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As part of one of the longest-standing traditions at the park, guests of SeaWorld Orlando have almost always been able to enjoy a free brew at the Hospitality House. A result of being owned by the makers of Budweiser, Michelob, Busch, and other beers, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens have offered free tastings of the American beers for years. Sadly, that tradition will soon come to an end in February

It is official; as of Tuesday, November 18th, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. is now Anheuser-Busch InBev, as the company has been purchased by Belgian beer maker InBev for $52 billion dollars. Shareholders of Anheuser-Busch approved the deal on Wednesday, making Anheuser-Busch InBev the world’s largest beer manufacturer and holder of a 49% share of US Beer sales. Anheuser-Busch (AB) will now be

The difficulty in closing funding for some recently concluded corporate takeovers has presented an arbitrage profit opportunity for investors willing to take some risk. In particular I refer to the $52 billion mega takeover of U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch (Ticker : BUD), the company that is famous for Budweiser Beer, by Belgian brewer InBev. Both are well capitalized, large cap stocks, and both comp

What a way to start the chase, first, fans saw a good race at New Hampshire, that added some much needed excitement to the chase and revealed not only a surprise chase contender in Greg Biffle, but yielded a dominate driver, Kyle Busch to 34th position, so how do you top that one, you enter the concrete high-banked 1 mile Dover speedway, which delivered one exciting race.I would best describe a ra

First stop after picking up the car was Punderich. Well first we stopped at Monchhoff to drop our bags and shower and all that good stuff but the first tasting was at Clemens Busch. Had only been there at night on my previous trip so this was an extra special visit as I got to see the amazing Pundericher Mareienburg vineyard on a gorgeous picture-perfect day. That is the sole vineyard Clemens work

Inspiration comes to playwrights in strange ways. The play that Charles Busch started writing when commissioned by the La Jolla Playhouse is very different from the show that will have its world premiere September 16.The Third Story is actually comprised of three overlapping tales woven together into a fast and funny play. The first story is a realistic account of an aging, fading screenwriter in

Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch were both put on probation by NASCAR following their altercation in the Sprint Cup Series over the weekend. The suspension will last the next six weeks of the series. The altercation was instigated by Busch.He used his car to bump into Edwards on the cool down lap at Bristol Motor Speedway and Edwards then retaliated by spinning him out. Edwards said he felt "like I was

NASCAR announced on Wednesday that it has placed Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards on probation for the next six races in the Sprint Cup Series, as a result of their on-track incident Saturday night at the conclusion of the race at Bristol.Busch and Edwards violated Section 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing; hitting another competitor's car after the race had concluded) of the 2008 NASCAR

When it comes to favorite drivers, if I had to choose between Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards, I would choose Carl Edwards. If I wanted to sound juvinile, and someone asked me to put my favorite NASCAR drivers in favortism order….it would be Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards, then Kyle Busch. And let me also say [...]

Busch Gardens Africa (also known as Busch Gardens Tampa Bay) is a 335 acre 19th century African-themed park located in Tampa, Florida. It opened on March 31, 1959 as an admission-free hospitality facility for the Tampa Anheuser-Busch brewery on the grounds of the manufacturing plant. Visitors could watch animal acts in a tropical setting and [...]

This past weekend after Kyle won the race at Watkins Glen I noticed something was different when he got out of his car to take a bow. Besides the fact that I got that the Rhianna’s “Take A Bow” song was playing over and over in my head at that point, I noticed the boos were [...]

In an earlier post I posted an advertisement of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble shilling cigarettes. That's not the only 'adult' product that they advertised. According to Milk & Cookies,...

A laptop with disk encryption is a safe laptop.  And that’s what Anheuser‑Busch (stock symbol: BUD) has, encrypted laptops that were stolen.  I’ve already covered the situation once, and updated it as well.  At first, there was only news that computers got stolen, and conflicting reports on whether there was laptop protection in place, as well as how many laptops got stolen (

Laptop computers containing sensitive information on current and former Anheuser‑Busch employees have been stolen from the beer maker’s premises.  The beer company has certainly been making a splash in the news: first, they get bought out by InBev, a Belgian conglomerate, releasing a tsunami of waffle‑related jokes; now, this.  It is not known how many are affected since the compa

The media is full of reports this morning that InBev's sweetened offer of $70 a share for Anheuser-Busch has been accepted. The new Belgian based Anheuser-Busch InBev becomes the largest brewing company in the world.The deal still needs shareholder and regulatory approval, but given that foreign ownership in SABMiller and Molson Coors have both been blessed by the monopoly watchdogs, this deal sh

