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Ron Hornaday Jr. wins at Las Vegas for 2nd straight truck victory
By Brian Hilderbrand Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Polesitter Ron Hornaday Jr. held off a late challenge by Matt Crafton on Saturday to earn his 51st Camping World Truck Series victory in the Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hornaday, 53, led 107 of the 146 laps and notched his second victory in a row and his first in 11 starts in Las Vegas. Crafton was second, .629 seconds back, followed by Timothy Peters, Johnny … Read entire article »
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Ron Hornaday Jr. feels young at 53 but needs to find a ride
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Ron Hornaday Jr. hasn’t lost a step. In fact, Hornaday, 53, was the class of the field Oct. 1 at Kentucky Speedway, when he held off the youth movement in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series en route to a milestone 50th victory in the series. Hornaday, however, had other things on his mind. “You really don’t think about it as a driver,” Hornaday said. “It was more exciting just to outrun those … Read entire article »
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Daytona launches smartphone app
By Tripp Mickle Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Daytona International Speedway executives know that navigating their massive 480-acre motorsports park can be a challenge, so they’re launching a smartphone application to help fans find everything from restrooms to concession stands. The iPhone and Android app will be beta-tested during this weekend’s Coke Zero 400. Fans who sign up for the app on the speedway’s website or Facebook page will be able to download and test it. The track is the first owned by International Speedway Corp. to create an app. If the test goes well, the company’s technology division plans to develop similar apps for the company’s 11 other tracks that host Sprint Cup races. … Read entire article »
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Stewart Capitalizes On Strong Run At Las Vegas With Four Post-Race Awards
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Despite a runner-up finish, Tony Stewart’s No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala was arguably the strongest car in the field during Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His run propelled the two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion to score his first top-five finish of 2011, and four post-race contingency awards. “This Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevy was the baddest thing on the West Coast today,” said Stewart post-race. For his efforts, Stewart picked up a jackpot of contingency awards, including the American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award, a new award for 2011 that goes to the eligible driver that records the fastest average speed on restarts and finishes the race on the lead lap. Stewart also captured the Mobil … Read entire article »
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Robby Gordon Placed On NASCAR Probation For The Remainder Of The Year
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced today that Robby Gordon, driver of the No. 7 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has been placed on probation until Dec. 31 for a rule infraction he committed March 4 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Gordon was penalized for violating Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing; involved in an altercation in the garage area with another competitor) of the 2011 NASCAR rule book. … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Nationwide Series Points Standings After Las Vegas
NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #3: 15TH ANNUAL SAM’S TOWN “300″ Race Date: 3/5/2011 POS Driver Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 REED SORENSON 111 3 0 2 2 2 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 109 3 0 0 3 3 JASON LEFFLER 106 3 0 0 2 4 DANICA PATRICK 98 3 0 1 1 5 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 95 3 0 1 2 6 TREVOR BAYNE 87 3 0 1 2 7 ARIC ALMIROLA 85 3 0 0 0 8 KENNY WALLACE 84 3 0 0 2 9 MIKE BLISS 82 3 0 0 0 10 JOE NEMECHEK 79 3 0 0 0 11 BRIAN SCOTT 75 3 0 0 1 12 ELLIOTT SADLER 70 3 0 0 0 13 JEREMY CLEMENTS 67 3 0 0 0 14 STEVE WALLACE 66 3 0 0 0 15 MICHAEL ANNETT 61 3 0 0 0 16 DERRIKE COPE 59 3 0 0 0 17 RYAN TRUEX 55 2 0 0 0 18 MORGAN SHEPHERD 55 3 0 0 0 19 ERIC MCCLURE 54 3 0 0 0 20 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 54 3 0 0 0 21 SHELBY HOWARD 53 3 0 0 0 22 MIKE WALLACE 49 3 0 0 0 23 SCOTT WIMMER 48 3 0 0 0 24 JOSH WISE 45 3 0 0 0 25 LANDON CASSILL 41 1 0 1 1 26 DONNIE NEUENBERGER 39 2 0 0 0 27 TIMMY HILL 35 2 0 0 0 28 BOBBY SANTOS III 27 1 0 0 0 29 JENNIFER JO COBB 25 2 0 0 0 30 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 23 2 0 0 0 31 PATRICK SHELTRA 20 1 0 0 0 32 CARL LONG 20 2 0 0 0 33 BLAKE KOCH 17 1 0 0 0 34 KEVIN LEPAGE 17 3 0 0 0 35 KELLY BIRES 16 3 0 0 0 36 DARYL HARR 14 2 0 0 0 37 BRETT ROWE 13 2 0 0 0 38 SAM HORNISH JR. 8 1 0 0 0 39 JEFF GREEN 6 2 0 0 0 40 TIM ANDREWS 3 1 0 0 0 41 J R FITZPATRICK 2 1 0 0 0 … Read entire article »
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Official Race Results – Sam’s Town 300
NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 3 15TH ANNUAL SAM’S TOWN “300″ LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Las Vegas, NV – March 5, 2011 1.5-Mile Oval 200 Laps – 300 Miles Purse: $1,289,942 Finish Start Car No Driver Laps Points Status 1 5 32 Mark Martin 200 0 Running 2 10 31 Justin Allgaier 200 42 Running 3 11 22 Brad Keselowski 200 0 Running 4 22 7 Danica Patrick 200 40 Running 5 7 16 Trevor Bayne 200 39 Running 6 1 60 Carl Edwards 200 0 Running 7 9 20 Denny Hamlin 200 0 Running 8 3 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 200 36 Running 9 26 38 Jason Leffler 200 35 Running 10 15 09 Kenny Wallace 200 34 Running 11 8 30 Reed Sorenson 199 33 Running 12 6 2 Elliott Sadler 199 32 Running 13 12 62 Michael Annett 199 31 Running 14 13 11 Brian Scott 199 30 Running 15 14 88 Aric Almirola 198 29 Running 16 17 66 Steve Wallace 198 28 Running 17 19 19 Mike Bliss 197 27 Running 18 36 89 Morgan Shepherd 196 26 Running 19 16 99 Ryan Truex # 195 25 Running 20 20 14 Eric McClure 194 24 Running 21 18 01 Mike Wallace 193 23 Running 22 33 23 Robert Richardson 193 22 Running 23 38 97 Joe Nemechek 193 21 Running 24 35 15 Timmy Hill # 193 20 Running 25 34 28 Derrike Cope 190 19 Running 26 41 81 Donnie Neuenberger 189 18 Running 27 23 51 Jeremy Clements 181 17 Fuel Pump 28 4 33 Kevin Harvick 168 0 Running 29 29 70 Shelby Howard 165 15 Running 30 2 18 Kyle Busch 130 0 Accident 31 30 79 Jennifer Jo Cobb # 127 13 Accident 32 37 141 Carl Long 83 12 Wheel Bearing 33 32 40 Scott Wimmer 72 11 Engine 34 24 27 J.J. Yeley 25 0 Engine 35 21 25 Kelly Bires 14 9 Vibration 36 27 55 Brett Rowe 12 8 Handling 37 25 24 Kevin Lepage 11 7 Power Steering 38 28 39 Josh Wise 10 6 Accident 39 43 52 Daryl Harr 8 5 Overheating 40 40 03 Charles Lewandoski # 6 0 Clutch 41 39 68 Tim Andrews 4 3 Transmission 42 31 44 Jeff Green 2 2 Vibration 43 42 87 Kevin Conway 2 0 Overheating # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. Bonus Points: includes winner, lap leader & most laps led points Failed to qualify: n/a Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 60,000 Mark Martin won the Sam’s Town 300, his 49th NASCAR Nationwide Series win. The following car dropped to the rear of the … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Standings After Las Vegas
