We’ve been hearing about it each race weekend since April 14th when the deal was originally announced: Rick Hendrick hired Kasey Kahne for 2011 but didn’t have a car for him to drive until 2012. Mark Martin was repeatedly asked if he was going to step aside early. Hendrick was asked if he was going …
The 24 Hours… err, 500 miles of Pocono not only tested the mettle of all 43 teams Sunday, but it tested the metal of the Car of Tomorrow when Elliott Sadler pounded the inside wall, leaving his engine laying in the middle of the track and his life hanging in the balance. Luckily, the likable …
News came out this week that Gateway International Raceway is not going to seek to host its two Nationwide and one Truck Series races next year. NASCAR now has three races on its plate that can be reassigned to other racetracks without increasing the length of the schedule in either series. The possibilities are numerous …
In this age of youth over experience in NASCAR, teenagers make their debut in the sport’s Nationwide or Truck series all the time. But some first races are more special than others, not just for the hard work they’ve done to get to this point but for the people who’ve helped push them over the …
The Brickyard 400 started out like a historic nightmare on repeat, on the verge of a second debacle in three years – only this time, the culprit was going to be poorly manicured grass. But Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing had no such issues, avoiding overheating from the “lawn” as the race settled in while Juan Pablo Montoya …
Growing up in Indianapolis was a big reason for my love of auto racing. I was at the track multiple times every year in the month of May and couldn’t wait to see the race every Memorial Day weekend when my heroes would put on a show that would be talked about for months afterwards. …
This weekend, Brian France was in Indianapolis to meet with Bruton Smith and Ron Dennis of McLaren on various topics facing the sport. After the meetings, he took the time to address the media on multiple topics. Bruton Smith was also stopped outside of the NASCAR hauler to answer a couple of questions as well. …
After Juan Pablo Montoya dominated practice and qualifying at Indianapolis, taking the pole for Sunday’s Brickyard 400, owner Chip Ganassi knew he’d have a strong shot at kissing the bricks. But no one ever expected him to be pulling that makeout session with somebody else. Montoya’s teammate Jamie McMurray, this year’s Daytona 500 champion, surged …
Carl Edwards just doesn’t get it. We’ve heard all about last Saturday night’s dustup between Edwards and Brad Keselowski and read all of the stories, so we won’t rehash it at this point in time. Now that the drivers are back at the track and in front of the media, though, we’re getting to hear …
The Nationwide Series ran at O’Reilly Raceway Park for the 29th time on Friday night in a race that has had the same sponsor every year, making it the longest continuously-running race sponsorship in NASCAR. Trevor Bayne took advantage of his pole position by starting on the outside and grabbed the lead at the drop …
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