Reuters and WSJ today reported that BUD agreed to be acquired by Belgium Based Interbrew for a little under 50 billion dollars. The $70/share bid would create the largest brewing company in the world.BUD shares rose $5.29 to close at $66.50 on Friday, after reports from WSJ that InBev has increased its offer to shareholders by $5/share to $70.I would consider selling half of my stock on Monday mor

Anheuser-Busch (BUD) may finally be admitting that it cannot get its shares up from $50 to the InBev bid of $65, even it its cuts costs and sells assets. BUD... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

It all started with 30 or so laps to go; Clint Bowyer and Sam Hornish Jr. wreck to bring out the caution. Pre-caution, Kyle Busch seemed to be the instigator that we all know and love by rubbing and bumping into Montoya during the caution. Post-caution, Busch continued with his shenanigans. Montoya comes from an open wheel [...]

Anheuser-Busch has decided to reformulate its Tilt and Bud Extra brands, pulling the current products from the shelves, after coming under pressure from 11 states Attorneys General.The states had claimed the caffeinated alcoholic beverages were being marketed towards underage drinkers and that the company was making misleading statements about the energizing effects of the brands.While A-B does no

Belgian newspaper De Standaard has reported that Warren Buffett is prepared to throw the Busch family under the bus and support the InBev offer to buy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

So if you were living under a rock…and I’ll admit it with the hum dum of my cousin’s high school graduation/party these past weeks, I have been MIA with my NASCAR obsession lately…you should have known by now that Dale Earnhardt Jr. broke his winless streak this past weekend with a win in the Michigan [...]

In a letter that appeared aimed at Anheuser-Busch shareholders, InBev suggested that doing a deal with the Mexican brewery could impact the value of InBev’s $65-a-share takeover offer.

Two thousand years from now, when archaeologists dig up the bones of present-day CEOs, they will find that those who were in any way related to their company's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Everyone has reported on the huge acquisition offer from InBev for Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. (NYSE: BUD). What is interesting above and beyond the global... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. (NYSE: BUD) came out and confirmed some discussions that were making the rounds today. The beer giant noted that it has received... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Anheuser-Busch Cos., the biggest beer company in the U.S., signed an agreement to start importing and distribute Budweiser beer in Viet Nam this month. St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch is targeting the Vietnamese market because of a large young adult population, according to a press release today which cited Walter Blocker, chief executive officer of Gannon Group Viet Nam Ltd., Anheuser-Busch's

There always seems to be that one driver each year that gets everyone’s attention, whether it’s a winning streak, a champion or a driver that just thinks they own the series and for the 2008 season, there is that one driver again that makes headlines, yes I’m talking about the young kid Kyle Busch and considering yet again he is making huge news right now by doing the triple header this week

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“Should the two brewers merge, the resultant entity would be a globally focused player that sends out 350 million hectoliters of beer annually and generates approximately $20 billion in annual revenue.” — Jennifer Yousfi by Jennifer Yousfi Baltimore – (TFN): Shares of the largest U.S. brewer, Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. (BUD), maker [...]

Anheuser-Busch (BUD) is anticipating a $46 billion buy-out offer from huge beverage company InBev. The US company's shares hit $58 on the rumor, a 52-week... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Team up with Kyle Busch to raise money for shelter dogs!More than four million dogs end up in shelters and breed rescue organizations every year, and only half of them ever find a home.Kyle Busch isn't just a NASCAR® star, he's a dog lover, too. That's why he's racing to raise $100,000 for The PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive Foundation. With the Kyle's Miles program, you can help by donating $1.00 per

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Brewer Anheuser-Busch Inc. and a Rhode Island beer distributor have agreed to pay $21 million to settle lawsuits brought by survivors of a 2003 nightclub fire and relatives of the 100 people killed, according to court papers filed Friday.The February 2003 fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick began when pyrotechnics used by the rock band Great White ignited flammable sou

Word from the FT is that beverage leviathan InBev may make at $46 billion bid to buy Anheuser-Busch (BUD). BUD shares are up almost 7% on the news, moving... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Beer brewing has always been the core business of the Anheuser-Busch company. An industry leader since 1957, Anheuser-Busch currently owns over half of the domestic beer market. The market share has grown so much that Anheuser- Busch now has a bigger portion of the market than the next four competitors, with [...]

We watched Kyle arrogantly accept the boos upon his introduction at the All Star race. But it’s funny how quickly his cockiness disappeared after the rocker arm within his engine melted along with his M&M’s! It amuses me how that Kyle accepts the boos and criticism until his car either blows up or has a [...]

