Casey Mears
Ekström To Drive RBR’s No. 83 At Infineon
Red Bull Racing announced that two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekström will drive the No. 83 RBR Toyota at the Toyota Save/Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway later this month.
Red Bull Racing Swaps Crews, Crew Chiefs
Red Bull Racing announced that the team would swap the crews and crew chiefs of the Nos. 82 and 83 effective immediately. Scott Speed, driver of the No. 82, will be paired with Robin Pemberton, while Casey Mears, filling in for Brian Vickers in the No. 83, will work with Jimmy Elledge. Elledge and Mears [...]
Vickers Hospitalized With Clots; To Miss Dover
Brian Vickers, driver of Red Bull Racing’s No. 83 Toyota, has been hospitalized with an undisclosed medical condition. He will miss this weekend’s Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway. Casey Mears will take over driving duties this weekend.
Mears To Drive TBR’s No. 36
Tommy Baldwin Racing has announced that Casey Mears will drive the No. 36 Chevy starting at this weekend’s race at Richmond International Raceway. Mears takes over for Johnny Sauter who drove the car in the last two races. Mears started the season with Keyed-Up Motorsports in the No. 90, then left the team to serve [...]
Riggs To Drive For KUM At Phoenix, Texas
Keyed-Up Motorsports announced that Scott Riggs will drive the No. 90 Chevy at Phoenix and Texas. He replaces Casey Mears, who recently left the team to serve as a backup driver for Denny Hamlin as he recovers from surgery to repair his ACL. Phoenix will be the 2010 Sprint Cup debut for Riggs, who has [...]
Mears, KUM Part Ways
According to Keyed-Up Motorsports’ Official Facebook page, ”Our deal with Casey was six races and we honored that, both Keyed-Up and Casey honored that. Casey has decided to participate elsewhere the next few races, and we will announce our replacement on Tuesday. Casey has been a great benefit to our team and we wish him the [...]
Hamlin Decides To Have Surgery This Week
Denny Hamlin tore his ACL while playing basketball in January. At the time, he decided to postpone surgery until the end of the season. Now, he has decided to go ahead with the surgery on Monday. He said that it wouldn’t be worth it to do more damage. But, was there another factor leading to the change of heart?
KUM Signs Sponsors For Bristol Race
Keyed-Up Motorsports, which has yet to qualify for a Sprint Cup race this season, announced that Juice Air Fresheners and SMELLmyCAR.com return as co-primary sponsor for the No. 90 car and driver Casey Mears for this weekend’s race at Bristol.
Johnson, Kahne Win Photo-Finish Duels
Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne nipped Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart at the line respectively to emerge from the Gatorade Duels victorious. The combined margin of victory was .02 of a second. Johnson beat Harvick by a mere .005, and Kahne beat Stewart by .014.
RGM Hires Watt As Crew Chief
Robby Gordon Motorsports has hired Iain Watt to serve as crew chief for the team’s No. 7 Sprint Cup Toyota this season. Watt joins RGM from Richard Petty Motorsports, where he was director of performance engineering. Watt replaces Doug Richert, who was recently hired by Keyed Up Motorsports to be crew chief for Casey Mears.
