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Two Nationwide crew chiefs fined, on probation for bumper violations
NASCAR Wire Service Two crew chiefs for Penske Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series were placed on probation and drew $10,000 fines Tuesday for violations found last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. Jeremy Bullins, crew chief for the No. 22 Dodge driven at Talladega by Brad Keselowski, and Chad Walter, crew chief for Sam Hornish Jr.’s No. 12 Dodge, were each fined $10,000 and placed on probation for the rest of the year for illegal modifications discovered during … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
NASCAR Notebook: Matt Kenseth blames himself for failure to win at Talladega
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - TALLADEGA, Ala. – Matt Kenseth had a simple explanation for his failure to win the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway: driver error. Kenseth led the field to a green-white-checkered restart on Lap 193 from the outside lane. With a push from Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle, Kenseth surged into the lead, clearing eventual race winner Brad Keselowski and diving to the bottom of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Brad Keselowski prevails in Talladega thriller
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - TALLADEGA, Ala. — Executing perfectly a move he had saved for the right occasion, Brad Keselowski pulled away from Kyle Busch on the final lap to win Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at at Talladega Superspeedway in a green-white-checkered-flag finish. Busch had pushed Keselowski to the lead on Lap 193 of 194 in a race that went six laps past its scheduled distance at the 2.66-mile track. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Logano slingshots past Kyle Busch for Nationwide win at Talladega
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service – TALLADEGA, Ala. – With a slingshot move past Sprint Cup teammate Kyle Busch five laps into overtime, Joey Logano won Saturday afternoon’s Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Logano beat Busch to the finish line by .034 seconds to win his second NNS race of the season and the 11th of his career. Defending series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ran third and took over the points lead … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Unconventional approach at Talladega nets Jeff Gordon 71st career pole
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jeff Gordon took the low road to the pole Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. In a departure from conventional wisdom — and from the rest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup field — Gordon chose a lower line for this first lap around the 2.66-mile track, and the strategy paid off on the second lap with his first Coors Light pole award of the season, his third at Talladega and the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Mike Ford hopes to recapture old magic with Aric Almirola
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - TALLADEGA, Ala. — The most fun Mike Ford had as Denny Hamlin’s crew chief occurred during his first two years in that role. By the time Ford was replaced by Darian Grubb in his job at Joe Gibbs Racing, the fun was gone — long gone. In his move to Richard Petty Motorsports as crew chief for Aric Almirola, Ford sees a chance to rekindle the sort of excitement that buoyed … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Will Dale Jr. plus Talladega be a winning equation?
Plenty of intangibles tilt in Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s favor this weekend — his history of success at Talladega Superspeedway and his father’s legacy of dominating there among them. One X-factor Earnhardt doesn’t buy into — momentum. Earnhardt has reason for optimism heading into Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 (FOX, 1 p.m. ET), but it’s not based around his runner-up finish last weekend at Richmond International Raceway. Instead, NASCAR’s most popular driver suggests that season-to-date performance and confidence play more … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Josh Richards to Make NASCAR Nationwide Series Debut at Talladega Superspeedway
Cornelius, N.C. – Josh Richards will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) debut at Talladega Superspeedway in the No. 39 Joy Ford Mustang fielded by Go Green Racing on Saturday. Richards will compete in the 2012 NNS with partner Joy Global. The US based mining manufacture returns to NASCAR following their support in 2011 when the Shinnston, W. Va. native entered the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS). Richards’ Ford Mustang will also show support for the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Gordon thinks Trevor Bayne may have cost himself a win
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—In retrospect, Jeff Gordon can empathize with Trevor Bayne’s decision to abandon him and go with Ford teammate Matt Kenseth late in last Sunday’s race at Talladega. But in doing so, Gordon said, Bayne may have deprived himself of a victory. After the race, Gordon criticized the Daytona 500 winner for promising to work with him on the final restart, then leaving Gordon’s bumper to help Kenseth, who lost his … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
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