Pedigree of the Brands - A Different View of the Story... ...Many of us own cars which come from rather famous brands. Plenty of times, even if you hate to admit it, the badge is the main reason to look at a certain car and, in the end, it's the decisive reason in actually choosing the "perfect"model. OK, there ... Continue reading >
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An interesting decision made by the NASCAR governing body will send the May 22 All-Star race more into the pit crews' hands than in those of the drivers. The decision was made precisely for this purpose, because "pit crews are such an important part of ...
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After becoming the first Indian driver in the history of Formula One racing, Narain Karthikeyan will this weekend become the first racer of Indian nationality that will compete in the famous NASCAR series. It was yesterday confirmed that he will drive for selected ...
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The new rear spoiler in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series has been put through its paces on Tuesday at the Talladega Superspeedway by twenty four cars, including the front-runners. It was the first test of the spoiler at a restrictor-plate track.
According to Autosport, ...
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R3 Motorsports announced in the beginning of the week the signing of Coleman Pressley as driver of the No. 23 Chevrolet for several races in the current Nationwide season. Primary driver for the team will remain Robert Richardson Jr.
Pressley, in whose family ...
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Montoya Unhappy with McMurray after LVMS IncidentNASCARAfter in last weekend's race at Las Vegas teammates Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray hit each other while fighting for a position in the top ten, the former decided to have his say on what happened. During lap 94 of the Sprint Cup run on Sunday, McMurray hit Montoya's left rear corner while entering turn three and sent the latter into a spin. Both of the cars ended hitting the barrier. "Jamie plain and simple just wrecked us," Montoya said according to Autosport. "Every time I am around him, he wants to run the (heck) out of me. I don't know if it is OK to say that but I just did." "On the restart I was inside of him, I think he got tight and never lifted, I didn't hit the fence because... it was a miracle. Then I arced it in to three and he ... >> Read more |
Bad luck or not, it would appear the start of the season is not going so well for Danica Patrick. For the second time in three races, she managed to crash, this time at Sam's Town 300, after driving right into the damaged car of Michael McDowell.
The accident ...
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Way to early, we know, to make any calculation on who will break what record in this year's Sprint, but that doesn't appear to be stopping Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson.
After at the end of 2009 Johnson became the holder of a new record in NASCAR, with ...
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With 25 laps left before the end of the race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and despite having to battle slow stops on pit road and countless tire strategies thrown in the game by competition, Richard Childress Racing driver Kevin Harvick managed to pass Denny ...
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Following the appointment of Mike Kelley, Carl Edwards' crew chief for the No. 60 car, as competition director for Roush Fenway's Nationwide Series endeavors, Drew Blickendersfer, will become Edwards' new coordinator.
Blickendersfer was replaced no later than ...
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The first Sprint win this season for the 2009 champion Jimmie Johnson came this weekend at the Auto Club Speedway, but not before a fair enough amount of good luck, or inspiration, helped the Hendrick Motorsports driver.
On lap 223, Johnson pulled onto pit road ...
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The not-so-good NASCAR debut for Danica Patrick (considering all the publicity surrounding her NASCAR entrance) continued this weekend at Auto Club Speedway, where the JR Motorsports driver managed to end the race in 31st place.
Patrick started the race 36th ...
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Kyle Busch's 31st win in the Nationwide Series came this Sunday at the Auto Club Speedway, where the Joe Gibbs Racing driver managed to overtake Greg Biffle on the final lap and end the race 0.051 seconds in front. The win came as somewhat of a disappointment for ...
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The young NASCAR Nationwide Series driver will make his debut in the JR Motorsports No. 88 car on Saturday during the Starter Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway. The 25-year-old driver missed his 2010 season debut at Daytona last weekend, where Danica Patrick and Dale ...
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After in the middle of January Shelby American pulled the wraps off the Mustang-based 2011 Shelby GT350, the American builder announced today the car will pace the Shelby American Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend, marking the first time a Shelby ...
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The winner of the Daytona 500 season opener, Jamie McMurray, announced he is joining the Haiti Earthquake Relief efforts by donating 10 driver firesuits and two leather jackets with his autograph to an online charity auction held by the NASCAR official website. ...
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After having caused two stops in the season opener race last weekend for a total of more than two hours, the hole in the Turn 2 at the Daytona track is now being properly repaired. During the race, the problem was temporarily fixed using a Bondo body filler, but ...
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Although the echos of the Daytona 500 race can still be heard in the distance, Roush Fenway Racing applied the old "time's a wastin'' saying and replaced Matt Kenseth's crew chief, Drew Blickendersfer, with Todd Parrott, effective immediately. ...
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Jeff Gordon decided to do some changes of his own prior to the start of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and the first one was switching from IMG to Indianapolis-based marketing company Just Marketing International.
According to a report issued by NASCAR's ...
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Jamie McMurray scored his first ever Daytona 500 win of career on Sunday, when he powered to the chequered flag after no less than 6 hours of action on the Daytona International Speedway. The race was red-flagged two times yesterday, due to a hole in the track in ...
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Following her brave result in the ARCA season opening race at Daytona last weekend, Danica Patrick was hoping to piggyback on that performance in her very first Nationwide Series race also, on Saturday. However, the Gods didn’t favor the IndyCar racer so much ...
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