autoevolution
 

Stories about: NASCAR

Kentucky Speedway Drops Antitrust Suit
Kentucky Speedway Drops Antitrust Suit

24 May 2010, 08:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Officials of the former Kentucky Speedway announced over the weekend they have dropped the antitrust lawsuit filed against NASCAR and the International Speedway Corporation (ISC). The deadline by wh...

 
Vickers Out for the 2010 Season
Vickers Out for the 2010 Season

24 May 2010, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The medical condition which impaired Red Bull Racing (RBR) driver Brian Vickers for the last couple of weeks will cost him the remainder of the season. During a press conference held on Friday toget...

 
Kurt Busch Wins All Star Race
Kurt Busch Wins All Star Race

23 May 2010, 13:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After on Friday qualifying was rained out, Kurt Busch started the Charlotte All Star race from pole, led for 19 laps and ended up winning the All Star race, for the first time in his career, despite...

 
Vickers Out of All Star Race, Mears In
Vickers Out of All Star Race, Mears In

20 May 2010, 08:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite all the wishful thinking coming from both Red Bull Racing (RBR) and 26-year old driver Brian Vickers, this weekend's All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway will not see Vickers behin...

 
Court Dismisses Mayfield’s NASCAR Lawsuit
Court Dismisses Mayfield’s NASCAR Lawsuit

20 May 2010, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The problems which began for NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield in June 2009, after failing a methamphetamine drug test came to abrupt end for him yesterday in North Carolina, after the Federal Court in ...

 
Greg Sacks to Drive for JRM at Daytona
Greg Sacks to Drive for JRM at Daytona

19 May 2010, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / JR Motorsports (JRM) announced yesterday it will hand over the keys to No. 88 Chevrolet for the Daytona race to 57-year-old veteran Greg Sacks. Sacks entry also marks the start of a new partnership ...

 
Toyota Has No Intention of Returning to Formula 1
Toyota Has No Intention of Returning to Formula 1

18 May 2010, 08:40 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / After dropping out of Formula 1 last year, Toyota has no intention of returning to the sport because it considers it out of touch with the automaker’s customer base, says the head of Toyota&rs...

 
New Nationwide Car Starts Testing in Daytona
New Nationwide Car Starts Testing in Daytona

18 May 2010, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The testing of the car which is said to bring the biggest changes in the Nationwide series in years will begin a two day trial today at the Daytona International Speedway, in preparation for the Jul...

 
Kyle Busch Sweeps Dover
Kyle Busch Sweeps Dover

17 May 2010, 06:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After Denny Hamlin managed to take both the Nationwide and Sprint races at the Darlington Raceway last weekend, Joe Gibbs Racing Kyle Busch made for yet another double at Dover International Speedwa...

 
James Buescher Leaves Phoenix Racing
James Buescher Leaves Phoenix Racing

13 May 2010, 10:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It took 20-year old James Buescher seven months to figure out "things didn't mesh as smoothly as we had hoped," with his involvement in the Nationwide series. Yesterday, Buescher and ...

 
NASCAR Hall of Fame Opens in Charlotte
NASCAR Hall of Fame Opens in Charlotte

12 May 2010, 10:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a $195 million investment and five years of work, NASCAR opened the doors to the Hall of Fame building in Charlotte yesterday, during an event attended by a great number of NASCAR big name...

 
Jan Magnussen Test Drives for Hendrick Motorsports
Jan Magnussen Test Drives for Hendrick Motorsports

3 May 2010, 14:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Thanks to the ties former Formula 1 driver Jan Magnussen has with GM, the Dane tested a NASCAR Sprint Cup car at Kershaw last week, as part of the Hendrick Motorsports' research and development...

 
Keselowski Dominates Richmond, Wins for 2nd Consecutive Week
Keselowski Dominates Richmond, Wins for 2nd Consecutive Week

3 May 2010, 08:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last week one of the wildest races in the Nationwide series this season found Brad Keselowski crossing the finish line first, with all hell braking loose behind him, the Penske driver did it a...

 
Busch Wins Richmond Unchallenged
Busch Wins Richmond Unchallenged

3 May 2010, 08:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first Sprint win for Kyle Busch in the 2010 season entered the books this weekend at Richmond, where the recently Joe Gibbs Racing driver led for no less than 226 out of the 400 laps of the Crow...

 
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Drives the No. 3 Wrangler at Daytona
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Drives the No. 3 Wrangler at Daytona

2 May 2010, 11:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The July Daytona Nationwide race will witness a tribute paid to the driver killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, with a very special moment created by that driver's son, Dale Earnhard...

 
Keselowski Sent Back 50 Points after 'Dega
Keselowski Sent Back 50 Points after 'Dega

29 Apr 2010, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a post-race inspection on April 25 and an opening-day inspection on April 22, NASCAR found several irregularities which led on Wednesday to three teams being penalized for violating severa...

 
Record Number of Lead Changes at 'Dega
Record Number of Lead Changes at 'Dega

28 Apr 2010, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sunday's Sprint race at the Talladega Superspeedway proved to be a great treat for those attending, as it set the record for the number of leaders and lead changes: 29 and 88, respectively. Coi...

 
NASA Teams-up with NASCAR
NASA Teams-up with NASCAR

27 Apr 2010, 12:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The automotive industry has always sought inspiration from its aeronautics and space big sister for developing innovations that would allow it to create meaner (and even greener) racing vehicles, wi...

 
Dodge Challenger R/T, Up for Grabs in "Chase to Win"
Dodge Challenger R/T, Up for Grabs in "Chase to Win"

27 Apr 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Dodge announced yesterday the debut of the “Challenger Chase To Win” sweepstakes, a competition at the end of which one lucky man or woman will drive away in a Dod...

 
Daytona Speedway to Get New Surface
Daytona Speedway to Get New Surface

26 Apr 2010, 09:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After earlier this year potholes in the Daytona International Speedway track caused stops totaling more than two hours in the season opener, Daytona officials announced the track will be repaved thi...