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Allmendinger tabbed to drive No. 19 for GEM

by Lee Spencer

Lee Spencer is senior NASCAR writer for FOXSports.com. She also is a correspondent for "Around the Track" on FOX Sports Net.

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Updated: December 31, 2008, 12:25 AM EST
DAVIDSON, N.C. - AJ Allmendinger will continue his quest in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Allmendinger will take over for Elliott Sadler behind the wheel of the No. 19 Dodge at Gillett Evernham Motorsports next season.

Despite GEM extending Elliott Sadler's contract earlier this year, Allmendinger proved over the last five races of the season that he was better suited for the ride. Allmendinger, 27, outran Sadler with an average finish of 16.4 behind the wheel of GEM equipment compared to the veteran's finish of 31.8.

Sadler's possibilities are rumored to include the No. 41 Chevrolet at Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing or the No. 77 Dodge at Penske Racing should Sam Hornish Jr. replace Helio Castroneves in the IRL IndyCar Series.

Allmendinger posted two top 10s in 21 starts with Red Bull Racing this season after qualifying for 17 races with the start-up operation as a rookie in 2007. He will join Kasey Kahne in the flagship No. 9 GEM Dodge and newcomer Reed Sorenson, who will pilot the No. 43 Dodge following the imminent announcement of the merger between owner George Gillett and Richard Petty.

And speaking of Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, FOXSports.com has learned that Raybestos Rookie of the Year recipient Regan Smith will drive for Furniture Row Racing in 2009.

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this bull elliott is the nices driver out there he do not doerser this but what i hate most is they say that aj won the stage to get to the final round but rember elliott was wining it then the son of bitch wrecked elliott and he would win that round go to the next round and maybe win the allstar race

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applepie3224applepie3224
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Great move from GEM. Sadler was a Cope-Stricklin-Nemechek type of driver. Thank God he is out of cup, now lets get Shrader out too!

MiamiNascarMiamiNascar
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KW..I do believe Sadler had a Contract thru 2010...

chevygirl881chevygirl881
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QC...Innocent of what not knowing where her Kid was? or the fact that she was found thrown out like a piece of trash? hmmm sure hope your not a parent.

chevygirl881chevygirl881
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LOL...you sure aren't talking nice about your driver....i believe aj, scotty, vickers, kurt and robby were running in the back of the field majority of the time or crashing!!<br />LMAO!!!!

03champKENSETH03champKENSETH
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AJ along with Scotty Speed and Davey Ragan are clearly the Nascar superstars of today and the future.

caseyanthony1caseyanthony1
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ca1<br />hey ****....the human comment was directed to your warped mind fascination of casey anthony...it's disgusting....has nothing to do with racing...you are scum....and believe me you think kyle busch would be impressed with your behavior? kyle would be so embarrassed to have someone like you supporting him and his team...and especially gibbs...gibbs wouldn't be very impressed with you either...everyone thinks your sick/scum/disgusting/pervert/whacked out piece of sheet.

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One last thought to whoever monitors this page for content - please delete this Anthony nonsense and its poster. This is the epitomy of "inappropriate" and does not belong here. Please don't give this a forum here. Thank you.

LaurajeantxLaurajeantx
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Anyone who even contemplates to associate themself with Ms. Anthony has lost all credibility with everyone. Enough said.<br /><br />Orlando is so sick of it already. Let that child rest in peace and stop the insanity of glamorizing the murder of an innocent child.<br /><br />This is no forum for any of that.

LaurajeantxLaurajeantx
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Our dislike for mediocre, SUB PAR, below average, pretend, race car drivers like kenseth is very human.

caseyanthony1caseyanthony1
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kk18<br />you are one warped individual..are you even human?

03champKENSETH03champKENSETH
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Casey is innocent until proven guilty and we belive she is innocent. You don't like our laws? Move to Iran!<br /><br />And who the hell are you pointing fingers at? Dale Earnhardt's Adult Entertainment club, Whiskey River, was busted for selling cocaine so before you start calling people criminals clean up your own house!

caseyanthony1caseyanthony1
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Queen Casey, You are definately one sick individual. You pity the woman who murdered her baby girl? What a sick piece of crap she is. She deserves to be in jail on death row.The quicker they put her to death the more money it will save all of the tax payers from having to pay for her to get health care or anything else. She does not deserve to live after murdering her baby girl. You must think that we are here for that kind of bull. We are here to talk Nascar not dumb batches that murder innocent children.Mat she rot in HE11.JMO!!! But I would venture to say that there are many people agree she deserves the death penalty.

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ca1<br />nope not kidding at all

03champKENSETH03champKENSETH
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ladydi: I know its hard for you to grasp.. considering its probably been a long time since you received a compliment by a poster. But there are alot of nice Nascar fans that would just like to comment in peace and not be attacked and barraged by obnoxious posters. <br /><br />Thank you for the compliment chunkychicken : ) lol That name is too funny tho.. lol : )

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Are you friggin kidding me?

caseyanthony1caseyanthony1
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Hey what the F is goin on here?

caseyanthony1caseyanthony1
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ladydiahrrea- you need to go to whatever board your psycho boyfriend 88sux is on and show him some attention before he blows a gasket. "Whackos of a feather flock together."

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hey di<br />believe your buddy kk18 is the only one here that continues to make up new names for the board and talks to himself or should i say itself...<br />you are always commenting that people here are whackos...think your bud kk18 is the biggest whacko...you are 2nd in line for the whacko title...tough competition between the two of you!

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