After months of speculation that Red Bull Racing would switch to Chevys next season, the team announced that they have re-signed with Toyota. The agreement continues a three-year deal between RBR and Toyota.
While Richard Petty Motorsports officials said that the team would not switch to Toyotas before season’s end, Richard Petty indicated that the team would consider other automakers for next season and beyond.
Kasey Kahne and Richard Petty Motorsports may switch to Toyota later this season as a result of Chrysler pulling its support from the series. RPM currently only has enough parts for one Dodge engine.
Toyota may pull its support from the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series in order to bring it in line with General Motors and Chrysler, who have pulled their support from the two series.
GM declared bankruptcy and pulled its factory support from the N’wide and truck series. Race attendance and viewership is down. As a result, NASCAR is looking at every option to attract fans, make racing interesting, and save money. Foreign automakers may be one option.
Richard Petty Motorsports is teaming up with Braun Racing for five races. Does this indicate a move to Toyota might be in RPM’s future?
Helio Castroneves was aquitted of most of the charges that he attempted to evade more than $2.3 million in income taxes.
If someone said a decade ago that NASCAR would someday switch to electric cars, we all would have rolled our eyes and had a good laugh. But with the way things are going, I wouldn’t be surprised to see electric cars in NASCAR someday.
If you’re into NASCAR as much as I am, you’ll enjoy this Wall Street Journal article on the amount NASCAR teams spend on motor oil. According to the Journal, over the past decade, Joe Gibbs Racing has spent about $1 million per year on perfecting its motor oil. Roughly 10 extra horsepower have been squeezed [...]
Richard Petty Motorsports is working on an extension of driver AJ Allmendinger’s schedule beyond this year’s Coca Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. RPM is working to secure sponsorship for the No. 44 and Allmendinger. Hunt Brothers Pizza is rumored to be in discussions with the team. Joe Gibbs Racing reportedly has inquired about Allmendinger’s [...]
