(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Joe Gibbs Racing’s sizzling performance in the second half of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season looks like it’s carried over to 2016. The Huntersville, North Carolina-based racing team placed three drivers in the top five of the Daytona 500 – winner Denny Hamlin, Kyle […]
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NASCAR Atlanta Weekend Preview: Joe Gibbs Racing Roars To Atlanta
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Ricky Rudd, Ken Squier Among Additions To NASCAR Hall Ballot; Mike Stefanik Remains Candidate
February 24, 2016 by 2 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service Four nominees renowned for their competitive spirit and one of the most talented broadcasters in NASCAR racing were added to the list of nominees for the 2017 NASCAR Hall of Fame. Drivers Ricky Rudd and Ron Hornaday Jr., team owner Jack Roush, engine builder Waddell Wilson […]
Stewart-Haas Racing Announces Switch To Ford For 2017 Sprint Cup Season
February 24, 2016 by 5 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service In a move that startled the NASCAR world and signaled a paradigm shift in the balance of power among manufacturers in the sport, Stewart-Haas Racing announced on Wednesday a switch from Chevrolet to Ford starting in 2017. Stewart-Haas has been a Chevrolet team since three-time NASCAR […]
Denny Hamlin Wins Closest Daytona 500 In History
February 21, 2016 by 11 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Most of the time, when an athlete talks about a “team victory,” it’s nothing more than a sports cliché. But Denny Hamlin’s win in Sunday’s Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway—by the closest margin in the history of the Great American Race—was […]
Martin Truex Jr. Misses Daytona 500 Glory By Inches
February 21, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Mark McCarter ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla – There is a new sponsor and a bright, glitzy new paint job for Martin Truex Jr., whose 2015 car was black as a funeral suit. Still, two more coats of new paint on the front bumper and Truex is the Daytona 500 […]
NASCAR Daytona Notebook: TRD Boss Revels In Toyota’s First Daytona 500 Victory
February 21, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dave Wilson didn’t mince words. “This is very difficult for me to put in words,” said the president of Toyota Racing Development. “I cannot articulate adequately what this means to Toyota. “I’ll start by saying it’s our single biggest race in our […]
Friday Daytona NASCAR Notebook: Jimmie Johnson Quickly Up To Speed In Backup Car
February 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jimmie Johnson is down to his last car. That’s the bad news. A last-lap wreck in Thursday’s second Can-Am Duel 150-mile qualifying races destroyed Johnson’s primary No. 48 Chevrolet and forced him to a backup car for Sunday’s Daytona 500 (on FOX […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch Prevail In Sprint Cup Can-Am Duels At Daytona
February 19, 2016 by 1 Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Retaking the lead with five laps left in the first of Thursday night’s Can-Am Duel 150-mile qualifying races, Dale Earnhardt Jr. cruised to a dominating victory and grabbed the third staring spot for Sunday’s Daytona 500. In the second Duel, reigning NASCAR […]
NASCAR Media Day Notebook: Danica Patrick More Confident, Comfortable In Fourth Cup Season
February 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Danica Patrick has 118 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts to her credit. She has no victories, no top fives. But as Patrick starts her fourth full season in Sprint Cup, paired with new crew chief Billy Scott, she points to her ability […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: When It Comes To Plate Racing, Greed Is Good
February 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – When tandem “love-bug” racing was the order of the day at restrictor-plate tracks, Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t like it one bit. Hated it, if you want to know the truth. NASCAR’s most popular driver couldn’t see the logic in pushing another car […]
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