Jeff Gordon’s plane safe: Rumors that an airplane carrying a NASCAR driver went down in Pennsylvania this morning [Monday] are not true. The air control tower at Fort Indiantown Gap [PA] heard a “Mayday” from an aircraft in trouble at 8:15 this morning. But Federal Aviation Administration officials told the state emergency operations center that there are no airplanes down in Pennsylvania this morning. FAA officials said the search for the downed aircraft has moved to Delaware and Virginia. The Wilmington News Journal reports in an online news item that a search today in Kent County, Del., turned up no downed plane. The rumor, which apparently started in northeastern Pennsylvania, said the aircraft was believed to belong to NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon. However, John Edwards, Gordon’s press spokesman, said Gordon’s airplane is sitting safely in its hanger.(Patriot News)(6-12-2007)
A press conference regarding Dale Earnhardt, Jr has been set for this Wednesday (13th) at 11:am (ET/10 am CDT) at his JR Motorsports HQ. It is not open to the public.
The current Jr odds board (don't think my dad will make it to Vegas in time to place any bets though):
2-1 he's going to RCR.
3-1 he picked off either Biffle or Truex, and JR Motorsports is moving to Cup as Hendrick Motorsports teams 5 and 6.
6-1 he's replacing Casey Mears at Hendrick Motorsports.
6-1 he's off to Joe Gibbs Racing.
13-1 he's joining one of the minor Chevy teams.
99-1 he's joining Matt Kenseth at a freshly-spun Fenway Racing.
And don't look for me around here tomorrow or Thursday; we've got a gaggle of teams testing at the Milwaukee Mile. Testing started today with Shrub, SlowCasey, Nesquik, ex-Candyman, Rainman, and unnamed Gibbs drivers/teams (Smoke was here last year). They'll be back tomorrow along with unnamed DEI driver(s)/team(s) (probably Menard; Truex was here last year), and unknown Ganassi drivers. Teams DEI and Ganassi will be back Thursday, along with Bifflage, the Gray Bug-eyed Trashman, and potentially other RoushFenway drivers. Ah, taheckwitchit; it's a nice day, so I'm out of here.