Archive for the ‘NASCAR’ Category

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. [...]

51-YEAR-OLD KEVIN GRAY WAS AN IRREPLACEABLE KANSAS CITY TREASURE. By Charles Rouse
KANSAS CITY – In Kevin Gray’s sudden and sad passing, Kansas City loses not just its No. 1 figure in the metropolitan area’s vast and growing professional and amateur sports community, but one of the city’s most passionate and persuasive advocates. The 51-year-old Kansas [...]

EDWARDS RUNS FAST EARLY BUT KEVIN HARVICK TAKES COCA-COLA 600. By Charles Rouse
CHARLOTTE – Carl Edwards, NASCAR’s favorite son in Columbia, Mo., would have been in excellent shape if Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway were 100 miles instead of 600.
Edwards’ No. 99 Roush-Fenway Racing Ford held the lead for 61 laps during [...]

EDWARDS, BOWYER BOTH IN HUNT AT DOVER BEFORE FALTERING LATE. By Charles Rouse
DOVER – NASCAR has had a bunch of thrilling Sprint Cup wins this season in which a driver has virtually come out of the pack late in the race to grab victory away from one or two other cars that have been dominant [...]