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Bowyer Survives To Get Victory At Talladega
Sunday, 23 Oct, 2011 – 16:57 | One Comment
Bowyer Survives To Get Victory At Talladega

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 [...]

JTG Daugherty Unveils 2012 Plans
Sunday, 23 Oct, 2011 – 13:15 | One Comment
JTG Daugherty Unveils 2012 Plans

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In Racin’ News today, Sunday, Oct. 23:
JTG Daugherty Racing owners Tad and Jodi Geschickter and Brad Daugherty unveiled their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series plans for the 2012 season at a press conference at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.
Driving for JTG Daugherty Racing again next season will be 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte.
“I like [...]

Minter: Memory Lane Leads To Talladega
Sunday, 23 Oct, 2011 – 12:32 | Comments Off
Minter: Memory Lane Leads To Talladega

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 [...]

Race Day: Everybody Needs Somebody At Talladega
Sunday, 23 Oct, 2011 – 9:45 | Comments Off
Race Day: Everybody Needs Somebody At Talladega

It’s never fun to be a non-Chase driver at this time of the year. It must really be a bummer when the Chase moves to Talladega Superspeedway and the top teams and drivers start making out their dance cards for the Sprint Car Samba.
It usually leaves the group of drivers that resides on the second [...]

Martin Earns Talladega Pole
Saturday, 22 Oct, 2011 – 13:50 | Comments Off
Martin Earns Talladega Pole

Mark Martin won the pole Saturday for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Martin, a non-Chase driver, turned a lap at 181.367 mph.
“Oh course the race is a bigger more important competition but this is still for pride and I am very proud of my race team because of the great work that [...]

New Rules But Business As Usual At Talladega
Saturday, 22 Oct, 2011 – 8:18 | One Comment
New Rules But Business As Usual At Talladega

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
Looks like you can remove one X-Factor from the X-Factor Chase race: The new rules which NASCAR instituted for Sunday’s race at Talladega have apparently changed nothing.
That was the word from drivers after a couple of Friday practice sessions for the Sprint Cup race.
“I didn’t see anything any different,” driver [...]

Pedley: Wheldon Will Be On Minds At Talladega
Friday, 21 Oct, 2011 – 9:06 | Comments Off
Pedley: Wheldon Will Be On Minds At Talladega

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
Today, from a NASCAR track located in small town in central Alabama, we are going to hear a lot about a man from England who drove Indycars. It will be kind of odd, but also very understandable.
Why will Dan Wheldon and his death during the season-ending IndyCar Series race at [...]

Woody: Waltrip Says ‘Fear’ Hung Over Vegas
Thursday, 20 Oct, 2011 – 7:27 | One Comment
Woody: Waltrip Says ‘Fear’ Hung Over Vegas

In the wake of Dan Wheldon’s death at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last Sunday, Darrell Waltrip says he hesitates to “second-guess” the IndyCar Series’ decision to race there – but that it was probably a bad idea.
“I know those guys were apprehensive going into that race,” says Waltrip, a retired three-time NASCAR champion who early [...]

Fuel Injection Learning Process Under Way
Tuesday, 18 Oct, 2011 – 7:35 | Comments Off
Fuel Injection Learning Process Under Way

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR Sprint Cup cars equipped with an electronic fuel injection system sounded no different Monday at Charlotte Motor Speedway than those that raced in Saturday’s Bank of America 500, but everyone admitted there was still much to be learned before the 2012 season opening Daytona 500.
“There is [...]

NASCAR’s Johnson: Indycars On Ovals A Bad Idea
Monday, 17 Oct, 2011 – 16:46 | 2 Comments
NASCAR’s Johnson: Indycars On Ovals A Bad Idea

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
CONCORD, N.C. – Despite auto racing’s worldwide existence, it is a small community and when tragedy strikes, as it did with Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon’s death in Sunday’s IndyCar Series season finale, it is felt by every series competitor and sanctioning body.
“Those of us walking around the garage today, [...]