Speedway Motorsports completes purchase of Kentucky Speedway On Thursday (January 1), Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI) officially completed its purchase of the 1.5 mile Kentucky Speedway from the Carroll family. News of the purchase, for $78 million dollars, was broken back in May. “We are extremely excited about the new opportunities …

Sadler out of the No. 19 Multiple sources have reported that A.J. Allmendinger, who impressed while driving the No. 10 after replacing the fired Patrick Carpentier in October, has been hired to drive the No. 19 Dodge in 2009, replacing Elliott Sadler. The main issue with this move is that …

Grant case officially settled On Thursday, NASCAR announced that they had reached an out-of-court settlement with former official Mauricia Grant on December 3rd. Grant had sued NASCAR for $225 million claiming racial discrimination and multiple instances of sexual harassment. NASCAR CEO Brian France was not at the mediation session in …

Bobby Labonte and Petty Enterprises part ways On Thursday, Petty Enterprises and driver Labonte officially parted company. This leaves the 2000 Winston Cup champion free to pursue other opportunities in the sport. “In over 15 years of racing in the Sprint Cup Series, I can’t remember a time when the …

Johnson, remainder of top 10 finishers in the points feted at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan On Friday night, NASCAR held its’ annual Sprint Cup Series Banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Jimmie Johnson was awarded his championship ring by surprise guest Cale Yarborough during the ceremony, which …

Testing Ban Jitters As many of us are already well aware of, an indefinite testing ban for NASCAR’s top five touring series (Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Camping World Trucks, and the Camping World East and West Series) goes into effect on January 1st. Teams are dealing with the ban in many …

Team Layoffs Continue The 2008 season is now over, and the economic crisis is beginning to come down on race teams in the Sprint Cup Series. Already, DEI (as a result of the merger between DEI and CGRFS) and Hendrick Motorsports, in addition to JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series, …

Regan Smith Named Rookie of the Year Smith has been officially declared the 2008 Raybestos Brakes Rookie of the Year for the Sprint Cup Series. Officially, Smith clinched the award by finishing 34th in Sunday’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Smith’s main competition for the award, Sam Hornish, Jr., failed …

Carl Edwards knew what he had to do on Sunday to give himself a chance. He needed to lead the most laps, and win the race. Check and check. Edwards led a race high 157 laps, but still needed to stretch his fuel mileage in order to claim his series …

Secret Star of the Race: The Best Run You Never Saw On a night where Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson took center stage, the spotlight was perhaps unfairly stolen from NASCAR’s 16-time Most Popular Driver. Competing in what might be his final Sprint Cup race, 53-year-old Bill Elliott drove his …