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His passion for helping children drove him to think of new ways to directly change the lives of children with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses. During a Nationwide Series practice session in 2000, tragically, Adam lost his life& but not his dream. Adam s dream now lives on in the lives of over 13,000 children and families that have suffered from over two dozen diseases such as cancer, hemophilia, spina bifida, physical disabilities and sickle cell. <P> Dale Earnhardt Jr. is keeping Adam s dream alive. On March 27, 2010, during The Dale Jr. Foundation Physical Disabilities Weekend at Victory Junction, Dale Jr. will join the Victory Junction family as a Founder and will break ground on a one-of-a-kind project, The Dale Jr. Corral and Amphitheatre. Eighty-eight members of The JR Nation Crew, The Official Fan Club of Dale Jr., will be randomly selected to be special guests for this private ground breaking ceremony. To become a part of the FREE JR Nation Crew fan club and be eligible to attend, go to <a href="http://www.dalejr.com/jrnation" target="new">www.dalejr.com/jrnation</a>. <P>  There are many reasons why we wanted to get involved with Victory Junction and build this amphitheatre, and it starts with the tremendous impact the camp has on these kids. It s incredible how one week changes lives, said Earnhardt Jr.  Just as important to me is my friendship with Kyle and Pattie Petty, and the memory of my buddy, Adam Petty. Adam and I met each other at an early age, and from that point on our lives and careers were virtually parallel. He was as genuine as they get and a great friend. If I can play a small part in helping Kyle and Pattie keep his dream alive, it doesn t require a second thought. <P> This unique, interactive & accessible outdoor amphitheatre will provide campers, the opportunity to sing a song, act in a play, tell a joke, play an instrument, watch a movie or even get their face pictured on an old, western  Wanted poster along with the infamous outlaw,  Junior. <P>  Pattie and I are extremely humbled by Jr. s kindness and generosity. We ve known Jr. since he was a kid and it means the world to us that he is honoring our son, Adam, by helping change the lives of these kids, said Kyle Petty.  Adam is definitely smiling. <P> Victory Junction is extremely proud and humbled by the generosity and hard work of all of the individuals who not only believed in Adam s dream, but helped make it a reality. Now it is time to keep that dream alive. You, too, can join Dale Jr. and Victory Junction in their mission to help this very deserving group of children. <P> Go to <a href="http://www.thedalejrfoundation.org" target="new">www.thedalejrfoundation.org</a> to donate toward the project and to learn about Victory Junction s new Dream Team Challenge. Sign up as a crew chief, start your own Dream Team and join us in honoring the young man who had the vision to make us all feel our hearts race! <P> <I>About The Dale Jr. Foundation</I><BR> The Dale Jr. Foundation is a charity dedicated to giving underprivileged individuals with a focus on youth, the resources to improve their confidence and education, and the opportunity to achieve extraordinary goals. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.thedalejrfoundation.org" target="new">www.thedalejrfoundation.org</a>. <P> <H2>Gold Medal For US Sledders</H2> The United States Olympic drought that lasted over several generations of bobsledders and at least one lifetime ended Sunday afternoon when driver Steve Holcomb drove his Bo-Dyn four man crew to a gold medal at the Whistler Sliding Center. It marked the first four-man gold medal since the Winter Games of 1948. <P> Helped by track records in the opening two heats on Saturday, Holcomb, with crew members Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz on the brakes came to the 16-turn track Sunday with a .4 of a second lead over Canada s Lyndon Rush and .44 ahead of German icon Andre Lange. <P> Holcomb, in the Bo-Dyn Night Train bobsled that captured the world championship one year ago, extended the advantage to .45 with the best third run. With no troubles on the fast and treacherous course, the Night Train safely negotiated its way to the third best final leg and wound up defeating Lange by .38 of a second. Rush, second through the first three runs, was overtaken by Lange in the finale and placed another .01 behind and in the bronze medal position. <P> Then, for Holcomb, it was the reality of the moment. "No, it's just like last week [during the two-man race] walking through the media zone, but it's a little different talking about gold medals," he stated afterward. "It'll take a little while to sink in. You work so hard to get somewhere and you finally get there and you're kinda like 'Now what? I don't know what to do, but at the same time, these guys have been training so hard and working so hard for pretty much the last four years, to finally end on a high note like