AAA 400 Review: Kurt Busch beats rival Jimmie Johnson; Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Ryan Newman have rough days; and a points shakeup.
NASCAR announces the 2012 Sprint Cup Series schedule. Among the changes, Talladega Superspeedway and Kansas Speedway swap Chase dates.
Dover Motorsports Inc, owner of Gateway International Raceway, has informed NASCAR that it would not seek any 2011 races for the 1.25-mile track. Gateway currently has two Nationwide Series races on the schedule and one Camping World Truck Series race. This year’s remaining Nationwide race is not affected by this news. Dover Motorsports owns two [...]
ESPN is reporting that suspended NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Kevin Grubb was found dead in a Richmond, VA hotel on Wednesday. Grubb was discovered at Alpine Hotel, just outside of Richmond, at 11:30 a.m. The cause of death has not been released, but foul play was not suspected. Grubb, the younger brother of NASCAR driver [...]
Rick Ware Racing has announced that Kerry and Jeffrey Earnhardt will drive its Chevys for several races this Nationwide season. Kerry is the son of the seven-time Sprint Cup champion, and half-brother of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jeffrey is the grandson of Dale Sr. RWR fields that No. 31 and No. 41 Chevys in the series. [...]
On Monday, JR Motorsports announced the plans for its No. 5 Nationwide Series entry for the remainder of the 20009 season. The No. 5 Chevy will be split among team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr, all-time series wins leader Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, and Scott Wimmer. Jr will drive at Texas Motor Speedway in [...]
After consecutive finishes of 34th and 43rd respectively at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Dover International Speedway, it would be easy to consider Kyle Busch’s hopes for a championship this year finished. While most of us would stop short of saying that he’s out of it, his chances right now don’t look good. Regardless of [...]
Carl Edwards started the race with a decent car and managed to avoid an early catastrophe. On lap 11, Patrick Carpentier spun on the back stretch in front of Edwards. Edwards made slight contact with Carpentier, but did not sustain major damage. He elected not to pit for repairs. On lap 187, Edwards took right-side [...]
Greg Biffle used a strong move to pass teammates Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards to win the Camping World RV 400 presented by AAA from Dover International Speedway, AKA The Monster Mile. The victory is his second in as many weeks, and he has won both races in the Chase thus far. Kenseth and Edwards finished [...]