Despite Weak Quarter, SprintNextel Shares Gain Big
SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 27 4:31 AM
Jonathan Liss submits: Excerpt from our Wall Street Breakfast, a one-page summary of this morning's key market-moving and stock-moving stories: Sprint Nextel 3Q Income Misses Estimates [AP ] Summary: Sprint Nextel shares rose 6.66% yesterday on what was generally perceived as a weak earnings report.Save to My Web

Impala coming back to NASCAR as Car of Tomorrow.
Fox Sports - Oct 27 3:10 PM
General Motors is taking advantage of the introduction of NASCAR's new Car of Tomorrow in 2007 to expand its marketing program. GM's Chevrolet Division will field its Car of Tomorrow as an Impala SS, while continuing to use the current Monte Carlo SS in the rest of the Nextel Cup races. The announcement was made Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.Save to My Web

Rain gives Chase leader Kenseth pole in Atlanta
The News Journal - Oct 27 2:23 PM
Heavy rains washed out today's Nextel Cup qualifying session at Atlanta, giving Chase for the Nextel Cup leader Matt Kenseth the pole for Sunday's Bass Pro Shops 500. It's his first pole of the Nextel Cup season. Because the field will start according to owner points, open-wheel star A.J. Allmendinger will not make his Nextel Cup debut in the No. 84 Red Bull Dodge. Derrike Cope, Kirk Shelmerdine Save to My Web

Allmendinger out, Rice in for Champ Car finale
USA Today - Oct 26 9:57 PM
A.J. Allmendinger's open-wheel racing career abruptly ended Thursday with the announcement that the soon-to-be Nextel Cup driver would be replaced for the Champ Car World Series finale next month. Forsythe Racing will go instead with 2004 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice in Mexico City on Nov. 12.Save to My Web