It’s been a busy week at G8Nation with 9 big stories. We’re happy to say that G8Nation broke some big Pontiac G8 news this week that quickly spread to the top car news sites. It’s been a while, but the Pontiac G8 ST made its way back into the news in a big way thanks to G8Nation. Even though we’ve all been expecting the results to the Tame the Name sweepstakes, Pontiac is still trying to decide whether or not it would be wise to consider the classic Chevy El Camino nameplate for the Pontiac G8 Ute. Not quite as many choices as the number of names being considered, G8Nation informed the Pontiac G8 community that the Pontiac engineers and marketing teams are considering adding V6 engine option for the G8 ST.

Since Pontiac parted ways with NASCAR a few years ago, there is no chance we’ll ever see a Pontiac G8 in the Sprint Cup, however, the next best thing is watching Dale Jr. drive a Holden Commodore in Australia this December.

GM reported their June sales this week and to date they have sold 6,270 Pontiac G8s this year, with 1,536 Pontiac G8s being sold in June, down from Pontiac G8 sales in May. We expected a slightly higher number considering the Pontiac G8 was the most reviewed car in the Month of May. However, as Clint Williams of the Washington Times pointed out in his Pontiac G8 GT review, gas prices are rising sharply. It was a rough month for GM with their stock price dipping below $10.00 a share for the first time since 1954 and now considering eliminating employee pricing on the 2009 Pontiac G8.

For the second week in a row, G8Nation broke some more news regarding the 2009 Pontiac G8 colors. Contrary to previous reports, Pontiac is considering letting Magnetic Gray Metallic (18U) remain for the entire 2009 model year.

In the spirit of America’s favorite holiday, Edmunds InsideLine asked readers to vote for the most American car in their long term fleet. Of course, despite its Aussie roots, the Pontiac G8 GT is one of the All-American candidates.

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• Magnetic Gray Metallic (18U) May Stay For All of 2009
• Pontiac G8 Sales - 1,536 Pontiac G8s Sold in June 2008
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Since Pontiac parted ways with NASCAR a few years ago, it doesn’t look like we’ll have a chance to see a Pontiac G8 run in the Sprint Cup any time soon. How about the next best thing….Dale Earnhardt Junior racing a Holden Commodore in December 2008.

According to Wheels Mag, Dale Jr. will make his Australian racing debut at Sydney’s Oran Park behind the wheel of a Holden Commodore V8 in the junior feeder category in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.

Scott Loadsman, Fujitsu V8 Series team boss, confirmed the purchase of another car for his team. The team just purchased a Holden Commodore, nicknamed ‘Gidget’ from Paul Morris Motorsport. Series leader, Steve Owen will drive ‘Gidget’ and will hand over the keys to his previous car to Dale Jr. Coincidentally, the Holden Commodore that Jr will be driving is nicknamed ‘Earnhardt’.

“I know that Dale Earnhardt Jr. wanted to drive in the last race and Paul Morris is organizing for him to come out,” said Loadsman. “That’s confirmed. “We’ve already got the car from Morris, we got the sister car to ‘Earnhardt’… we bought ‘Gidget’. So he’s going to drive in the last race out there so he’ll probably drive that [Earnhardt] car.”

Dale Jr. first visited Australia at the 2007 V8 Grand Finale at Phillip Island during his end-of-season holiday as a guest of former V8 champ Marcos Ambrose. Morris gave Earnhardt a test in a V8 Holden Commodore car at his facility on the Gold Coast, and Earnhardt has since remained in contact with the V8 driver. With the final NASCAR Sprint Cup race being held on November 16 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Earnhardt will be able to fly to Australia in time for Oran Park on December 4- 7.

[Source: Wheels Mag]

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