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On critics of his Coke 600 win:

“It bothered me…the fact people were saying, ‘Yeah, they won, but they can’t legitimately win a race,’” Reutimann said.  “And we went out there and did that [at Chicagoland]…what can anybody say about that?”

He also offers an assessment of his No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing team:

“I would not, and I mean this, I would not change the team that I have for any team on pit road.  I wouldn’t change my crew chief, my team engineer, my changers, everybody.  I wouldn’t trade them.”

The Hub also welcomes Jeff Gordon and Mike Hillman Jr., Todd Bodine’s crew chief, on Wednesday. On tap for Thursday are Tim Cindric, president of Penske Racing, to discuss the Carl Edwards/Brad Keselowski incident, and driver Trevor Bayne, as well as an exclusive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series announcement.

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TRUCKS TAKE THREE: The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series stops at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis Friday with defending champion Ron Hornaday looking to position himself back in the points hunt. SPEED coverage of the third of nine consecutive races begins at 7:30 p.m. ET with Krista Voda hosting the popular pre-race show, NCWTS Setup.

NASCAR RACEDAY GUEST LIST: NASCAR RaceDay Built by The Home Depot (Sunday at 10 a.m. ET) is loaded with great guests this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

Jimmie Johnson, David Reutimann and Denny Hamlin are scheduled to appear, and more guests may be added as the week progresses.

TRACKSIDE WELCOMES INDY LEGEND: Chip Ganassi, owner of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing in the Cup Series and Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series, will be the featured guest on this week’s edition of Trackside from Indianapolis Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Guest J.J. Yeley also will join hosts Steve Byrnes, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Hammond.

NEW THRILLS: SPEED launches three new enthusiast programs this week – Stealth Rider (Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET), Intersections (Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET) and Battle of the Supercars (Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET).

Hollywood stunt rider Jason Britton, who doubled for actor Ice Cube in the motorcycle action movie, Torque, takes his extreme riding skills to some of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks with Stealth Rider. From the Washington Monument to the Seattle Space Needle and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Britton visits 12 cities, grabbing stunt riding shots in front of some unimaginable backdrops.

Intersections takes two seemingly different speed machines and compares the similarities, in addition to offering intimate looks at the people who operate them. Episode One features seven-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher and his U.S. Army-sponsored 8,000-horsepower hot rod along with Lt. Aaron Ochalek and his U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter jet.

And on Thursday night, champion racers Paul Tracy and Tanner Foust will put the world’s coolest cars through their paces with Battle of the Supercars, hosted by Lee Reherman. Tracy, the 2003 IndyCar Series champion, and Foust, a two-time national drifting champ, will get behind the wheel of cars most of us only dream about, putting each through a series of challenges and obstacles to see which one comes out on top. Episode One will feature a matchup between the Porsche GT3RS and Ferrari 430, with future episodes matching a 1,000-horsepower Mustang and Camaro, a Viper versus Corvette, a Lamborghini Gallardo takes on Ford’s supercharged GT and an Aston Martin DBS faces Bentley’s Continental Supersports.

SPEED also welcomes back Rich Christensen and the gang from the popular grassroots drag racing series, PINKS All Out , for a fourth season and 13 new episodes, premiering Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR: In addition to live coverage of the NCWTS race from Indy this weekend, SPEED also will be live from Lakeville, Conn., with the American Le Mans Series (Saturday at 2 p.m. ET), live from Washougal MX Park in Washington state with AMA Pro Motocross (Saturday at 7 p.m. ET) and live from Laguna Seca Raceway with MotoGP World Championship (Sunday at 5 pm.. ET). Furthermore, SPEED and FOX will team together for the German Grand Prix. Bob Varsha, the Voice of Formula One on SPEED, leads the on-air team that includes color analysis from David Hobbs, Steve Matchett and Will Buxton in the paddock. Practice and qualifying begin on SPEED at 8 a.m. ET both Friday and Saturday, while same-day race coverage begins on FOX Sunday at Noon ET.

WIND TUNNEL WITH DAVE DESPAIN: Despain welcomes Kevin Schwantz, 1993 MotoGP World champion, as his guest Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.

SPEED™, anchored by its popular and wide-ranging coverage of NASCAR, is the nation’s first and only cable television network dedicated to automotive and motorcycle racing, performance and lifestyle. Now available in more than 80 million homes in North America, SPEED, a FOX Sports property, is among the industry leaders in interactive TV, video on demand, mobile initiatives and broadband services. For more information, please visit SPEED.com, the online motor sports authority.

- SPEEDtv.com, Press Release