SPARTA, Ky – In the first 11 years of operation, Kentucky Speedway has had 10 Nationwide Series races and 10 Camping World Truck Series races.
In Year 12, it will have a Sprint Cup Series race, too.
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“We were fortunate to have the opportunity to hire a very talented driver for the 2011 season and we took it,” said Jay Frye, Red Bull Racing Team Vice President and General Manager. “This is a unique situation that doesn’t happen every day. Kasey is a perfect fit for our company, team and Red Bull.” Kahne, 30, owns an impressive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series resume. He has 11 wins, 17 poles, 47 top-five and 84 top-10 finishes and twice was a Chase participant in 2006 and 2009.
“He’s happy and healthy, and Mom is doing great,” said Gordon. The four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion will travel to Michigan later this week and is scheduled to participate in all on-track activities at Michigan International Speedway, site of this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
Chicagoland has had a race in July—the week after the July 4 weekend race in Daytona—since its first race in 2001. Next year’s race will be Sept. 18. Since the Chase started in 2004, New Hampshire has opened the Chase.
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Welcome, Juan Pablo Montoya, to the Chip Ganassi party. Saving his best for the end of Sunday’s Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, Montoya pulled away from Marcos Ambrose and Kurt Busch over the final 16 laps at Watkins Glen International and notched the second NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of his career. Winless in 113 races since his first Cup victory at Sonoma in June 2007, Montoya added another success to the already magical year his Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team owner has enjoyed. Jamie McMurray, who finished sixth Sunday, won the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 this year, and Dario Franchitti added an Indianapolis 500 victory with Ganassi’s IndyCar organization. |
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MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Kasey Kahne will drive a Red Bull Racing Team Toyota in 2011, the team announced Tuesday.
NEW YORK – Earlier today, Jeff Gordon and Ingrid Vandebosch welcomed a new son into the world. Leo Benjamin Gordon was born at 8:53 a.m., weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 inches long according to a post on www.jeffgordon.com.
NASCAR and Chicagoland Speedway officials confirmed Monday that the 1.5-mile oval in Joliet, Ill., will open the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. It will replace Auto Club Speedway among the 10 Chase tracks.
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service