Shelby 427
After Rough Start To Season, Martin Changes Focus
After four races, Hendrick Motorsports driver Mark Martin has to be the biggest shock of the 2009 Sprint Cup season. He sits 35th in points, nine points ahead of Aric Almirola and having to qualify for races on speed. Martin has experienced a ton of misfortune to start this season. He was running fourth in [...]
TRD Switches To Last Year's Oil Pump In Wake Of Engine Woes
Toyota Racing Development, provider of engines for the Toyotas of Michael Waltrip Racing, Robby Gordon Motorsports, and Red Bull Racing, has decided to revert back to the oil pump used on TRD engines last year, and will continue the modifications used in the Shelby 427 last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In the last [...]
NASCAR Considers Gear Change Rule For Vegas
ESPN is reporting that NASCAR is considering changing its gear rule for Las Vegas Motor Speedway next season in an attempt to prevent the engine failures that occurred at last weekend’s Shelby 427. Roush Fenway Racing lost three engines during the race, including points-leader Matt Kenseth’s. In addition, five Toyota teams had to go to [...]
Kenseth's Run At History Goes Up In Smoke
After last week’s Auto Club 500 from Auto Club Speedway, Matt Kenseth seemed invincible. He was coming off two straight wins to start the season, and seemed poised for a strong run at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a track he’s won at before. No one has ever won the first three races of a season, [...]
Jr Is The Dallas Cowboys Of NASCAR
Last week, Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 39th in the Auto Club 500 from Auto Clube Speedway, thanks to an engine failure. The bad finish dropped Jr to 35th in points, putting him in danger of being outside of the top 35 in owners’ points when NASCAR switches from last season’s owners’ points to this season’s [...]
Kyle Busch Wins Shelby 427
Kyle Busch survived a couple of late restarts to win the Shelby 427 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, David Reutimann, and Bobby Labonte rounded out the top 5. Finishing sixth through 10th were Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle, Brian Vickers, Jamie McMurray, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Notables: Kasey Kahne (11th), Kevin Harvick [...]
Five Cars To The Back For Shelby 427
Kyle Busch, who qualified on the pole for the Shelby 427 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway, blew an engine in practice Friday and will go to the back of the field. Fellow Toyota drivers David Reutimann and Marcos Ambrose, who qualified fourth and fifth respectively, had to replace their engines and will start at the rear of [...]
Busch Brothers Qualify 1,2 For Shelby 427
Kyle and Kurt Busch qualified first and second for the Shelby 427 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But, Kyle lost an engine in practice and will need to start from the rear of the field. Jimmie Johnson, David Reutimann, and Marcos Ambrose will start third through fifth, respectively. Rounding out the top 10 are Ryan [...]
