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No wrecks, but plenty to like about this year’s All-Star Race
Commentary By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service Don’t blame the format. There was nothing wrong with the structure of Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race — nothing, that is, that a few minor tweaks can’t fix. Yes, the final 10-lap segment was anti-climactic. Having gained control of the race and the final restart by winning the first of four 20-lap segments, Jimmie Johnson gradually pulled away from Brad Keselowski during the final dash for the $1 million first … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Johnson wins record-tying third NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – Jimmie Johnson joined an elite club on Saturday night. In beating Brad Keselowski to the finish of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway by .841 seconds, Johnson won the exhibition event for the third time, tying Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon for most all-time. Matt Kenseth ran third, followed by Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who qualified for the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: NASCAR accepts invitation to join Beyond Sport
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service: CONCORD, N.C.—NASCAR is the first motorsports organization to join Beyond Sport, a global entity that promotes the use of sport in effecting social change. NASCAR has accepted an invitation to join Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the National Football League and the Women’s National Basketball Association as part of Beyond Sport’s broader global organization. “We’re obviously very honored to be a part of … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Johnson’s No. 48 team dethrones Hamlin’s No. 11 in Pit Crew Challenge
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The No. 48 team of Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson saved the best for last Thursday night. Posting its fastest time in the final round of the Sprint Pit Crew Challenge, the No. 48 NASCAR Sprint Cup team dethroned the two-time defending champion No. 11 crew of Joe Gibbs racing driver Denny Hamlin. In a competition that includes simultaneously changing front and rear tires, fueling and jacking four different … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
At long last! Johnson wins 200th for owner Rick Hendrick
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C. – Finally! After months of frustration, Jimmie Johnson gave Rick Hendrick his 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory, running away from the rest of the field on a green-white-checkered-flag restart that took the Bojangles’ Southern 500 one lap past its scheduled distance. On Saturday night at Darlington Raceway, Johnson ended his own winless streak of 16 races, a drought of relative epic proportions for the five-time champion. The victory was … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Greg Biffle captures pole position for Southern 500
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C. — After a stellar qualifying run, Jimmie Johnson said there was some speed left in Darlington Raceway — and Greg Biffle found it. Biffle toured the 1.366-mile Lady in Black in 27.281 seconds (180.2557 mph) to win the pole for Saturday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500, beating second-place starter Johnson and third-place Kasey Kahne by .105 seconds. Biffle, who posted back-to-back wins at Darlington in 2005 and 2006, snagged his second … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Jimmie Johnson philosophical about third-place run
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. — How disappointed was Jimmie Johnson not to secure the 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup victory for team owner Rick Hendrick? In fact, his disappointment didn’t move the needle at all — because Johnson didn’t think he had a race-winning car in Sunday’s STP 400 at Kansas Speedway. True, the five-time champion finished third behind Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr., and Johnson was able to challenge Truex for the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Biffle says Edwards is #1 at Rousch…Earnhardt says he’s the best at Hendrick
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Greg Biffle tried to deadpan his answer, but the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader couldn’t suppress a sly smile as he replied to a question about the pecking order at Roush Fenway Racing. A reporter reminded Biffle that teammate Carl Edwards had signed a hugely lucrative contract renewal last year and was widely considered the No. 1 driver at RFR. Yet Biffle won last Sunday’s Samsung … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Hamlin and Johnson strive to get back on track at Martinsville
NASCAR Wire Service The two most dominant drivers in recent memory at Martinsville Speedway are still smarting from last season’s uncharacteristic Victory Lane shutout. If the 2011 blanking has made Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson even more motivated, the rest of the field could be in trouble. Hamlin and Johnson will get their chance to scratch the win column again when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series makes its first stop of the year at its shortest track … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup, Truck Series
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