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Cool-Down Lap: Leaving Fontana with a six-pack of unanswered questions
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. – We know that Tony Stewart won Sunday’s Auto Club 400. We know that Greg Biffle kept the Sprint Cup points lead for the third straight week. But there’s still a lot we don’t know as we leave Fontana on the transcontinental trip to Martinsville. Here are six questions to contemplate as we move from a wide two-mile track to a tight half-mile: 1. What happened to Mr. October? No, … 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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Chad Knaus on NASCAR penalty: ‘We didn’t expect this’
By Reid Spencer – NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – Chad Knaus, crew chief for Jimmie Johnson, said he was surprised at the severity of the penalties NASCAR levied on his team on Wednesday. Furthermore, Knaus was surprised the “C” Posts on the No. 48 Chevrolet he brought to Daytona caused the car to fail inspection in the first place. After all, according to Knaus, cars with “C” Posts in the same configuration had gotten through the … Read entire article »
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Jimmie Johnson’s team hit with 25-point penalty, six-race ban for Knaus
Jimmie Johnson’s campaign for a sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup championship will start in an unfamiliar place — in the red. NASCAR docked Johnson’s team 25 points Wednesday for illegal modifications to the No. 48 Chevrolet before qualifying for the season-opening Daytona 500. The sanctioning body also suspended crew chief Chad Knaus and car chief Ron Malec for six races and slapped Knaus with a $100,000 fine. Johnson finished 42nd at Daytona, earning just two points after a … Read entire article »
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NASCAR plans to take 48 car to tech center for rest of season
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—The NASCAR research-and-development center in Concord, N.C., will have a regular customer for the rest of the season—and a familiar one. There’s a high likelihood NASCAR will take the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet driven by Jimmie Johnson to its tech center after each of the remaining four races this season. NASCAR’s move is a reaction to crew chief Chad Knaus’ instructions before last Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at … Read entire article »
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Despite testy exchange, it’s business as usual for Johnson, Knaus
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del.—Despite a testy exchange on the radio last week at New Hampshire, it’s business as usual for Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus—to the extent that the five-time Sprint Cup champion and his crew chief haven’t even talked about the incident. During last Sunday’s Sylvania 300, in which Johnson finished 18th and fell to 10th in the standings, 29 points behind Chase leader Tony Stewart, the driver of the No. … Read entire article »
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Jimmie Johnson characterizes run-in with Kyle Busch as hard racing
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H.—Five-time defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson really didn’t take umbrage when Kyle Busch crowded him with 21 laps left in Sunday’s Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. After all, both drivers are in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and are expected to contest positions. Johnson, however, lost three spots after contact between his No. 48 Chevrolet and Busch’s No. 18 Toyota. He finished 18th and dropped to 10th … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week – Day 1
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.- Winning is never, ever mundane. Apparently, neither is a day-long media tour — not when it involves a five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion who doubles as a new father. Jimmie Johnson, winner of five consecutive championships and guest of honor during this week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week in Las Vegas, hit a number of local media outlets today. And all the while, he carried around a prop — his infant daughter Genevieve’s car seat. He needed it for the eventual arrival of his five-month old baby and wife, Chandra. The daughter; the car seat; the new responsibilities. They’re just a few of the many new wrinkles to a week that has become ritual for Johnson. “I am trying to be much more responsible since I have the baby,” … Read entire article »
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