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Because of the new car and its dreaded aero push, crew chief Tony Eury Jr. thinks Sunday’s race could be the dullest of the year. “That track is very aero-sensitive to the cars,” he said. “You’re going to see what you did at Pocono. You’re going to see a lot of two-tire stops. You’re going to see a lot of things happening just to keep your track ...
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Shortly after the gates opened at Chicagoland Speedway two weeks ago, Max Jones gathered two dozen crewmembers from Yates Racing in a 3-foot-wide hallway for an impromptu meeting. The team squeezed into one of its haulers to learn it wasn’t being squeezed out. “The rumor in the garage was we’re going out of business, and I had to tell them, ‘Guys, we’re fine, ...
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Retire? Jeff Gordon? Sure, it will happen eventually. Gordon will give up his Hall of Fame-caliber NASCAR driving career, but here’s the twist — it might happen sooner than you think. In fact, the 36-year-old Gordon insists 40 might be his point of no return. “I don’t see myself driving past 40 very much,” he says. “In some way I’ll always want to ...
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Insuring our cars is one of those necessary evils. No one likes dealing with insurance salesmen. No one has time to ferret out car insurance. And we can’t just snag the first policy out there because it’s too expensive. We all need good coverage at cheap insurance rates. The process gets overwhelming fast. That’s where CheapAutosInsurance.com comes in. You can tell these folks are kindred ...
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World motorsport boss Max Mosley has won a legal action against British tabloid newspaper over claims an orgy he took part in had Nazi overtones.
The High Court ruled the “News of the World” did breach Mr Mosley’s privacy, awarding him £60,000 – around $120,000 in damages.
Mr Mosley has admitted sado-masochistic sex session with five prostitutes, but denied that it ...
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NASCAR is trying to even out the competition in the Nationwide Series on Wednesday by ordering all teams using Toyota motors to squeeze down their horsepower before this weekend’s race at Indianapolis.
Toyota has won 14 of 21 races this season in the Nationwide Series, and all but one of them have come in a Camry fielded by Joe Gibbs Racing. The exception was JGR driver Kyle ...
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Toyota team president John Howett believes Formula 1’s new Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems won’t be ready in time for the start of the 2009 season.
Howett’s comments come in the wake of two worrisome incidents: a BMW mechanic who suffered an electric shock during testing at Jerez yesterday, and a fire scare caused by KERS batteries at the Red Bull Racing factory in England last week. Full ...
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Tony Stewart will drive the No. 14 Chevrolet in his debut next season with his own Sprint Cup Series team, Stewart-Haas Racing, and will share sponsorship from Office Depot and Old Spice, the Observer has learned. A formal announcement of Stewart’s car number and sponsorship plans will be made this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, multiple sources said Monday. There has been ...
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The following is a Q&A with CARL EDWARDS winner of this week’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis.
Missouri native Carl Edwards cruised to victory nearly seven seconds ahead of Joey Logano in the Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis. It was the second win of the year for Edwards and the 15th of ...
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In case you missed it, the National Stock Car Racing Commission announced that it has denied Dale Earnhardt Inc.’s appeal of the penalties issued after Daytona against Martin Truex Jr.
Before we look at what this means, let’s go back to the infraction itself so we can understand the thought process by NASCAR and the commission. If you will recall, during opening day ...
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Joey Logano, although not avoiding the question of whether he’ll be steering one of Joe Gibbs’ fleet of cup cars in 2009, was noncommital in his response. “It’s been talked about, and it’s been talked about a lot in the last few weeks, but nothing has been decided about doing this or that,” Logano said. “I’m going to keep doing what ...
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Danica Patrick had a heated exchange with Milka Duno after practice.
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Danica Patrick
Milka Duno
Carl Edwards passed Jason Leffler with 49 laps remaining Saturday night and cruised to victory at the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250, Nascar Nationwide Series. Marking his second win at Gateway in three years in front of a nearly hometown crowd.
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Heading into 2001, Kerry Earnhardt was on the precipice of breaking into NASCAR’s big leagues, having found success in a Dale Earnhardt Inc. ARCA program.
Everybody knows what happened next.
With [father Dale Earnhardt’s death] in Daytona, everything changed around here,” Kerry Earnhardt said by phone Thursday from the DEI shop. “It’s just one of the things that happened to be in the ...
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Braun Racing on Thursday announced that former Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve will drive its No. 32 Toyota in the second annual Nascar Nationwide Series event at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal on Aug. 2. The 2.709-mile road course is named after his father, Gilles Villeneuve, a legendary Formula 1 racer. This is Villeneuve first Nascar Nationwide Series start at the ...
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With General Motors Corp. bleeding cash at a rate of nearly $1 billion per month, CEO Rick Waggoner on Tuesday announced a drastic cost-cutting plan designed to increase liquidity by $15 billion. And GM’s NASCAR program will not be immune from the sharp swing of the budget axe.
What’s unclear is just how deeply those cuts will extend into NASCAR, where GM spends an estimated $125 ...
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Former NBA star Brad Daugherty will become one of the few black owners of a NASCAR team in the sport’s top series.
Daugherty, 42, said Tuesday that he has become a partner in JTG Racing that currently fields two Nationwide Series cars, and that JTG/Daugherty Racing will have a Sprint Cup Series ride in 2009 with driver Marcus Ambrose. Full Story….
Source: Nascar.com
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Tony Stewart asked why ownership is so important for him: “Eight years ago, when people asked me if I’d consider ownership in a NASCAR team, I said, “no way.” I said I wouldn’t be able to deal with the politics. But, you know, after owning racetracks and having race teams, now I think it’s a side of me that I really enjoy, and having the opportunity to ...
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