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NASCAR has allotted approximately 300 tickets for fans to the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony, scheduled for Dec. 3 at the Wynn Las Vegas. NASCAR sponsors, tracks and individual teams will distribute the tickets through a variety of fan promotions.

Former Cup champion Dale Jarrett, famed crew chief and engine builder Waddell Wilson and veteran journalist Tom Higgins have been selected to the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame.

As RAB Racing prepared for the customary victory-lane photos following Boris Said’s Nationwide Series win at Montreal Sunday, a NASCAR employee handed out about a dozen hats and told team owner Robby Benton that he would open a new box once the rest of the team arrived.

“I looked around and said, ‘This is everybody,’” Benton said.

The show is billed as an opportunity to change the face of NASCAR. Ten blacks, Hispanics and women, all living in one house, competing for a job as a driver in a sport that has been dominated for 60 years by white males.

That competition will play out this fall in “Changing Lanes,” a documentary series produced by the NASCAR Media Group that will be televised on BET beginning Wednesday. BET has purchased 10 episodes of the one-hour show, which debuts this week.

The Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend will continue a tradition of NASCAR racing on Labor Day weekend.

Though the tradition was built at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, it is now back in the South, with Atlanta hosting its second straight Labor Day weekend event.

It also will continue another tradition – both at Atlanta and on Labor Day weekend. A 500-mile race, which means fans will need to set aside four hours or more to watch the entire event.

NASCAR has allotted approximately 300 tickets for fans to the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony, scheduled for Dec. 3 at the Wynn Las Vegas. NASCAR sponsors, tracks and individual teams will distribute the tickets through a variety of fan promotions.

Former Cup champion Dale Jarrett, famed crew chief and engine builder Waddell Wilson and veteran journalist Tom Higgins have been selected to the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame.

As RAB Racing prepared for the customary victory-lane photos following Boris Said’s Nationwide Series win at Montreal Sunday, a NASCAR employee handed out about a dozen hats and told team owner Robby Benton that he would open a new box once the rest of the team arrived.

“I looked around and said, ‘This is everybody,’” Benton said.

Richard Childress Racing and Morgan Shepherd’s Racing for Jesus have formed Shepherd Racing Ventures, a partnership to run the No. 21 Nationwide Series car for the remainder of the 2010 season, according to an RCR news release. The formation of the company will allow the two race teams to use a mix of RCR and Shepherd equipment and crews while also using the No. 21 car number and points for the rest of the year. It also would allow Childress or Shepherd to use the No. 21 points at the start of 2011 since they both are now owners of the No. 21 car.

Kasey Kahne and his Richard Petty Motorsports team have 12 races left together before they part ways, Kahne moving to Red Bull Racing for one year and the rest of his crew either remaining at RPM or hopefully finding work elsewhere.

Kevin Conway will drive the Robby Gordon Motorsports No. 7 car for the remainder of the season, sponsor Extenze announced Tuesday.

The show is billed as an opportunity to change the face of NASCAR. Ten blacks, Hispanics and women, all living in one house, competing for a job as a driver in a sport that has been dominated for 60 years by white males.

That competition will play out this fall in “Changing Lanes,” a documentary series produced by the NASCAR Media Group that will be televised on BET beginning Wednesday. BET has purchased 10 episodes of the one-hour show, which debuts this week.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will return to the track where he won his last pole as the Sprint Cup Series visits Atlanta Motor Speedway for this weekend’s Emory Healthcare 500.

Earnhardt Jr. sat on the pole for the March race at Atlanta. He was running sixth during the race when he pitted under green for what he thought was a wheel or tire issue. The crew couldn’t find anything wrong with the tires and Earnhardt Jr. returned to the race 31st in the running order and salvaged a 15th-place finish.

With Kevin Conway the only rookie still driving in the Sprint Cup Series this year and no rookies signed for 2011, there appears to be a shortage of young drivers on their way to NASCAR’s top series.

Who are the next young stars that might earn the right to compete for rookie honors at NASCAR’s highest level?

Jamie McMurray is 100 points out of a spot in the Chase For The Sprint Cup, and he needs two great finishes in the next two races to even have a chance of making the playoffs. McMurray has had the strangest season of any driver this year. Some weeks he looks like a superstar, other days he looks mediocre. Every race in which he leads laps and runs at the front, he looks like not just a Chase contender but a championship contender. Every race in which he struggles, racing in the middle of the pack, he looks like he doesn’t belong in the Chase.

By this time of year, there usually have been several driver and team moves announced for next season.

But compared to previous seasons, this year’s list of free agent moves for next year is a short one.

MONTREAL – At long last, road-course ace Boris Said is a winner in the NASCAR Nationwide Series

Said won Sunday’s NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve when, with the two strongest cars out of contention, the always unpredictable event ended with Said beating Max Papis in a drag race to the finish line.