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Jimmie Johnson Chicagoland Media Visit Transcript
JIMMIE JOHNSON met with members of the media at Chicagoland Speedway and discussed his feelings going into the chase, the Richmond incident with Kurt Busch, team radios and other topics. Full transcript: ON RACING AT CHICAGOLAND AND GOING FOR A SIXTH STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. “ I think that yesterday’s media and what we have been through the last day or so, I think Chicago has embraced our sport and kicking off the chase, I thought the media … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Kevin Harvick Chicagoland Media Visit Transcript
KEVIN HARVICK met with members of the media at Chicagoland Speedway and discussed the Chase and other topics. Full transcript: TALK ABOUT STARTING THE CHASE AT CHICAGOLAND: “It’s been a good race track for us. Last year wasn’t great for the nighttime race, but I think as you say, looking back at the past, it’s been a race track that we look forward to coming to. Just see where we get started off in practice and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Tony Stewart Bullish in Bear Market
KANNAPOLIS, N.C., – Despite a year in which Tony Stewart is still winless, the driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing has plenty of reason to be bullish in this weekend’s Bear market. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is taking top billing in the Windy City as the Chicago Bears play the second game of their NFL season down in New Orleans while Stewart and 42 other drivers compete in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
No changes planned for Busch
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – Last weekend’s 26th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway marked the end of the “regular season” for Kyle Busch and 11 other drivers locked into the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. So, as the Sprint Cup Series heads to the start of the final 10-week, 12-driver “playoff” starting Sunday with the Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., what kind of changes … Read entire article »
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Sadler has high expectations leading into Dollar General 300
Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet will return to Chicagoland Speedway for the second time this season for the Saturday afternoon NASCAR Nationwide Series event. In the first appearance of the season at the track, the OneMain Financial team was in contention for the win and led 29 laps before right-front tire issues spoiled the night. Sadler finished 11th in the event. Sadler has started four times in the Nationwide Series at the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Momentum on Team Dupont’s Side Heading to Chicago
JOLIET, Ill. – If the past 10 races are like the last 10, Jeff Gordon could win his first “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup” title. Gordon won each of his four NASCAR Cup Series championships during season-long points battles, but he has yet to win one under the 10-race “Chase” format. However, he enters the 2011 version with momentum on his side. “I haven’t felt like this in a long time and I love the position we … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Hornaday Going for Win Number 50
Joliet, IL – Ron Hornaday and the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team head to Chicagoland Speedway for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event Friday night. Hot off their second win of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hornaday and the Anderson’s Maple Syrup team are looking to reach his 50th career win in the series. In two starts at the Joliet, Ill. track, the veteran driver has one top-five and one top-10 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Kurt Busch Likes His Chances Heading into the Chase
JOLIET, Ill. – Shell-Pennzoil Dodge driver Kurt Busch enters this weekend’s Chase-opening Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway confident that his Steve Addington-led “Double Deuce” team can be a contender down to the wire for the championship. “It’s been a great consistent season for us so far,” said Busch, who enters Sunday’s race tied for fifth in the reset points standings. “We’ve been in the top-10 in points all year due to a strong start at … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Justin Allgaier coasts to victory in Nationwide race
JOLIET, Ill. – The final lap of an auto race is usually a blur of speed. Saturday night’s STP 300 was something else. Justin Allgaier coasted across the finish line to win. He ran out of fuel after passing Carl Edwards on Chicagoland Speedway’s backstretch when Edwards ran out of fuel. Both were going about 50 mph when they rolled across the finish line, even as Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne was barreling toward them from behind. Bayne finished third. The outcome was almost surreal, given the ferocity of the first 199 laps. Edwards and Elliott Sadler dueled for most of the last 50 laps. First Edwards was in control, then Sadler. Then Edwards, the Sprint Cup points leader, forced the issue and retook the lead with 25 laps remaining. Did that scrap use … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
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