Full Throttle

Every possible season champion has been crowned, but unlike the proverbial Bear in the Woods who both defecates and hibernates in the woods during winter NASCAR drivers stay active in one fashion or another.

Tony Stewart ended a ten year run Sunday in the famous, but now obsolete, Home Depot color orange.

Sunday may have been Jimmie Johnson’s coronation as Sprint Cup Champion for the third time but it was Carl Edwards who may have proved he is “Sprint Cup Prince” waiting for the King to abdicate the throne.

This is an end-of-season video compilation of drivers as they thanked fans after various events throughout the 2008 NASCAR season.

Four years’ hard work pays off for Clint Bowyer as the Richard Childress Racing ace proves dreams can come true in beating Carl Edwards to the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series trophy at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

David Reutimann and his No. 44 UPS Toyota won the Coors Light Pole Award for the FORD 400 with a lap of 31.462 seconds, 171.636 mph. This is his first pole in 63 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Todd Bodine won the battle but Johnny Benson won the war in the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway - as Ron Hornaday Jr. came up agonisingly just short of title glory.

A few hours after the official announcement was made DEI and Chip Ganassi Racing were merging operations the fallout is starting to drift downwind.

NASCAR has suspended all testing at its sanctioned tracks next season in a cost-cutting measure that should help teams save several million dollars in their 2009 budgets.

12 Women Drivers Confirmed for Lyn St. James’ Women in the Winner’s Circle Foundation 2008/09 Driver Academy

Witness a south Florida TV stations headline for this weekends NASCAR events: “South Florida World Racing Capital This Weekend.”

I’ve been in resistance mode all week and have refrained from noting the numerous stories, all with no byline or from the all too familiar and [in]famous anonymous sources on a potential DEI Ganassi Racing Merger.

It’s been a strange year for Jeff Gordon to say the least. He’s watched teammate Jimmie Johnson put on another Sprint Cup clinic and new arrival Dale Earnhardt Jr. take some of the media spotlight off the four-time Sprint Cup Champ.

Penske Racing today announced the establishment of a multi-year agreement for its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series program with the Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA) and its affiliated clubs.

More times than not the solutions offered to “Jimmy Proof” the Chase center on the ten Chase events and to a lesser extent something along the lines of a sucrose based mixture being introduced to the #48’s fuel tank.

With his seventh win of the season, Jimmie Johnson moved closer to an historic third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Hear from him and runner-up Kurt Busch, who considers it a privilege to run with Johnson.

It has been suggested the phrase “it’s not over until the fat lady sings” was the brainchild of the San Antonio TV sports editor Dan Cook who famously used it during a televised basketball game.
It’s true origin is debatable. What’s not is its application to Jimmie Johnson’s dominating performance in the Arizona desert Sunday afternoon/early [...]

Photos: Saturday November 8, 2008 at Phoenix International Raceway

Carl Edwards claimed his sixth Nationwide series win of the season at Phoenix International Raceway, reducing Clint Bowyer’s lead in the championship ahead of next week’s finale at Homestead.

Kevin Harvick held off hard-charging Kyle Busch to win Friday night’s Lucas Oil 150 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. (PodCast)

 

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