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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The big experiment continued on Friday at Daytona International Speedway as drivers took to the track in a relatively big pack for the first time under the current rules package, which includes a larger restrictor plate as of Friday morning. Speeds were considerably faster than before, with Kurt Busch setting the early [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32403/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32398 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32398#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:18:02 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32398
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer RacinToday.com DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – When he took his turn answering questions from the media at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday, Carl Edwards seemed upbeat about 2012 despite his heart-breaking loss in the 2011 championship battle. He said neither he nor crew chief Bob Osborne are second-guessing any of the decisions they [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32398/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32388 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32388#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:10:41 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32388
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer RacinToday.com DAYTONA Beach, Fla. –  The two-car tandem appears to be here to stay. Just minutes into the second test session on Thursday at Daytona International Speedway, drivers were running in pairs, testing the new rules to see just how, where and how long one driver can push another. NASCAR’s rules changes [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32388/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32377 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32377#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:10:33 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32377
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. is probably still a little young to be considering what will eventually be his legacy in NASCAR. But a big part of it undoubtedly will involve his role as a car owner who was passionate about giving young drivers a chance at stardom. Earnhardt’s latest pick to drive his [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32377/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31874 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31874#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:09:32 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=31874
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer RacinToday.com The phone call on Wednesday from Rocky Platt brought sad news. His father Huston Platt, the pioneering drag racer, had died at his Buford, Ga., home. He was 79 years old. I’d heard of Huston Platt for years, but never actually talked to him until a few years ago, when Rocky [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31874/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31001 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31001#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:57:34 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=31001
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer RacinToday.com TALLADEGA, Ala. – The numbers said it all. Clint Bowyer, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet with a special 100th anniversary of Chevrolet paint scheme won the Good Sam Club 500, giving his car owner Richard Childress his 100th Sprint Cup win. And in a race that featured drivers pairing up in [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/31001/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30995 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30995#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:32:51 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=30995
TALLADEGA, Ala. – Sometimes it seems like there’s nothing that gets the memories flowing more than a Sunday morning drive. The early morning trip to Talladega Superspeedway from my home in Georgia was a breeze, with little to no traffic on I-20 or even on Speedway Boulevard. It might be a bad sign for the crowd [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30995/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30720 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30720#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:29:04 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=30720
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Concord, N.C. – Three generations of Wood Brothers have combined to spend the past 62 years running a race team, but lately they’ve turned into museum curators. With team founder Glen Wood being selected for the NASCAR Hall of Fame the second generation of the family – Glen’s children Eddie, Len [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30720/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30523 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30523#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:33:00 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=30523
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer RacinToday.com FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – The two race tracks across from each other on Georgia Highway 53  – Road Atlanta and Lanier National Raceway  – have combined to produce some great NASCAR drama and great memories from years ago as well as from hours ago. Today, Lanier’s grounds are serving as a [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/30523/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29963 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29963#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:48:13 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=29963
HAMPTON, Ga. – If the story of the 2011 Labor Day weekend races at Atlanta Motor Speedway was a fishing tale, it would be about the big one that got away. Down to just one Sprint Cup race a year for the first time since the track opened in 1960, speedway officials pulled out all the [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29963/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29928 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29928#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:09:33 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=29928
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer RacinToday.com HAMPTON, Ga. – Last week at Bristol Motor Speedway I had the chance to spend some time visiting with two-time Sprint Cup champion Terry Labonte. Among the things that struck me about that chance meeting was how young and fit Labonte seemed, even though his hair was grayer and his race [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29928/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29873 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29873#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:12:13 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=29873
HAMPTON, Ga. – Somewhere deep down, there’s always a reasonable explanation for events that seem to defy logic. For instance, why have there been five first-time winners in the Sprint Cup Series and so many races decided by pit strategy and fuel mileage? According to Denny Hamlin, the answer to that question, like many others in the [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29873/feed 2 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29810 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29810#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:36:05 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=29810
HAMPTON, Ga. – The hot topic in the media center at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday wasn’t the Chase, or the Sprint Summer Showdown or Dale Jr.’s new contract or the latest sponsor move. It was the decision by four drivers to decline invitations to meet President Obama at the White House next week. The event is [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29810/feed 9 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29693 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29693#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:38:46 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=29693
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer RacinToday.com BRISTOL, Tenn.  – It seems just a short while ago that Scott Riggs was one of the promising young prospects in the Sprint Cup garage. In 2001, he won five truck series races then moved to the Nationwide Series where he won four times in the next two seasons. From [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29693/feed 3 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29685 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29685#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:03:24 +0000 Rick Minter http://www.racintoday.com/?p=29685
By Rick Minter | Senior Writer RacinToday.com BRISTOL, Tenn. – The folks that run Bristol Motor Speedway are probably a little glad to see the timing of the official Danica Patrick-to-NASCAR announcement. That ought to shuffle to the back burner some of the debate in the media over whether the changes to the Bristol track back in 2007 [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/29685/feed 0