You know, last month I wrote a controversy article asking the question, should the NASCAR All-Star race be moved? My whole look at this was moving the All-Star race to a racetrack that either doesn’t already have a Cup Series date or only has one Cup Series date. At Least to me, the All-Star is a lot like a Cup date, it’s huge, it for the most part draws in record number of fans and even thoug

"It was just hard racing," Earnhardt said. "Kyle has his style of driving. Maybe I went at it as hard as he did; I don't know what I would have done. I took him out at Kansas during the Chase [last year], and that's really why I wouldn't be any more vocal or angry about it -- because I would have been hypocritical about it, in that sense."Dale Jr. goes on by saying, "We've both been on each side of it now between the two of us, and hopefully once him and I have a chance to talk about it, we can come to some kind of understanding to where we don't ever have to deal with it again, where we just go out and race and try to race each other with a little more respect and have a little better outcome." "I don't know what time he got here to get on the track [for testing], but hopefully we'll eith

Reverted 1 edit by 68.72.35.124 identified as vandalism to last revision by Hobartimus. (TW) ← Previous revision Revision as of 09:18, 4 May 2008 Line 34: Line 34: == NASCAR Career == == NASCAR Career ==   + ===NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series===   + At 16, Busch competed in the [[NASCAR]] [[Craftsman Truck Series]] for [[Roush Racing]] as a replacement after the team's two drivers were released midway in the 2001 season, and earned two top-10 finishes in six starts what was scheduled to be a full-season campaign for [[2002]]. (In [[2000]], NASCAR rules changed to permit a driver to make up to seven starts -- up from five -- in a season before becoming a full-time driver for rookie status.)

(Photo Credit: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)So here’s the question of the day (the next day)…What do you consider as a good race and would you consider the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond last night a good race?Racing under the light’s in Richmond is always exciting, a ¾ mile racetrack, a sellout crowd, 43 good drivers and 400 laps makes for an interesting night and race fans, that’s exactly what we got in Richmond regardless of what your personal feelings are after a late race battle turns to a wreck.Like the title says, emotions, emotions, emotions, now let me state the obvious from the start, I am a huge Dale Earnhardt Jr. fan and I’ve been an Earnhardt fan for years now and for anyone who reads my blog regularly, you most likely already know this. As I sit here following the Crown

Kyle Busch made it three wins in a row in the NASCAR Nationwide series as he took the checkers in Mexico City, Mexico at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez. Busch, who is the series lap leader, has been on fire as he won the last two series events came into Mexico, never having a top five finish [...]

Kyle Busch continued his wining ways as he held off Carl Edwards to win the Nationwide Series Bashas 200 at the Phoenix International Raceway. Busch, who has led more laps this season than any other driver in the series dominated at the one mile facility taking the Pole, and leading the event for 133 of [...]

Kyle Busch won the Nationwide Series O’Reilly Auto parts 300 at the Texas Motor Speedway by holding off Jeff Burton to claim the twelfth series win of his career. “It’s great to bring Toyota to Victory Lane”, Said Busch. “It’s so hard to win at this place. I want to thank my fans for sticking with [...]

Brad Thompson and three relievers combined to throw a seven-hit shutout as the Cardinals blanked the Rockies, 3-0, at Busch Stadium. Thompson went six and-two-thirds, giving up six of the seven hits and fanning six. He also drove in a run at the plate, while Troy Glaus went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Jason Isringhausen picked up his first save of the season as St. Louis took two-of-three in the series from the defending National League champions. Garrett Atkins was 3-for-4 for the Rox in the losing effort. Ubaldo Jimenez took the loss, giving up all three runs on eight hits. Colorado took the season-opener before dropping the following two contests.

Tara Busch propone il suo originale video di "Over the Rainbow"...Clicca sull'immagine...ed esplica come produrne uno tra le mura di casa propria. Credevo già ci fosse l'inghippo e che il tutto risultasse facile facile...Clicca sull'immagine

Well I wrote up a little piece last weekend about Ryan Newman’s season so far, so I decided to re-cap his teammates season through the first 5 races. Ryan Newman, his team and his fans should be pretty happy with his season so far. He is sitting 8th in the point’s standings -191 out of [...]

Anheuser-Busch is set to launch Sun Dog Amber Wheat as part of the company's seasonal beer line up.Sun Dog (5.3 percent alcohol by volume), brewed at the company's Fort Collins, Colo., brewery, is taking the place left vacant by Spring Heat Spiced Wheat, which is now year-round offering known as Shock Top Belgian White. Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale, Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale and Beach Bum Blonde Ale are the other four A-B seasonals.

Nakeel in conjunction with Busch Entertainment Corporation, have revealed their plans of developing, 'Worlds of Discovery' which is four theme parks. Busch Entertainment is the family entertainment division of the Anheuser-Busch Company, who are based in Orlando, USA and operate around ten such 'Worlds of discovery' parks in various locations in the US.

