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Tony Stewart Leads NASCAR Team Into Inaugural Indy Karting Classic
INDIANAPOLIS – Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart will lead a team of NASCAR drivers who will compete against a team of INDYCAR drivers in the inaugural Indy Karting Classic on Sunday, Dec. 11, at Conseco Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis. The Indy Karting Classic is a one-day festival of karting that will bring the third annual International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS) to a close. IMIS is a three-day trade show featuring seminars, conferences and … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Kyle Busch storms to pole at Watkins Glen
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Kyle Busch showed the aces at Watkins Glen International that he has developed a mastery of the road courses, too. With a lap at 126.421 mph, Busch, the last driver to make a qualifying attempt in Saturday’s time trials, knocked AJ Allmendinger off the pole for Sunday’s Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen, in a session that saw 15 drivers beat Jeff … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Greg Erwin Takes Over As Crew Chief for Richard Petty’s Famed No. 43
CONCORD, N.C. – Richard Petty Motorsports officials announced today that Greg Erwin has joined the team and will replace Mike Shiplett as crew chief for the No. 43 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry driven by AJ Allmendinger. “Mike and I have been together for a long time, so from a personal standpoint this is difficult for me,” said Allmendinger. “We’ve worked really well together and I think our personalities really complemented each other. Mike and I … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
STP returns to Petty’s car at Kansas
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Last year’s change in ownership of STP was great news for Richard Petty and better news for NASCAR racing in general. Freed from the limitations that constrained STP’s participation in the motorsports marketplace after the fuel additive was purchased by Clorox in 1998, STP is back with a vengeance—sponsoring races and adorning the No. 43 Ford of AJ Allmendinger for Sunday’s STP 400 Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway. STP sponsored the cars Petty drove and owned from 1972 through 2000. Though the primary sponsorship ceased under the Clorox ownership—save for two races in 2006—Petty has maintained an unbroken personal services agreement with the company. “It’s interesting, because STP, for the better part of the last 11 years, was part of a big conglomerate,” said … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Best Buys Renews Sponsorship with Richard Petty Motorsports
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Richard Petty Motorsports got welcome news with the renewal of Best Buy as primary sponsor of AJ Allmendinger’s No. 43 Ford for the coming season. The agreement, announced Tuesday by RPM and Best Buy, extends the consumer electronics retailer’s sponsorship of the car through 2011. Best Buy will serve as Allmendinger’s primary sponsor for 24 points races and two non-points events (the Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying race at Daytona in February and the Sprint Showdown and/or Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte in May, depending on eligibility). The deal includes Best Buy’s placement as an associate sponsor on the No. 9 Ford driven by Marcos Ambrose. Other sponsors, among them Valvoline, the U.S. Air Force and Paralyzed Veterans of America, will take turns on the hood of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Petty Crew Member Suspended Due To Violation Of NASCAR Substance Abuse Policy
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Chris Moore, a crew member for A.J. Allmendinger’s No. 43 team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy. On June 22, Moore was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 19 (violation of the NASCAR substance abuse policy) of the 2010 NASCAR Rule Book. … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR, Sprint Cup
Cup Drivers Talk About Auto Club Speedway – video
Before leaving Daytona, several NASCAR drivers talked about the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup, video
A.J. Allmendinger Looks Back at the 2009 Season
Charlotte, NC – There is only one thing that’s been constant for AJ Allmendinger since moving to the NASCAR Sprint Cup ranks in 2007-Change. And the 2009 season was no different as AJ campaigned in his third full year of NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. Despite the dynamics of the season, the year was his best to date as he collected six top-ten finishes, including three in the final nine races of the season. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
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