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NASCAR Panel Denies Front Row Appeal
NASCAR Panel Denies Front Row Appeal

23 Jun 2010, 09:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After two weeks ago NASCAR hit Front Row Motorsports with a hard penalty for violating equipment related rules, the National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel rejected the team's appeal, meaning t...

 
Daytona Night Race, in 3D
Daytona Night Race, in 3D

22 Jun 2010, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASCAR, together with media giant Turner Sports announced yesterday the most watched sport in the US will be broadcast, for the first time, in 3D, both on NASCAR.com (through TNT RaceBuddy) and on D...

 
Ambrose Upset with Sunday Performance
Ambrose Upset with Sunday Performance

21 Jun 2010, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After on Sunday Marcos Ambrose led the Toyota/Save Mart 350 road course race at Infineon, nothing seemed to be able to stop him from clinching the win. On Lap 103 Brad Keselowski spun and stalled in...

 
Raymond Parks, 1st NASCAR Championship Winner, Dead at 96
Raymond Parks, 1st NASCAR Championship Winner, Dead at 96

21 Jun 2010, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Raymond Parks, the man that built what has been considered the first great team in NASCAR, died on Sunday at age 96. Aside for owning the first true team in NASCAR, Parks also helped create the com...

 
Johnson Takes First Non-Oval Race, Courtesy of Ambrose
Johnson Takes First Non-Oval Race, Courtesy of Ambrose

21 Jun 2010, 07:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Reigning champion Jimmie Johnson's irritation of not winning a single non-oval race ended on Sunday, after he managed to take the win at Infineon Raceway. His win, however, is a bit bizarre, as...

 
Hamlin Dominates Michigan to Take Fifth Win
Hamlin Dominates Michigan to Take Fifth Win

14 Jun 2010, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fifth win this season for Denny Hamlin came at the end of a race in which he dominated on the track and monopolized the front position for 126 out of the 200 laps of the Heluva Good! Sour Cream...

 
New Front Splitter for 2011 NASCAR Season
New Front Splitter for 2011 NASCAR Season

13 Jun 2010, 13:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The changes implemented by NASCAR in the past two years or so will continue throughout the 2011 season, when the first big change will involve a new front valance and splitter combination. According...

 
Logano Enters History with 3 Kentucky Wins
Logano Enters History with 3 Kentucky Wins

13 Jun 2010, 13:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / By winning the Meijer 300 Nationwide Series race on Saturday, Joey Logano became the first driver in the series’ history to win three races in a row at a single track after starting from pole...

 
Fleur-de-lis Motorsports to Decorate Daytona
Fleur-de-lis Motorsports to Decorate Daytona

11 Jun 2010, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new team will join the Subway Jalapeno 250 Powered by Coca-Cola Nationwide race at Daytona on July 2, after Craig Partee announced the entry of his new team, Fleur-de-lis Motorsports. "I ...

 
Front Row Motorsports Penalized Hard for Violations
Front Row Motorsports Penalized Hard for Violations

10 Jun 2010, 18:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the smaller teams in the NASCAR paddock, Front Row Motorsports, has been penalized for violating equipment related rules, with the penalties going all the way from fines to suspension. Cr...

 
Largest Restrictor Plate in NASCAR History, at Daytona
Largest Restrictor Plate in NASCAR History, at Daytona

10 Jun 2010, 14:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Coke Zero 400 race at Daytona will see the use of the largest restrictor plate in NASCAR's history, with the plate openings measuring 1 and 1/32 inches up from the previous plate. This is t...

 
Logano: Harvick's Stupid
Logano: Harvick's Stupid

7 Jun 2010, 07:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aside for the, let's call it comprehensive wreck, which took out nine NASCAR drivers in one blow during the final lap of the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 Sprint race at the Pocono Raceway, anot...

 
Allmendinger Blames Himself for Pocono Crash
Allmendinger Blames Himself for Pocono Crash

7 Jun 2010, 07:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the cars were speeding towards the finish line in the final lap of the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 Sprint race at the Pocono Raceway, team mates AJ Allmendinger and Kasey Kahne took the fight fo...

 
Hamlin Takes Pocono after a Nine-Car Pileup
Hamlin Takes Pocono after a Nine-Car Pileup

7 Jun 2010, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 Sprint race at the Pocono Raceway proved to be quite a handful for those who made the starting grid. Following a stormy Sunday which seemed to preview the hurricane ...

 
Villeneuve Makes Nationwide Comeback
Villeneuve Makes Nationwide Comeback

3 Jun 2010, 10:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Former Formula 1 driver Jacques Villeneuve will take another shot at the Nationwide Series, as he was announced as a Braun Racing team driver for the Road America and Montreal races, behind the whee...

 
Busch Loves Charlotte, Wins Tech-Net Auto Service 300
Busch Loves Charlotte, Wins Tech-Net Auto Service 300

30 May 2010, 06:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the fourth time in the past five races, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch took the win at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Tech-Net Auto Service 300 Nationwide race, 0.112 seconds ahead of B...

 
Hamlin and Busch, a New NASCAR Feud
Hamlin and Busch, a New NASCAR Feud

28 May 2010, 14:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Last weekend's NASCAR All Star race witnessed an interesting duel between teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch, who both got into a minor skirmish in the closing stages. More or less as a resu...

 
Ekstrom Enjoyed NASCAR Test
Ekstrom Enjoyed NASCAR Test

27 May 2010, 09:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you a few days back, Audi DTM driver Mattias Ekstrom was getting ready to fulfill one of his long-lived dreams: driving a NASCAR Sprint Cup car. Courtesy of his nine-year sponsor, Red...

 
From Rockets to Race Cars in Charlotte
From Rockets to Race Cars in Charlotte

26 May 2010, 10:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / “Hold on to your hats race fans, NASA is coming to NASCAR. From better brakes and safer tires to heat-resistant paint and cleaner emissions, NASA's contributions to the racing world will ...

 
Danica Patrick Hits Out at Non-Friendly Formula 1
Danica Patrick Hits Out at Non-Friendly Formula 1

25 May 2010, 14:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The fact that Formula One racing is less friendly than its counterpart in the United States – we're talking about its open-wheel racing variant, the IndyCar Series – is no news to a...