"Anheuser-Busch on Tuesday lashed out at Miller Brewing Company over a Miller Lite ad that playfully uses the Budweiser dalmation. “Keep up the bad work, Miller Beer,” thundered a full-page ad in the USA Today. The ad goes on to say that the ad has prompted A-B to give a donation to animal rescue groups. The ad -- in which a dalmation leaps from a Bud wagon into a Miller Lite delivery truck

A report in this morning's Wall Street Journal indicates that Attorneys General from a number of states have subpoenaed Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing, looking into how those companies market caffeinated alcohol drinks and whether they are targeting underage drinkers.Government lawyers from New York, Maine, Maryland, Arizona and Iowa are focused on the popularity of energy-style drinks with young people and whether claims are being made by the brewers about the power of the caffeinated drinks to fuel late night drinking.The U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approved the labeling for the brands and took no action on an earlier request from the states to clamp down on the products. The Attorneys General are under pressure from anti-alcohol groups who claim these products are d

By Official ReleaseDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR has placed drivers Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch on probation for the first six races of the 2008 Sprint Cup Series season, a result of their on-track altercations Friday during practice for the Budweiser Shootout.Stewart, driver of the No. 20 Toyota and Busch, driver of the No. 2 Dodge, violated Section 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing; altercation with another competitor) of the NASCAR rule book.The probations start Wednesday, as practice begins for the season-opening Daytona 500.NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said the drivers were disciplined solely for the on-track portion of their clash, when the drivers deliberately used their cars as battering rams."We will continue to keep a check on this sport and won't let it get out o

The NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR’s second major racing series, which in some cases is also referred to as a stepping series to the Cup Series. For the past year or so, I have been thinking about this subject and in turn reading just what fans, writers, drivers and even owners comments on this subject and after going to Loudon, NH (NHIS) (like I do every year) to watch the Busch Series in action, I believe that there is no doubt that the series needs a new identity not only because Busch is gone as title sponsor and is replaced with Nationwide, but in general, its still too much like the Cup series.First, would be in naming of series, when you look at NASCAR’s other two major series, they both have that non-changeable names, for example, NASCAR’s elite series is the Cup Series and

Stock trading as well as stock investing point of view I think Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc looks quite promising. The fundamental story of this stock looks quite good. At current situation when heavy carnage is going on Wall Street, this stock seems more a like of defensive stock and holding this stock is quite profitable. It looks like there is very low downward risk and upward move looks quite

Ever visit Crozet, Va.? Have you heard of Starr Hill Brewery? No?Well some of the folks in St. Louis at Anheuser-Busch have. Earlier this week they announced a deal under which A-B will serve as the master distributor for Starr Hill's line of beers. Starr Hill has six employees and turns out 5,000 barrels of beer annually. Founded in 1999, the company now has what many craft brewers 10 times their size wish they had: access to a network of 600 wholesalers from coast to coast.What is behind A-B's decision to partner with such a small player? According to media reports about the deal, A-B wants to help Starr Hill build its brand in Virginia and then expand it from New York to Georgia during the next three to five years. If they have momentum behind the product it could go national at that point.With craft beer sales up 11 percent during 2007, A-B has been active launching its own line of brews aimed at the segment and in signing deals with craft brewers around the country, most focuse

NASCAR has approved Penske Racing's request to transfer the owner points from Kurt Busch to Sam Hornish Jr., a move that locks the three-time IndyCar Series champion into the first five races of next season. Hornish publicly thanked Busch for giving him the points at the Penske holiday party on Friday night. Bud Denker, senior vice president of Penske Corp., confirmed Saturday that the team would swap the points with NASCAR's approval. Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's vice president of competition, said the sanctioning body had signed off on the transfer. "This would obviously help Sam as he prepares to run the first five races instead of prepares to qualify for the first five races,” Denker said. "With a champion like Kurt Busch and the opportunity to utilize (the points), anyone would be foolish to not take care of the situation.” Hornish, a former Indianapolis 500 winner, is leaving that series for NASCAR next season. But his No. 77 Dodge won't be one of the 35 cars locked

Anheuser-Busch continues to expand its offering of non-beer products. The company is test marketing Purus Vodka in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Annapolis, Md.Purus is an 80-proof organic wheat vodka that is priced at $35 a bottle. The product is distilled under contract for A-B in Italy's Piedmonte region by Distilleria Sacchetto. A-B's Long Tail Libations unit is managing the introduction.

Jeff Burton has made a place in NASCAR history. He will forever be recorded as the last driver to win in the NASCAR Busch Series. Burton won the Ford 300 at the Homestead Miami Speedway as Anheuser Busch, the series sponsor of twenty six years bids farewell to the sport.

