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Kahne To Drive For JR Motorsports In N’Wide In 2013
JR Motorsports announced that Kasey Kahne will drive the No. 5 Great Clips Chevy for several races in the Nationwide Series in 2013.
Furniture Row Racing To Develop Own Pit Crew
Furniture Row Racing will hire, train, and manage its own pit crew for its No. 78 Sprint Cup Series team and driver Kurt Busch. Up to this point, FRR’s crew came from other teams — most recently Stewart Haas Racing. Veteran Mike “Tiny” Houston has been hired as pit crew coach. He will oversee the development [...]
Swan Racing To Debut Next Season With Stremme
Swan Racing is set to debut next Sprint Cup Series season with David Stremme behind the wheel. Brandon Davis, CEO of Swan Energy Inc., an independent oil and gas company, purchased the assets of Inception Racing and renamed the team Swan Racing. Davis is also a dirt-modified driver in the United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS). He [...]
JRM Names Ives As Smith’s Crew Chief
JR Motorsports has named Greg Ives as crew chief for Regan Smith and the No. 5 JRM Nationwide Series Chevy.
Earnhardt Jr To Miss Next Two Races With Concussion
Dale Earnhardt Jr will sit out of the next two Sprint Cup races after sustaining a concussion in the last lap pileup at Talladega Superspeedway.
Eury Jr Out At JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports announced that veteran crew chief and team co-owner Tony Eury Jr has been let go as crew chief for the team’s No. 7 Nationwide Series team and driver Danica Patrick.
Diet Mountain Dew Cutting Back On Sponsorship Of No. 88
Diet Mountain Dew will cut back its sponsorship of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team and driver Dale Earnhardt Jr next season. Mountain Dew sponsored the team for 16 races in the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, and another Pepsi product, Amp, sponsored the team for four races. National Guard sponsored the team for 18 [...]
JR Motorsports Hires Veteran Crew Chief Pemberton
Veteran crew chief Ryan Pemberton has joined JR Motorsports, replacing Tony Eury Jr, who recently parted ways with the team.
JR Motorsports, Eury Sr Agree To Part Ways
JR Motorsports announced that the team has amicably parted ways with competition director Tony Eury Sr effective immediately.
Biffle Wins Pure Michigan 400
Greg Biffle capitalized on Jimmie Johnson’s blown engine, and held off Brad Keselowski to win the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
