Gibbs Teams Penalized for Rules Violations at Michigan
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced today that the No. 11, No. 18 and No. 20 teams that compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series have been penalized for rules violations discovered during opening day inspection June 17 at Michigan International Speedway. All three of the Joe Gibbs Racing cars were found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in an event does not conform to NASCAR rules detailed in Section 20 of the NASCAR rule book, or has not been approved by NASCAR prior to the event); and 20-5.5.4A (oil pan, failure to submit component) of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series … Read entire article »
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Red Bull Racing Statement on Possible Departure from NASCAR
With news breaking today that Red Bull is pulling out of NASCAR after this season, the team released the following statement this afternoon. MOORESVILLE, N.C. - Red Bull Racing Team is currently seeking outside investors as we evaluate next steps in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. We are not at liberty to comment on details while negotiations are under way. Red Bull fully supports NA for the remainder of the 2011 season as we fight for victories and a position in the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup. … Read entire article »
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Fox would like to put some Cup races on Speed
By Tripp Mickle and John Ourand | Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Fox has held informal discussions with NASCAR about a new TV rights agreement that would allow the network to put some of its Sprint Cup races on Speed. David Hill, Fox Sports chairman, said Fox would like to see some of the 13 regular-season races it televises on Speed. A Fox source said the company could ask for as many as six races for the network. Fox is five years into an eight-year, $1.76 billion contract with NASCAR that mandates Fox televise all of its Sprint Cup races on its broadcast channel except for two non-points, specialty events — the Sprint All-Star Race and the Gatorade Duel from Daytona, which air on Speed. If it wants to move … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: How will NASCAR handle Gibbs’ oil pan infractions?
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich.—Will Joe Gibbs Racing get its second straight points penalty, or will NASCAR issue a slap on the wrist for the unapproved oil pans found on all three Gibbs Sprint Cup cars during opening-day inspection Friday at Michigan International Speedway? On Monday, NASCAR docked Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs each six driver and owner points, respectively, and fined crew chief Dave Rogers $25,000 when Busch’s third-place car measured too low in the left front during postrace inspection last Sunday at Pocono. On Friday, Cup series director John Darby told the Gibbs teams, which had not submitted the oil pans for approval before mounting them on their engines, to replace the offending oil pans with approved parts before Friday’s first practice. The teams complied, and the unapproved … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Michigan announces repaving project
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich.—When NASCAR comes to Michigan International Speedway next year, the track will sport a completely repaved racing surface, if the project announced Friday goes according to plan. Michigan will begin the fourth repaving in the history of the two-mile track with the resurfacing of pit road immediately after Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race. The project does not include any reconfiguring of the racetrack, speedway officials said. Repaving of the racing surface itself will begin after the Aug. 21 Sprint Cup race. The project is scheduled for completion before the NASCAR’s top three divisions return to Michigan next year. Most drivers were wary about the repaving, because most think the nature of racing is likely to change. Michigan is known for its wide racing surface and use … Read entire article »
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Mobil 1 Car Swap at Watkins Glen Press Conference
An interview with TONY STEWART and LEWIS HAMILTON THE MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to get the drivers up here and take a few questions, explain whether that was as much fun as it looked. Before we throw it open to the floor, I’ll get a few questions going here. Lewis, tell us your experience for the first time in a stock car. LEWIS HAMILTON: Well, it was definitely good that I got to go out in the F1 car just to kind of get an idea of where the track went. The track is absolutely fantastic. It feels like a real classic. It just feels historic when you’re driving around. They don’t make tracks like that nowadays. When they build new Formula One circuits, they don’t build them like this. Being in a … Read entire article »
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Ride swap gives Hamilton, Stewart a welcome break
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Lewis Hamilton and Tony Stewart got a welcome respite from the serious business of auto racing by doing what they love—minus the pressure they feel on the weekends. Hamilton, the 2008 Formula One champion, and Stewart, twice a NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, each got a taste of the other’s milieu Tuesday at Watkins Glen International. After Hamilton completed five laps in a Stewart-Haas Cup car, Stewart took a turn in the McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 Hamilton drove to the 2008 world championship. It was a rainy, blustery day at the Glen. The track was wet when Stewart and Hamilton ran some baseline laps in their own cars—both on rain tires—but by the time Hamilton began his run in the stock car, the track had begun … Read entire article »
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Waltrip, Yarborough highlight five voted into Hall of Fame
CHARLOTTE—Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip, two drivers that helped push NASCAR onto the national stage and keep it there from the latter half of the 1970s through the 1980s, headline the five-member class of 2012 inductees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The two, along with crew chief Dale Inman, owner/driver Glen Wood and Modified legend Richie Evans were announced as this year’s inductees Tuesday at the Hall of Fame. Yarborough received 85 percent of the vote from the 55-member voting panel, which chose from 25 nominees. Waltrip received 82 percent, followed by Inman (78 percent), Evans (50) and Wood (44). Also receiving votes were Jerry Cook, Cotton Owens, Raymond Parks and Herb Thomas. Yarborough became the first driver to win three consecutive Cup titles, teaming with Hall of Fame car owner Junior … Read entire article »
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