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Danica Patrick reportedly close to announcing full-time NASCAR deal
by Sporting News Danica Patrick will race full time for JR Motorsports in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series next year, according to multiple Internet reports. An announcement is expected next week in Phoenix, where Patrick’s sponsor, GoDaddy.com, is based. The initial announcement of Patrick’s foray into NASCAR racing took place in December 2009 in the Rotunda at Chase Field in Phoenix. According to a report by ESPN’s Marty Smith, Patrick, 29, also will run selected Sprint Cup events in cars … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup
Report: Danica will run Nationwide full time, Cup part time in 2012
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Danica Patrick is finalizing a deal to run a full Nationwide Series schedule for JR Motorsports and a partial Cup schedule with Stewart-Haas Racing next season, according to The Associated Press. JR Motorsports spokesman Mike Davis and Patrick agent Mark Dyer declined to comment on the report when contacted by SceneDaily.com. It has been widely speculated that if Patrick moved from IndyCar to NASCAR full time, she would run the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup
Teammates Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart run 1-2 at New Hampshire
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H.—Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart started 1-2 in Sunday’s Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and not even a fuel crisis, a wild jumble of divergent strategies or a crew chief with pneumonia could prevent them from finishing that way. “One hell of a day, boys—one hell of a day,” Stewart radioed to his team as he approached the finish line .773 seconds behind his Stewart-Haas … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Stewart: We had to change direction
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa.—Tony Stewart felt he had to make a move. That’s why the co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing released Bobby Hutchens from his job as competition director for the organization, in a move announced Monday. “We just feel like we’re not headed in the direction we want,” Stewart told reporters Friday at Pocono Raceway. “We’ve got to make a change in that direction. I can promise you, it’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make in my life. “I think the world of Bobby. I have a lot of respect for Bobby, but it’s a situation where you’ve got to sit there and evaluate where and if things are going in a direction you want it to go, and I just don’t feel like … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Video Reports – Prelude to the Dream and The Shakeup at Stewart-Haas Racing
In an exclusive interview Hutch Konerman of WDTN-TV previews the 7th Annual Prelude to the Dream event with NASCAR star and Eldora track owner Tony Stewart. Then FOXSports.com’s Lee Spencer talks about the shakeup at Stewart-Haas Racing and more. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup, video
Stewart-Haas Racing: Goody’s Fast Relief 500 Race Report
Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway by finishing 20th in Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Newman led twice for three laps but was undone by a broken header pipe that sapped his car’s horsepower and a flat left-rear tire that sent him for a spin off turn three on lap 372. Together, the misfortune conspired to put Newman two laps down. Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala for SHR, fared even worse. He finished 38 laps down in 34th. A broken rear-end gear sent him to the garage area in the waning laps, but the team was able to replace the gear, allowing Stewart to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Newman off to best start since rookie season
By Jim Pedley Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Ryan Newman nervously circumvented the subject of his contract situation earlier this year. He said he was not sure if he was in the final year of his deal and chuckled that team-owner Tony Stewart would take him to Burger King when it was time to talk contract. If Stewart extends an invitation to dine before this weekend’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500 Sprint Cup race, Newman can probably look forward to having his Whopper without a side order of angst. Newman, 33, is off to his best start to a season since his rookie year of 2002 and, more important in terms of lunch with the boss, by far the best start in his two-plus seasons with Stewart-Haas Racing. “It’s been a really great start for our … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Furniture Row Racing Aligns with Stewart-Haas Racing for Pit Crew
DENVER, Colo. – Regan Smith’s No. 78 over-the-wall pit crew for Furniture Row Racing will be employed and trained by Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) during the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. “We are excited to partner with SHR as it relates to the pit crew,” said Joe Garone, Furniture Row Racing general manager. “After reviewing SHR’s program, personnel and facility we are confident that SHR will deliver a crew that meets all of our objectives.” The No. 78 pit crew will be under the supervision of SHR pit crew coach Joe Piette, who also oversees the pit crews for Tony Stewart’s No. 14 team and Ryan Newman’s No. 39 team. The SHR team is based in Kannapolis, N.C. “We are very excited about our new partnership with Furniture Row Racing and having the opportunity … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Mobil 1 to Sponsor Tony Stewart and Stewart-Haas Racing
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – ExxonMobil signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart and Stewart-Haas Racing beginning in 2011. The new agreement allows ExxonMobil to build on Mobil 1’s “Official Motor Oil of NASCAR” designation and demonstrate its ongoing commitment to NASCAR. “With Mobil 1’s long tradition of partnering with world-class race teams around the globe, we are proud of our new association with one of NASCAR’s top drivers,” said Nigel Searl, vice president marketing, ExxonMobil Lubricants & Petroleum Specialties Company. “We look forward to helping Stewart-Haas Racing secure a Sprint Cup Series championship and add to the list of successful teams that Mobil 1 has supported for more than 30 years.” Stewart has been one of the most successful Sprint Cup drivers since joining the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
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