Fort Worth, Texas – Ryan Newman’s continued concern over his latest wild ride at Talladega Superspeedway has been mitigated by Thursday’s deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, an Army base with ties to Newman’s NASCAR Sprint Cup team…and his heartstrings.
Newman is nearing completion of his first year as driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation [...]
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Gordon Exploring Ownership Of Land In Texas
Jeff Gordon broke on through at Texas during the spring race. (Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Fort Worth, Texas – Jeff Gordon’s comfort level has grown exponentially during the last calendar year at Texas Motor Speedway, a personal purgatory for much of his stellar Sprint Cup Series career.
Gordon qualified on-pole Friday afternoon for Sunday’s Dickies 500, extending a streak that has seen him claim at least one Coors Light Pole Award for 17 consecutive seasons. Gordon toured TMS’ 1.5-mile quadoval in 28.255-seconds/191.117 mph to capture his 68th career pole and add to an impressive run of recent numbers here.
Gordon qualified first and finished second in last November’s Dickies 500, won by Carl Edwards. Gordon qualified second and went on to win the Samsung 500 here in April _ scoring his first Cup victory in Texas in his 17th career start. The difference, Sir Jeff said, is just hard work.
“I would hardly say we own the place,” said Gordon, driver of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet Impala SS. “But you know, I think that we really didn’t get enough credit for the first three or four races here. We were the best car at just about every one of those races (1997-99) and we just had crazy weird things happen to us. Those are sometimes things you can’t control. But it just started a trend of not good results and they just continued.”
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Jason Meyers on Friday night won the opening main event of the third annual World Finals at The Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
His victory allowed him to keep pace with Donny Schatz in the closest points race in World of Outlaws history. With the triumph at the state-of-the-art four-tenths-mile, Meyers earned four more points [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Kyle Busch made it five series victories in a row Friday night when he won the WinStar World Casino 350 Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. He also made the series point-leader rather angry.
Busch got the victory by holding off Matt Crafton on the final green-flag run. [...]
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Fort Worth, Texas – Jeff Gordon’s comfort level has grown exponentially during the last calendar year at Texas Motor Speedway, a personal purgatory for much of his stellar Sprint Cup Series career.
Gordon qualified on-pole Friday afternoon for Sunday’s Dickies 500, extending a streak that has seen him claim at least one [...]
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Matt Kenseth on Friday won the pole for Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway by turning a lap at 187.201 mph.
Right behind Kenseth was his Roush Fenway Racing teammate, David Ragan, who had a lap at 186.548 mph.
Jason Leffler was third, Kasey Kahne fourth and Kevin Harvick fifth.
Series points-leader Kyle Busch was [...]
Brooklyn, Mich.— Viva Las Vegas! As Michigan International Speedway’s renewal deadline approaches Friday, fans have the opportunity to renew their tickets and camping to win an experience of a lifetime.
One lucky winner who renews for the 2010 season at MIS will win a trip for two to the NASCAR Sprint Cup awards ceremony in Michigan [...]
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Fort Worth, Texas – If you are already weary of keeping up with the latest Danica Patrick-to-NASCAR buzz, imagine how an established Sprint Cup Series star feels.
For instance, Carl Edwards, who didn’t sugar-coat his opinion about Danica’s reported contract negotiations with JR Motorsports, the Nationwide Series team owned by Cup [...]
By Lewis Franck
Driver of the Year Award
A fierce competitor in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck series, Ron Hornaday, Jr. looked a little stunned when he saw the trophy that went along with his election as Driver of the Year 3rd Qtr. 2009.
Many times the trucks race as a support series to NASCAR’s senior circuit, the Sprint [...]
By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer
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Fort Worth, Texas – Despite being caught on ABC’s coverage of the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway telling his team he was having trouble staying awake during Sunday’s race as the field ran in single-file formation, Tony Stewart contends that last weekend’s restrictor plate event was entertaining.
“It wasn’t a boring [...]
Fort Worth, Texas – Ryan Newman’s continued concern over his latest wild ride at Talladega Superspeedway has been mitigated by Thursday’s deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, an Army base with ties to Newman’s NASCAR Sprint Cup team…and his heartstrings.
Newman is nearing completion of his first year as driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation [...]
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Richard Childress Racing has partnered with Zaxby’s, a southeast favorite for Buffalo wings and chicken fingers, to be the primary sponsor for a NASCAR Nationwide Series team in 2010 with John Wes Townley as their driver.
The fast-casual restaurant chain includes more than 410 restaurants throughout the Southeast.
Townley, 19, is completing his first full season of [...]
Sprint Cup Series
- Gordon Exploring Ownership Of Land In Texas
- Drivers Put Out Welcome-Danica Mat
- Texas Notes: Stewart Bored? Not Really
- Newman Reflects on Crash, Tragedy
- Woody: Jimmie The Drama Killer
Nationwide Series
- Busch Adds Nationwide Win At Texas
- Kenseth Claims Nationwide Pole
- Townley Heads To RCR
- Nationwide's Future Tests Talladega
- Talladega Notes: Bumping Bumped
Camping World Trucks
- Busch Earns Win, Hornaday's Wrath
- Crafton On Trucks Pole at TMS
- Busch Pushed To Succeed In Truck Race
- Braun On Trucks Pole
- Memphis Blues: Track Shuts Down
NHRA
- NHRA Notes: Massey Amasses Points
- Hight In A Strong Position
- Hight Is Vegas High Roller
- Force Hood Faces 'Bummer'
- Mike Edwards Top Act In Vegas
Indy Car
- Drivers Put Out Welcome-Danica Mat
- Harris: IZOD Will Dress Up The IndyCar Series
- Wheldon To Return To Panther
- Harris: Silence Greets Thrilling IndyCar Finale
- Sturbin: Franchitti's Career Comes Full Circle
Short Track
- Myers On Top of Worlds
- Schatz Quick Out of Finals Gate
- Fairgrounds Speedway Is No More
- Racing History Takes A Beating In Nashville
- Saldana The Big Star In Texas
Sports Cars
- US F1 Team Picks European Base
- Harris: Gil de Ferran Is The King Of The Big Finish
- de Ferran Rolls Into Retirement A Winner
- Gurney and Fogarty Grandest In Miami
- Woody: France Drug Problems A Sign of Times
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