this is huge." <P> Holcomb and crew totaled three minutes, 24.46 seconds for their four heats. Lange s silver medal time was 3:24.84, while Rush clocked in with 3:24.85. <P> "It s been a long road. We ve been building this for quite some time," sighed Darrin Steele, CEO of the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. "The athletes have been amazing. Steve s crew had the fastest pushes and he s a great driver. There are lots of proud people celebrating in our little family. Steve always had a gift. He was working on his skills for a long time. He is a hell of an athlete... a hell of a driver. It s a great day for the USA." <P> Steele faced one media scrum during the post-race revelry as his gold medal team was head-to-head with other press. <P> "I m a dreamer. That s why I took the job," continued Steele. "When these guys won the world championship and broke that 50-year drought, it was a reminder that they could do this in the Olympics. They did this as a team and did this right. I couldn t be more proud of them." <P> It was the perfect storm of great driving, outstanding coaching, team chemistry and camaraderie and the evolution of the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project. <P> "With the Bo-Dyn Project, our sleds are as good or better than the competition. But we ve also built a pipeline of talent. No one gets complacent. They came into the season in the best shape I ve ever seen them." <P> Pilot Mike Kohn, teaming with Jamie Moriarity, Bill Schuffenhauer and Nick Cunningham on the brakes, finished 13th in 3:27.32. <P> John Napier s sled withdrew after yesterday s crash that left his foursome a bit sore and bruised, but not so much that they couldn t assist with the gold medal celebration. <a href="http://www.bodynbobsled.com/news.php?news_id=123" target="new">(bodynbobsled.com)</a> <P> <H2>Inspection Procedure Changes</H2> NASCAR has instituted a new postrace inspection policy for Sprint Cup races in which the first car out of the race that is not involved in an accident will be held for teardown, much like the cars that currently finish in the top five. <P> That meant that Aric Almirola s Phoenix Racing s car was thoroughly inspected after the Shelby American on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His engine was taken to be torn down later this week at the NASCAR research and development center in North Carolina. <P> The policy is expected to impact the start-and-park teams  teams that typically bring a car but don t have funding to run the entire event. These teams often are not in the top 35 in owner points, so they are required to qualify on speed. The new policy means it is likely that one of the cars that qualify on speed for every race will end up getting torn down. <P> NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton said Sunday the move was not to discourage start-and-park teams.<a href="http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/NASCAR_to_begin_postrace_inspection_of_lowest-finishing_non-wrecked_car.html" target="new">(Scene Daily)</a> <P> <H2>Motorsports This Week on ESPN</H2> <LI> <I>Evernham, Craven, Hinton on NASCAR Now Roundtable</I><BR> NASCAR on ESPN analysts Ray Evernham and Ricky Craven and ESPN.com senior writer Ed Hinton will be panelists on NASCAR Now s weekly roundtable discussion program airing Tuesday, March 9, at midnight ET (late Monday night) on ESPN2. Allen Bestwick will host the edition of ESPN2 s daily NASCAR news and information program. <P> Mike Massaro hosts half-hour episodes of NASCAR Now airing Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of this week at 5 p.m. and Wednesday at 6 p.m. Massaro also hosts the one-hour weekend edition that airs Sunday, March 7, at 9 a.m. with a preview of that day s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Nicole Briscoe and Marty Smith will report from the speedway. <P> NASCAR Now is hosted by Massaro, Bestwick and Briscoe and originates from ESPN s high definition studios in Bristol, Conn. Contributors include reporters Marty Smith, Shannon Spake and Angelique Chengelis, analysts Ray Evernham, Tim Brewer, Brad Daugherty, Ricky Craven and Randy LaJoie, and ESPN.com reporters Ed Hinton, Terry Blount and David Newton. The NASCAR on ESPN team event coverage team of Rusty Wallace, Dale Jarrett, Marty Reid, Dr. Jerry Punch, Andy Petree, Dave Burns, Jamie Little, and Vince Welch also make frequent contributions to NASCAR Now. <P> <LI> <I>ESPN Classic Takes NASCAR Fans Back to Alan Kulwicki s First Win</I><BR> Alan Kulwicki, the 1992 NASCAR champion, scored his first career win in NASCAR s top series in the 1988 Checker 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. ESPN Classic will take NASCAR fans back in time to that day with a presentation of race highlights on Monday, March 8, at noon ET. <P> In addition, fans can watch highlights of another race from the 1988 season, the Budweiser 400 at Riverside (Calif.) International Raceway, on Tuesday, March 2, at 1 a.m. <P> <LI> <I>NASCAR