Clearly one of the marketing drivers this year for the folks at Anheuser-Busch has been to tell the world about how well beer and food goes together. And we're not just talking pizza and beer, although that still works. A-B has been on the road holding some beer pairing dinners and doing other work to get beer a place at the table in fine dining establishments. I was the guest at one of these events earlier this year at Blue in Charlotte. Now comes the release of "Great Food Great Beer: The Anheuser-Busch Cookbook."A-B worked with Sunset Publishing to create the cookbook, which has lavish food photography. Brent Wertz, executive chef at the Kingsmill Resort & Spa, and George Reisch, an A-B brewmaster, were involved in some of the recipe development and pairing suggestions in the cookbook."Great Beer Great Food" starts off with a history of A-B and some information on matching beer and food, proper beer glassware and a quick guide to beer styles. Because the book is from Anheuser-Busc

Jeff Burton wrapped up the Busch Series car owner's championship in style Saturday night, winning the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway to give Richard Childress his 11th NASCAR title. Burton, who shared the No. 29 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with Scott Wimmer this season, took control late in the race after a series of green flag pit stops and pulled away to the win while

AVONDALE, Ariz. (Nov. 11, 2007) ¿ Penske Racing led the Dodge contingent in Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway with Ryan Newman finishing fifth and Kurt Busch placing 12th. Sam Hornish Jr. took 30th in his NASCAR NEXTEL Cup debut.Newman's second straight top-five finish and his seventh this season moved him up one position in the point standings to 13th with one race remaining in the season. He is now 58 points ahead of the 14th-place Dale Earnhardt Jr.¿The Alltel Dodge was pretty good," said Newman, who led once for four laps after starting 13th in the 312-lap race on the 1-mile track. "We knew we were good enough to get track position with the disadvantage; with two tires or with fuel only, and that was OK. I wasn¿t mad about that, but I wish we just had that extra little speed so we could get on everyone else¿s strategy. You know, being able to take two tires when everybody takes two, or take four when they take four. We¿re getting closer to that

Clint Bowyer claimed his chief Busch order pole position of the year in qualifying for the Arizona Travel 200, the penultimate lineage of the season, at Phoenix International Raceway. Bowyer will start from the best possible speck to prove to repeat his April victory at the individual-mile oval, after setting a spell of 27.077 seconds at an average speed of 132.954 mph, driving the No. (Read the full post about ‘NASCAR: Bowyer takes Busch pole at Phoenix’…)

Carl Edwards only needed to finish at least 36th to take the NASCAR Busch Series championship. He won his first Busch Series title finishing 11th at Texas Motor Speedway Saturday. “It’s really amazing to be a Busch Series champion,” he said.  “I can’t tell you how exciting that is and what it means to me.” He has won four times season.

Kevin Harvick returned to his Richard Childress Racing ride to claim his sixth win of the season in the OReilly Challenge at the Texas Motor Speedway. Harvick, the two time series champion is no stranger to victory lane at TMS, this marked his fourth win at the one and a half mile facility. The victory, Harvick thirty-second in the series moved him into sole position of second on the all time win list surpassing Jack Ingram and leaving him fifteen wins away from the all time leader Mark Martin.

WE went there last night to Howl-O-Scream and we had a blast! It was funny to see how sacred some people really are.  Most of the rides were working  and they were fun to do as always. We rode several roller coasters last night and we did a few haunted houses. I have a few pics to put up tomorrow.  It was well worth the money for it.  The park had over 24,000 people in it last night. I was really surprised about that and I was told that last weekend they had to close the park several times due to it being at max capacity which is 34,000 people!!!  Tonight is the last day it is opened for the season. At the end of the night, we rode the Loch Ness Monster 5 times!!    SO we will be going next year…   RMStringer +++++++++++++++++++ You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Max Ehrmann, &quo

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Oct. 19, 2007) Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman will start beside one another in Sunday's Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway, as a result of the Penske Racing teammates earning the 11th and 12th starting positions, respectively, in Friday's rain-delayed qualifying session.Busch, who went out 40th in the 48-driver qualifying order, recorded a lap of 20.068 seconds, 94.359 mph, in his Miller Lite Dodge Avenger. Newman's Alltel Dodge Avenger followed Busch. The Indiana native posted a 20.072-second, 94.340-mph lap, just 0.004 second behind Busch and 0.134 second in arrears to pole winner Jeff Gordon.Sam Hornish Jr., who was attempting to make his NASCAR NEXTEL Cup debut in his Mobil 1 Dodge Avenger, was 38th quickest with a lap of 20.347 seconds, 93.065 mph. However, under NASCAR rules, he wasn't quick enough among those required to qualify on time to make it into the field. He was bumped from the grid by former Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton.The rain certainly didnt hel

Jeff Burton wins NASCAR Busch Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway last Friday night. Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished a distant second and third. “We had a really good car,” Burton said. “It got better as the night went on. These guys (on the Richard Childress Racing crew) just kept making the car better all day. And, give them credit. They changed the engine, oil lines, everything (Thursday night), and the car was just great.” There were 10 caution flags in the race and Burton said the final one, on lap 182, gave him the win.

