European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 36 stars and stripes Friday april 20 2007 photos Courtesy of Harold Hinson and Anheuser Busch in an Effort to raise Money for the special operations Warrior foundation Dale Earnhardt or right Wili drive cars adorned with special paint schemes on memorial Day weekend and july 7 Budweiser will sell die cast models of the cars and donate the proceeds to the Charity Earnhardt fundraising schemes special paint jobs to Honor military Aid scholarship foundation by Amanda l Boston stars and stripes Washington he might be reluctant to sing in a to commercial but Sextel cup Driver Dale Earnhardt or needs no persuading to Honor the men and women of the us armed forces Earnhardt and his sponsor Budweiser is recently announced that they will Salute the troops with two military themed paint schemes and collectible die cast cars Nastars reigning most popular Driver will run a brownian beige desert camouflage car on memorial Day weekend at Lowes motor Speedway in Concord no and a red White and Blue stars and stripes car for Independence Day in the july 7 race at Daytona International Speed Way special paint schemes have grown in popularity in the past several years earn Hardt said his father the late Dale earn Hardt was one of the first Drivers to run a car with a special paint scheme with the country at War were trying to keep everybody spirits High keep every body motivated and patriotic Earnhardt told stars and stripes we thought this would be a Good Opportunity to show our support for me troops we believe this is a Good Chance to bring attention to the fact that we still have a lot of men and women Over there righting for our freedoms and the freedoms of oth ers he said were just trying to keep the country alerted to that the paint schemes also give the no 8 race team a Chance to Benefit the special operations Warrior foundation Budweiser will be Selling the die cast models of the cars and will donate All proceeds to the foundation which provides scholarships to dependents of the army Navy air Force and Marine corps special operations personnel killed in combat or training missions the fund also gives immediate financial assistance to special operations personnel severely wounded in the War on terror Earnhardt Hopes his season will be turned around by the time he debuts the desert Camo car on memorial Day week end he got off to a rough Start finishing 32nd at Daytona and 40th at California things began to change at Las vegas Earnhardt finished Lith and followed that with a 14thplace finish at Atlanta a Sev ent place finish at Bristol and a fifth place finish at Martinsville sundays race at Texas motor Speedway was Tough Earnhardt led three times and was running in third place on Lap 252 of 334 when Tony Stewart spun out in front of him Earnhardt who had slowed to try to avoid Stewart was rammed by Kyle Busch he finished 36th i think were doing pretty Good earn Hardt said think were a to five team when were not in the top five in Points were pretty disappointed Earnhardt who is 18th in the Sextel cup standings believes his team is improving weeks can be ups and Downs High and lows maintaining Good performance is the key but you have to be ready for either Suc Cess or failure right around the next Cor Ner i dont know if youd really Call that fun but we enjoy it and i think we Are improving he said As for that Chevy commercial that ends with Earnhardt singing the George Jones Tammy Yhette song not the Jet set while driving Down the Road in a Brand new Corvette it turns out that was Earnhardt first singing gig and it took a bit of trickery on the part of the Chevrolet officials they kept me in the dark about because they knew i do it he said laugh ing Earnhardt want told he was going to have to sing right up until the time he was getting ready to sit in the car Ive gotten Good reviews and some bad ones from it most of the bad stuff has just been my friends ribbing me email Amanda l Boston at Sextel cur race 8 subway fresh fit 500 at Phoenix International raceway Avondale Ariz am Ivi onday get of extra last race Jeff Burton passed Matt Kenseth on the final Lap to become the first repeat Winner at Texas motor Speedway winning 10 years after he won the inaugural race his Victory also ended a four race winning Streak by Hendrick motor sports last year Kevin Harvick completed a sweep at Phoenix winning the sub Way fresh 500 to go along with his Busch series Victory the Day before Harvick drove a car that ran in the top 10 but never challenged for the Lead Driver to watch although Hes currently 14th in the Driver stand Ings Kevin Harvick has won the past two Sextel cup races at the track Driver standings after 7 of 36 races Jeff gordon1136 2 Jeff Burton 1128 3 Matt kenseth1011 4 Jarane johnson955 5 Denny Haman 914 6 cent bowyer866 7 Kyle busch856 8 Carl edwards837 9 Tony stewart814 10 Jamie mcmurray805 11 Mark marfin794 12 David Stremme 779 13 Juan montoya767 14 Kevin harvick763 15 Kurt busch759 16 Etsitt sadler756 17 Greg biffte738 18 Dale Earnhardt jr737 19 Martin Roex jr671 20 Ryan newman656 Busch series this week Bashas supermarkets 200 at Avondale Ariz delayed pm Satur Day last race Matt Kenseth ended Carl Edwards two race Busch winning Streak by pulling his car put of a spin without hitting the Wall Early in the race then overtaking Denny Hamlin with nine laps left to win at Texas motor Speedway last year Kevin Harvick won his second consecutive Busch race holding on through several late cautions and an overtime finish at Phoenix next race Aarons 312 april 28 Talladega Ala craftsman trucks last race Mike Skinner started on the pole and stayed out front nearly All Day at Martinsville a Speedway on March 31 leading Ali but seven of 253 laps to win his third consecutive race coming off victories at California and Atlanta Skinner set a series record by leading 246 laps and won for the 22nd time in his career he became the second Driver in the series to win twice on the Small tight Oval next races Oreilly Auto parts 250 april 28 Kansas City Kan for More coverage indy racing this week indy Japan 300 at Suzuka delayed 6 pm saturday last race Helio Castr Dnieves cruised to an easy Victory on april 1 running a nearly perfect race to win the Honda St Petersburg grand prix for the second straight year last Yean pole Sitter Castro eyes took the indy Japan 300 for his second straight Victory next race Kansas lottery 300 april 29 Kan Sas City formula one last race Felipe Massa of Ferrari won the Bahrain grand prix and Lewis Hamilton of Mclaren finished second becoming the first Driver to Start his Al career with three consecutive to three finishes Hext race Spanish grand prix May 13 bar Celona Cham p cars this week grand prix of Houston last race Sebastien Bourdais led 58 of 78 laps to win the grand prix of Long Beach for the third straight year last Yean Bourdais opened the 2006 sea son with two straight wins after holding off Paul i racy by 1238 seconds to take the inaugural grand prix of Houston next race Chuhai City May 20 China standings for other series on Page 33
