(NASCAR Wire Service) Jim Pedley ~ NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Missouri native Carl Edwards and Kansas native Clint Bowyer both got quite vocal, quite emotional the other day trying to explain what a victory in Saturday night’s SpongeBob SquarePants 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway would mean to them. […]
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Joey Logano Wins Pole For Sprint Cup SpongeBob SquarePants 400 At Kansas Speedway
May 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Jim Pedley ~ NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Joey Logano strengthened his standing as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ 2015 Qualifying Meister on Friday night as he won the Coors Light Pole Award for Saturday night’s SpongeBob SquarePants 400 at Kansas Speedway. The pole was the fourth in 11 attempts […]
NASCAR Kansas Notebook: Bowyer Gets Lesson In Speeding
May 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Jim Pedley ~ NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – So, when is 95 miles per hour scarier than 200 mph? For Clint Bowyer it was when a very, very hard baseball came at him at 95 as he stood in a batter’s box at Kauffman Stadium earlier this week. Bowyer, driver […]
NASCAR Kansas Notebook: Daniel Suarez Not Worried By Little Things Like Rain
May 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Jim Pedley ~ NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – The rain was coming down hard and pooling up across the garage area at a rate that was putting Thursday afternoon practices for Friday night’s Toyota Tundra 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Kansas Speedway in serious jeopardy. Might have been […]
NASCAR Kansas Preview: Clint Bowyer, Carl Edwards and Jamie McMurray Ready For Hometrack Show
May 6, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Before he began trading paint in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Clint Bowyer was a 23-year-old body shop worker at Emporia Motors in his hometown of Emporia, Kansas. At the time (2003), he raced cars, and won titles, at local tracks, including Thunderhill, Lakeside and I-70 […]
NAPA To Sponsor Chase Elliott In Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Sprint Cup Ride
May 6, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from Hendrick Motorsports) CONCORD, N.C. – NAPA Auto Parts will grow its relationship with 11-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsports in 2016 when it becomes the majority sponsor of driver Chase Elliott and his No. 24 Chevrolet SS team. The news was announced Tuesday evening in Las Vegas during the NAPA […]
NASCAR Talladega Notebook: Ryan Blaney Delivers Top-Five To Wood Brothers Racing
May 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Mark McCarter~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.– It has been almost 35 years since the Wood Brothers enjoyed their last victory at Talladega Superspeedway, with the late Neil Bonnett behind the wheel. But in the late stages of Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500, there seemed a possibility of making history […]
Jeff Gordon Grabs 80th Career Sprint Cup Series Pole At Talladega
May 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Mark McCarter~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.—Change the rules, change the format – but they can’t change history. Jeff Gordon, who has won more Talladega Superspeedway poles than any active driver, put together a lap of more than one mile per hour faster than the next-quickest to earn the Coors Light Pole […]
NASCAR Talladega Notebook: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Relishes ‘Laid-Back’ Talladega
May 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Mark McCarter~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.— For Dale Earnhardt Jr. “Friday and Saturday are easy” when it comes to Talladega Superspeedway. Sunday, not so much. Earnhardt, a five-time Sprint Cup winner at Talladega, acknowledged on the eve of Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500 race (1 p.m. ET on FOX) […]
NASCAR Talladega Notebook: Sprint Cup Drivers Feeling Positive About Qualifying Format At Talladega
May 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Mark McCarter~ NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.—Saturday’s Coors Light Pole qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GEICO 500 is the unveiling of still another new format for Talladega Superspeedway, and it meets with wide approval among drivers. “I feel really good about what it’s evolved into,” said Sprint Cup points leader […]
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