James and Giuliani team up at Pepsi 400
Kevin James, most noted for his role in the television series King of Queens, is the race’s grand marshal. Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani is a ceremonial race official and will be in the pace car when the Pepsi 400 takes the green flag. — Gaston Gazette
NASCAR boss: Dale can petition for No.8
NASCAR CEO Brian France, asked by Chris Myers if Dale Earnhardt Jr. will have a problem getting his No.8 transferred from DEI to Hendrick: “We assign the numbers year in and year out, we typically would not take a number away from a team that is running it, that would be of course DEI. We haven’t heard there plans on what they wanted to do with the 8, should they not have plans and Dale wanted to use the number, he certainly could petition us and we would consider it.” — Fox Sports Radio