Archive for the ‘NASCAR’ Category

CARL EDWARDS, CLINT BOWYER TWO OF THE FEW TO FINISH SPRINT CUP. By Charles Rouse
DAYTONA – It was one of those motor-racing events in which it appeared that the winner was going to be last car left running on the track. All night long in the Budweiser Shootout Saturday at the Daytona International Speedway, the [...]

MICHAEL SHANK RACING CAME UP BIG AT THE ROLEX 24 IN DAYTONA. Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The little team with no pedigree knocked off the big boys with all those championships. Michael Shank Racing did it with a pair of drivers hoping Sunday’s victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona is the kickoff to [...]

DANICA PATRICK WILL SKIP THE INDY 500, WILL RACE IN COCA-COLA 600. By David Newton
CONCORD, N.C. (ESPN.com) – Danica Patrick has added the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway to her 2012 Sprint Cup schedule, eliminating any possibility she will run in the Indianapolis 500. “I’m not going to do the Indy 500,” the former [...]

SPRINT’S SPONSORSHIP OF NASCAR TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. By Charles Rouse
KANSAS CITY – Kansas City-based Sprint Nextel has agreed to extend its partnership with NASCAR and the Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR’s highest stock car racing series, through 2016. The current 10-year agreement for $750 million was set to expire in 2013, but now [...]

CARL EDWARDS CAN’T STAVE OFF GUTSY COMEBACK BY TONY STEWART. By Charles Rouse
MIAMI – It was nip and tuck through much of the second half of the race – one vs. two, Ford against Chevrolet – in a winner-take-all NASCAR season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Sprint Cup points leader Carl Edwards seeking his [...]

INDY CAR RACER DAN WELDON WAS KILLED DURING A CRASH IN VEGAS. Associated Press
LAS VEGAS – Every race car driver heads onto the track understanding this race could be the last and hoping it won’t be. On Sunday, IndyCar drivers got a harsh reminder when the worst happened to one of their own. Two-time Indianapolis [...]

JIMMIE JOHNSON TAKES CONTROL AND COMES UP WITH BIG VICTORY. The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Jimmie Johnson didn’t qualify where he wanted, and his car never quite cooperated during the final practice session at Kansas Speedway. So he spent Saturday evening in the garage area, going over different setups with the rest of his [...]

CARL EDWARDS & CLINT BOWYER FAIL TO CRACK TOP 10 OF BRICKYARD 400. By Charles Rouse
INDIANAPOLIS – Neither Carl Edwards nor Clint Bowyer have ever won at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the track that rates as the crown jewel of motor racing, in 13 combined starts. And the Brickyard 400 Sprint Cup race Sunday at the [...]

CARL EDWARDS MISSES OUT ON TOP 10  BUT REGAINS CUP POINTS LEAD. By Charles Rouse
LOUDON – The day was dominated by the team from Stewart-Haas Racing, but Columbia, Mo.’s, Carl Edwards received a big payoff of his own, even though he finished outside of the top 10 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for [...]

EDWARDS, BOWYER MATCH CAREER ROAD-COURSE BESTS AT INFINEON. By Charles Rouse
SONOMA, Calif – Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway in the heart of Northern California wine country, one of the premiere road-courses auto racing venues in America, was a runaway, and Kurt Busch in the No. 22 Penske Dodge was in the lead car. [...]