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NASCAR: Ambrose Ready For Ovals? |
| 8/12/2008 10:52:13 AM |
NASCAR racing, Australian Marcos Ambrose is determined to prove himself as a complete driver and not just a road course specialist after taking his maiden NASCAR victory at Watkins Glen on Saturday.
The double Aussie V8 champion won on his 59th NASCAR start in the Nationwide Series event on Saturday, and went on to finish third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race on Sunday.
"I... Read More |
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NASCAR: Franchitti Lost His NASCAR Ride |
| 7/1/2008 6:09:33 PM |
 NASCAR Racing Dario Franchitti has lost his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drive with Chip Ganassi Racing and will not compete in next weekend's Coke-Zero 400 at Daytona, following the team's decision to reduce to a two-car operation.
Team personnel working on the No. 40 car have been laid off following a disappointing first half of the season where they struggled to get a major... Read More |
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NASCAR: Open Wheel Ex-Champ Car Patrick Carpentier Takes NH Pole |
| 6/28/2008 9:08:53 AM |
 NASCAR racing Ex-Champ Car star Patrick Carpentier surprised a lot of people on pit road by winning his first career pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Carpentier drove his Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge to his first pole in his 17th Sprint Cup start and will lead the field to the green in Sunday's 17th... Read More |
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NASCAR: Tony Stewart Has Interest In Hendrick #5 Seat |
| 6/28/2008 8:56:35 AM |
NASCAR racing Tony Stewart proclaimed his interest Friday in Hendrick Motorsports’ soon-to-be-vacated No. 5 Chevrolet, saying the removal of Casey Mears from that ride could alter his plans for 2009 and beyond.
Stewart has another year left on his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing but has expressed interest in partial ownership of another team. Reports have said the deal is... Read More |
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NASCAR: Franchitti To Miss All Star Race |
| 5/14/2008 5:11:04 PM |
NASCAR Racing Chip Ganassi racing will only field two cars in this weekend's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Challenge after withdrawing the No.40 entry for Dario Franchitti from the event.
As Franchitti continues to heal from his left-ankle fracture suffered three weeks ago at Talladega, the team have withdrawn his car after initially including it on the official entry list for the... Read More |
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NASCAR: Earnhardt Jr. Talks About His Grief And New Ride. |
| 5/9/2008 10:37:09 AM |
| NASCAR racing driver Dale Jr. talks openly about his grief, growth and new gig in latest ESPN The Magazine Cover Story: NASCAR Sprint Cup #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. has spent the seven years since his father’s death learning how to live without him. In the cover story for ESPN The Magazine, All grown up, Dale Jr. talks in depth publicly for the first time about the pain of... Read More |
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NASCAR: Earnhardt And Busch Clash Is Winner For NASCAR |
| 5/7/2008 10:27:57 AM |
NASCAR racing Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch came out losers in their little on-track episode Saturday night at Richmond. But the clear winner in this ongoing drama is NASCAR.
This is classic theatre at its best, the protagonist in the beloved Earnhardt against the antagonist in the hated Busch.
More than most sports, NASCAR needs a hero/villain scenario. NASCAR thrives... Read More |
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NASCAR: Latest Stewart Rumor |
| 5/6/2008 10:56:59 AM |
| NASCAR auto racing the latest Stewart Rumor...Bass Pro Shops? There has been no official word from either side, but it is becoming increasingly likely that the NASCAR #20-Tony Stewart will indeed leave car owners Joe and J.D. Gibbs at the end of this season, to start his own team, under the Rick Hendrick Chevrolet [with Haas CNC?] umbrella, possibly with Bass Pro Shops as... Read More |
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NASCAR: Scott Speed To Run Limited Truck Schedule For Bill Davis Racing |
| 4/1/2008 4:29:55 PM |
 NASCAR racing Scott Speed is going to get his chance at driving in NASCARS truck series. He will drive the #24 for Bill Davis Racing; hope he has better luck than the previous former F1 driver.
The Red Bull Racing Team development driver will make his NASCAR trucking debut at Kansas Speedway on April 26, followed by Charlotte, Dover, Michigan, Bristol, Talladega,... Read More |
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NASCAR: Microsoft To Sponsor BAM Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Team |
| 3/27/2008 10:30:47 PM |
 NASCAR Microsoft is one of the biggest companies not involved in motorsports. But after partnering with McLaren on the development of Formula One's new standardized traction-control-less engine management unit, the software giant could be changing its mind.
