INDYCAR fell into lockstep with the gimmick-it-up-for-TV crowd of sanctioning bodies Friday, unveiling a new qualifying format to set the 33-car starting field for the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Qualifying will feature three sessions of time trials over two days, with the expressed intent of “increasing entertainment value, fan attendance and TV viewership” for [...]
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New Points Format Shakes Earth – Or Does It?
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Daytona 500 this year and earned a berth in the Chase. Now what? (RacinToday/HHP photo by Harold Hinson)
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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NASCAR’s era of big changes has faced high levels of criticism from the paying customers. But there is one change that was made for the 2014 season that some say just might be capable of cross-generational appeal.
It’s a tweaking of the points format and it was aimed squarely at a major area of discontent 
among fans – points racing.
The new format, which increases the value of race victories, just may address that discontent.
Then again, it’s a change that might create as many problems as it solves.
Then then again, it’s a change that may have no real affect on the crowning of series champion.
So it goes in NASCAR these days.
Make no mistake about this: The folks running NASCAR have been in a tough spot for the last 10 years.
In terms of growth – if not outright survival – their sport has been gimping about on wobbly legs. The search for stabilization has resulted in the implementation of a decade-long series Read the full story »
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West Texas native Morgan Bagley rewarded a chilled cheering section of family and friends by driving to his first career SUPR Late Model win during the Port-A-Cool Texas World Dirt Track Championship Saturday night in Fort Worth.
Bagley, of Longview, was the 2011 SUPR Series champion but since has been racing in the World of Outlaws [...]
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Brad Keselowski held off Kyle Busch to win Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Keselowski’s first win of the season, his first at LVMS and the 28th of his career left Busch, a Las Vegas native, frustrated in his 11th futile attempt to win a Nationwide Series race on home turf. Busch [...]
INDYCAR fell into lockstep with the gimmick-it-up-for-TV crowd of sanctioning bodies Friday, unveiling a new qualifying format to set the 33-car starting field for the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Qualifying will feature three sessions of time trials over two days, with the expressed intent of “increasing entertainment value, fan attendance and TV viewership” for [...]
For the second week in a row, Team Penske drivers Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski will start the Sprint Cup Series race from the front row.
Logano will start from the pole in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Next to him on the grid will be Keselowski, the pole-winner a week ago [...]
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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A self-described “old-school racer,” Kurt Busch will attempt to become only the fourth driver to compete in IndyCar’s historic Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s 600-mile marathon in the same day over Memorial Day Weekend in May.
Busch, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion in 2004, will team with Andretti Autosport in a [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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An extra day of practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Thursday may have resulted in an extra day of discovery for some Sprint Cup drivers, but for Greg Biffle of Roush Fenway Racing, the test produced an extra day of frustration.
The first question directed at him in a post-session [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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It’s always been tough to slot Kevin Harvick during discussions about driving talent. By the end of the 2014 Sprint Cup season – 2015 at the latest – that process will become easier.
Right now, albeit just a week into the current season, there is growing evidence that Harvick’s place in [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Kevin Harvick, fast all week in practices, was fast on race day as well as he notched a dominating win in Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway.
The win was Harvick’s fifth in a Cup race at PIR and first overall since leaving Richard Childress Racing at the [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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When it comes to racing machinery, there are very few inconsequential changes. Virtually all have the ability to produce or reduce speed – and, hence, finishing positions in races – depending on how teams and drivers deal with the changes.
For that reason, today’s Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International [...]
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Kyle Busch led 155 laps en route to a third straight NASCAR Nationwide Series victory at Phoenix International Raceway.
The victory came after officials ended the race 32 laps early because of rain.
“I think just the pure dominance we’ve shown here the last few times that we’ve come here and the amount of laps we’ve led [...]