May 22, 2013

NASCAR: Edwards grabs poll for Sprint All-Star race

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: Former NASCAR driver arrested after high-speed chase

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(Photo: Rusty Jarrett, Getty Images for NASCAR) Story Highlights Tyler Walker led a police chase through Nevada, Arizona and Utah on Wednesday He was arrested on a variety of drug and alcohol charges as well as evading police Walker was suspended by NASCAR in 2007 for violating its drug policies (PhatzRadio / USA Today) —- [...]

NASCAR: Will Tony Stewart do the Indy 500-Coca-Cola 600 double?

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(Photo: Kevin Liles, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Team owner Roger Penske invited Tony Stewart to drive for him at the 2013 Indy 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials have jumped on the offer, starting an online campaign Broadcast partner ABC seemed amenable to moving up the start time of the Indy 500 (PhatzRadio / USA [...]

NASCAR: Brad Keselowski would win NASCAR’s popular vote

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Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, and Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, bump eachother during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 4, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. (November 3, 2012 – Source: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) [...]

Will Power puts out own engine fire at IndyCar testing

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Will Power drives his #12 Verizon Team Penske Chevy Dallara DW12 during the Sebring Open Test for the IZOD INDYCAR Series at Sebring International Raceway on March 5, 2012 in Sebring, Florida. (March 4, 2012 – Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images North America) SEBRING, Fla. (AP) – NASCAR had its big fire moment at Daytona [...]

Mayfield says NASCAR, law enforcement conspiring against him

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Jeremy Mayfield, driver of the #41 All Sport Body Quencher Toyota, waits in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 24, 2009 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR) *** Local Caption *** Jeremy Mayfield (April 24, 2009 – Photo by [...]

NASCAR: Michael Waltrip Racing expecting big year / Kasey Kahne has surgery on left knee

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Kasey Kahne(L), driver of the #5 Farmer’s Insurance Group, and Kenny Francis, crew chief of the #5 Farmer’s Insurance Group, stand in the garage area during Daytona Preseason Thunder at Daytona International Speedway on January 14, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (January 13, 2012 – Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images North America) CHARLOTTE, N.C. [...]

NASCAR: Stability with Hendrick has Kasey Kahne optimistic for 2012

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(L-R) Kasey Kahne, Clint Bowyer and Kyle Busch attend Maxim Tailgate: Salute To Heroes With Coca Cola Zero, Crown Royal and Blackhawk on February 5, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (February 4, 2012 – Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — As he settles into fresh digs in the Sprint Cup [...]

NASCAR: Kahne sorry for breastfeeding comments

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Kasey Kahne, driver of the #4 Red Bull Toyota, sits in his car in the garage prior to practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18, 2011 in Homestead, Florida. (November 17, 2011 – Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images North America) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR driver Kasey [...]

Unlikely Rookie of the Year looks back on his time in Sprint Cup

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Andy Lally, driver of the #71 Interstate Moving Services Ford, waits by his car during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 7, 2011 in Kansas City, Kansas. (October 6, 2011 – Photo by Tom Whitmore/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / SI) — MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Although [...]