Nationwide Series Returns March 20</I><BR> The NASCAR Nationwide Series has two weekends off and returns to action on Saturday, March 20, at Bristol (TN) Motor Speedway. The race will air on ABC, with NASCAR Countdown beginning the telecast at 2 p.m. <P> ESPN2 is the home of the series all season, with select races airing on ESPN and ABC. <P> <H2>Race and Commercial Breakdown for the 2010 Shelby American</H2> <LI> Total number of commercials: 114 <LI> Total number of companies or entities advertised: 61 <LI> Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 34 <LI> Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 20 (companies: Pennzoil; Pennzoil Ultra; Subway; UPS; Nationwide Insurance; Chevy; Budweiser; Lowes; Win Jimmie s Silverado contest ; AMPUpthe88.com ; Ford F Series; Verizon Championship Racing ; AFLAC; AFLAC KnowQuack.com  ; DirecTV; DirecTV.com  Head 2 Head Knock Out Racing ; AT&T; AT&T  Fastest Pit Crew of the Year text to 2258; SprintMobile.com/speed ; Sprint.com/speed; Sprint.com/nownetwork;  Fast Track to Fame on SPEED :http://fasttracktofame.com/ ; next week s Atlanta race on Fox; FoxSports.com) <LI> Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 5 sec. <P> Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies: <UL> Verizon  Check List <BR> Verizon  Race Check <BR> FedEx  Understanding the Race <BR> NASCAR on Fox  All Star Pit Crew <BR> NASCAR on Fox  Race Analysis <BR> AFLAC  Do You Know Quack Trivia Question <BR> Sunoco  Race Fuel <BR> Sprint  In-Car Camera <BR> Lowes  In-Car <BR> AMP Energy Juice  In-Car <BR> Pennzoil Ultra  In-Car <BR> Ford  Built Ford Tough Track Facts <BR> NASCAR on Fox  Richard Childress Racing Running Order <BR> NASCAR on Fox  Biggest Movers <BR> AFLAC  In-Car <BR> NASCAR on Fox  Crank it Up <BR> Ford  Built Ford Tough In-Car <BR> Pennzoil Ultra  Race Summary <BR> NASCAR on Fox  Involved in Wreck <BR> Budweiser  In-Car <BR> NAPA  In-Car <BR> NASCAR on Fox  Weather Station <BR> NASCAR on Fox  Green Flag Pit Times <BR> Verizon  Speed Shot <BR> AT&T  Race Break <BR> NASCAR on Fox  Joe Gibbs Racing Running Order <BR> AT&T  Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award <BR> Ford  Roush Fenway Ford 360 <BR> Toyota  Top Performers <BR> NASCAR on Fox  Olympic Hockey Score <BR> NASCAR on Fox  Most Wins at 1.5 Mile Tracks </UL> <LI> Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM <LI> End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:08 PM <LI> Total minutes: 188 <LI> Minutes of race broadcast: 136 <LI> Minutes of commercials: 52 <LI> Number of missed restarts: 0 <LI> Number of  mystery cautions (debris not shown): 0 <LI> Number of mysterious cautions brought on by malfunctioning caution lights: 2...<I>MORE AT</I>...<a href="http://www.cawsnjaws.com/" target="new">(cawsnjaws.com)</a> <!-- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --> <!-- <a href="http://" target="new"><font color="ffff00"></font></a> --> <P> <!-- ######################## NATIONWIDE SERIES NEWS ######################## --> <!-- ######################## NATIONWIDE SERIES NEWS ######################## --> <!-- <BR> <BR> <BR> <center> <IMG SRC="http://insiderracingnews.com/Images/Logos/2008/NationwideBanner.jpg" BORDER="0" WIDTH="500" HEIGHT="60"> </center> <BR> <BR> --> <!-- <P> <H2></H2> --> <!-- <a href="http://" target="new">()</a> --> <!-- ################### TRUCK SERIES NEWS ##################### --> <!-- ################### TRUCK SERIES NEWS ##################### --> <!-- <BR> <BR> <BR> <center> <IMG SRC="http://insiderracingnews.com/Images/Logos/2007/TruckImage4.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="500" HEIGHT="50"><BR> <P> </center> <BR> <BR> --> <!-- <P> <H2></H2> --> <!-- <a href="http://" target="new">()</a> --> </FONT> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <center><img src="http://insiderracingnews.com/Images/Misc/RedPointer.gif" Width="18" Height="12"><a href="http://www.prodigysatspeed.com/index.php" target="new"><B><Font color="ffff00">Discuss this and other racing matters in the Prodigys<I>@Speed</I> Forum</font></b></a></center> <BR> <BR> <B><i>You can contact us at..<a href="mailto:editorirn@earthlink.net"> Insider Racing News</i></B></a> <p> <hr color="ff0000" size="1"> <Br> <Br> <center><B><Font color="ffff00" size="+2"><i>St. Jude Children's Research Hospital</i></font></B></center> <p align="center"><A HREF="http://www2.stjude.org/"><img src="http://insiderracingnews.com/Images/Logos/2007/StJude.gif" border="0" width="267" height="68"></a><A HREF="http://www2.stjude.org/ways_to_help/partners_in_hope/message_from_marlo.cfm" target="new"><img src="http://insiderracingnews.com/Images/Logos/2007/StJude2.jpg" border="0" width="165" height="68"></a><center><B><Font color="ff0000">Finding cures</B> <i>for</i> <B>children with catastrophic<br> illnesses</B> <i>through</i> <B>research</B> <i>and</i> <B>treatment</B></font></center> <br> <!-- BEGIN INLIVE CODE -- Inlive need of AddFreestats button code! 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