Ron Hornaday came from a lap down and passed Matt Crafton in the closing laps, then drove away from the second-place truck of Kyle Busch to win the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Busch finished second after an eventful night in which he wrecked Colin Braun, the leader of the race at the [...]
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JJ Yeley has been officially announced as the replacement driver of the No. 41 Mayfield Motorsports Inc Toyota. There was a report that Tony Furr said Yeley was the driver. Then, that report was rescinded, only to be announced officially a little bit later. Shana Mayfield will serve as interim owner because Jeremy Mayfield cannot [...]
With the Wall Street Journal reporting last weekend on the fall of Chrysler, and its effect on NASCAR, and the Orlando Sentinel’s recent report that the automotive task force is giving Chrysler half of the money it requested for marketing, many are predicting cutbacks of both Dodge and Chevy in NASCAR. This is no surprise [...]
Mayfield Motorsports Inc. crew chief of the No. 41 Toyota Tony Furr rescinded earlier comments that JJ Yeley would replace Jeremy Mayfield in the car, while Mayfield serves his suspension for failing a drug test. Shana Mayfield said no decision has been made, but she indicated that Yeley was on the list of drivers. Todd [...]
Following the suspension of driver/owner Jeremy Mayfield, JJ Yeley has been named as the driver of Mayfield Motorsports Inc.’s No. 41 Toyota. The team indicated that Yeley was selected because he is “hungry” and is available for all of the races, keeping the team from having to change drivers.
David Black, whose Aegis Labs runs NASCAR’s random testing program, disputed Jeremy Mayfield’s claim that use of two allergy medicines led him to fail a drug test, resulting in suspension. Black said: What we have is a clear violation of policy. … In my many years of experience, I have never seen a violation like [...]
Jeremy Mayfield released a statement following his suspension for violating NASCAR’s substance abuse policy. Mayfield said: As both a team owner and a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, I have immense respect for the enforcement policies NASCAR has in place. In my case, I believe that the combination of a prescribed medicine and [...]
Mark Martin took the lead in the closing laps of the Southern 500 from Darlington Raceway, and drove to victory, his second of the season. Jimmie Johnson completed the Hendrick Motorsports 1-2 sweep, finishing second. All in all, it was a pretty good day for Hendrick, with Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski finishing fifth and [...]
Matt Kenseth capitalized when Kyle Busch, the leader at the time, ran over some debris under caution and had to come to pit road to change a tire. Kenseth inherited the lead, and held on to win the Nationwide Series’ Diamond Hill Plywood 200 from Darlington Raceway. Jason Leffler, Carl Edwards, Erik Darnell, and Justin Allgaier rounded [...]
