The Junior Nation has once again voted to honor Dale jr with the ‘Most Popular Driver’ award, sponsored by CHEX cereals. Despite a winless season and the announcement he would leave DEI at the conclusion of the 2007 season, fans posted over 1.4 million of the total for Junior. Not a huge surprise. Bill Elliott won the award [...]
By MITCH STACY, Associated Press Writer 7 minutes ago
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.
nievel’s death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing [...]
I know, it ain’t real pretty reading. Here’s the latest on the pre-Christmas gift to Bruton Smith and SMI. As you can see, county governments are easy targets for a bully like Smith and his empire. Is it any wonder how he got so wealthy? This whole swindle began with SMI’s plan to build a [...]
One of the most entertaining ad campaigns will most likely be kicked to the curb with the debut of the ‘08 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES.
NATIONWIDE, the home and auto insurance company is poised to become the title sponsor in the NASCAR second level series formerly known as the BUSCH SERIES. GEICO has sponsored the #7 entry [...]
If you know who P.T. Barnum was, you know who Bruton Smith is. A master of the show and pretty good at slight of hand. Texas Hold ‘em would most likely be his game. He won’t blink. His latest acquisition, NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY is an example of the master at his craft. Just a decade [...]
Homestead, Fl. Not much drama to go with the FORD CHAMPIONSHIP weekend. Ron Hornaday jr took the NCTS crown on friday after the wheel came off Mike Skinner’s Tundra. Johnny Benson won the race. In the BUSCH SERIES, Carl Edwards had clinched the driver’s title a couple of weeks ago, (yawn). Jeff Burton won the [...]
There are a lot of things changing after this weekend. One of the biggest is the departure of ANHEISER-BUSCH as the title sponsor though its BUSCH BEER brand. Since 1981, when NASCAR changed the former late model series to the BUSCH GRAND NATION SERIES, BUSCH has been the title sponsor. Somewhere along the way, NASCAR [...]
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J.J. and the 48 team are out of the box at Homestead. The message is clear. They are not coasting to the finish, they take nothing for granted. They are racing to the finish of the ‘07 season. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, you have to respect that kind of thinking. They are continuing [...]
Veteran SCORE desert racer Mark Post of Las Vegas realized his life’s dream by winning the 2007 Baja 1000.
“This was the big one for me and Riviera Racing,” said Post at the finish line in Cabo San Lucas. “We planned carefully for this one, as we knew it was going to be the toughest and [...]
Ross Brawn said he decided to join Honda as team boss rather than return to Ferrari because he wanted more of a challenge than the Formula One champions could offer.
“The fact that Ferrari wasn’t in crisis made it less attractive to me,” the Briton said in a conference call on Monday after the Japanese team [...]
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