Heading the list of drivers who must make the field on speed today at Martinsville is Jamie McMurray. An uncomfortable position to be in for the Rousch-Sox driver given the rescources available. Jack let him pick his own crew chief for the ‘08 season. The team is well funded and seems to be in a [...]
Graham Rahal, who badly damaged his car in a testing accident earlier this week, will miss Saturday’s IRL IndyCar Series season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway.The Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team withdrew the entry for the 19-year-old Rahal on Thursday.
Rahal was among nine former Champ Car drivers who tested on the 1.5-mile Homestead oval earlier this week. He [...]
BAM Racing will show up at Martinsville with a Toyota. engines will be provided by Bill Davis Racing. the 49 car, driven by Ken Schrader made the switch to Toyota this week. BAM also considered an alliance with Petty Enterprises in order to strengthen their single car team. BAM has a current engine supply agreement [...]
Jack Rousch is quoted by ESPN magazine claiming that a ‘propriotary part’ exclusive to Rousch-Sox was found in the posession of a Toyota team. JAYSKI says the part may have been a spring that got mixed up after post-race inspections at Atlanta. Greg Smith From Rousch-Sox says the part was not a spring and refused [...]
Think, El Camino the next generation. Or another stab at the niche the Chevy SSR missed. This is the 2010 pontiac G8 Sport Truck. For grunt, you get a 6.0 V8 with 361hp. Spin that through a slick 6 speed auto, the RWD may not haul much weight, but it could haul ass.
Another two-seater truck, the [...]
Call it the ‘Danica rule’. At 100 lbs. Danica stands to suffer the most from a new rule that will require race cars to reach minimum weight INCLUDING the driver. Engineers will have to add weight to Danica’s car in order to comply.
IRL spokesman John Griffin said the rule was intended to reduce the difference [...]
The new face of the UPS Toyota is David Reutimann. MWR comes to Martinsville with a new driver in the #00 Aaron’s Dream Machine as well. Michael McDowell, 23 will take the wheel as a rookie contender for MWR.
Reutimann, who may have surprised many with his ability to qualify the Camrys in ‘07 when at [...]
Forget college hoops. If you are a race fan, you like it up close and LOUD. Be at Martinsville, va. this weekend. As soon as they kick the gates open on Friday morning for the NASCAR haulers to make their way into the very cramped infield. Some fans like the big speedways better, not Grumpy. [...]
Scott Wimmer, driving the 29 HOLIDAY INN entry from RCR, sealed the deal by winning the PEPSI 300 in Nashville. Wimmer took the lead from RCR teammate, Clint Boyer, with 21 laps to go. At the finish line, it was a 1-2 sweep for RCR. Running against a field including some 7 ‘claim jumpers’ from [...]
In May, 1970, Eugene Brakke’s 65 Mustang Gt was stolen. The LA resident thought he would never see the car again. One month later, a Long Beach teen named Judy Smongesky received the car as a graduation gift from her father. He purchased it from a Bellflower used car dealer.
Judy has owned and maintainted the [...]
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