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Danica Patrick Gets Guaranteed Start in Daytona 500
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) has entered into a collaborative partnership with Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) where TBR will field the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala for all 10 of Danica Patrick’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in 2012. The alliance guarantees a starting spot for Patrick in her Sprint Cup debut – the 54th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 26 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. TBR’s No. 36 car, which finished the 2011 season 33rd … Read entire article »
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Pocono Raceway founder Dr. Joseph Mattioli passes away
LONG POND, Pa. — Dr. Joseph Mattioli, Pocono Raceway founder and chairman of the board, passed away Thursday at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, surrounded by his family, following a lengthy illness. He was 86. “Doc,” as he was known to friends and associates, was one of the most respected and admired men in automobile racing. He founded Pocono Raceway in the early 1960s and has been at the helm of Pocono ever since. Under his … Read entire article »
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RAB Racing To Attempt Series Debut in Daytona 500 with American Ethanol, Kenny Wallace
CONCORD, N.C. – RAB Racing with Brack Maggard has announced that they will attempt to make their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in the 54th-annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 26, with driver Kenny Wallace behind the wheel of their No. 09 American Ethanol Toyota Camry. “Corn farmers are excited to continue our relationship with RAB Racing and Kenny Wallace in 2012,” said Garry Niemeyer, National Corn Growers Association president. “Kenny is a fan favorite and one … Read entire article »
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Allmendinger on a steady course to the top
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Perhaps no time in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history has there been a better example of a competitor’s steady and continuous progress opening a major door than is the case with AJ Allmendinger. The hard charger known as “Dinger” by the media and fans alike was named as the driver for Penske Racing’s No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Team last month. He is certainly deserving of the opportunity. “We have spent most … Read entire article »
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Darrell Waltrip NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction and Press Conference Transcript
MIKE JOY: Some of racing’s greatest successes have come from the admiration and disdain of its most polarizing figures, you know, the drivers that half the crowd wanted to see win every week and the other half wanted to see anybody but, and bridging the eras between Lee Petty and Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip won three championships, entertaining us all the while. And from the moment when he first burst on the scene with an ex-Mario … Read entire article »
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Cale Yarborough NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction and Press Conference Transcript
MIKE JOY: From 1976 through ’78, Junior Johnson put a strong car underneath him that wouldn’t break, and Cale Yarborough ruled the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. When his career was complete, it was apparent that he was a champion with consistency and a winner of 83 Cup races. No one charged harder lap after lap. On a caution period you saw Cale pull those gloves up tight and get up on the wheel. No one … Read entire article »
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Richie Evans NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction and Press Conference Transcript
MIKE JOY: No one in the history of this sport epitomized the dual virtues of work hard, play hard like Richie Evans. Spectacular driver, skilled chassis designer and builder, partier, prankster. We’re at Martinsville for one of those big double-headers, and on the thin taillight panel of Richie’s Pinto is a mail slot, a brass one with a flap that opens for the postman to put the letters in like the one … Read entire article »
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Glen Wood NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction and Press Conference Transcript
MIKE JOY: When you consider that the Glen Wood Company was a single car team and for many seasons ran a partial schedule of most of the Cup races, 98 premier series victories over seven decades, well, those are the numbers. Behind the man that founded an organization that through three generations has done so much to define NASCAR as a family sport. I think half of Patrick County is here tonight to honor the pride … Read entire article »
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Dale Inman NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction and Press Conference Transcript
MIKE JOY: En route to helping build a sport, tonight’s first inductee also built a legacy here at the University of Level Cross. He turned pit road into his personal playground, guiding Richard Petty to glory. Tonight, Dale Inman and Richard are together again as members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. RICHARD PETTY: Well, they just took my speech away from me there on that camera deal. I guess I’ll just start out with telling … Read entire article »
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