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Brian Vickers To Drive MWR’s No. 55 In Road Course Races in 2012
CORNELIUS, N.C. – Michael Waltrip Racing announced today that it has added two more events to Brian Vickers’ 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule in the No. 55 Toyota Camry. Vickers, who led 125 laps and finished fifth in his debut with MWR at Bristol Motor Speedway two weeks ago, will pilot the No. 55 at Infineon Raceway on June 24 and Watkins Glen International on Aug. 12. “Brian did such an amazing job at Bristol that … Read entire article »
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Marcos Ambrose powers past Brad Keselowski for win at the Glen
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Marcos Ambrose passed Brad Keselowski on the first lap of a green-white-checkered-flag finish at Watkins Glen and won Monday’s rain-delayed Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen under caution when a violent multicar wreck exploded behind him on the final circuit. Ambrose, who charged through the bus stop (inner loop) and powered past Keselowski to the inside, became the fifth first-time winner in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series … Read entire article »
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Watkins Glen race postponed until Monday
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—A system of showers that camped out over the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York forced postponement of the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen until Monday at 10 a.m. ET. The rain arrived right after Sunday’s driver introductions for the 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the season. When the race begins Monday, Kyle Busch will start from the pole next to second-place qualifier … Read entire article »
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Starting at the back a familiar place for Hamlin
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Denny Hamlin will start Sunday’s Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen from a familiar place — the rear of the field. But during Saturday’s Sprint Cup qualifying session, Hamlin found a new way to get there. Determined not to give in to conservatism during time trials, Hamlin spun, slapped the guard rail with the right side of his car and failed to complete a qualifying … Read entire article »
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Keselowski thrilled with Busch’s Nationwide win
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service It’s not that Brad Keselowski likes to watch, but there he was in the ESPN booth, providing commentary as Penske Racing teammate Kurt Busch drove Keselowski’s No. 22 Dodge to victory in Saturday’s Zippo 200 Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen International. Knowing he would be driving in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race on a broken ankle — the result of an Aug. 3 testing accident at Road Atlanta — Keselowski … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Kurt Busch wins first Nationwide race since 2006
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Subbing for Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch won Saturday’s Zippo 200 Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen International in an event in which Busch and his brother, Kyle Busch, led every lap. Keselowski, who broke his ankle Aug. 3 during testing at Road Atlanta, watched the race from the ESPN television booth as Busch held off Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano to win his first Nationwide … Read entire article »
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Kyle Busch storms to pole at Watkins Glen
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Kyle Busch showed the aces at Watkins Glen International that he has developed a mastery of the road courses, too. With a lap at 126.421 mph, Busch, the last driver to make a qualifying attempt in Saturday’s time trials, knocked AJ Allmendinger off the pole for Sunday’s Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen, in a session that saw 15 drivers beat Jeff … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Denny Hamlin: ‘Build me a tank’ for road courses
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – From the looks of it, road courses have replaced short tracks as the nexus of aggression and contact between racecars. As Denny Hamlin sees it, drivers’ attitudes toward road-course racing have changed in recent years. “I think people have a different mindset,” Hamlin said Friday at Watkins Glen, site of Sunday’s Sprint Cup race. “Honestly, I think that people think they can run over guys on road … Read entire article »
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Helton: Running the boot at the Glen not out of the question
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—When Tony Stewart and 2008 Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton traded cars for an exhibition run at Watkins Glen International in June, Stewart got to run the boot, a .95-mile section of the road course that isn’t used in NASCAR races. Stewart immediately suggested that NASCAR should start running that boot-shaped section, which would stretch the course to 3.40 miles, and track president Michael Printup endorsed the recommendation. According … Read entire article »
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