(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service It would be a mistake to dismiss the recent success of Joe Gibbs Racing drivers as mere coincidence. In a star-crossed season for Toyota’s flagship organization, the medical issues confronting beloved team president J.D. Gibbs have become a rallying cry. JGR drivers have won two […]
J.D. Gibbs’ Medical Issues Providing Rallying Point For Joe Gibbs Racing Teams
April 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Harvick Celebrated By President Barack Obama At The White House Tuesday
April 21, 2015 by 2 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service In what has become an annual tradition of recognizing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions, President Barack Obama honored 2014 title-winner Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team at the White House Tuesday afternoon. Accompanied at the podium in front of the White House by […]
NASCAR Bristol Notebook: Penske Teammates Early Casualties Of Rain Of Rain Delayed Event
April 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.—Before the start of Sunday’s IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Long Beach, team owner Roger Penske warned his drivers, front-row starters Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya, to avoid contact on the first lap. Perhaps Penske should have been at Bristol instead, to have […]
Matt Kenseth Snaps 51-Race Losing Streak With Food City 500 Win At Bristol
April 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.—In a race delayed and interrupted by rain, and ended in overtime, Matt Kenseth broke a drought of more than a year’s standing in Sunday’s Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes at Bristol Motor Speedway. In a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race […]
Joey Logano Leads Wire-To-Wire In XFinity Series Victory At Bristol Motor Speedway
April 18, 2015 by 1 Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.—Joey Logano was enjoying such a perfect day at Bristol Motor Speedway that the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford kept expecting something to go wrong. It never did. Logano led all 300 laps of Saturday’s Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 at […]
NASCAR Bristol Notebook: Is The Bottom Groove At Bristol Getting Faster?
April 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.—Drivers at Bristol Motor Speedway are starting to like it on the bottom. Ever since the grinding of the concrete racing surface in 2012, the top lane has been the fastest way around the .533-mile short track, but that may be changing. During qualifying […]
Matt Kenseth Wins Second Bristol Pole In Sprint Cup Series Qualifying Friday
April 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.—If history repeats itself on Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Matt Kenseth won’t have a problem with it. The last time Kenseth won a pole at the high-banked .533-mile short track—back in 2005—he followed with a victory in the race. In Friday’s time trials […]
Bristol NASCAR Notebook: Todd Parrott Brings Wealth Of Experience To Interim Crew Chief Role
April 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.—If you’re Richard Childress, and you’re looking for an interim crew chief, you’d be hard pressed to find a more experienced candidate than Todd Parrott. Fortunately for Childress, Parrott already is part of the RCR organization, as competition director for the NASCAR XFINITY Series […]
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Magic Mile Notebook: Food City 500
April 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from New Hampshire Motor Speedway) **NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS** Pelletier Wins Sixth Annual Speedway Star Competition Twelve-year-old Nicole Pelletier blew away the fans, judges and other singers to win New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s sixth annual Speedway Star singing contest at the Mall of New Hampshire on Saturday, April 11. Pelletier gave a moving rendition […]
NASCAR Appeals Panel Upholds, Amends Penalty To Richard Childress Racing Sprint Cup Team
April 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service While upholding a P-5 level penalty to one of the top teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the National Motorsports Appeals Panel did opt to amend portions of the punishment levied against the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing team. Originally docked 75 points each […]
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