CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The bright lights never find some auto racers. The media scrums that search out the pretty boys – the drivers with the big names and high paying endorsement deals – run away from, not to this group. Despite critically important contributions to their sport, some racers in this bunch remain invisible to [...]
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By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer
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RICHMOND, Va. – David Reutimann and Jamie McMurray, a pair of drivers out of contention for a berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup field, stole the show at Richmond International Raceway Friday afternoon.
Nearly all of the pre-qualifying buzz focused on who will be in and who will be [...]
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David Reutimann won the pole on Friday afternoon for Saturday night’s Wonderful Pistachios 400 Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway.
The pole was the first of the season for Reutimann and the fourth of his career. His pole-winning lap came at 127.383 mph in his Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Camry.
“Good horsepower today,” Reutimann said. “We’ll [...]
RICHMOND, Va. – A decision by team owners Kevin and DeLana Harvick to shut down their championship Camping World Truck Series operation and put their 80,000-square-foot-race shop on the market was described Friday by the NASCAR driver as strictly business.
The NASCAR driver’s comments came two days after it was announced Richard Childress Racing and Kevin [...]
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Brad Keselowski won the pole for Friday night’s Virginia 529 College Savings 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Friday afternoon at Richmond International Raceway.
Keselowski collected the pole with a lap at 123.757 mph. It was his third pole in the series of the year.
Second fastest was Carl Edwards, whose fastest lap was at 123.170 mph.
Kyle [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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This is America. Americans do not need to appear before government officials unless they are arrested or subpoenaed or need to renew their drivers’ licences. And the Sprint Cup drivers who decided to pass on invitations to the White House this week are Americans.
And yes, they are busy. They have [...]
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Glendora, Calif. – A return to Gateway International Raceway and the St. Louis market as part of an expanded 23-race national event tour highlights the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule.
A new operator at Gateway International Raceway has made the addition of the multi-purpose motorsports facility to the National Hot Rod Association schedule [...]
Events at Atlanta Motor Speedway over the extended Labor Day weekend graphically put on display what many of us believe to be is wrong with the on-track NASCAR product this year – nothing.
Racing in Sprint Cup, especially, has never been better. It has never been as competitive, it has never been as exciting. It has [...]
By Larry Woody | Senior Writer
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A controversy was stirred when four of eight NASCAR drivers blew off President Obama’s invitation to visit the White House Wednesday.
The President – having nothing better to do with soaring unemployment, roller-coaster stock markets, three wars, raging hurricanes, searing droughts and general turbulence from sea to shining sea – decided [...]
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Audi is heading to the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series.
Audi announced Wednesday its commitment to build a version of its R8 LMS for GRAND-AM. It will compete in the production-based GT class.
GRAND-AM has worked with Audi on the project since August 2009, making several visits to Germany to meet with the manufacturer. The car is [...]
Richard Childress Racing and Kevin Harvick Incorporated have reached agreement on a collaborative effort that will have KHI’s current NASCAR Nationwide Series program merge with RCR beginning in 2012.
A statement issued today by RCR said, “The decision is the coming together of the best of the two organizations.”
KHI will continue to be involved on the [...]
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