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Kevin Harvick Atlanta Press Conference
KEVIN HARVICK met with members of the media at Atlanta Motor Speedway and discussed racing in Atlanta, the 9/11 Anniversary, the Race to the Chase and other topics. Full transcript: HOW DO YOU LIKE BEING BACK HERE IN ATLANTA? “This has been a good track for us the last couple of times here. The last race here we had a good car and I made a mistake getting on pit road and blew a left front tire, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
McMurray treats breast cancer survivors to pace car rides
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. — Considering the cause, Jamie McMurray didn’t mind getting to the racetrack early Friday morning. During an event orchestrated by Chevrolet, McMurray and fellow drivers Clint Bowyer and Ron Hornaday Jr. each spent more than an hour giving rides in pink Camaro pace cars to breast cancer survivors at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “It’s probably one of the coolest parts of getting to be a NASCAR driver, the ideas that … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Some numbers favor Jason Leffler at Atlanta, but others don’t
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Jason Leffler is entered in Turner Motorsports’ No. 30 Chevrolet for this Saturday’s Great Clips 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway. And that’s good news for Leffler. Leffler has driven the No. 30 entry five times in 2011, with an average finish of ninth. When he drives Turner’s No. 38, though, Leffler has an average finish of 14th. “It’s really strange; it’s almost comical,” Leffler said of the number … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Tony Stewart has one goal in mind at Atlanta—winning
By Jim Pedley Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service As the laps wind down during Sunday’s Sprint Cup race, the brains of a hefty handful of drivers will be going through some very serious mathematical workouts as they attempt to figure out where they stand vis a vis the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Tony Stewart insists he will not be one of those drivers because he will have just one number in mind both before and during … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Bowyer could make it four in a row in truck series for KHI
By Jared Turner Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service It should come as no surprise that few tears will be shed over Kevin Harvick’s scheduled absence from Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Harvick, a Sprint Cup regular and truck series interloper, is fresh off a rare trifecta of victories beginning with the series’ visit to Pocono Raceway on Aug. 7. Checkered flags at Michigan International Speedway and last Wednesday night at Bristol … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
$1 Million on the line at Atlanta for Two Small Business Owners
NEW YORK, N.Y. — NASCAR and Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), the Official Office Products Partner of NASCAR, today announced the two small businesses finalists who could win $1 million in its annual “Official Small Business of NASCAR, Courtesy of Office Depot” sweepstakes. Office Depot partnered with another NASCAR Partner, 3M, for this promotion. Finalists Kacie Howard, owner of HuckleBerry Pets, in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Sara Mortensen, owner of Bales Mold Service, Inc., in Downers Grove, Ill., will be officially introduced during a special press event this Friday, Sept. 2, at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Howard, 32, and Mortensen, 27, will be joined at the press event by Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala and team owner of Stewart-Haas Racing, and Greg Biffle, driver of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
6 Drivers Have Clinched a Spot in the Chase Going Into Atlanta
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Two races remain before the complete 12-driver Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is set, seedings and all. Six drivers have clinched a Chase spot in some fashion. Kyle Busch, five-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards have locked up top-10 spots. Kevin Harvick (three wins) and Jeff Gordon (two wins) both have clinched, at the least, Wild Card spots; both will likely cement top-10 berths in Sunday … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Ryan Newman Enters Truck Race to Honor Close Friend Beau Slocumb
Turner Motorsports will run a fourth entry in this weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS). Ryan Newman will pilot the No. 08 BRANDT/Realtree Chevrolet Silverado honoring the life of former Turner Motorsports family member and Newman’s close friend, Beau Slocumb. A native of Macon, Ga., about an hour south of AMS, Beau Slocumb grew up racing. He began his career racing Legends cars and climbed the professional ladder through … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Kyle Busch Has Three Million Reasons to Win at Atlanta
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – If there’s a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who doesn’t need any more motivation for winning, it’s probably Kyle Busch. But the driver of the No. 18 Pedigree Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) may have a few more reasons – 3 million of them, to be exact – to bring home a victory in Sunday night’s Advocare 500 Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. That’s because the talented 26-year-old, with his … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
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