If you’re into NASCAR, advertising personalities, and Kasey Kahne, you’ll laugh about this article even more than you will about the upcoming Allstate spot featuring Kahne and his “swoon sisters” — and I mean that in a good way, because even I had to chuckle:
[...] I had to talk to Judy Fleming, the red-headed actress [...]
Good God … if it’s not racism, it’s the spying deal; if it’s not Bernie acting the subversive jackass, it’s pick-a-driver talking about how he can’t guarantee a podium. This F1 season had better get underway soon, or my eyes are gonna’ get stuck in permanent roll-back. More later.
“McLaren Racing wishes to record its extreme [...]
I think because Las Vegas Motor Speedway has more grip, and the fact that it has the progressive banking, that we are going to see even more passing than we did on Monday at California.
That’s the great thing about our sport. There’s 43 teams out there — and yeah, in a perfect world we all [...]
Jimmie Johnson’s victory in the desert last March kick-started a run of 10 race wins in 12 weeks for the organization that ultimately won 18 of 36 Cup events and collected its seventh championship. Then as now, Hendrick cars had trouble in the season-opening Daytona 500 and weren’t a factor in the end. Then as [...]
McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh says there is no question that Ron Dennis has the full support of all his company’s shareholders, and has rubbished suggestions there is pressure on Dennis to stand down. [...]
Whitmarsh has made it clear that Dennis maintains the full support of the team and their partners. He says that [...]
Forsythe Championship Racing is announcing today the cessation of its racing operations. After 13 years of competition in CART and the Champ Car World Series, the team has been unable to secure the necessary sponsorship to be able to compete in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series in 2008. Forsythe Racing Inc., the parent company [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — “Dale,” the NASCAR Media Group/CMT Films documentary film about the life of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, is believed to be the highest-selling sports DVD ever, according to Jay Abraham, the chief operating officer of NASCAR Media Group.
“To best of our knowledge, it’s the largest selling sports DVD,” Abraham said.
ESPN.com contacted Billboard [...]
Designer, builder of one of a kind hot rods, custom cars and spiffy wheels, Boyd Coddington died at age 63. The cause of death is unknown. Those of us who love custom cars and classics know that our world is smaller with his loss. His designs are so unique that his creations have brought blockbuster bids [...]
When Joe Gibbs Racing signed Kyle Busch to its already volatile lineup of drivers, even Tony Stewart questioned how the personalities would mesh.
“My first reaction was, this is going to be a train wreck with this group of guys,” said Stewart, a 10-year veteran of JGR.
When team president J.D. Gibbs called him to tell him [...]
[...] every so often, [Dario Franchitti will] come out with something that makes me laugh. Case in point: Riding around under caution at the onset of a rain shower for the Auto Club 500 this weekend, Dario started this dialogue:
DARIO: Hey, Calinoff…
ME: Yeah?
DARIO: You know what?
ME: What?
DARIO: If this were sports-car racing we’d get out [...]
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