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Petty Enterprises is finalizing a deal to sell majority ownership of its Sprint Cup Series organization to one of the leading private equity firms in the country, Boston Ventures, The Charlotte Observer and ThatsRacin.com have learned. A formal announcement of the deal, which is also likely to include a contract extension for one of the team’s drivers, Bobby Labonte, could come as early as Wednesday, multiple sources confirmed Petty Enterprises has 268 wins and 10 championships in 60 years of racing but the last win was in 1999 at Martinsville, Va., with driver John Andretti. The last time one of its drivers finished in the top 0 in points was 1995, with driver Bobby Hamilton, who is now deceased.

I was looking at my hometown paper and found this. It might not mean alot to you all that didnt know the man but it does to me.I just wanted to share this.

Macon Ray, Lincoln portrayer, dies at 81!

* Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Impala SS: “Our goal each year is to be in the Chase. We’ve had an up-and- down season so far, but we’ve had a string of good finishes recently and we need to keep building on that. While we were focused on the championship battle last year, the competition was able to focus on 2008 — and that allowed them to get ahead of us a little bit. But, with the Chase, you can be a little ‘off’ right now and still be a threat for the championship. We’ve run well at some races this year like Darlington and Dover, but we still have some work to do. We just need to consistently run in the top five and keep making gains with 13 races remaining before the start of the Chase.”