BROOKLYN, Mich. – Matt Crafton won the pole Saturday morning for Saturday afternoon’s Camping World Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
He nabbed the pole, his first of the season and fifth of his career, with a lap at 177.489 mph.
Second fastest in qualifying was Todd Bodine with a lap at 177.288 mph. The effort […]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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BROOKYN, Mich. – Greg Biffle won the pole for Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Friday afternoon. It was the first pole of his career and it was secured by a lap at 190.345 mph.
Second was Biffle’s Roush Fenway Racing teammate, Matt Kenseth, who had a lap […]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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BROOKLYN, Mich. – As racing mysteries go, this one has been a humdinger: Not only has Roger Penske not been able to win a Sprint Cup championship in his nearly three decades as a NASCAR team owner, he’s really not been able to work his organization into the top tier […]

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Welcome to the ‘Working Person’s Friend’ column in which the high and low points of Monday’s workday Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International are listed:
High point: Marcos Ambrose, probably the best driver of stock cars on road courses in the world, got himself and Richard Petty Motorsports their very warm […]

Just as all oval-shaped tracks are not the same, neither are road courses. In the case of the two road courses on the Sprint Cup schedule, they are not even close.
So say the drives who will be competing in the second of the two road races on the schedule today – the Heluva Good! […]

You kind of have to admire Brad Keselowski’s unshakable determination to not let anybody drive his Sprint Cup car as he recuperates from the broken ankle he suffered two weeks ago. You do kind of have to question the wisdom of that determination. Especially this weekend.
Word is, there is no backup driver standing by to […]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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On Friday, Jimmie Johnson took to the microphone in the media center at Watkins Glen International race track to have his say about his problems with fellow driver Kurt Busch.
On Saturday, Busch stepped up to the microphone. His comments about Johnson and their on-track and post-race incidents at Pocono Raceway […]

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Kurt Busch, substituting for Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski, won the pole on Saturday morning for Saturday afternoon’s Nationwide Series race at the Watkins Glen International road course.
Busch’s lap at 123.241 mph was a new track record.
Second fastest was Kyle Busch with a lap at 122.970 mph.
Carl Edwards finished third in qualifying and Elliott Sadler […]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Time is apparently not healing the wounds of Jimmie Johnson in relation to his recent run-ins with Kurt Busch.
Johnson, in the middle of a quest to win his sixth straight Sprint Cup championship, made that very clear during a press conference Friday at Watkins Glen International.
About two questions into the […]

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Hope sprung like crazy for Dale Earnhardt Jr. this past spring. He was racking up top-12s, top-10s and top-fives in bunches. After finishing second at Kansas in early June, he cruised into the summer third in the point standings and with a Chase berth packaged with a nice satin bow.
Or […]