First up is Nextel Cup: Is it a two-man race for the Nextel Cup going into Charlotte? This question was asked a couple of nights ago on NASCAR Now and I really think it deserves a classic answer, simply put NO way, its not just a two-man race (being last weekends Talladega winner Jeff Gordon leading by 9 points of his Hendrick teammate Jimmie Johnson.). There is still six races left in the chase, I will say that both Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are had chargers right now and seem to be unbeatable at times, but I wouldn’t count out any driver in the top 6.At this time last season, Jimmie Johnson was a full race out of the lead by -156 points behind Jeff Burton going into Charlotte and we all know he won the championship by 56 points over second place Matt Kenseth. So really any driver that’s around 210 points back, still has a good shot at victory. Really all one of these drivers really need is six races of top 5’s and top 10 finishes. Don’t forget, one blown motor and anothe

TALLADEGA, Ala. - To say that Toyota teams dominated qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway Saturday would clearly be an understatement. Michael Waltrip won the pole with a lap of 189.070 mph in his Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota. Dave Blaney followed in his Bill Davis Racing Toyota. Toyota drivers took four of the top five spots. Team Red Bull driver and defending race winner Brian Vickers qualified third. Joe Nemechek (No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet), David Reutimann (No. 00 MWR), Jacques Villeneuve (No. 27 BDR Toyota), John Andretti (BAM Racing Dodge) and Dale Jarrett (MWR Toyota) all qualified in the top eight. Jarrett will start 43rd by virtue of being the last to qualify of the drivers who were outside the top 35 in owners points. Of course, that is partially due to the fact that the Toyota teams are all outside the top 35 in owners points and are forced to qualify based on speed for the UAW-Ford 500. Still, this session was an exercise in dominance. The top eight have not p

Mars U.S. on Wednesday announced a three-year partnership with M&M’s Brand Chocolate Candies as sponsor of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing team and driver Kyle Busch in the Sprint Cup Series, beginning in 2008.

Nationwide is moving into the final stages of negotiations to replace Anheuser-Busch’s Busch beer as title sponsor of NASCAR’s #2 series, sources are telling Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily. Michael Smith of Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal this morning reported in the Daily that Nationwide submitted an offer last Thursday, as did Subway, the sandwich franchise operation that had been considered the frontrunner.Nationwide’s talks with NASCAR progressed over the weekend, the story said, and a contract proposal is believed to be in the legal pipeline at Nationwide. Officials at NASCAR say that it does not have a deal with a new sponsor, but sources say an agreement with Nationwide could be finalized in the coming days.

DOVER, Del. (Sept. 23, 2007) ¿ Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman were within 14 laps of producing top-five finishes in Sunday's Dodge Dealers 400 at Dover International Speedway when a right-front flat tire sent Busch careening into the backstretch's outside wall, triggering a 10-car melee that also involved Newman.Busch was running fourth and Newman fifth when the accident occurred. When Busch's Miller Lite Dodge Avenger smacked the outside wall, Newman cut his Alltel Dodge Avenger to the left in an attempt to avoid Busch, but Busch bounced off the wall and into Newman. With the field so tightly packed due to a restart just one lap earlier, the accident collected several top-10 cars, three of whom were hoping to make substantial gains in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup in addition to Busch. "I don't know exactly what happened, but we must have had a right-front tire go down and something broke on the right-front suspension," said Busch, who is now 11th in the point standings, trailing lead

With two rounds in the Chase for the Nextel Cup Championship complete, I would have thought by this point (after two races…) the chase picture would have looked more spread out considering what happened last season at first race with the lap 3 wreck and most contenders falling or crashing out early, but that wasn’t the case at all and no one expected to see Clint Bowyer pickup his first career victory and in such dominating fashion. When you looked at the other chasers after New Hampshire, just about everyone had really good runs and nothing really changed expect for Bowyers position moved up to fourth in the points.However the opposite happened in Dover, I truly believe that that racetrack is the Monster Mile, it threw everything at the chase drivers including what some would say the kitchen sink, first the crash with Hamlin and Petty were Hamlin just looked like he ran over Petty and including the little fight sort of speck in the garage area, but the second thing, the huge crash

Denny Hamlin dominated the RoadLoans.com 200 at the Dover International Speedway to win his fifth NASCAR Busch series event of his career. Hamlin who started forth led the 200 mile event five times for a total of 138 laps took the lead for the final time as he passed New Jersey native Martin Truex Jr with fourteen circuits remaining.

