This weekend, the NHRA will stage its first event in the new $60 million facility built at Lowe’s Motorspeedway in Concord, N.C.
Called the CAROLINA NATIONALS, the inagural event kicks off with qualifying rounds beginning Friday.
The new track has 4 lanes for competition, a first of its kind. For this event, only two lanes will be [...]
Bummer! Hurricane Hanna is having her way with the whole eastern region. NA$CAR cancelled Friday’s qualifying sessions for both the cup and cup light series. Rains are forecasted to stay in the area through Saturday night.
All track activity was cancelled for today. So, Sunday will be a doubleheader day at Richmond. The cup race will [...]
From SceneDaily;
Gillett Evernham Motorsports has filed suit against Robby Gordon saying the owner/driver of Robby Gordon Motorsports violated terms of a tentative agreement that would have sold his team to GEM for $23.5 million earlier this year.
The deal, agreed to Jan. 29, was pending an audit and other due diligence from GEM, which could have [...]
Grumpy’s note: I was doing some research today in order to put up another story about the quest for speed records at the historic Bonneville Salt Falts in Utah’s west desert.
The race vehicle pictured is from a collection of photos taken during Speed Weeks and has no connection to this story.
The vast surface of the [...]
DAYTONA BEACH — NASCAR Holdings today announced an agreement to acquire the Grand-American Road Racing Association.
The future move will allow for resource sharing between Grand-Am and NASCAR while both organizations continue to operate independently.
NASCAR Holdings is the legal operating entity that includes the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing and many of its [...]
8/26/2008
Modifications at the top end of O’Reilly Raceway Park include four-foot-high concrete walls on each side of the sand trap, an eight-foot-high catch fence, catch fences alongside the sand trap, and two catch nets.
NHRA announced Tuesday that it has modified the top end at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, where the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals [...]
The scene is a cluttered back shop behind a major new car dealership in Salt Lake City. Grumpy’s friend and former co-worker, Dave has his dream job. The picture at right is just one of the projects Dave is working on. Mr H. (the boss) has a Dodge Charger that will be receiving this brute [...]
Add Reed Sorenson to the list of drivers moving on after the ‘08 season comes to an end. He is in the 3rd year as driver of the #41 Target Dodge for Ganassi Racing. currently, Reed sits 24th in the series points. Clearly, he will miss the chase, but his ride is in no danger [...]
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS - He designed, helped build, and drives one of the fastest cars in the world.
So, Tom Burkland of Ogden, what does it feel like to rocket across the Salt Flats at speeds approaching 450 mph?
“Like going 100 miles an hour down the freeway, only the freeway you’re driving on is [...]
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