Amp Energy 500
Academy Sports To Sponsor HOFR No. 96, Labonte
Hall Of Fame racing announced that Academy Sports + Outdoors will sponsor Bobby Labonte and the No. 96 Ford for five races next season beginning at Bristol Motor Speedway. The retailer will also sponsor the car at the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, the Pep Boys Auto [...]
Tire Issues For Earnhardt Jr. Again
Last year it was engines, this year it is tires that plague Dale Earnhardt Jr. Last weekend at the Amp Energy 500 from Talladega Superspeedway, Earnhardt Jr blew, or cut depending on who you ask, a tire in practice and crashed. He had to go to a backup car. This weekend at the Bank of America [...]
Edwards, Harvick Confrontation
ESPN is reporting that Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick were involved in an altercation in the Nationwide Series garage at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. According to eye witness accounts, Edwards approached Harvick to talk. The conversation turn “heated,” and Harvick turned to walk away, when Edwards grabbed him by the shoulder and spun him around. Harvick then [...]
NASCAR Rulebook: Subject To Interpretation
If this weekend’s Amp Energy 500 from Talladega Superspeedway taught us anything, it taught us that NASCAR’s rules are always subject to interpretation, depending on the star involved. Somewhere between the words spoken in the driver’s meeting before Sunday’s race and the feeling of jubilation Regan Smith felt as he took the first checkered flag of his career [...]
Race 4: Amp Energy 500
After Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s team lost an engine, Jimmie Johnson‘s team was nervous about their engine. They checked it out before the race, which meant they had to start at the back of the pack. Because they were starting in the back, they decided to hang back. But shortly after the drop of the green [...]
Stewart Wins Amp Energy 500
Tony Stewart managed to stay out of trouble to, despite being the second to cross the finish line, win the Amp Energy 500 from Talladega Superspeedway. On the restart for a green-white-checker finish, Stewart had the Dale Earnhard Inc. teammates Regan Smith, Paul Menard, and Aric Almirola running in second through fourth respectively. At the drop of [...]
Wallace To Return? To Drive For DEI?
Jayski is reporting via SpeedTV that there is a rumor circulating that Rusty Wallace may come out of retirement and drive for Dale Earnhardt Inc next season. Kenny Wallace, Rusty’s brother, wrote: All I can say is that where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And he is definitely considering stepping back into a race car. Wallace attributes [...]
Allmendinger Out Of No. 84 This Week
AJ Allmendinger will be replaced in Red Bull Racing’s No. 84 starting at Tallaedga Superspeedway this week. It was announced earlier that Allmendinger would be leaving at the end of the season. Allmendinger expected to be released early. Mike Skinner will assume driving duties at this week’s Amp Energy 500. He will also pilot the No. [...]