Many lament the days when stock cars were actually based on production cars, rather than the new NASCAR Nextel Cup Car of Tomorrow vehicles that merely wear stickers bearing the headlights and grille of their production counterparts. While production-based stock cars will likely never happen again, word is that the NASCAR Busch Series will switch to cars based on the Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro, Dodge Challenger and yet-to-be-determined model from Toyota as soon as the 2009 season. The world of NASCAR is divided into three series, which include the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. The Busch Series has had a bit of an identity crisis lately, though. Meant to be a stage for a up and coming drivers in NASCAR, seasoned vets have taken to racing in the Busch Series as well as the Nextel Cup and usually dominate the podium of the former. While switching to pony cars won't chase away the experienced drivers, it will give the Busch Series a new

According to the German magazine Euro am Sonntag, Anheuser-Busch Companies is in the midst of negotiations with the Czech government to buy Budejovicky Budvar. The two companies have had a long running series of legal battles in courtrooms around the globe over the Budweiser brand name. The magazine cited sources in the Czech Parliament.Czech Trade Minister Martin Riman has estimated the brewery could fetch $1.5 billion. Some officials and the Czech public have been critical of a potential sale of the brewery to foreign companies, especially Anheuser-Busch fearing that the Budvar brand could be eliminated. Besides Anheuser-Busch, several other companies have been rumored to be in the running for the brewery. Belgian mega brewer InBev, along with British firms Fuller, Smith and Turner and Young & Co., have all been reportedly interested in buying Budvar.

Kasey Kahne passed Ryan Newman with eight laps to go. And then he held off several charges from Jason Leffler to win the Busch Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night. He’s second Busch win of the season was marred by a NASCAR scoring error against Kyle Busch that cost him a chance to run for the win.

BRISTOL, Tenn. (Aug. 25, 2007) Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman produced top-10 finishes Saturday night in the Sharpie 500 at the tough Bristol Motor Speedway, as they continued to fight for a position in the title chase.With two races remaining before the NASCAR Chase for the NEXTEL Cup begins, Busch maintains the 12th position with a 158-point advantage over the 13th-place Dale Earnhardt Jr. He also closed on the 10th- and 11th-place drivers with his sixth-place finish in his Miller Lite Dodge Avenger. Busch is now within eight points of the 11th-place Martin Truex Jr. and nine points of 10th-place Kevin Harvick."We knew that he [Earnhardt Jr.] finished right in front of us at the finish, but we didn't know at first that he'd sneaked in there and led a lap, too, like we did for the bonus points," said Busch, who possesses the final Chase eligible position. "We thought it'd turned out as a scratch and we were still 163 (points) ahead. But now they're telling me that we did lose five p

BRISTOL, Tenn. (Aug. 24, 2007) - Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 12 Alltel Dodge Charger, will start 11th in Friday night's Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. This is only the second time Newman has started a Busch Series race at BMS from outside the top 10. He started 15th in August 2001."The car is good. These guys have worked really hard and I think we'll have a good shot at winning tonight," Newman said after posting a qualifying lap of 118.966 mph, 16.129 seconds, on the half-mile track. "We're out here to have fun and to win the race, so there's no pressure on us tonight. It's just a matter of having fun."Tonight's Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway will be broadcast live by ESPN2 and PRN radio beginning at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

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Even though Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch appear to be battling for the final spot in the Chase For The Nextel Cup, the pair of Penske Racing drivers don't see each other as competition.   Instead, they say they are fighting a lot of other drivers for spots to get both of them in the 12-driver field that will compete for the NASCAR championship.   Entering Sunday's 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway, Busch holds that final Chase spot while Newman is 13th, 96 points behind him.   Yet they don't plan to change the way they operate or alter the team dynamic at all. If anything, Newman and Busch are working together even more closely in an effort to boost the performance of both.   "We're not competing against each other," Newman said Tuesday during a national teleconference. "We've got two teams going for the last two spots in the Chase. That's the way we look at it. Obviously we're [96] points out of 12th, but Kurt is not too far behind 11t

By Jason Harris Next stop on the Nextel Cup Schedule is Watkins Glen InternationalThe weeks are rolling by and the race for the Chase is nearing its end. NASCAR has to be ecstatic with the standings heading into Watkins Glen next week. The biggest names in NASCAR so far are all qualifiers for the Chase. Unlike previous seasons where key drivers missed the Chase (Dale Earnhardt Jr and Jeff Gordon in 2005 along with Tony Stewart in 2006), this years Chase promises to be the best ever.Given this star-studded cast who has everything to lose, next week's Centurion Boats at The Glen is building up to be a can't miss race! Of all current drivers with 2 or more career starts at Watkins Glen International, Tony Stewart has had the most success. In 8 starts at the Glen, Tony has an average finish of 6th.Also expect the following drivers to do well next week:Kevin Harvick - Average Finish 9thRobby Gordon - Average Finish 9thCarl Edwards - Average Finish 12thJamie McMurray - Average Finish 13thN

