Just over a month left to Daytona, things are beginning to fall into place across all three series. It was announced Ken Schrader would drive Team Red Bull Racing’s #84 for the Budweiser Shootout. Bill Elliott is rumored to be working on a deal to drive Roush-Fenway’s #6 car in the Shootout. Aric Almirola said this week he expects to drive for Phoenix Racing in 2010 and Brendan Gaughan will return to Rusty Wallace Racing. On the crew chief side, Doug Richert was named crew chief for the new Keyed-Up Motorsports, Scott McDougall for Steve Wallace, and Gene Nead for Mike Skinner. And finally NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said this week the sanctioning body is considering making changes to the COT and to various rules. Poston said the goal is to improve the competition of the sport. This is the NASCAR week that was January 3 to 9, 2010.

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