Blue skies, warm air. Cars on the race track. That’s how the 2011 edition of NASCAR Preseason Thunder at Daytona kicked off Thursday at Daytona International Speedway, the first of a three-day NASCAR Sprint Cup Series test. At stake are preparations for the 53rd Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 20 andContinue Reading
TONY STEWART Q. Australian newspapers reported that at the end of your trip down there that there was sort some of altercation or something. Can you give us some facts or shed some light on what happened? TONY STEWART: There was an altercation at the racetrack. It was a disputeContinue Reading
Wood Brothers Racing has announced that 19-year old rookie driver Trevor Bayne will pilot the iconic No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion during the 2011 season. Throughout their 61 years of racing in NASCAR the Wood Brothers historically have entrusted their cars to veteran drivers, but they acknowledge that BayneContinue Reading
AJ ALLMENDINGER WHAT ARE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THIS NEW SURFACE? “It is definitely smoother. It is funny, testing the Grand-Am car, it feels the same. It has little choppy bumps in it. It is not glass smooth like Talladega feels like, but it definitely has a ton of grip.Continue Reading
AM TEST SPEEDS 1 33 Clint Bowyer Chv 48.855 184.219 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chv 48.945 183.880 3 5 Mark Martin Chv 49.079 183.378 4 1 Jamie McMurray Chv 49.146 183.128 5 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chv 49.181 182.997 6 2 Brad Keselowski Dge 49.204 182.912 7 99 Carl EdwardsContinue Reading
UPDATE 1 – Top 15 on speed charts in single car testing 24 33 5 1 42 31 27 88 22 2 39 20 29 18 16 UPDATE 2 – Confirmed from NASCAR driver of the #14 Office Depot car, Tony Stewart will address the media during the mid-day pressContinue Reading
00 David Reutimann MWR 1 Jamie McMurray EGR 2 Brad Keselowski Penske 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull 5 Mark Martin Hendrick 6 David Ragan Roush Fenway 9 Marcos Ambrose RPM 11 Denny Hamlin JGR 13 Casey Mears Germain 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas 16 GregContinue Reading
When Furniture Row Racing received the recent news from NASCAR that its driver Regan Smith qualified for the invitational Budweiser Shootout, the excitement meter as well as the work meter hit new levels at the team’s shop in Denver. The invite to the prestigious, non-points Budweiser Shootout — Saturday night, Feb. 12 at DaytonaContinue Reading
Officials of Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR) announced today that 23 year-old Steve Wallace will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in February’s 53rd annual running of NASCAR’s most prestigious event, the Daytona 500. Wallace will pilot the No. 77 Toyota Camry for RWR at Daytona, with backing from longtimeContinue Reading
Bill Elliott has accomplished a lot in his NASCAR career, including 44 Sprint Cup wins, 55 poles, the 1988 championship and 16 Most Popular Driver awards. But he’ll be doing something new in 2011. For the first time in his career, he’ll start the season as a Chevrolet driver. HeContinue Reading