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Jeff Burton Gets Drew Blickensderfer as His Crew Chief
WELCOME, N.C. – Richard Childress Racing has named Drew Blickensderfer as the crew chief for the No. 31 Caterpillar/Wheaties Racing team with driver Jeff Burton for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Luke Lambert, interim crew chief during the latter part of the 2011 season for the No. 31 team, will assume a yet-to-be announced new position at RCR. Blickensderfer begins his RCR career after nearly a decade with Roush Fenway Racing. He spent the 2011 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Steve Addington Named Crew Chief for Tony Stewart
KANNAPOLIS, N.C., – Steve Addington, winner of 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races as a crew chief, has been named to the same position for three-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 team of Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) effective immediately. The Spartanburg, S.C., native is only the third crew chief Stewart has had during his 13-year Sprint Cup career, and it comes just a week after Stewart captured the 2011 Sprint … Read entire article »
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50,000 Consequences for Busch’s Actions at Homestead-Miami
Daytona Beach – Kurt Busch was informed today that actions have consequences. Especially “actions detrimental to stock car racing”. In his case, the actions of flipping someone off and then swearing at ESPN report Dr Jerry Punch at Homestead-Miami Speedway last weekend cost him $50,000. In issuing the penalty, NASCAR cited Kurt Busch’s “poor judgment in making an inappropriate hand gesture” when he drove his car into the garage early in the race after it experienced … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Martin and Waltrip switch car numbers from 00 to 55
CORNELIUS, N.C. – Michael Waltrip Racing announced today that Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip’s Toyota Camrys will carry the number 55 during the 2012 and 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seasons. The number commemorates Charlie Loudermilk’s founding of Aaron’s, Inc. in 1955. Martin will drive in 25 Sprint Cup events each of the next two seasons, sharing the No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine with Waltrip who will drive seven events with Aaron’s sponsorship. Martin will join Clint … Read entire article »
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Kevin Harvick gets a new crew chief for 2012
WELCOME, N.C. - Shane Wilson will be atop the pit box for Kevin Harvick next season as Richard Childress Racing makes changes to its competition department in preparation for the 2012 NASCAR season. Shane Wilson has been named the crew chief of the No. 29 Budweiser/Rheem/Jimmy John’s team with driver Kevin Harvick after three seasons in the same position with RCR’s No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper team. Gil Martin, the No. 29 team crew chief since May … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Race of His Life: Stewart Chases Edwards, History
Guest Column By Cathy Elliott When 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart was looking for an apt comparison for his battle with Carl Edwards – which literally came down to the last lap of the final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Homestead-Miami Speedway – he went to the Bible. “I appreciated that championship battle. It was a David versus Goliath battle to the end,” he said. Goliath, as you may … Read entire article »
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Kurt Busch issues apology after Homestead tirade is caught on video
After a video (below) appeared on the internet with Penske Racing driver Kurt Busch ripping into Dr. Jerry Punch at Homestead Speedway, Busch once more issued another apology statement. “Unfortunately, our result in the season-ending race at Homestead on Sunday was not what we had hoped for as a team. In my frustration with the loss of my transmission early in the race, I let my emotions get the better of me. I regret … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup, video
2011 Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart NASCAR Teleconference Transcript
THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon. Welcome to today’s NASCAR teleconference. Today we are joined by the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, Tony Stewart. With the victory Sunday at Homestead Miami Speedway and an impressive five wins during this year’s NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup, Stewart captured his third NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. Stewart is also the first driver/owner to claim the Championship since Alan Kulwicki 1992. Q. Tony, I just wondered, you probably are … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Awards Banquet Honors Four Champions
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR’s future was front and center Monday night as four champions in two national series were crowned. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 24 and Austin Dillon, 21, officially were proclaimed champions of the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, respectively, on the Americana Ballroom stage at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. Both were honored with their first NASCAR national series titles. Each became champion in the season following a rookie-of-the-year performance. Dillon … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series, Truck Series
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