NAPA Could Join Truex Jr. at FRR
Martin Truex Jr. commented about NAPA sponsorship during a Team Chevy press conference on Friday at Texas Motor Speedway: Q) HAS NAPA LEFT THE DOOR OPEN TO ANY FUTURE DISCUSSIONS … Read More
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Furniture Row hires Truex, Jr’s pit crew as well
Joe Garone of Furniture Row said Friday that the team has hired Martin Truex, Jr's pit crew from Michael Waltrip Racing to pit the team in 2014: IS THE RCR … Read More
NASCAR Will Add New Manufacturer, improve racing
NASCAR Chair & CEO Brian France on Tuesday "reiterated the sanctioning body’s desire to improve the racing next season at the 1.5-mile tracks, and he believes the sport will add … Read More
NASCAR Martinsville TV Ratings
ESPN's live telecast of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 27, earned a 2.7 U.S. household rating, averaging 4,315,850 viewers, according to Nielsen … Read More
JTG Daugherty to Chevy?
And out here in the NASCAR garage, Brad Daugherty's long-time #47-Toyota team, which has Bobby Labonte at the wheel this year and will have AJ Allmendinger next season, may be … Read More
NASCAR may copy open-wheel qualifying in 2014
Rumor has it that NASCAR is considering eliminating its boring single-car qualifying next season and implement open-wheel road course-style qualifying at all but Daytona and Talladega tracks. NASCAR this year … Read More
Mazda Road to Indy 2014 Schedule Confirmed
Andersen Promotions, which will operate all levels of the Mazda Road to Indy next year, today unveiled the 2014 schedule of events for the three series comprising the ladder system … Read More
RPM expected to announce No. 43 crew chief plans this week
Aric Almirola Aric Almirola won't shy away from admitting that not having crew chief Todd Parrott in the garage the rest of the season will impact his race team. "It … Read More
Overheard in Houston – Friday (2nd Update Andretti to Honda?)
UPDATE #4 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement of Andretti moving to Honda. 10/17/13 Andretti Autosport will announce on Friday in Fontana that they are switching to … Read More
New Jersey to get Valencia’s assets
Valencia had quality assets that NJ will benefit from F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone has excused Valencia of a fine for dropping off the F1 calendar, "but everything in Formula 1 … Read More
MWR about to lose billionaires backing
Meanwhile the sport continues to await some word from Rob Kauffman about the Michael Waltrip Richmond controversy. Kauffman, 49, is Waltrip's business partner, joining in late 2007. Kauffman's primary business … Read More
Truex Jr. to Furniture Row?
Martin Truex Jr. A spokesman for the Barney Visser-Todd Berrier Chevy #78 Furniture Row Racing operation says the team is "very hopeful" of signing Martin Truex Jr. to a contract … Read More
Monotony of Vettel dominance ‘irrelevant’ – Sutil
Adrian Sutil respect Vettel's brilliance (GMM) Amid the boos and the boredom, Adrian Sutil has backed his countryman Sebastian Vettel. "The best wins," German Sutil, who drives for Force India, … Read More
NASCAR to start and end season in Daytona?
Whereas IndyCar management would rather run a silly road course race in May at Indy rather than end their season under the lights at Indy (Indy being the IndyCar Mecca) … Read More
Some NASCAR rules changes in 2014?
NASCAR officials are apparently considering a number of possibly significant rules tweaks for 2014:— Elimination of the minimum height rule. That would be to end the rather meaningless post-race controversies … Read More
Sam Bird eyes IndyCar
Sam Bird (center) 26-year-old Sam Bird has a few weeks to pass as he and the other GP2 drivers wait for the season finale in Abu Dhabi. The Englishman sits … Read More
2014 Sprint Cup Schedule expected this week
The 2014 Sprint Cup Series schedule is finally expected to be released this week and apparently there will be some shifts. In addition to Texas moving its spring night race … Read More
O’Ward Edges Kelley, Herta Extends Series Lead
The third and final three-race weekend of the Pacific Formula F1600/F2000 Championship Series was held on Saturday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The 1.940 mile outfield road course saw … Read More
Did Dale Earnhardt Jr. Let Jimmie Johnson Win At Dover?
Here we go again. Another Dale Earnhardt Jr. conspiracy theory. After Chicagoland, conspiracy theorists took to Twitter claming that Earnhardt's engine blew up on purpose (so teammate Jeff Gordon could … Read More
Atlantic Championship Series returns for 2014
For better or worse, open-wheel racing in America is nowhere near as popular – among drivers or fans – as stock-car racing. The IndyCar Series is still struggling to regain … Read More
5-Hour Energy Won’t Commit To MWR For ’14, questions NASCAR’s integrity (3rd Update)
UPDATE #3 Clint Bowyer sponsor 5-Hour Energy announced Friday that it would return next season as a sponsor of Bowyer and Michael Waltrip Racing. The company, which is a popular … Read More
Why NASCAR teams cheat
Here at AR1.com we follow a simple motto, when in doubt, follow the money. Some people wondered why Michael Waltrip Racing would try so hard to get into the Chase. … Read More
Quicken Loans to Join Ryan Newman and RCR in 2014 (Update)
UPDATE A reader writes, dear AR1.com, I was trying to figure out why Ryan Newman was on pole this past weekend in Loudon driving the Quicken car after having a … Read More
2014 Cup Schedule due out soon (Update)
UPDATE The 2014 Sprint Cup schedule is being debated behind closed doors, and some quite interesting twists appear on the table at the moment. Just a few weeks ago it … Read More
Farfus wins at Oschersleben and is Rockenfeller’s final challenger
Farfus leads The battle for the DTM crown is only a two-way affair. At the etropolis Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Brazilian Augusto Farfus (BMW) wins the 400th race in history of … Read More