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Sun, 19/05/13 – 18:36 | No Comment

Johnny Gray raced to his third victory of the season Sunday and moved back into the Funny Car points lead at the 25th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals.
Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) also were winners in their respective categories at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event. All three winners were [...]

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Edwards Enjoys Reliving Old Times With Old Pals
Edwards Enjoys Reliving Old Times With Old Pals
John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Relegated to the role of spectator, Carl Edwards reported that he was warmly greeted in the NASCAR Nationwide Series garage as the weekend began at Watkins Glen International.
“We haven’t been on the track yet, so they’re all pretty happy to see me. So that’s good,” Edwards [...]

Sun, 12/08/12 – 7:34 | Comments Off
Starworks Sweeps At Watkins Glen
Starworks Sweeps At Watkins Glen
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Starworks Motorsport’s Ryan Dalziel and Lucas Luhr led a 1-2 sweep for the team at Watkins Glen International on Saturday, giving the team its second straight GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series victory.
After building a comfortable lead, Dalziel pulled away from teammate Sebastien Bourdais on the race’s final restart with four laps remaining to finish 0.817 [...]

Sat, 11/08/12 – 21:31 | Comments Off
Edwards Gets First NNS Win In First Start of Year
Edwards Gets First NNS Win In First Start of Year
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Carl Edwards passed Brad Keselowski after a restart with 10 laps left in Saturday’s Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International, held the lead on a restart with two laps to and went on to win his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start of the season.
“This win means a lot,” Edwards said. “That was a lot of [...]

Sat, 11/08/12 – 16:29 | Comments Off
Montoya Wins Second Pole In Row
Montoya Wins Second Pole In Row
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Juan Pablo Montoya made it two in a row Saturday, as he won the Sprint Cup pole at Watkins Glen International, the 2.45-mile road course in New York.
Montoya, who collected the pole last weekend at Pocono, won the pole for Sunday’s Finger Lakes 355 at the Glen in a track-record 69.438 seconds (127.020 mph).
Montoya edged [...]

Sat, 11/08/12 – 13:28 | Comments Off
Gordon Hopes To Re-Open The Old Road Show
Gordon Hopes To Re-Open The Old Road Show
John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – NASCAR superstar Jeff Gordon doesn’t spend time thumbing through his back pages, so the four Sprint Cup Series victories he has scored at Watkins Glen International are little more than a rainy day talking point in the summer of 2012.
“I’m very optimistic and excited about this [...]

Sat, 11/08/12 – 7:30 | Comments Off
Taylor Earns Pole At The Glen
Taylor Earns Pole At The Glen
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Ricky Taylor put the No. 10 SunTrust Corvette DP on the pole for Saturday’s GRAND-AM Series race at Watkins Glen on Friday.
Taylor claimed the pole position with a best lap of 133.557 mph (1:06.039) around the 2.45-mile Watkins Glen short course.
It was his first pole since the race at New Jersey Motorsports Park in May, [...]

Fri, 10/08/12 – 19:44 | Comments Off
Edwards Hopes To Be Like Jeff At Watkins Glen
Edwards Hopes To Be Like Jeff At Watkins Glen
Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Jeff Gordon has dedicated his life to providing hope for people who are in obscenely short supply of it. Sick children to hungry seniors.
Last weekend, the four-time Sprint Cup champion provided a bit of hope to a couple his fellow Sprint Cup drivers. Not the kind of life-saving hope that Gordon’s [...]

Fri, 10/08/12 – 11:52 | Comments Off
Time To Ground The Pigs, Launch New Adynations
Time To Ground The Pigs, Launch New Adynations
Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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A favorite old adynation is just not cutting it any more. Saying “when pigs fly” to describe something that is extremely unlikely to occur has become tired, worn out. So totally yesterday, if you will.
Updating it to having the pigs flying out of one’s butt extended the life of the saying – certainly made it [...]

Wed, 8/08/12 – 9:18 | 2 Comments
Dodge To Withdraw From NASCAR
Dodge To Withdraw From NASCAR
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During a teleconference with the media held this afternoon, it was announced that Dodge would not participate in NASCAR in 2013.
Making the announcement was Dodge’s Ralph Gilles, president and CEO of Street and Racing Technology Brand and Motorsports.
“It’s with a heavy, heavy heart we hold this conference, Gilles said.
Gilles said the move comes because the [...]

Tue, 7/08/12 – 13:40 | Comments Off
Penske To Use Roush Yates Ford Engines In 2013
Penske To Use Roush Yates Ford Engines In 2013
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Roush Yates Engines announced Monday that it will provide Ford FR9 engines to Penske Racing beginning with the 2013 NASCAR season.
Penske Racing announced earlier this year that it would part company with Dodge and be returning to Ford Racing in 2013 in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series.
“It’s truly an honor to provide Penske Racing [...]

Mon, 6/08/12 – 16:04 | Comments Off