Jeff Burton drove his #31 At&T Chevy to victory Saturday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The win is the 21st for Burton and vaulted him into second place in the Chase. While the headlines have been dominated by the usual names like, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards, the #31 RCR team has quietly [...]
Charlotte, N.C. The U.S. Army officially announced plans to sponsor the #39 Stewart-Haas Chevy and driver, Ryan Newman.
The U.S. Army will sponsor Newman in 22 points-paying races, along with the non-points-paying Sprint All-Star Race at LMS. For the remaining 14 races, the U.S. Army will serve as an associate sponsor on the No. 39 with [...]
DEI rookie, Regan Smith showed his chops in the closing laps of the Amp 500 at Talladega. Smith and teammate, Paul Menard were right where they wanted to be. For the final green/white/checker finish it was Tony Stewart leading with the #01 second, #15 sitting third and the #8 forth.
Aric Amirola got dumped out of [...]
Patrick Carpentier has been released from his contract with Gillette-Evernham Motorsports. A rookie in NA$CAR, the former open wheel star began the season with great expectations. The reality of how tough it is to run NA$CAR’s elite series hit home quick as he failed to qualify for the Daytona 500.
The #10 GEM entry failed to [...]
If you watched the AMP 500 at Talladega to see the BIG WRECK, you were not dissappointed. Millions of dollars worth of race cars were destroyed. One driver, Denny Hamlin spent the night in the hospital for observation.
Six of the 12 drivers in the Chase did not finish or were scored back in the field as [...]
When you come to Talladega Superspeedway, you think about the legendary Dale Earnhardt and how he won the most races including the final race of his storied career. Before the restrictor plate era there was a man, Bobby Allison, leader of the legendary ALABAMA GANG.
Bobby Allison, 1983 Winston Cup Champion and leader of the Alabama [...]
Just a few minutes into the first cup practice session, John Darby was on the radio reminding everybody it was just a practice. There they were running 3 and 4 wide down the backstretch at ‘dega in a pack of about 25 cars.
Smoke errupted from the #88 of Dale Earnhardt jr. Looks like an engine swap [...]
Ok, ok, yeah, I know!! Name’s on the door, and yet I’ve been a no-show around here lately, and I’m terribly sorry about that … lotsa’ good reasons, but not ONE excuse worthy of you OR Grump for his tireless work around this rather emptier ‘office’ lately. All I can say with true sincerity here [...]
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Paul Menard will announce today that he is moving to Yates Racing beginning with the ‘09 season. The move will also take the Menard’s sponsorship to Yates. That infusion of a solid sponsorship will be certainly welcome at Yates.
Meanwhile, at DEI things are not looking so hot. Bass Pro Shops will continue to sponsor the [...]
Brian France and Mike Helton both say they like the idea to give Kansas Speedway a second race perhaps as early as 2010.
“With all the development and all the things going on, I think it’s great if there’s an opportunity to have a second date, and it looks like there will be,” France, NASCAR Chairman [...]
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