[WestCoastGal]

Sad day when the #3 crewchief leaves RCR......[just wondering what the big guy is thinking about all this, his crewchief, his sponsor, NAPA -all jumping ship] I hope there's no curse like the Babe did.

Hamlin leaves RCR for BDR? UPDATE Official - Hamlin, Finley to #55 Waltrip: hearing [or have learned] that crew chief Kevin Hamlin has left Richard Childress Racing and will be the new crew chief at Bill Davis Racing for Dave Blaney and the #22 Caterpillar Dodge with former #22 crew chief Derrick Finley moving over to the #55 NAPA Auto Parts Dodge that Michael Waltrip will drive in 2006.(PRN's Garage Pass Radio show/Sporting News)(11-29-2005)

Jayski

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Rest of the daily dose of Jayski -

• The TV deal is OFFICIAL, starts in 2007, runs through 2014 (explanation partially courtesy Speed)-
  • Fox (no mention of FX) gets the Bud Shootout, the first 13 points Cup races, some of the qualifying (presumably for its races, and this includes the actual qualifying for the Daytona 500/Gatorade Duels), and 2 Truck races.
  • Speed keeps the other Truck races, qualifying and practices for some Cup races (presumably for the Fox and TNT portions of the schedule), and gets the Gatorade Duels and the Open/All-Star Challenge.
  • TNT gets Cup races 13-19
  • ABC/ESPN get the last 17 Cup races (with the entire Chase on ABC), the entire Busch series (mostly on ESPN/ESPN2, with at least 4 races on ABC), and qualifying/practice for both series on ESPN/ESPN2 (I doubt they'll share the qualifying/practice for their part of the schedule with Speed).

• Crash will continue to use DEI engines until Menard makes some more.
• #77 news - there should be an official announcement soon.