(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kevin Harvick was hopping mad at Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan Sperber. Of course, that was four years ago, after Sperber told Harvick the one-mile track was going to be repaved between the spring and fall races of 2011. After all, Harvick […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service Kurt Busch has been reinstated from a NASCAR-imposed indefinite suspension, clearing the 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion to return to the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway, the sanctioning body announced Wednesday. Under a NASCAR waiver, Busch remains eligible […]

(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) NASCAR announced today that, effectively immediately, the indefinite suspension of Kurt Busch has been lifted. He is eligible to return to NASCAR racing under indefinite probation subject to additional mandatory requirements that include but are not limited to participation in a treatment program and full compliance with any […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Kevin Harvick must have been tired of finishing second, because on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion did something about it. Once Harvick got to the front of the field from his 18th-place starting spot in […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Forget everything Dale Earnhardt Jr. said in the last two weeks about the driver-adjustable track bar in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars. Earnhardt used the new wrinkle to his advantage in finishing fourth in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Don’t underestimate the importance of career milestones for Jeff Gordon, as the driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet makes his final tour around the speedways that are home to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Gordon crossed off an item from his […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS, Nev.— Scratch one small item off Jeff Gordon’s swan song bucket list. With a track-record lap at 194.679 mph, Jeff Gordon won the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, one of three active Cup […]

(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS, Nev. – It was a different place but a familiar scene for Michael Waltrip Racing driver Brian Vickers. “I feel like we’ve had this press conference before,” Vickers quipped on Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where he’ll return to racing in Sunday’s […]