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Jimmie Johnson falls farther behind with 14th-place finish
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas—Right about now, reality should be hitting Jimmie Johnson in the face. Trailing Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup leader Carl Edwards by 55 points with two races left, Johnson will need a miracle—make that a pocket full of miracles—to extend his streak of consecutive Cup championships from five to six. Johnson had a fast car in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway—until he spun off … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Kasey Kahne makes another strong late-season run
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas—Kasey Kahne thought he might have a chance to win Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway—until he got a close-up look at the way Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards were racing. “I watched Tony and Carl,” said Kahne, who finished third behind Stewart and Edwards. “They’re going for it. Tony raced me as hard as he ever raced me. I had to race as hard … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Tony Stewart wins at Texas; Carl Edwards second
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas—Tony Stewart backed up his smack talk with a convincing victory in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, the eighth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. With his fourth victory in the Chase and the 43rd of his career, Stewart put a dent in runner-up Carl Edwards’ series lead, scoring maximum points (48) to trim Edwards’ advantage from eight to three points … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Bayne parlays late restart into first Nationwide win
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas—Nearly nine months after winning the Daytona 500 in his first attempt, Trevor Bayne finally got his first victory in NASCAR’s second-tier series. Bayne powered past Roush Fenway teammate Carl Edwards after a restart on Lap 194 of 200 and held off hard-charging Denny Hamlin for the victory in Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Bayne crossed the finish line .142 seconds ahead of Hamlin, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Kevin Harvick wins at Texas, after NASCAR parks Kyle Busch
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas—Kevin Harvick did his best to take the drama out of Friday night’s WinStar World Casino 350K at Texas Motor Speedway, winning a two-lap shootout in his own No. 2 Chevrolet. Most of the drama already had occurred, however, by the time Harvick took the checkered flag for his fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win in nine starts this season, and one of the central figures … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Truck Series
Tony Stewart Texas Press Conference Transcript
TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed today’s announcement of Danica Patrick’s schedule and car number, his mindset for the last three races of the season, battling for the championship and other topics. Full transcript. ON TODAY’S ANNOUNCMENT WITH DANICA PATRICK. “Yeah, it’s definitely nice. Everybody wanted to know where she was going to be racing, what the number was on the car and that’s what today was all … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Danica Patrick Press Conference Transcript
Danica Patrick met with media following the announcement by Stewart Haas Racing co-owner Tony Stewart on a limited number of NASCAR Sprint Cup races slated for her in 2012. It was announced that Patrick will race in 10 events (as below), with two yet to be determined. Feb. 26: Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway May 12: Darlington (S.C.) Raceway Aug. 25: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway Sept. 2: Atlanta Motor Speedway Sept. 16: Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. Sept. 30: Dover (Del.) International … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Greg Biffle leads Roush Fenway qualifying assault at Texas
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas —In the slugfest between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards, Stewart won Round 1 on Friday, but it was Greg Biffle who led a Roush Fenway Racing assault on Texas Motor Speedway that didn’t include Edwards. Greg Biffle scorched the 1.5-mile track with a lap at 193.736 mph to edge RFR teammate David Ragan (193.729 mph) for the top starting spot in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Danica Patrick finds comfort in carrying memory of Dan Wheldon
By Reid Spencer – Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas—Danica Patrick returns to racing at Texas Motor Speedway carrying the memory of what happened the last time she competed on a 1.5-mile oval. Patrick was one of the fortunate drivers who avoided the 15-car wreck that killed two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon on Oct. 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In her return to action in the Nationwide Series, Patrick and sponsor GoDaddy.com have opted … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
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