An on-track incident between Brian Scott and Nelson Piquet Jr during the ToyotaCare 250 spilled off-track after the race, resulting in two RCR crew members being arrested.
Austin Dillon will move to the Sprint Cup Series full time in 2014, according to AutoWeek. Dillon is slated to run in the Nationwide Series full time this year before making the move in 2014. The plan seems to be to run Dillon in six to eight, possibly more, Cup races this season to prepare [...]
Danica Patrick is expected to drive 10 Nationwide Series races for Turner Motorsports in 2013, according to sources. GoDaddy.com is expected to sponsor the car. Richard Childress Racing expressed an interest in running Patrick in some N’Wide races, but Patrick’s management team preferred to run with Turner because Turner uses Hendrick-prepared Chevys, which are similar [...]
Brian Scott will drive Richard Childress Racing’s No. 2 Nationwide Series entry, according to GodfatherMotorsports.com.
OneMain Financial announced that it has formed a partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing to be the primary sponsor of the No. 11 OneMain Financial Toyota driven by Elliott Sadler in the Nationwide Series.
Kevin Harvick signed a multi-year agreement to drive for Stewart Haas Racing in 2014, according to ESPN.com
Richard Childress Racing’s Jeff Burton and Richard Petty Motorsports’s Marcos Ambrose will have new crew chiefs in 2013.
Elliott Sadler is said to be close to working out a deal that would put him behind the wheel of a Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the Nationwide Series in 2013.
Furniture Row Racing announced that the team has hired Kurt Busch to drive the team’s No. 78 Chevy in the Sprint Cup Series in 2013.
Despite reports that Richard Petty Motorsports is considering a switch to Chevy, Ford says its “very close” to re-signing the team.