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Harvick On Brickyard Pole
Saturday, 26 Jul, 2014 – 14:33 | Comments Off on Harvick On Brickyard Pole
Harvick On Brickyard Pole

Kevin Harvick won the pole on Saturday for Sunday’s Brickyard 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Harvick put his Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet on the pole with a lap at 47.753 seconds and 188.470 mph. …

Flat Spot On: Melvin Was A Cockpit Safety Guru
Thursday, 24 Jul, 2014 – 7:15 | Comments Off on Flat Spot On: Melvin Was A Cockpit Safety Guru
Flat Spot On: Melvin Was A Cockpit Safety Guru

By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
For a long time established professionals were not welcome in U.S. motor racing. Lawyers were despised due to racing’s vulnerability to the issues of liability and doctors were often …

Keselowski Dominates, Wins At New Hampshire
Sunday, 13 Jul, 2014 – 15:24 | Comments Off on Keselowski Dominates, Wins At New Hampshire
Keselowski Dominates, Wins At New Hampshire

By Mike Harris |  Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
LOUDON, N.H. – Some teams tried stretching their fuel mileage. Others gambled on taking two tires or rolled the dice with four. No matter the strategy, nobody was going to …

Logano’s Homecoming Off To A Rough Start
Saturday, 12 Jul, 2014 – 17:10 | Comments Off on Logano’s Homecoming Off To A Rough Start
Logano’s Homecoming Off To A Rough Start

By Mike Harris | Senior Writer
RacingToday.com
LOUDON, N.H. – Joey Logano has come a long way since his inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup victory in a rain-shortened race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July, 2009.
Logano was …

Kyle Busch On Cup Pole In Loudon
Friday, 11 Jul, 2014 – 17:46 | Comments Off on Kyle Busch On Cup Pole In Loudon
Kyle Busch On Cup Pole In Loudon

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Kyle Busch on Friday won the pole for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Busch claimed the pole with a track qualifying record lap of 27.574 seconds, 138.130 mph. Ryan Newman held the …

Racing Reality Smacks Rookie Larson In Face
Friday, 11 Jul, 2014 – 15:02 | Comments Off on Racing Reality Smacks Rookie Larson In Face
Racing Reality Smacks Rookie Larson In Face

By Mike Harris | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
LOUDON, N.H. – It all seemed so easy for Kyle Larson at the start.
NASCAR’s latest wunderkind was sailing along in his first full season in the elite Sprint Cup series, …

Helton: NASCAR Plans To ‘Stay The Course’
Friday, 11 Jul, 2014 – 11:07 | Comments Off on Helton: NASCAR Plans To ‘Stay The Course’
Helton: NASCAR Plans To ‘Stay The Course’

LOUDON, N.H. _ NASCAR president Mike Helton made it very clear Friday morning that the stock car sanctioning body does not believe this week’s announcement that its top car owners have formed an alliance poses …

NASCAR Owners’ Alliance A Sign Of Discontent?
Thursday, 10 Jul, 2014 – 7:51 | Comments Off on NASCAR Owners’ Alliance A Sign Of Discontent?
NASCAR Owners’ Alliance A Sign Of Discontent?

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
Rob Kauffman is a businessman. The co-owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, he has reportedly made hundreds of millions of dollars managing hedge funds. That fact alone might be a clue …

Cup Owners Form New Team Alliance Group
Monday, 7 Jul, 2014 – 10:57 | Comments Off on Cup Owners Form New Team Alliance Group
Cup Owners Form New Team Alliance Group

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The top team owners in NASCAR on Monday announced that they have formed an alliance which they say is intended to improve the sport.
Rob Kauffman, head of the alliance, issued the following statement about the …

Rain Ends Drought For The No. 43 Petty Car
Sunday, 6 Jul, 2014 – 14:11 | Comments Off on Rain Ends Drought For The No. 43 Petty Car
Rain Ends Drought For The No. 43 Petty Car

Aric Almirola dove the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford to victory in Sunday’s rain-delayed, rain-shortened and crash-decimated Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
The victory was the first in Cup for Almirola and …