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Talladega, 29 Leaders, 1 Winner: Kevin Harvick
Talladega, 29 Leaders, 1 Winner: Kevin Harvick

26 Apr 2010, 07:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Aaron 499 race at the Talladega Superspeedway proved to be one of the most disputed ones so far in the Sprint calendar, as it set Sprint Cup records for the number of leaders and lead changes: 2...

 
Keselowski Dodges Fiery Crash, Wins 'Dega
Keselowski Dodges Fiery Crash, Wins 'Dega

26 Apr 2010, 07:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After one of the wildest races in the Nationwide series this season, Brad Keselowski emerged victorious, despite a range of factors which seemed to work against him. The victory is even more importa...

 
JC France Cleared of Drug Possesion Charges
JC France Cleared of Drug Possesion Charges

24 Apr 2010, 15:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After back in October 2009 JC France, grandson of Bill France, founder of NASCAR and son of Grand Am founder, Jim France was arrested for drunk driving and drug related charges, news that he has bee...

 
New Spoiler Passes First Fast-Track Test
New Spoiler Passes First Fast-Track Test

22 Apr 2010, 08:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Samsung Mobile 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway marked the first fast-track in-race use of the rear spoiler, the same put through its paces several times this year in non-race trials. The spoiler...

 
NASCAR Penalizes Four Teams for Texas Rule Violations
NASCAR Penalizes Four Teams for Texas Rule Violations

22 Apr 2010, 07:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was not only the nine cars which were involved in the final laps' crash which emerged with scars from Texas on Monday, as NASCAR announced penalties against four Cup teams, for rule violatio...

 
Piquet Jr. Signs NASCAR Truck Deal with Billy Ballew Motorsports
Piquet Jr. Signs NASCAR Truck Deal with Billy Ballew Motorsports

21 Apr 2010, 14:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Nelson Piquet Jr. will resume action inside NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series in the upcoming couple of months, after having secured enough sponsorship to make the grid of 3 events in the nea...

 
Shell Signs Multi-Year Deal with Team Penske
Shell Signs Multi-Year Deal with Team Penske

21 Apr 2010, 13:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Shell has just confirmed a new partnership in the world of North American racing, teaming up with Team Penske in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series, as well as in the IZOD IndyCar Seri...

 
Crash Pushes Hamlin to Take Texas
Crash Pushes Hamlin to Take Texas

20 Apr 2010, 07:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The rain-delayed Samsung Mobile 500 race proved to be just the thing Denny Hamlin needed to clinch his second Sprint race in the 2010 season, after taking advantage of a wreck in the closing stages ...

 
Mark Martin to Race Through 2012
Mark Martin to Race Through 2012

19 Apr 2010, 09:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although there are quite a few races until the end of the 2010 season and despite the fact that Hendrick Motorsports already signed Kasey Kahne to take point in the 2012 season, veteran driver Mark ...

 
Earnhardt's Replaced Bires on "Lack of Chemistry"
Earnhardt's Replaced Bires on "Lack of Chemistry"

19 Apr 2010, 08:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After late last week JR Motorsports announced it has ended the contract of rising star Kelly Bires, motivating the decision is base on the "lack of chemistry", the team's owner, Dale ...

 
Rain Pushes NASCAR Races to Monday
Rain Pushes NASCAR Races to Monday

19 Apr 2010, 06:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A very wet weekend forced NASCAR on Sunday to postpone, for the second consecutive day, both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Races for Monday, April 19. The final decision was made after a rainstorm w...

 
Kelly Bires Out, McMurray to Drive the No. 88 JRM
Kelly Bires Out, McMurray to Drive the No. 88 JRM

14 Apr 2010, 07:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / JR Motorsports announced yesterday it has ended the contract of rising star Kelly Bires for what the team calls "lack of chemistry" and will replace the 25-year driver for the following 8 ...

 
Kyle Busch Flies by Penalty, Takes 2nd Nationwide Win
Kyle Busch Flies by Penalty, Takes 2nd Nationwide Win

11 Apr 2010, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what turned out to be an exciting race at Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, Kyle Busch managed to take his second Nationwide Series win of his career, after overcom...

 
Harvick Wins Nashville with Two Fresh Tires
Harvick Wins Nashville with Two Fresh Tires

6 Apr 2010, 12:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite some of his opposition boasting four fresh tires towards the end of the race, Kevin Harvick managed to outrun them with only two and win the Nationwide Series' Nashville 300 race. It is...

 
Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Runs Monday at Noon
Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Runs Monday at Noon

29 Mar 2010, 07:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As was to be expected ever since Friday, the Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 race at Martinsville Speedway has been postponed until today (Monday) at noon, due to increasingly wet weather conditio...

 
First Indian in NASCAR: Narain Karthikeyan
First Indian in NASCAR: Narain Karthikeyan

29 Mar 2010, 07:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first Indian to race in the Formula One (although not very successful), Narain Karthikeyan, is now at his second... first, after he put India on the NASCAR drivers' map this weekend, as he ...

 
Harvick's Day at Martinsville
Harvick's Day at Martinsville

28 Mar 2010, 13:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There was really one leader of the Kroger 250 race at Martinsville Speedway, and his name was Kevin Harvick. The owner of the No. 2 Chevrolet and the No. 33 Hornaday led the pack for 187 of 250 and ...

 
Hamlin to Undergo Surgery after Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500
Hamlin to Undergo Surgery after Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500

28 Mar 2010, 13:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It would appear the torn anterior cruciate ligament Denny Hamlin managed to get during a basketball game this January is more serious than even Hamlin himself wanted to admit. Despite his repeted cl...

 
NASCAR's First Ever Tweet Crew Team
NASCAR's First Ever Tweet Crew Team

26 Mar 2010, 08:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On April 10, during the NASCAR race in Phoenix, the Twitter service will likely get swamped by tweets covering "every twist and turn" made by Michael Waltrip Racing drivers Michael Waltrip...

 
Mikey Kile to Make Nationwide Debut at Nashville
Mikey Kile to Make Nationwide Debut at Nashville

25 Mar 2010, 14:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ARCA driver Mikey Kile was confirmed by Braun Racing as the driver for the No. 10 Toyota at Nashville Superspeedway. Kile moves to Nationwide after he made his NASCAR debut in 2009, driving a few ra...