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Owner/driver Michael Waltrip’s tweet coincided with his team’s announcement Tuesday that driver Patrick Carpentier would replace Waltrip in the No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota for the Sprint Cup race June 21 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.

“I’m giving my Canadian friend Patrick the keys to the 55 in Sonoma,” Waltrip wrote in his twitter message.

In a press release announcing the change, Waltrip said using a road-course expert such as Carpentier gave him a chance to maximize the team’s results at the 1.99-mile road course…  Details

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“There was no other damage to the knee beyond the broken kneecap,” said Team Manager Roger DeCoster. “The outlook is better than expected as we thought he was out for the year. It appears now that there’s a good chance he will be able to get back out there racing before the end of this season.”…  Details & Picture

Jeremy Mayfield reportedly tested positive for methamphetamine during a random drug screening at Richmond International Raceway, according to ESPN The Magazine.

NASCAR suspended Mayfield on May 9 after he failed the drug test, the magazine reports. Mayfield claimed the positive test resulted from a combination of prescription Adderall-XR and over-the-counter Claritin-D, which he took for allergies.

Sporting News has not confirmed the ESPN The Magazine report.

A third drug came up positive during the urine-based Richmond test and had not been previously identified. The name of the drug in question has been redacted from court documents and was …  Details

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