NASCAR team BAM Motorsport has managed to convince Microsoft's small business division to sponsor Ken Schrader's #49... Read More |
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NASCAR: Interesting Article In ESPN the Magazine: Roush Says Toyota Team Stole "Proprietary Part" |
| 3/25/2008 3:50:05 PM |
 NASCAR team owner Jack Roush says Toyota Team Stole "Proprietary Part" ESPN the Magazine has an interesting and potentially explosive quote from NASCAR Sprint Cup Team Roush Fenway Racing co-owner Jack Roush as part of its 10th Anniversary issue, which is on newsstands this week. Two weeks ago at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the magazine quotes Roush as saying, “We... Read More |
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NASCAR: McDowell Makes His NASCAR Sprint Cup Debut At Martinsville |
| 3/24/2008 4:48:24 PM |
NASCAR: Michael McDowell will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Debut March 30th making his long-awaited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Michael Waltrip Racing in the Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
As the 23-year-old steps into the #00 Toyota Camry, Aaron's Sales and Lease Ownership announces today that their partnership will continue with the Michael... Read More |
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Auto Racing: ARCA Test Ex F1 Driver Scott Speed Fastest |
| 3/24/2008 12:23:52 PM |
Auto racing ARCA RE/MAX Serie, Scott Speed, in the Eddie Sharp Racing Red Bull Toyota, turned in the quickest speed of the weekend at the two-day test at Rockingham Speedway in preparation for the inaugural May 4th Carolina 500.
He circling the historic, high-banked oval in 24.942 seconds, an average speed of 144.335 mph.
"It's definitely a cool track," said Speed.... Read More |
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NASCAR: Scott Wimmer Wins Nashville Nationwide Race |
| 3/23/2008 8:21:16 AM |
 NASCAR Nationwide Series Scott Wimmer wins in Nashville after Kyle Busch lost control of his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota off Turn 4 after leading 125 of the first 162 laps.
Busch had dominated Saturday's Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway up until that point.
That handed the lead to Richard Childress Racing's Clint Bowyer, but RCR teammate Wimmer passed Bowyer for the... Read More |
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NASCAR: Nationwide Series News |
| 3/19/2008 4:24:22 PM |
NASCAR Nationwide Series: Boris Said Driving for Rensi at Mexico & Canada: Team Rensi Motorsports announced the signing of Boris Said to pilot the #25 No Fear Energy / Smithfield Foods Ford for the two Nationwide Series international races -- in Mexico City and Montreal. Frank Stoddard will work with Said and Team Rensi Motorsports for both Nationwide Series events
NASCA... Read More |
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NASCAR: Open Wheel Star Franchitti Struggles In Sprint Cup |
| 3/17/2008 2:25:15 PM |
 NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dario Franchitti will have to qualify on speed for his next Sprint Cup series race at Martinsville in two weeks after ending outside the top-35 in the owner standings following the first five races of the season.
The Scot needed a good result in order to maintain the benefit that he enjoyed at the start of his NASCAR Sprint Cup series campaign, as... Read More |
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NASCAR: Cup Cars Clocked At 200 MPH During Darlington Test |
| 3/14/2008 12:50:48 PM |
NASCAR testing at Darlington this week the NASCAR Sprint Cup cars were unofficially clocked at 200 mph during Goodyear tire testing. What a difference paving makes at historic Darlington Raceway.
That's not a miss-print Chevrolet driver Jeff Gordon, Ford driver Greg Biffle and the Dodge of Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman were all clocked unofficially at 200 mph at the end of... Read More |
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NASCAR: Rumor Robby Gordon To Sell Team To George Gillett's Son Alex |
| 3/10/2008 1:17:29 PM |
| NASCAR rumor Robby to sell? Hearing George Gillett's son Alex has purchased Robby Gordon Motorsports [#7 Dodge] and will run it as a separate entity from Gillette-Evernham Motorsports. Plans are to eventually expand it to a multi-car team. Assuming Robby Gordon will stay on as driver...if this is true. Currently Gordon owns the team, but has a technological and marketing... Read More |
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NASCAR: Bill Davis Racing Suspends Operations Of The Number 27 Team |
| 3/10/2008 12:49:08 PM |
| NASCAR it’s reported this morning that the #27 Toyota Bill Davis Racing team suspends operations. The team suspended operations due to lack of funding. This is the team that was earlier reported would run Villeneuve with him bring sponsorship for 08 but this never materialized. After missing the Daytona 500, BDR announced that Skinner and Benson would run the next few... Read More |
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NASCAR: Skinner To Temporarily Replace Allmendinger |
| 3/4/2008 4:57:00 PM |
 NASCAR Red Bull Racing Team has confirmed that veteran NASCAR driver Mike Skinner will temporarily replace AJ Allmendinger in the No. 84 Red Bull Toyota’s in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series effective this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Skinner, a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, currently races full-time in the No. 5 Toyota Tundra.
"We’re at a crossroads where... Read More |
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