Danica Patrick visited Stewart Haas Racing Monday for a personal tour of the shop. Could this be an indication that she might be working on a deal with the team? Who knows. She was introduced to Ryan Newman, crew chief Tony Gibson, and other SHR officials, which leads me to think that this tour was [...]
Mark Martin easily held off teammate Jeff Gordon in the closing laps of the Lifelock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. But, it was still a wild finish because beatin’ and bangin’ in the closing laps resulted in two lead changes and took some dominant cars out of contention.
NASCAR took the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevy of Martin Truex Jr to its research and development facility for further evaluation after the vehicle was found to be too high. Truex’s car was selected for a random inspection.
Brad Keselowski’s name has been connected to Penske Championship Racing’s No. 12 for the second year in a row, FoxSports.com reports. David Stremme has been struggling this season, as may not be in the ride come next season. Right now, Keselowski hopes to stay with Hendrick Motorsports, or a satellite team.
Yates Racing may be considering cleaning house with its stable of drivers, Paul Menard and Bobby Labonte, according to FoxSports.com. Ask.com is said to be shopping its sponsorship, which could mean the end of Labonte in the No. 96 Ford. Both teams are not performing to the standards set by Stewart Haas Racing, as far [...]
According to Fox Sports.com, David Gilliland may drive a fourth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota later this season. Gilliland had made every race he’s attempted in the TRG Motorsports Toyota.
Joey Logano stayed out on old tires during a late caution of the Dollar General 200 at Chicagoland Speedway. To everyone’s surprise, including Logano himself, he drove away from teammate Kyle Busch on the final restart and won the race by over 2 seconds.
Contrary to published reports indicating that Brian Vickers had re-signed with Red Bull Racing, the driver says he has not signed anything as of this week, instead saying that the agreement was verbal. Details are expected to be hashed out soon between RBR GM Jay Frye and team owner Dietrich Mateschitz. Also expected to be [...]
Brian Vickers won the pole for this weekend’s Lifelock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Scott Speed will start on the outside of row 1, completing the all-Red-Bull-Racing front row. Complete lineup can be found here.
Jeremy and Shana Mayfield are considering selling Mayfield Motorsports team due to a lack of funds as the result of his failed drug test and subsequent suspension. In addition to the costs of his lawsuit over NASCAR’s drug policy, Mayfield also faces a lawsuit over $86,000 he allegedly owes to Triad Racing Technologies.
