(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – After last Saturday’s lackluster performance in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Jimmie Johnson returned to Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday still searching for speed. Apparently he found it. In opening practice for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 (6 p.m. ET on FOX), Johnson was second […]
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NASCAR Charlotte Notebook: Jimmie Johnson Finds Speed At Charlotte Sprint Cup Practice
May 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Denny Hamlin Holds Off Kevin Harvick For Sprint All-Star Race Win At Charlotte
May 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.— With a deft move with three laps left in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin delivered the first victory in the non-points showcase event to Joe Gibbs Racing and to Toyota. As he drove into Turn 1 to […]
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Notebook: Fan Vote Gives Danica Patrick Chance To Fine Tune Balky Car
May 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.— Sometimes it’s more productive to figure out what’s wrong with a race car, rather than what’s right. At least Danica Patrick hopes that’s the case. And, fortunately for Patrick, winning the Sprint Fan Vote on Friday night gave Patrick’s crew a chance to work […]
Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Danica Patrick Take Different Routes Into Sprint All-Star Race At Charlotte
May 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.— Greg Biffle led every lap of the caution-free first 20-lap segment of Friday night’s Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Clint Bowyer needed an early caution in the second segment to validate crew chief Brian Pattie’s four-tire call. Though they arrived at the finish […]
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Magic Mile Notebook: Charlotte Sprint All-Star Race
May 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from New Hampshire Motor Speedway) **UPCOMING NHMS EVENTS** Logano Ready to Celebrate 25th Birthday with NHMS Three days after celebrating his 25th birthday, 2015 Daytona 500 champion Joey Logano will help New Hampshire Motor Speedway celebrate a quarter of a century of NASCAR racing with the ultimate birthday bash. A native of Middletown, […]
NASCAR Charlotte All-Star Notebook: Kyle Busch Speedy In Return To Sprint Cup
May 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.— In his return to racing after a serious injury, Kyle Busch has a lot on his mind. First of all, he has to acclimate to the feel of the 2015 rules package on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car and he has to […]
National NASCAR Notebook: Jimmie Johnson Hopes To Shine In Sprint All-Star Race At Charlotte
May 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service NASCAR’s Sprint All-Star Race is not your typical professional sports exhibition. Despite not counting toward season points, it’s not all fun and games. Competitors don’t act buddy-buddy or attempt flashy moves just for show. The reason why? Its winner takes home $1 million. Jimmie Johnson knows […]
Kyle Busch To Remain Eligible For NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase For The Championship
May 13, 2015 by 6 Comments
(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) NASCAR announced today that Kyle Busch will remain eligible to compete for the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Busch will qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup by meeting all requirements of eligibility excluding Rule 17.6.2.1.a, which requires a driver to start all Championship Events […]
Kyle Busch Will Return To NASCAR Sprint Cup Competition In Sprint All-Star Race In Charlotte
May 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service Returning to racing sooner than expected after an injury sustained at Daytona in February, Kyle Busch will see his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series action of the year in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway (9 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1). […]
Jimmie Johnson Secures Third Sprint Cup Win Of The Season Saturday In Kansas
May 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Jim Pedley ~ NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Thanks to a brief but wild Kansas spring storm and the long delay it produced, Jimmie Johnson on Sunday became the first Sprint Cup driver to win a race on Mother’s Day since 2007. Johnson, who is pursuing a record-tying seventh NASCAR […]
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