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: Regan Smith takes Nationwide at Talladega after review
May 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Regan Smith, driver of the No. 7 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet, celebrates with his crew in victory lane after he won the NASCAR Nationwide Series Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama.(Photo: Sean Gardner, Getty Images) Story Highlights Regan Smith won the Nationwide race at Talladega Officials used a video review of the last scoring loop [...]
NASCAR: Talladega’s past filled with death, destruction
May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Tony Stewart flips over other cars during a 25-car wreck at Talladega last October.(Photo: Marvin Gentry, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Talladega Superspeedway has a sometimes sordid history of crashes, injuries and deaths Bobby Allison’s 1987 wreck at Talladega was the impetus for restrictor plates at superspeedways Last October, a 25-car crash on the final [...]
NASCAR: Restrictor plates spark debate with a visit to Talladega awaiting / NASCAR fines, suspends RCR crewmembers
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Clint Bowyer is one driver who has excelled in restrictor-plate races, having won two of his last five. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / AP) — When last we left Talladega Superspeedway in October 2012, there was the usual trail of crumbled sheet metal heading to the garage, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was saying that people who [...]
NASCAR: Grading teams at the 2013 Sprint Cup season quarter mark
April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Danica Patrick and Tony Stewart have had memorable moments so far, but their team has disappointed. Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/MCT via Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / SI) — Six races into the 2013 NASCAR season, the sport is experiencing a renaissance. TV ratings have been up from last year for five of the six Sprint Cup [...]
NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson uses late surge to win Martinsville race
April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Jimmie Johnson took the checkered flag for the eighth time of his career at Martinsville on Sunday. Tom Pennington/Getty Images) Story Highlights Kurt Busch’s car suffers brake failure, causes red-flag stop with 13 laps left Dale Earnhardt Jr. has his worst run of the six-race season Danica Patrick starts 43rd, finishes 12th in her first [...]
NASCAR: Martinsville action shouldn’t be missed
April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, leads Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard Chevrolet, on the final lap of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 24, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (February 23, 2013 – Source: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images North America) Story Highlights [...]
NASCAR: Dale Jr. atop points, but what about next five races?
March 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Story Highlights Earnhardt Jr. is 12 points ahead of defending champion Brad Keselowski He has top 10s in seven of the last 10 races at Martinsville Speedway, the next stop NASCAR’s top-tier series is off this weekend for Easter (PhatzRadio / USA Today) —- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is off to the best start of his [...]
NASCAR: Kyle Busch, Gibbs Racing pick up first win at Fontana
March 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano raced side by side into the final lap, two bitter rivals unwilling to give even an inch – right up until they made contact with less than a mile to go. The race ended with Hamlin in the hospital, Logano in a shoving match with Tony [...]
NASCAR: Five early surprises of the 2013 Sprint Cup season
March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard Chevrolet, and Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, race during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 17, 2013 in Bristol, Tennessee. (March 16, 2013 – Source: Geoff Burke/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / SI) — [...]
