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Racing Stars align to help Feed the Children
CONCORD, N.C. – On Wednesday, June 6 in tiny Rossburg, Ohio, stars representing NASCAR, NHRA, INDYCAR and the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series align in a big way with the Prelude To The Dream. Eldora Speedway will once again play host to the all-star dirt Late Model race featuring more than 25 world renowned drivers as they battle for dirt supremacy on the half-mile clay oval where HBO Pay-Per-View® will present the event LIVE in high-definition to the entire … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Cool-Down Lap: Leaving Fontana with a six-pack of unanswered questions
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. – We know that Tony Stewart won Sunday’s Auto Club 400. We know that Greg Biffle kept the Sprint Cup points lead for the third straight week. But there’s still a lot we don’t know as we leave Fontana on the transcontinental trip to Martinsville. Here are six questions to contemplate as we move from a wide two-mile track to a tight half-mile: 1. What happened to Mr. October? No, … Read entire article »
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It’s Raining Victories for Stewart
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. — Tony Stewart made all the right moves Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, and the last one proved decisive in taking the three-time champion to Victory Lane in the rain-shortened Auto Club 400. After raindrops slowed the race on Lap 124, Stewart, the race leader, faked a move toward pit road but stayed on the track and matched the pace car’s speed of 65 mph, a far cry … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Sharing of EFI data discussed; Johnson spins in practice
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.— Is sharing always a good thing? Not necessarily, say NASCAR drivers, particularly when it comes to sharing computer data gathered by the electronic fuel injection systems that are new to the Sprint Cup Series this year. Drivers wouldn’t mind seeing data from other teams, but they’re also worried that an open-book policy with EFI might reveal some of their trade secrets. “I’d rather not have that,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said, when … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Tony Stewart holds off Johnson for first Las Vegas victory
By Reid Spencer – NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS — Tony Stewart scratched another racetrack off the bucket list. Powering away from Jimmie Johnson after a restart with four laps left in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the reigning Sprint Cup champion took the checkered flag .461 seconds ahead of Johnson. The victory was Stewart’s first at the 1.5-mile track, leaving only Darlington and Kentucky as active Cup tracks at … 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
Mark Martin makes his mark at MWR with Coors Light Pole run at Phoenix
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – Mark Martin didn’t need a second qualifying lap Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway. Driving the No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, Martin claimed the Coors Light pole for Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 at the one-mile track with a speed of 136.815 mph (26.313 seconds) on his first qualifying lap. The next-to-last driver to make an attempt, Martin waited as Tony Stewart tried to knock him off the pole … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth win Duel qualifying races at Daytona
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Three months off and a crew chief change haven’t slowed Tony Stewart. In the first of two Gatorade Duel 150-mile qualifying races Thursday at Daytona International Speedway, Stewart took the checkered flag under caution a half-lap after Danica Patrick — the driver he hired for a 10-race Sprint Cup schedule — took a vicious hit against the inside wall on the backstretch. Escaping an attempted block from Roush Fenway … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Busch Wins Shootout In A Shootout
In her first race, Ms. Brown found Victory Lane. Ms. Brown, the newest edition to the M&M’s family of characters, was a “passenger” on board Kyle Busch’s No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) that won Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Busch passed three-time and reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart just before the finish line on the final lap to claim his first career victory in the … Read entire article »
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