David Reutimann (Right) and Michael Waltrip (Left) unveil TUMS as a part time sponsor for the No. 00 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for 2010. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

TUMS TO SPONSOR NO. 00 — TUMS will be one of the primary sponsors of the No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota driven by David Reutimann, starting next season. TUMS will be the primary for five races each in 2010 and ’11, the team announced Friday at Texas Motor Speedway.

“First, I’m honored that TUMS is expanding its role in NASCAR, and I am the driver they chose to represent their company,” Reutimann said. “They must have known how familiar I am with their product. During my rookie season in 2007, I had a roll of TUMS in my console, in my driver’s locker, in my motor home and in my medicine cabinet at home. I thought I owned stock in the company.”

MONTOYA LEARNS TO CHASE — Juan Pablo Montoya said his first visit to the rarified air of the Chase for the Sprint Cup has been an educational experience. Asked what he learned this year about racing for a NASCAR Sprint Cup title, Montoya said: “You’ve got to run good every week. When Jimmie (Johnson) was running in the back he came in for four tires and stopped to be safe on fuel and everything and 80 percent of the field had to come in. By the time everything cycled around he was in the top-10 when he restarted. So a lot of things have gone his way. I think we’ve been pretty close at his pace we’re just a little bit behind and we finish behind him every freaking week. It’s not like we’re losing a million points but you keep losing 10 here, five there and eight there and seven there. We started 30 or 40 points behind him, it adds up. We had two really bad weeks, when Mark got behind us in the restart at Charlotte and the wreck last week. You might have one and get away with it, but two?”

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