Jan. 10--CLEANING OUT THE NOTEBOOK:
Those needing a short-track racing fix during the offseason can get one through, of all things, the History Channel.
Beginning tonight at 10 and continuing on Sundays for 13 weeks , the cable outlet will air "Madhouse" -- a stock-car racing reality show shot over the course of last season at Bowman Gray Stadium.
Produced by Triage Entertainment, the show follows Tim Brown, Chris Fleming, Junior Miller and the brother duo of Burt and Jason Myers throughout the 2009 campaign, which ended with Brown winning a record-tying eighth championship.
In addition to weekly conflicts at the track, the show followed the drivers during the week. It will also touch on the history of NASCAR's oldest short-track, which opened in 1949.
The show's executive producer, Grant Kahler, graduated from Wake Forest and attended every race over three seasons at the stadium while he was in college.
SPARK PLUGS
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said in a radio interview Friday that the sanctioning body is considering ditching the rear wing on the Car of Tomorrow and going back to a rear spoiler as a means to increase downforce, after a meeting with 14 drivers on Thursday at the NASCAR research and development center. Poston said that changes for this season will be revealed during NASCAR's press conference that has become a regular stop during the Charlotte Motor Speedway media tour. The press conference is slated for Jan. 21. ...
Michael Waltrip will drive a Ferrari in a 24-hour sports car race this week in Dubai. Among the team's other drivers is Rob Kauffmann, who is an investor in Waltrip's Cup team, and former road racer turned Cup driver Marcos Ambrose. Waltrip and Kauffman decided to go road racing after testing the Ferrari over the winter. ...
Terry Cook, the former Truck Series regular, said he will be the driver for a new Cup team owned by Michigan businessman Dusty Whitney, who has fielded Nationwide cars. The team will field Dodges that Richard Petty Motorsports didn't need after its switch to Fords. ...
NASCAR said that it will limit Nationwide teams to 15 crew members at the track, the same restriction placed on Truck teams in 2009. ...
BAM Racing has formed a technical alliance with Robby Gordon's team.
gsmith@hpe.com -- 888-3519
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