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: 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: 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: No lame duck, Harvick, RCR team taking title shot
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Kevin Harvick, center, crew chief Gil Martin, left, and owner Richard Childress, conferring at Daytona International Speedway in February, enjoyed their first victory of 2013 Saturday night at Richmond.(Photo: Sam Greenwood, Getty Images) Story Highlights Kevin Harvick cut down talk of a lame duck season with Saturday night’s win at Richmond Harvick is leaving Richard [...]
NASCAR: Hamlin anxious to return but appreciates the view
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Denny Hamlin says the upshot of being sidelined with his back injury is the ability to play consultant to his crew chief Darian Grubb, left, while others drive Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota.(Photo: Ross D. Franklin, AP) Story Highlights Denny Hamlin will have a scan on his back Tuesday which will determine if he’s ready to [...]
NASCAR: Sam Hornish Jr. holds off Kyle Busch for Nationwide win
March 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the #12 Wurth Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (March 8, 2013 – Source: Jerry Markland/Getty Images North America) Story Highlights Sam Hornish Jr. won the Sam’s Town 300 [...]
NASCAR: Sprint All-Star Race will discourage sandbagging with $1 million bonus
February 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Jimmie Johnson celebrates after winning the 2012 Nascar Sprint Cup Series All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.(Photo: Jeremy Brevard, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Sprint All-Star Race will discourage sandbagging with a $1 million bonus and format tweaks The order on a pit stop to start the final segment will be determined by the average [...]
NASCAR: Danica Patrick wins pole for NASCAR’s Daytona 500
February 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, poses with team owner Tony Stewart and crew chief Tony Gibson after winning the Coors Light Pole qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (February 16, 2013 – Source: Chris Graythen/Getty Images North [...]
NASCAR: Wallace calls induction biggest day of career
February 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Rusty Wallace and Leonard Wood were among the inductees honored at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Jamey Price/Getty Images) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rusty Wallace touched on his early days trying to make it as a professional race car driver, the lessons he learned from NASCAR’s pioneers and his relentless push to drive for Roger [...]
NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Nationwide team hires crew chief
November 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Race engineer for Jimmie Johnson’s five Cup titles moves into role at JR Motorsports. (Photo: Jerome Miron, US Presswire) Story Highlights Greg Ives was chief engineer for Jimmie Johnson’s five Cup wins He will work as crew chief for Regan Smith’s No. 5 team Smith won his first start with JR Motorsports in the season [...]