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #3: 14TH ANNUAL KOBALT TOOLS “400″ Race Date: 3/6/2011 POS Driver Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 TONY STEWART 113 3 0 1 2 2 KURT BUSCH 113 3 0 1 3 3 CARL EDWARDS 106 3 1 2 2 4 JUAN PABLO MONTOYA 106 3 0 1 2 5 RYAN NEWMAN 103 3 0 2 2 6 PAUL MENARD 96 3 0 0 1 7 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 95 3 0 0 1 8 DENNY HAMLIN 95 3 0 0 1 9 A J ALLMENDINGER 94 3 0 0 1 10 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 91 3 0 0 2 11 MARK MARTIN 91 3 0 0 1 12 JIMMIE JOHNSON 87 3 0 1 1 13 KASEY KAHNE 87 3 0 0 1 14 KYLE BUSCH 86 3 0 1 2 15 BOBBY LABONTE 84 3 0 1 1 16 MATT KENSETH 77 3 0 0 0 17 MARCOS AMBROSE 76 3 0 1 1 18 CLINT BOWYER 75 3 0 0 0 19 JEFF GORDON 74 3 1 1 1 20 KEVIN HARVICK 71 3 0 1 1 21 DAVID GILLILAND 70 3 0 1 1 22 BILL ELLIOTT 67 3 0 0 0 23 BRAD KESELOWSKI 63 3 0 0 0 24 BRIAN VICKERS 61 3 0 0 1 25 DAVID REUTIMANN 61 3 0 0 0 26 DAVID RAGAN 61 3 0 0 0 27 ROBBY GORDON 54 3 0 0 0 28 REGAN SMITH 53 3 0 0 1 29 JAMIE MCMURRAY 53 3 0 0 0 30 JOEY LOGANO 53 3 0 0 0 31 GREG BIFFLE 50 3 0 0 0 32 JEFF BURTON 50 3 0 0 0 33 CASEY MEARS 45 2 0 0 0 34 ANDY LALLY 37 3 0 0 0 35 DAVE BLANEY 32 3 0 0 0 36 TERRY LABONTE 30 1 0 0 0 37 TONY RAINES 28 2 0 0 0 38 J J YELEY 12 3 0 0 0 39 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 7 2 0 0 0 40 MICHAEL WALTRIP 4 1 0 0 0 41 BRIAN KESELOWSKI 3 1 0 0 0 … Read entire article »
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Official Race Results – Kobalt Tools 400
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS 14TH ANNUAL KOBALT TOOLS “400″ LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Las Vegas, NV – March 6, 2011 1.5-Mile Oval 267 Laps – 400.5 Miles Purse: $6,250,807 Fin Pos Str Pos Car No Driver Laps Points Status 1 3 99 Carl Edwards 267 47 Running 2 15 14 Tony Stewart 267 44 Running 3 23 42 Juan Pablo Montoya 267 42 Running 4 2 9 Marcos Ambrose 267 41 Running 5 8 39 Ryan Newman 267 39 Running 6 9 56 Martin Truex Jr 267 39 Running 7 17 11 Denny Hamlin 267 37 Running 8 33 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr 267 36 Running 9 22 22 Kurt Busch 267 36 Running 10 19 83 Brian Vickers 267 34 Running 11 1 17 Matt Kenseth 267 34 Running 12 18 27 Paul Menard 267 33 Running 13 25 00 David Reutimann 267 32 Running 14 30 4 Kasey Kahne 267 30 Running 15 28 33 Clint Bowyer 267 30 Running 16 14 48 Jimmie Johnson 267 28 Running 17 26 29 Kevin Harvick 267 27 Running 18 10 5 Mark Martin 267 26 Running 19 7 43 AJ Allmendinger 267 25 Running 20 16 21 Trevor Bayne 267 0 Running 21 21 31 Jeff Burton 267 23 Running 22 42 6 David Ragan 267 22 Running 23 6 20 Joey Logano 266 21 Running 24 24 47 Bobby Labonte 266 20 Running 25 27 13 Casey Mears 266 19 Running 26 20 2 Brad Keselowski 265 18 Running 27 11 1 Jamie McMurray 264 17 Running 28 4 16 Greg Biffle 264 17 Running 29 29 32 Mike Skinner 262 0 Running 30 37 09 Bill Elliott 262 14 Running 31 38 7 Robby Gordon 261 13 Running 32 40 71 Andy Lally # 261 12 Running 33 39 38 Travis Kvapil 261 0 Running 34 34 36 Dave Blaney 260 11 Running 35 41 37 Tony Raines 258 9 Running 36 13 24 Jeff Gordon 193 9 Accident 37 35 34 David Gilliland 147 7 Accident 38 5 18 Kyle Busch 107 6 Engine 39 12 78 Regan Smith 77 5 Engine 40 32 46 J.J. Yeley 45 4 Rear Gear 41 43 66 Michael McDowell 41 3 Brakes 42 31 87 Joe Nemechek 34 0 Transmission 43 36 60 Landon Cassill 32 0 Rear Gear #Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Failed to qualify: (1) #92 Brian Keselowski Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 152,000, Carl Edwards won the Kobalt Tools 400, his 19th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win. The following car dropped to the rear of the field: … Read entire article »
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