It’s NASCAR All-Star Race week. It’s a week that culminates in a race which, despite the fact – or maybe because of the fact – that it pays no points, has produced some of the Sprint Cup Series’ most memorable moments.
Which All-Star Races are the most memorable? This week, RacinToday.com will count down it’s [...]
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Childress, Rudd Enter NMPA Hall Together
Richard Childress was honored by the NMPA this week. (RacinToday/HHP file photo by Gregg Ellman)
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR championship team owner Richard Childress and the sport’s “Iron Man” Ricky Rudd never envisioned induction into halls of fame when they began their respective NASCAR careers, but it seemed only fitting they enter the National Motorsports Press Association’s Hall of Fame 
the way they began their success – together.
On June 5, 1983 when Rudd drove his Chevrolet into victory lane at the now-defunct Riverside, Calif., road course in the Budweiser 400 he recorded not only his first NASCAR Cup victory, but Childress’ as well. On Tuesday night, nearly 29 years later, both men were inducted into the NMPA Hall of Fame; Rudd by NASCAR President Mike Helton and Childress by NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton.
Childress is a fixture in the garage, overseeing his teams’ pursuit of championships in NASCAR’s top three touring series. Rudd bid his driving duties farewell after the 2007 season and except for a few TV appearances the Virginia native has basically disappeared from the racing scene, choosing to focus on Read the full story »
It’s NASCAR All-Star Race week. It’s a week that culminates in a race which, despite the fact – or maybe because of the fact – that it pays no points, has produced some of the Sprint Cup Series’ most memorable moments.
Which All-Star Races are the most memorable? This week, RacinToday.com will count down it’s [...]
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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After three days of working primarily on race day setups for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500, Team Penske got serious about qualifying Tuesday. The results produced the team’s fastest laps around the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with all three Penske drivers exceeding 220 mph.
Three-time Indy 500 champion Helio [...]
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Pastor Maldonado’s breakthrough victory in the Spanish Grand Prix is the latest installment in an FIA Formula 1 World Championship that continues to be delightfully…unprixdictable!
Maldonado, of Williams/Renault, became the fifth different winner driving for a fifth different constructor on the Circuit de Catalunya, holding off Spanish hero and two-time World [...]
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Kurt Busch has been penalized for his actions during last Saturday’s Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway.
Also penalized were a crew member for Busch’s team and two members of Ryan Newman’s Stewart-Haas Racing team.
Busch, driver of the No. 51 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, was fine $50,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until [...]
It’s NASCAR All-Star Race week. It’s a week that culminates in a race which, despite the fact – or maybe because of the fact – that it pays no points, has produced some of the Sprint Cup Series’ most memorable moments.
Which All-Star Races are the most memorable? This week, RacinToday.com will count down it’s top [...]
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Teammates Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti picked up the pace for Andretti Autosport during practice Monday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where speeds for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 aren’t always what they seem.
With a number of IZOD IndyCar Series teams admittedly using the final hour of the six-hour [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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It’s tough to get a perspective on numbers in auto racing. The sport just changes so often. In fact it is changing, basically, from day to day as technological advances, rules, schedules and facilities all make for a sport that is in constant flux.
Not so with stick-and-ball. The only significant [...]
Native Colombian Sebastian Saavedra welcomed his mother to Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Mother’s Day in “hey, watch this” fashion, posting the fastest speed of Day 2 of practice for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Saavedra, driver of the No. 17 Team AFS Chevrolet for AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport, toured the 2.5-mile IMS oval in 40.6272-seconds [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Me and the guys who grew up on the hard, cracked-concrete streets of our blue-collar, auto-town neighborhood during the the late 1950s and ’60s were not really Cobra guys.
Vette guys, 409 guys, Super Stock guys, Mopar guys, Poncho guys, Javelin guys, 442 guys, ‘Stang guys; for sure. We could tell [...]
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SunTrust Corvette DP co-drivers Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor and No. 69 AIM Autosport Team FXDD Ferrari 458 teammates Jeff Segal and Emil Assentato drove to victory Sunday event at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
Angelelli and Taylor picked up their second consecutive GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car [...]
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