NASCAR Racing Headlines
Road course planning done at Kansas Speedway (AP)
There are more changes in the works at Kansas Speedway. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:24:32 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Ferrari unveils its new F1 car on the Internet (PA SportsTicker)
Ferrari unveiled its completely overhauled Formula One car in a low-key Internet presentation Friday after the full launch was canceled due to a snowstorm. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:15 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Aumann: Tiny Calif. town produced rare glut of talent (NASCAR.com)
Posted Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:02:41 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Top 20 Countdown: No. 11 Greg Biffle (Yahoo! Sports)
Greg Biffle looks to rebound from a season in which he missed the Chase for the first time in four years. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:07:00 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Casino opens overlooking Turn 2 at Kansas Speedway (AP)
The ownership of Kansas Speedway is gambling on a new casino overlooking Turn 2 to generate interest, drive ticket sales and increase revenue during a sluggish time for motorsports. The Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway officially opened Friday. Long lines of cars snaked out of the parking lots and along the roads running parallel to the backstretch of the track. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:24:33 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Daytona 500 purse a record $19 million (AP)
The Daytona 500 will boast a record purse of more than $19 million, and the winner of NASCAR's biggest race is guaranteed a minimum $1.4 million. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:23:44 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Sutil says Hamilton a 'coward' for not testifying (AP)
Former Force India Formula One driver Adrian Sutil says Lewis Hamilton is a "coward" for not testifying at the German's trial. Sutil was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm in a nightclub confrontation in China and given an 18-month suspended sentence Tuesday. Hamilton declined to testify because of commitments with his McLaren team. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:41:53 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Top 20 Countdown: No. 13 Ryan Newman (Yahoo! Sports)
Ryan Newman has been solid since joining Stewart-Haas Racing. Can he take the next step and make a championship run? [read full article]
Posted Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:22:00 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Caraviello: Lean driver market makes it feel like 1980s again (NASCAR.com)
Posted Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:13:44 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
No injuries in fire at Joe Gibbs Racing (AP)
Joe Gibbs Racing says no employees were injured when a fire broke out in its machine shop. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:56:43 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Stewart acquires points for Danica to run Daytona (AP)
Danica Patrick will be guaranteed a spot in the Daytona 500 via a partnership with Tommy Baldwin Racing. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:32:47 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Top 20 Countdown: No. 14 AJ Allmendinger (Yahoo! Sports)
AJ Allmendinger finally has the ride he's longed for since joining the Sprint Cup Series. Now it's up to him to prove he deserves it. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:19:00 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Female hot rodder at home under the hood (NASCAR.com)
Posted Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:04:59 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Former F1 driver Sutil convicted for fight (PA SportsTicker)
Former Force India driver Adrian Sutil was convicted on Tuesday of causing grievous bodily harm to a Formula One team owner in a nightclub confrontation in China and given an 18-month suspended sentence. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:02:16 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Allmendinger caps big offseason with Daytona win (AP)
AJ Allmendinger won five races during the 2006 season in Champ Car, then walked away hoping to launch a new career in NASCAR. [read full article]
Posted Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:28:32 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Top 20 Countdown: No. 15 Clint Bowyer (Yahoo! Sports)
Clint Bowyer gives Michael Waltrip Racing a boost of star power, but it's up to Bowyer to translate that into the team's first Chase berth. [read full article]
Posted Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:04:00 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Menzer: Earnhardt's responsibilities growing under Letarte (NASCAR.com)
Posted Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:35:33 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Allmendinger leads Michael Shank Racing to win (AP)
The little team with no pedigree knocked off the big boys with all those championships. Michael Shank Racing did it with a pair of drivers hoping Sunday's victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona is the kickoff to their career comebacks. NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger closed out the twice-around-the-clock win by piloting the No. [read full article]
Posted Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:52:38 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
SunTrust out, Gainsco in trouble at Rolex 24 (AP)
One former Grand-Am champion was knocked out of the Rolex 24 at Daytona less than an hour into the race, and another lost several laps a quarter of the way into the twice-around-the-clock event. Max Angelelli took the No. 10 Chevrolet to the garage with an engine issue 25 minutes into the race. The team sent the car back out after a few minutes, but Angelelli was back in the garage for good moments... [read full article]
Posted Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:49:25 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
SunTrust team out of Rolex 30 minutes into race (AP)
SunTrust Racing, the runner-up in last year's Grand-Am championship, was knocked out of the Rolex 24 at Daytona less than an hour into the twice-around-the-clock event. Max Angelelli took the No. 10 Chevrolet to the garage with an engine issue 25 minutes into the race. The team sent the car back out after about five minutes, but Angelelli was back in the garage for good moments later during the... [read full article]
Posted Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:52:51 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Caraviello: This media tour brought 'talk' to a new level (NASCAR.com)
Posted Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:47:35 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Judge tosses verdict against New Hampshire track (NASCAR.com)
Judge tosses verdict against New Hampshire track [read full article]
Posted Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:05:47 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Top 20 Countdown: No. 16 Jeff Burton (Yahoo! Sports)
Coming off one of the worst seasons of his career, Jeff Burton must show 2011 was an aberration. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:08:00 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Ganassi teams figure to be up front at Daytona (AP)
Chip Ganassi hopes to improve on last year's 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway. It hardly seems possible. Ganassi's two-car team finished first and second in the twice-around-the-clock event, sweeping the prestigious endurance race at the hallowed track. Two-time defending Grand-Am Series champions Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, along with Joey Hand and Graham Rahal, ended up in... [read full article]
Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:58:45 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Justin Wilson back in a car after back injury (AP)
