Story Highlights Repave at Charlotte Motor Speedway eight years ago has taken edge out of event Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards also leading contenders for Coke 600 win Busch was last driver to sweep All-Star Race and Coke 600, in 2010 (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — CONCORD, N.C. — Once hailed [...]
NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson races to record 4th All-Star win
May 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Cross another milestone off of Jimmie Johnson’s list. He stands alone in All-Star history. “Five-time” became the first four-time winner of NASCAR’s annual All-Star race, breaking a tie with the late Dale Earnhardt and teammate Jeff Gordon on Saturday night. “To beat Jeff and Earnhardt, two guys that I have looked up [...]
NASCAR: Edwards grabs poll for Sprint All-Star race
May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Carl Edwards captured the pole for the Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, paying tribute to the late Dick Trickle along the way. Edwards, the 2011 winner in the exhibition event, completed three laps and a four-tire pit stop Friday night in 1 minute, 51.297 seconds. Kurt Busch will start alongside [...]
NASCAR: Clarification to rule may favor Danica Patrick
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The rules surrounding Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star Race continue to change, and fans are concerned the latest tweak is meant to benefit Danica Patrick. Among a handful of changes announced Wednesday was a clarification that the winning driver of the Sprint Fan Vote must only have a car in raceable condition to [...]
NASCAR: Matt Kenseth confident of maintaining his momentum
May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Story Highlights Performance draws comparisons to the ‘Silver Fox’ Kenseth has won three of his 11 starts this season He stands third in points (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — DARLINGTON, S.C. — Duplicating the deft driving style of a legend, Matt Kenseth added his name to a hallowed list as a Southern 500 winner Saturday [...]
NASCAR: Denny Hamlin passes first test in comeback
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Denny Hamlin completes a pit stop during the Bojangles’ Southern 500 Saturday night at Darlington Raceway.(Photo: Jerry Lai, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Denny Hamlin finished second at Darlington Saturday night It was Hamlin’s first full race back after fracturing a vertebra in March Hamlin is still confident he can accumulate the wins or points [...]
NASCAR: Matt Kenseth tames Darlington for third win of year
May 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Matt Kenseth holds one of his two daughers during introductions for the Bojangles Southern 500 Saturday night at Darlington Raceway.(Photo: Jerry Lai, USA TODAY Sports) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — DARLINGTON, S.C. — Matt Kenseth’s dream season with Joe Gibbs Racing now includes Darlington Raceway – the historic oval where he’s been dreaming of an [...]
NASCAR: Kyle Busch wins 5th Nationwide race this season / Kurt Busch turns record lap at Darlington
May 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Story Highlights Kyle Busch won his fifth Nationwide race this season Busch passed Joey Logano with 18 laps remaining Kurt Busch set a qualifying record to win the pole for the Southern 500 on Saturday night DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch figured it’d be easy to run his own program on the Nationwide Series [...]
NASCAR panel reduces JGR penalties
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) A NASCAR appeals panel sided with Joe Gibbs Racing on Wednesday and eased some of the penalties imposed for having an illegal part in Matt Kenseth’s race-winning engine at Kansas last month. NASCAR punished JGR after discovering during a post-race inspection that one of eight connecting rods in the engine at the [...]
