Trevor Bayne’s hopes of duplicating his Daytona 500 performance in Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway didn’t work out as planned, but he and his No. 21 Good Sam Ford Fusion proved they were capable of victory. Because the race was an impound event, Bayne had to give upContinue Reading
Call it Talladega Superspeedway math. Four wide plus two deep equals one fantastic finish. Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race concluded with a pack of eight cars spread out four wide across the track, all crossing the finish line within a blink of the eye. It took videoContinue Reading
Two-car packs carrying the No. 22 were Goliath. The two Red Bull Toyotas carrying Brian Vickersand Kasey Kahne were the Davids. One David took a beating; the other David got burned Sunday at TalladegaSuperspeedway. After starting a season-best ninth, No. 83 driver Brian Vickers, for the fourth time in eightContinue Reading
Kyle Busch was in the top-10 for much of Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, but a late-race accident on the backstretch forced him to settle for a disappointing 35th-place finish. Talladega and its sister track, Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, are the only twoContinue Reading
onsidering the bad luck that Regan Smith has endured the past two months you would think a 15th-place result would bring on a few smiles. Not so. In fact, it was more of a long face for the Furniture Row Racing driver following Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway.Continue Reading
In a wild, three-wide, six-car finish at Talladega Superspeedway, Jimmie Johnson nipped Clint Bowyer by a record-tying .002 seconds to win Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Aaron’s 499 race. With a push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., Johnson surged past Bowyer about six inches from the finish line.Continue Reading
Roush Fenway Racing announced today that both 3M and Greg Biffle have renewed their contracts for three more years. The new contracts will take 3M, Biffle and Roush Fenway Racing through the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. 3M has been a Roush Fenway partner since 2005 and Biffle began hisContinue Reading
Trevor Bayne and the crew of his No. 21 Good Sam Ford Fusion spent all of Friday’s lone practice session at Talladega Superspeedway with their car in race trim instead of qualifying mode, but they still managed a strong qualifying effort. Bayne, the winner the last time the Sprint CupContinue Reading
Jeff Gordon will be sitting on the pole for Sunday’s running of the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. And in a race where it is crucial to hook up with a trusted drafting partner, Gordon will start with Hendrick Motorsports teammates all around him. HendrickContinue Reading