Joe Gibbs Racing, winners of three Nextel Cup Series championships and more than 70 NASCAR races, has signed 22-year-old Kyle Busch to drive for the No. 18 team in Nextel Cup beginning in 2008. (CLICK HERE for more…)

  WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (Aug. 12, 2007) Kurt Busch strengthened his hold on 12th place in the standings with his 11th-place finish in Sunday's Centurion Boats at The Glen, while Ryan Newman gained a position with his 13th-place performance at Watkins Glen International.   With four races remaining before the "Chase for the Championship" begins, Busch leads 13th-place Newman by 96 points and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who dropped to 14th, by 100 points. Busch trails 11th-place Martin Truex Jr. by 58 points. Newman moved into the standings' 13th position due to Earnhardt Jr.'s Chevrolet losing an engine during the season's final road course race.   Even though both Penske Racing drivers improved themselves in the overall picture, it wasn't an easy 90-lap event on the 2.45-mile course for either competitor. Newman experienced handling issues with his Kodak Dodge Avenger and took two side trips into the gravel pits that provide run-off areas at various turns. The first occurred

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (Aug. 11, 2007) – Ryan Newman fought off a tenacious Andy Lally in the closing laps of Saturday's Zippo 200 NASCAR Busch Series race at Watkins Glen International to bring his No. 12 Kodak Dodge Charger home in ninth.It was the second top-10 finish for Newman in five Busch Series races this season.The dual between Newman and Lally erupted with less than 10 laps remaining after Newman forced his way by Denny Hamlin in turn one. Newman, who was 10th when the 82-lap race restarted on lap 73 after the fifth and final caution period, barreled off into turn one under Hamlin with seven laps remaining. Newman's Kodak Dodge slid wide and took Hamlin with it into the paved run-off area. Both kept racing and Newman completed the pass.Newman now focused his yellow No. 12 Kodak Dodge on Lally. The dual began, and as they entered turn 11 on the 2.45-road course, Lally shoved Newman to the outside. Newman kept control of his car and continued down the frontstretch, maintaining

Last week amid a controversial finish, Kevin Harvick gave Richard Childress Racing its first Busch series road course win in the organizations history.

Ok, I have not posted anything about Ryan Newman racing in the Busch series this weekend at Watkins Glen for the Zippo 200.Newman will be starting 3rd (in about a half hour) at Watkins Glen.This is one of Newmans few Busch series races this year. He will driving the Kodak think: Car.Newman's teammate Kurt Busch grabbed the pole in his #139 Penske Truck Rental car.Good luck to Ryan Newman and his #12 KODAK Dodge Busch Series Team for this race.Mike

Penske Racing's fortunes seem on an upturn -In one respect it almost seems unfair.As Dale Earnhardt Jr. attempts to make the Chase for the Nextel Cup, he is facing a 2-on-1 battle.Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR's most popular driver and 13th in points, trails Penske Racing's Kurt Busch by seven points for the 12th and final Chase spot entering Sunday's Centurion Boats at the Glen at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. Sitting in 14th is Busch's teammate, Ryan Newman.Busch catapulted past Earnhardt Jr. for the 12th spot last weekend with his dominating win at Pocono (Pa.) and ended a 51-race winless streak. Earnhardt Jr. has a sizable (47 races) winless streak of his own.Newman "came to Victory Lane and congratulated us. The team chemistry is really on its peak right now with the way we share information and help each other on the track," Busch said."If we have a fast car guys know it out on the track and Newman definitely helped us get to this point."In recent weeks, Busch and Newman have m

(Photo Credit: AP Photo/Tom Boland,CP)Before I get into some thoughts on this past weekends first Busch series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, let me first state something, I am not a fan of Robby Gordon at all and I can’t stand him at all, plus he let’s his short temper and hitting people out of the way get the best of him and that’s it.With that said, I will try and come up with reasonal points about just what should have happened compared to what did happen and as a huge fan of NASCAR, I am disappointed in this Montreal race and there is a lot of blame and wrong calls to go around. If you fast forward to the last four laps of this race since the first 70 laps was just a lot of give and take. With 4 laps to go, Ambrose was leading coming to green and going through turns 1 and down through turn 2 and then Robby Gordon hit Ambrose in the right corner backend just as they went out of frame to come up to make the past on Ambrose, Ambrose then either didn’t see the