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Jimmie Johnson Joins NASCAR’s Elite With Bristol Win
After 18 tries, four-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson finally can add the half-mile, high-banked Bristol Motor Speedway to the list of Sprint Cup tracks he’s conquered. But Sunday’s win in the Food City 500 didn’t come at all easy.
Marcos Ambrose Tests the Lady in Black
Australian NASCAR star Marcos Ambrose has pushed the limit at a Goodyear tire test at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina this week, despite recovering from a minor back injury.
Atlanta: NASCAR Asked for it, They Got It!
Enter FT’s wayback machine a minute, “They will be their own governing body. … They will have to watch and help each other, as much as police each other.” - John Darby in Jan. 2010.
NASCAR Plays “Crane Game” with Dave Blaney’s #66 Toyota
PRISM Motorsports efforts at Daytona were called “historic.” For the first time in the team’s history they entered two cars for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event, the #66 Toyota of Dave Blaney and the #55 Toyota of Michael McDowell.
Daytona’s Top Ten Best Stock Cars: Number 5
Ford’s ‘83 to ‘86 Thunderbird presented a special challenge for NASCAR. It was clearly more aerodynamic than any car in General Motors’ race-eligible stable.
Sword of Damocles Hangs Over Fontana, Phoenix and Michigan
The NASCAR season starts in less than a month and the sport’s annual media gaggle starts Monday and thoughts of the 2011 season are already bubbling to the surface.
NASCAR Going Back to the “Spoiler Wars?”
There’s been not so subtle hints from NASCAR big wigs there are changes on the horizon for the sanctioning bodies Sprint Cup Series. The two that have caught my eye are for a larger restrictor plate for Daytona and Talladega, the second being a reintroduction of a spoiler to the Cup cars.
ARCA Daytona Test: Lost in the Danica Shuffle
The Danica to NASCAR bruhaha, after her ARCA indoctrination of course, has become the 10,000 pound elephant in the room with every ink stained scribe opining both pro and con on her imminent arrival, or not, in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series.
Kyle Busch’s Winning Ways Continue in “Off Season”
Kyle Busch thrives in the limelight whether it’s cheers or boos and on Sunday night drews mostly cheers and he won the 42nd annual Snowball Derby in front of a sellout crowd at Five Flags Speedway.
Marcos Ambrose, Michael Waltrip Start Year in Dubai
Marcos Ambrose will race in the Dubai 24 Hour sportscar race at the Dubai Autodrome on January 14-16 early next year. Ambrose will drive the #148 Ferrari F430 GT2 of the AF Corse team, partnered by Rob Kaufman, Michael Waltrip, Rui Aguas and Niki Cadei.
Hamlin, Burton a Story, Johnson THE Story
Jimmie Johnson claimed an unprecedented fourth consecutive title NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Championship by finishing fifth in the Sprint Cup season finale at Homestead.
Mika Salo and Jarno Trulli’s NASCAR Adventure
Mika Salo and Jarno Trulli each spent a day this week behind the wheel of one of Michael Waltrip Racing’s Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup cars.
Johnson Rebounds, Chase Field Can Only Watch
So much for a fluke accident giving any hope to Jimmie Johnson’s closest competitors. After a short run in Texas cost Jimmie Johnson a huge chunk of his points lead he did what was needed. A win and a win in convincing fashion.
Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Preview
The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup heads to Phoenix International Raceway this week, for Sunday’s Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Presented By Pennzoil – the ninth event in the Chase. That will be the capper of a national series tripleheader weekend at the 1-mile track.
Terry Labonte Picks Up “Fan” Sponsorship
A company launched by a NASCAR fan to allow fellow race lovers to collectively sponsor a car has signed up a former NASCAR champion driver as its first recipient.
McMurray Gives One of His Last Roush Rides a Winning Ride
Talladega Superspeedway celebrated its 40th anniversary this weekend and the old girl proved to be as cantankerous as ever as Jamie McMurray snapped an 86-race winless streak with a victory that was by all accounts improbable.
Hamlin, Mike Ford, JD Gibbs Post Race PodCast
Denny Hamlin may have won the Virginia campaign with a victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, but Jimmie Johnson moved ever closer to a record fourth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with a runner-up finish at the .526-mile short track.
Kyle Busch Captures the 38th Annual Winchester 400
Kyle Busch had chances to win the Winchester 400 on a couple of occasions before, finishing second in 2008, and running for the lead with only a few laps to go a few years ago only to have a wheel come off.
On a Cold Night Johnson Ices Competition and Freezes out Chase Field
On a night when parts of North Carolina were experiencing the years first snow Jimmie Johnson dominated the 43 car field and quite possibly froze out the remaining Chase contenders.
NASCAR in Cahoots with Father Time
Hoping scheduling continuity will equate to ratings gains, NASCAR and its TV partners will drop the flag on race starts at uniform times, beginning with the 2010 NASCAR Spring Cup Series races.
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