CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Denny Hamlin isn’t ready to say he’s back, even after winning the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 with a record-setting qualifying lap Thursday night. He said it would take a win Sunday night or at another Sprint Cup race later in the season before he’s willing to make that declaration. But Hamlin [...]
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: 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: Penske suspensions reduced by four races on appeal
May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Team owner Roger Penske speaks with driver Brad Keselowski at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March.(Photo: Tom Pennington, Getty Images) Story Highlights Instead of missing six points races, seven key team members will miss Darlington and Charlotte. NASCAR Chief Appellate Officer John Middlebrook reduced penalties after team’s appeal. Team owner Roger Penske said he was [...]
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: Kevin Harvick wins Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond
April 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Story Highlights Harvick wins his third Cup race at Richmond’s three-quarter mile oval He drives away from field on green-white-checkered finish Clint Bowyer second, Joey Logano third (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — RICHMOND, Va. — Over the years, Kevin Harvick has earned the nickname “The Closer.” Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway, Harvick proved it’s [...]
NASCAR: Penske Racing to plead case to appeal panel May 1
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Penske Racing will take its appeal of penalties and fines against defending champion Brad Keselowski and teammate Joey Logano before a three-member NASCAR panel next week. NASCAR selects the panel from a list of 48 people – former car owners, crew chiefs and drivers, as well as current track promoters and industry [...]
NASCAR: Penske penalties stir accusations and denials
April 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Story Highlights Richard Petty has no doubt that “somebody told on the Penske crowd” in Texas Jimmie Johnson adamantly denied that the No. 48 team and Hendrick Motorsports were involved Penske’s Brad Keselowski said he would save many of his comments until after his appeal is complete (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — KANSAS CITY, Kan. [...]
NASCAR slams Penske Racing with suspensions, penalties
April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Story Highlights NASCAR issues penalties to Penske Racing for parts that were ‘not in the spirit of the rules’ Drivers Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano lose 25 points each Penske crew chiefs, car chiefs get six-week suspensions (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — NASCAR hammered Penske Racing with suspensions, fines and points penalties on Wednesday, four days [...]
NASCAR: Chasing Hendrick ‘not in spirit’ of NASCAR rules?
April 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) If garage gossip is to be believed, somebody dropped a dime on NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski and his Penske Racing team at Texas Motor Speedway. The story blowing like wildfire Monday through NASCAR goes like this: Keselowski was parked at Texas next to Jimmie Johnson, while teammate Joey Logano was further down [...]
