During opening-day inspections on Thursday for Friday night's Virginia 529 College Savings 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, NASCAR confiscated the front fascias from six Chevrolets entered in the race. Kyle Busch, once a familiar face in NASCAR media centers around the country, returned to the interview room on Thursday for [...]
By AP MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Ryan Newman needed help and was running out of time. Finally, Clint Bowyer provided an opening with two laps to go at Martinsville Speedway. Bowyer's aggressive move took out race leaders Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson 10 car had a problem that caused it to stop on the track with [...]
The top-five finish was worth 41 driver points, which pushed him into positive turf (at 18) through two races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Johnson came to Phoenix reeling. He crashed on the second lap of Monday night's Daytona 500 and finished 42nd Your best source for NASCAR news, analysis, rumors, race coverage and [...]
(Brian Czobat / Autostock / Associated Press / March 4, 2012) By Jim Peltz Denny Hamlinheld off Kevin Harvick to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. Harvick finished second, Greg Biffle was third and four-time Jimmie Johnson, left, holds his daughter Genevieve, center, up as she gives a kiss [...]
No one is condoning the actions that put Jimmie Johnson's crew chief, Chad Knaus, on suspension for six weeks, but suffice it to say that the NASCAR disciplinary actions aren't as controversial in the Phoenix International Raceway garage as in the By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service Keselowski arrived at a hospital in Los Angeles [...]
Similarly, Geoff Bodine once hit the pace car in a NASCAR Nationwide series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, also a Pontiac, this time with a new Pontiac Firebird. Mario Andretti once rear-ended an Alfa-Romeo safety car at the Molson Indy in Toronto. Openly gay Idaho lawmaker Nicole LeFavour discusses decision to leave politics. Birthplace of [...]
When the Daytona 500 ran into a protracted delay following an explosion and fire on the track Monday night, NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski did what any soci. By visiting a NASCAR race Sunday, Romney was trying to play the part of a racecar-loving average Joe, but instead by saying "I have some great friends who [...]
By Dan Eggen Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney doesn't just have friends who are NASCAR team owners—he has donors. Romney, who is enduring ribbing from Democrats over remarks on befriending wealthy race team owners, has collected campaign With all this downtime, Twitter is filling with NASCAR tweets of fans sounding off. The race leader, Dave [...]
Openly gay Idaho lawmaker Nicole LeFavour discusses decision to leave politics. Birthplace of NASCAR now a gay bar: Mitt Romney went to the Daytona 500 NASCAR race Sunday for what should have been a chance to show he's one of the guys. Instead, in casual conversation with an Associated Press reporter at the Florida track, [...]
It's a regular pilgrimage for both past presidents and presidential contenders trying to solidify their standing with NASCAR dads, the bloc of patriotic, blue-collar voters with a history of voting Republican. Today's Daytona 500 trip is Romney's Car owner Roger Penske, center, chats with drivers Denny Hamlin, left, and Joey Logano in the garage area [...]
