Comforts of home await Jimmie Johnson at Auto Club
After a shaky start to the season, Jimmie Johnson is back on the brink of being one of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ front-runners. With his home track looming on the schedule, another big move isn’t out of the question. Johnson and the rest of the Cup tour head west to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., the site of some of the five-time champion’s most meaningful victories, including his first Cup win in 2002. Three … Read entire article »
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Hendrick Motorsports, Jimmie Johnson penalty overturned on final appeal
NASCAR Wire Service Penalties levied against Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 48 team driven by Jimmie Johnson were overturned Tuesday. National Stock Car Racing Chief Appellate Officer John Middlebrook rescinded the loss of 25 driver points, 25 owner points and six-race suspensions for crew chief Chad Knaus and car chief Ron Malec. The decision was reached after a final appeal hearing at NASCAR’s research and development center in Concord, N.C. Middlebrook also ruled that the $100,000 fine assessed to … Read entire article »
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Cool-Down Lap: Bristol faces challenge in rebuilding its fan base
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service On Friday afternoon, track owner Bruton Smith promised that Sunday’s Food City 500 Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway would draw a large crowd. Not a sellout, mind you, but a large crowd. It was a large crowd, but not for Bristol. In the box score distributed after the event, attendance was listed at 102,000. That’s an estimate — not turnstile count — and a cosmetic estimate at that. Most of us … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Brian Vickers returns, blasts article and clarifies image
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. — As he returns to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol this weekend, Brian Vickers is carrying baggage. While racing for Red Bull in the Sprint Cup Series, his last full-time job as a driver, Vickers adopted what he calls “the Red Bull lifestyle.” As Vickers tries to return to NASCAR’s top series on a more permanent basis, however, the edgy image Red Bull sought to promote may be … Read entire article »
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Appeals Panel Upholds Penalty Against Chad Knauss and 48 Team
NASCAR Wire Service The National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel upheld penalties issued to the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team Tuesday, keeping Jimmie Johnson outside the top 20 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings. After a five-hour appeal hearing at NASCAR’s research and development center in Concord, N.C., the three-member panel unanimously ruled to retain the original penalties for illegal modifications to Johnson’s No. 48 car for the Daytona 500. Johnson’s car flunked pre-race inspection Feb. … Read entire article »
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All options on the table as Dodge unveils 2013 NASCAR Charger
By Reid Spencer – NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS — Dodge revealed its new 2013 Sprint Cup racecar Sunday morning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway but did little to lift the veil of uncertainty that shrouds the car maker’s future in NASCAR racing. Ralph Gilles, president and CEO of the SRT (Street and Racing Technology) brand, said his heart is in NASCAR racing, but Gilles allowed that everything is under consideration in the aftermath of Penske Racing’s … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Accident costs Kyle Busch front-row start
By Reid Spencer – NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS — After a brush with the wall early in Saturday’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup practice session, Kyle Busch will drive a backup car in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Because of the change from primary to backup No. 18 Toyota, Busch must give up his second-place starting position and take the green flag from the rear of the field. According to Jimmy Makar, vice president … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Danica Patrick dialing back expectations for 2012
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS — In talking about competing for a championship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this year, Danica Patrick admitted Friday that she might have set her expectations at an unrealistic level. “I definitely feel like I want to do well for so many people,” Patrick said Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, returning to the track for the first time since racing in the 2011 IndyCar Series finale that claimed the life of Dan Wheldon. “I think that I gave myself maybe a little bit of false expectation about running this year for the championship, and probably using those words ‘for the championship.’ “It’s my first-ever full year, and what I’ve done still doesn’t add up to one year, and I didn’t have anything before that … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Names Office Depot Winner of “Driving Business Award”
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR announced today that Office Depot, Inc., a leading global provider of office supplies and services that helps customers save time, is the recipient of the 2011 NASCAR Driving Business Award, presented annually to the Official Partner that demonstrates extraordinary leadership and results through their participation in the NASCAR Fuel for Business (NFFB) Council. The award was bestowed upon NASCAR’s Official Office Supply Partner at a ceremony in Las Vegas during the … Read entire article »
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