NASCAR Earnhardt Ganassi Racing

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Martin Truex Jr Signs Multi-Year Contract with Furniture Row Racing

Driver Martin Truex is announced as driver of the #78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet for 2014 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 1, 2013  Photo - Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Driver Martin Truex is announced as driver of the #78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet for 2014 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 1, 2013
Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images

Furniture Row Racing general manager, Joe Garone, announced today that the Denver, CO-based organization has entered into a multi-year agreement with Martin Truex Jr to drive the team’s No. 78 beginning with the 2014 Sprint Cup Series season.

Garone, sitting alongside Truex, made the announcement during a news conference at Texas Motor Speedway, site of Sunday’s AAA Texas 500Continue reading

Chip Ganassi To Sell Cup Team? To John Menard?

L-R Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray Photo - Sean Gardner/Getty Images
L-R Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray
Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images

The big news out of Thursday’s test day at Texas Motor Speedway is that Chip Ganassi could be selling his Sprint Cup team to a Menard. That is John Menard, a long-time racer and supporter in the Sprint Cup Series.

It is no secret that Earnhardt Ganassi Racing has struggled in recent years. Juan Pablo Montoya’s top-ten last week at Martinsville was his first since June of last season at Michigan. Neither Jamie McMurray or JPM have battled for wins since 2010 when McMurray won the Daytona 500 and at Indianapolis. The last time an EGR team made the Chase was in 2009 with JPM. Continue reading