Justin Wilson's wife had quite enough of the driver being home all the time during the six months he was sidelined with a broken bone in his back. As Wilson readied for his return to the race car this week at Daytona International Speedway, wife Julia couldn't get him back to the track fast enough. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:16:45 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Top 20 Countdown: No.16 Jeff Burton (Yahoo! Sports)
Coming off one of the worst seasons of his career, Jeff Burton must show 2011 was an aberration. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:08:00 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
A.J. Foyt hospitalized for infection (AP)
A.J. Foyt has been hospitalized in Houston for complications from knee surgery and will skip the 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:52:37 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
RPM forms Nationwide team for Michael Annett (AP)
Richard Petty Motorsports has formed a Nationwide Series team for Michael Annett. His car will be sponsored by Pilot Flying J and will run for the Nationwide championship. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:37:33 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Judge tosses verdict against New Hampshire track (AP)
A judge has thrown out a verdict that would have required New Hampshire Motor Speedway to pay nearly $1 million to cancel its contract with Motor Racing Network. A jury awarded MRN $993,724 last September because New Hampshire did not meet a three-year notice of termination when Speedway Motorsports Inc. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:49:35 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Dalziel captures pole for 24-hour race at Daytona (AP)
Ryan Dalziel's qualifying performance was somewhat surprising. He knew his car was fast, but given that the team had just two weeks to tune it and then failed to turn a lap in the first practice session because of engine failure, sitting on the pole was hardly expected. Nonetheless, Dalziel bested Max Angelelli, Chip Ganassi's two-car powerhouse team and IndyCar regular Ryan Hunter-Reay on... [read full article]
Posted Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:55:35 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Ward Burton to race NASCAR Truck Series at Daytona (AP)
Former Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton is getting back behind the wheel in NASCAR. He's bringing his son along, too. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:29:31 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Top 20 Countdown: No. 17 Juan Pablo Montoya (Yahoo! Sports)
Juan Pablo Montoya has much to prove after a disastrous 2011. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:27:00 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
MillerCoors signs extensions with NASCAR, Penske (AP)
MillerCoors has signed contract extensions with NASCAR and Penske Racing. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:59:40 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
From the Notebook: NASCAR has impact on Rolex 24 (NASCAR.com)
Posted Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:02:09 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Pocono Raceway founder Mattioli dies at 86 (AP)
NASCAR officials say that Pocono Raceway founder and chairman Dr. Joseph Mattioli has died. He was at 86. Bob Pleban, the vice president of administration at Pocono Raceway, confirmed the news to The Associated Press, saying family members informed him Mattioli passed away around 1 p.m. at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center in Allentown, Pa. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:55:41 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
NASCAR to do away with undisclosed fines (AP)
NASCAR said Wednesday it will stop issuing undisclosed fines going forward, a practice that made fans distrust the sanctioning body. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:51:40 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Caraviello: Hendrick raises the bar after season with no title (NASCAR.com)
Caraviello: Hendrick raises the bar after season with no title [read full article]
Posted Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:06:19 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
RCR to field car for Sadler in Daytona 500 (AP)
Elliott Sadler will be in the Daytona 500 for Richard Childress Racing. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:31:44 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Harvick says wife is 14 weeks pregnant (AP)
NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick said Wednesday night his wife is 14 weeks pregnant. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:33:45 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Top 20 Countdown: No. 18 Martin Truex Jr. (Yahoo! Sports)
The 2012 season sets up to be a make-or-break year for Martin Truex Jr., who's yet to live up to his potential. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:34:00 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Kentucky Speedway still adding more parking (AP)
Kentucky Speedway officials promised more improvements Wednesday to prevent a repeat of the parking and traffic issues that tarnished last year's inaugural Sprint Cup race. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:26:37 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Pruett looks to make history in Daytona's 24 Hours (AP)
Scott Pruett will aim for the record books during the 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Pruett, a four-time Rolex 24 winner, will try to tie Hurley Haywood's record five victories this weekend. Pruett was part of last year's race-winning team in the headlining Daytona Prototype class. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:48:33 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Ford unveils 2013Ford Fusion (AP)
Ford on Tuesday became the first manufacturer in NASCAR to unveil its 2013 car, rolling out a Fusion that closely resembles what fans can buy off the showroom floor. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:51:31 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Ford unveils 2013 Ford Fusion (AP)
Ford on Tuesday became the first manufacturer in NASCAR to unveil its 2013 car, rolling out a Fusion that closely resembles what fans can buy off the showroom floor. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:51:31 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Top 20 Countdown: No. 19 Kurt Busch (Yahoo! Sports)
A perennial Chase contender, Kurt Busch won't see the front of the pack much in 2012 after leaving Penske for fledgling Phoenix Racing. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:49:00 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
D'Ambrosio to be Lotus' backup F1 driver for 2012 (PA SportsTicker)
The Lotus team says Jerome d'Ambrosio of Belgium will be its reserve driver this Formula One season, providing backup to Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:18:20 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Ganassi celebrates run of championships (AP)
The celebration of Chip Ganassi's success was supposed to be a surprise, an opportunity to gather his great champions and toast their remarkable runs. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:59:29 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Federal appeals court hears NASCAR drug case (AP)
Attorneys for former racecar driver Jeremy Mayfield are asking a federal appeals panel to reinstate his lawsuit against NASCAR over his suspension for failing a random drug test at Richmond International Raceway in 2009. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:09:30 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Federal appeals court to hear NASCAR drug case (AP)
A federal appeals panel in Virginia is set to hear arguments in former racecar driver Jeremy Mayfield's lawsuit against NASCAR over his suspension for failing a random drug test. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:45:46 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Menzer: Self-effacing Gibbs has had Hall-worthy career (NASCAR.com)
Menzer: Self-effacing Gibbs has had Hall-worthy career [read full article]
Posted Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:08:28 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
