Dega, as both Rick Crawford's No. 14 and James Buescher's No. 10 will be sporting black and orange paint scheme's.
Billy Ballew Motorsports Update
First, Talladega will mark their 300th start in the Truck Series for the team.
Second, Rowdy Busch will be back driving the No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts/Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota and for the rest of the season.
Kevin Harvick Inc. Update
First, Ricky Carmichael will be back driving the No. 4 Monster Energy Drink Chevrolet at Talladega.
Second, Ron Hornaday, Jr. will have Copart on his No. 33 as sponsor at Talladega.
Sponsorship News
Mario Gosselin and his DGM Racing team will be debuting new sponsor MyTireMonkey.com on his No. 12 Chevrolet at Talladega.
Gosselin who started the team in 2008, has run part-time based on whether or not they had sponsorship. But with MyMonkeyTire.com it will give them a chance to run full-time in 2010, and the young team is excited to be racing every week.
Speed TV will have the No. 12 trucks unveiling live on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 3:00PM.
It's supposed to be not only a very colorful truck, but one that will capture fans' attention.
MyMonkeyTire.com launched in December 2008; it's an online tire purchasing facility based in Edenton, NC.
But it has 1,500 dealer locations, with 90 distribution centers scattered across the lower 48 states, which still expanding operations and revolutionizing the way we can purchase tires today.
News & Notes
Entries
At Talladega for the Mountain Dew 250 powered by Fred's there are 38 entries on the preliminary entry list. It will be a full field of 36 trucks, and two teams will be going home.
The breakdown is 25 full-time teams and 13 part-time teams.
The Points Battle
Ron Hornaday Jr. appears, with his 224-point lead, to have wrapped up the 2009 drivers title.
He did take care of business at Martinsville but he'll have to survive the coming storm at Talladega and make it through the race unscathed.
Matt Crafton looks like he'll finish the season in second but Talladega could make it a more interesting points battle.
Skinner, while in third, is 102 points behind Crafton. While he has conceded the championship he could still challenge for the position.
He also could very well finish the season in third, since his nearest rival Todd Bodine sits some 234 points back in fourth.
Once you get to Bodine in fourth, it's anyone's game. Brian Scott in fifth is 10 points behind Bodine and he's only eight points ahead of Colin Braun in sixth place.
Then Braun is only 29 points ahead of Timothy Peters in seventh and Johnny Sauter is just sixth points back in eighth.
Both David Starr ninth and Rick Crawford have the same number of points and are just 68 points behind Sauter.
It looks like Horn maybe in the driver's seat title wise, with the largest points lead ever this late in the season. Look deeper into the points standing, their are some great battles going on as the final four races tick off.
Autograph Session
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