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NASCAR Notebook: Danica Patrick dialing back expectations for 2012
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS — In talking about competing for a championship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this year, Danica Patrick admitted Friday that she might have set her expectations at an unrealistic level. “I definitely feel like I want to do well for so many people,” Patrick said Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, returning to the track for the first time since racing in the 2011 IndyCar Series finale that claimed the life of Dan Wheldon. “I think that I gave myself maybe a little bit of false expectation about running this year for the championship, and probably using those words ‘for the championship.’ “It’s my first-ever full year, and what I’ve done still doesn’t add up to one year, and I didn’t have anything before that … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Johnson can point to positives after fourth at Phoenix
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – Though he finished fourth in a car he felt was capable of winning Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Jimmie Johnson would have to characterize the second race of 2012 as a positive. For one thing, Johnson can point to his two-race total of 18 points. Positive 18 points. After a 42nd-place finish in Monday night’s Daytona 500 and a 25-point penalty for unapproved “C” … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Brad Keselowski explains the presence of a phone in his racecar
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. — Brad Keselowski made news last week for tweeting from the backstretch during a long delay in the Daytona 500 — but his reasons for keeping a phone in his car have nothing to do with his Twitter account. “The reason why I keep a phone in my car — it’s a lengthy story,” said Keselowski, who picked up more than 100,000 new Twitter followers during the two-hour, five-minute … Read entire article »
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Former East Carolina University Center Ed Watkins Finds Life On Pit Road A ‘Gas’
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 26, 2011) — Frustrated doesn’t accurately describe Juan Pablo Montoya’s mood following Coors Light Pole qualifying for Sunday’s Sylvania 300. Circumstances – a late rain shower – left Montoya 31st on the grid knowing that his Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Chevrolet had been capable of much, much more. Montoya, however, put qualifying behind him and raced his way to a ninth-place finish, the Colombian’s first top 10 since Watkins Glen … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Two Earnhardt Ganassi employees arrested, fired
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service A tire changer for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing was fired and faces a likely suspension from NASCAR after his arrest on charges of trafficking marijuana, maintaining a dwelling to sell a controlled substance and being in possession with intent to sell and distribute marijuana. Trevor Lysne, 40, was arrested at his Huntersville, N.C., apartment and booked in the Mecklenburg County (N.C.) jail on Tuesday before being released on $30,000 bond. According to a Huntersville … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Montoya has agreement with Ganassi, expects to sign within two weeks
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa.—Juan Pablo Montoya has agreed to return to Earnhardt Ganassi Racing next season, with only minor details of his contract still to be settled, the driver of the No. 42 Chevrolet told Sporting News on Saturday at Pocono Raceway. “I think it’s pretty much done—it’s all agreed and everything,” Montoya said before Saturday morning’s qualifying session at the 2.5-mile track. “Just little bits and pieces. I’d say a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Jim Pohlman replaces Brian Pattie as Juan Pablo Montoya’s crew chief
When the Sprint Cup series heads to Indianapolis in two weeks, Juan Pablo Montoya will have a new crew chief. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing announced Tuesday that Jim Pohlman, who has been with the team since 2006 in various roles, will replace Brian Pattie atop the No. 42 pit box. Pohlman has the position on an interim basis. “We are pleased to have someone of Jim’s caliber to be able to place into this role on the No. 42 … Read entire article »
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NASCAR slaps Busch, Harvick with penalties
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick found out Tuesday the limits to NASCAR’s mantra, “Boys, have at it, and have a good time.” The fun stops when it endangers people on pit road. The sanctioning body fined Busch and Harvick $25,000 each and placed the drivers on probation for the next four Sprint Cup points events (Dover, Charlotte, Kansas and Pocono), through June 15. The penalties address a confrontation between the drivers on pit road after the race and not their actions on the racetrack. After a restart on Lap 363, Harvick’s No. 29 Chevrolet and Busch’s No. 18 Toyota made contact several times. Exiting Turn 4, Harvick’s car bounced off Busch’s and into the Chevy of Harvick’s Richard Childress Racing teammate Clint Bowyer, who slammed into the inside … Read entire article »
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