All-Star race to feature 10-lap shootout
The 25th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race will feature a 10-lap shootout as its final segment, Lowe's Motor Speedway officials announced today. The event, which is set for … Read More
Category: NASCAR Cup Series
Johnson’s No. 48 Crew Claims Tissot Win in Bristol
Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 team took top honors by winning the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The weekly competition, … Read More
Clint Bowyer will be guest on The Biggest Loser show
NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer will make a special guest appearance on the NBC reality show "The Biggest Loser" which will air Tuesday night, March 24, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm … Read More
More races for Allmendinger
Richard Petty Motorsports announced that the team has extended their commitment and will enter AJ Allmendinger for five additional NASCAR Sprint Cup races. The team had originally planned to race … Read More
Kvapil done with Yates Racing?
UPDATE Effective immediately, Yates Racing will shut down its No. 28 team, which is driven by Kvapil. The shutdown is taking place due to a lack of sponsorship, and puts … Read More
Kevin Buckler and Dan Wheldon guests on Wind Tunnel
The featured guests on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain on Sunday night, March 22, will be Kevin Buckler, Sprint Cup Team Owner, The Racer’s Group; and Dan Wheldon, IndyCar driver, … Read More
Why The King is not Racing at Bristol
Asked why seven-time champion Richard "The King" Petty isn't participating in Saturday's legends race at Bristol Motor Speedway, long-time crew chief Dale Inman said, "He knew better than to ask … Read More
Bristol could be last race for #28
Sources at Yates Racing confirmed that Sunday’s Food City 500 will be the last race in the foreseeable future for the #28 Ford driven by Travis Kvapil. Last year, the … Read More
Biffle pulls out of race with injured ribs
Greg Biffle has pulled out of the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway because he bruised his ribs. Biffle says he was hurt while boating with friends. He says … Read More
NASCAR, no request from Kentucky for date
NASCAR has not received an official request to realign a Sprint Cup race to Kentucky Speedway, NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said today. Speedway Motorsports Inc., in its annual report filed … Read More
Martinsville has prime seats left
With the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway just a few days away, there are some prime seats remaining in the Clay Earles Tower, which overlooks the second … Read More
Earnhardt to move team to Cup series
On the surface the announcement that Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Mark Martin and Scott Wimmer would share a 21-race schedule for JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series … Read More
NASCAR teams test at Lowe’s Wednesday
Jimmie Johnson Rhonda McCole/AR1.com Two days of Goodyear tire testing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway wrapped up on Wednesday as the tire manufacturer and the speedway begin gearing up for two … Read More
Budweiser to leave NASCAR?
Now comes word that one of NASCAR’s longest running sponsors and one many fans consider synonymous with the sport is pulling out. Budweiser had already dropped their official status in … Read More
Marcos Ambrose OK with NASCAR suspension of Watts
Marcos Ambrose believes NASCAR was fair in levying a four-race suspension against a team member who chased a tire across pit road at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jimmy Watts, the gas … Read More
If NASCAR adopted F1 points system….
Formula One's championship will be decided by the number of race wins and not accumulated points. If NASCAR would have had this system since 2000, how would the champs look … Read More
Legends test at Bristol
One look at Junior Johnson strapped into his #11 race car with old-fashioned goggles wrapped around his helmet, and it was like taking a step back in time. Johnson was … Read More
Jeff Burton to appear on General Hospital
A reminder that Jeff Burton will appear in the daytime drama, General Hospital, on Wednesday, March 18, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm ET on ABC. NASCAR driver Jeff Burton drives into Port … Read More
Q&A with Kurt Busch
DENISE MALOOF: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today's NASCAR cam video teleconference in advance of this weekend's racing at Bristol Motor Speedway, which includes Sunday's Food City 500. Our guest … Read More
Ginn says DEI owes Hendrick 80 percent of $1.5 million
Former team owner Bobby Ginn contends that he owes only 20 percent of the $1.5 million that Hendrick Motorsports is seeking from Ginn Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. because of … Read More
U.S. Army returns on the #39 Chevy
If there were a time to exemplify Army Strong this would be it for Ryan Newman and the #39 Stewart-Haas Racing team as they prepare for the Food City 500 … Read More
Longtime Daytona 500 invocation preacher dies
The Rev. Hal Marchman, a Baptist preacher who delivered the invocation before the inaugural Daytona 500 in 1959 and continued as the Daytona International Speedway's unofficial chaplain through 2004, died … Read More
Will Junior win a Cup title?
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won only once in 40 starts with Hendrick. He's qualified worse than teammates Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and Casey Mears in all four races … Read More
Furniture Row Racing Announces Revised Cup Schedule
Furniture Row Racing announced today a revision of its 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. The Colorado-based team has added one race to its original 12-race Cup schedule and has revised … Read More
Tony Stewart sponsor encourage lying to customers?
Rumor has it that some Office Depot sales managers have been encouraging their employees to lie to customers, Laptop's blog revealed in an investigative report Tuesday. According to a number … Read More