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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 ...

 
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...

 
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...

 
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...

 
Montoya, Menard Set the Pace During Spoiler Test
Montoya, Menard Set the Pace During Spoiler Test

24 Mar 2010, 08:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After the first of the two-day testing session for the new spoilers took place at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing driver Juan Pablo Montoya managed a lap time of 29.036 secon...

 
Johnson Wins His First Bristol Race
Johnson Wins His First Bristol Race

22 Mar 2010, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what is a premiere for Jimmie Johnson at the Bristol Motor Speedway, the first NASCAR driver to win the Sprint Cup Series for a record 4 times in a row managed to make his mark at the Food City 5...

 
Sprint Teams Test New Spoiler
Sprint Teams Test New Spoiler

17 Mar 2010, 10:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 ...

 
Montoya Unhappy with McMurray after LVMS Incident
Montoya Unhappy with McMurray after LVMS Incident

1 Mar 2010, 09:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After 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...

 
Johnson Wins Shelby American
Johnson Wins Shelby American

1 Mar 2010, 08:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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. A...

 
Johnson Pits to Win Auto Club 500
Johnson Pits to Win Auto Club 500

22 Feb 2010, 08:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 Hendri...

 
Mark Martin Takes Daytona 500 Pole Position
Mark Martin Takes Daytona 500 Pole Position

7 Feb 2010, 13:30 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After the first qualifying session of the new Sprint Cup season, we can easily say that Hendrick Motorsports did not make fouls out of themselves when offering Mark Martin an extension to his former...

 
Kyle Busch Signs Multi-Year Extension with Joe Gibbs Racing
Kyle Busch Signs Multi-Year Extension with Joe Gibbs Racing

19 Jan 2010, 10:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kyle Busch might have failed to take his Joe Gibbs Racing-prepared car to the play-offs last season, but that seems to have had no negative consequences on his future deal with the team whatsoever. ...

 
Bill Wilburn Named Crew Chief for Brian Scott
Bill Wilburn Named Crew Chief for Brian Scott

18 Jan 2010, 10:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Braun Racing announced the appointment of Bill Wilburn as crew chief for the No. 11 team and driver Brian Scott. Last year, Wilburn was in charge of Ricky Carmichael's car for Kevin Harvick. ...

 
Braun's Sprint Debut, Driven by Sorenson and Vickers
Braun's Sprint Debut, Driven by Sorenson and Vickers

15 Jan 2010, 09:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first take of Braun Racing at this year's Sprint Cup will be headed by former Ganassi and Richard Petty Motorsports racer Reed Sorenson, who will drive the Dollar General Toyota Camry in th...

 
Jimmie and Chandra Johnson Expecting First Child
Jimmie and Chandra Johnson Expecting First Child

5 Jan 2010, 11:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of our colleagues here at autoevolution says in his piece our website is about cars, bikes and almost anything with an engine, but the news that follows does not exactly fall into any of the cat...

 
Robby Gordon Aims for 2010 Dakar Win
Robby Gordon Aims for 2010 Dakar Win

29 Dec 2009, 07:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With the Dakar Rally ready to roll in a few days, most of the event's main contenders are now preparing the last details of their racing programmes for the South American adventure next month. ...

 
Federal Court Clears NASCAR of Antitrust Violation Claims
Federal Court Clears NASCAR of Antitrust Violation Claims

14 Dec 2009, 08:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a complaint filed by the Kentucky Speedway in which NASCAR and the International Speedway Corporation (ISC) were accused of violating federal antitrust laws, by keeping the Kentucky off t...

 
JEGS Extend Sprint Cup Deal, Moves to Nationwide
JEGS Extend Sprint Cup Deal, Moves to Nationwide

7 Dec 2009, 13:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Parts supplier JEGS announced over the weekend it will enter the fourth year of collaboration with the Sprint Cup Series and in addition will add the 2010 Nationwide Series, for the first time, to i...

 
Mika Salo, One Step Closer to NASCAR
Mika Salo, One Step Closer to NASCAR

26 Nov 2009, 14:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After completing, successfully, a first test with Michael Waltrip Racing, former Formula 1 driver Mika Salo is now seriously considering a full 2010 season in the Nationwide Series. After completing...

 
Champion's Week Starts on November 30
Champion's Week Starts on November 30

26 Nov 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the conclusion of the 2009 Sprint Cup series, NASCAR will debut the Champion's Week event on Monday, November 30 near El Cajon, California, the hometown of Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie ...