Roush Fenway Racing has announced that Billy Johnson, who led the first practice session on Friday at Road America, will drive the No. 60 Fastenal Mustang in Saturday’s Bucyrus 200 Nationwide Series road course race. Carl Edwards, who was originally slated to drive the car at Road America, will remain inContinue Reading
The 2011 Daytona 500 Champion Trevor Bayne is set to be this year’s key-note speaker at the 19th annual New Hampshire Motor Speedway Governors Breakfast on Friday, July 15. Driver of the No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Bayne launched his way into stardom byContinue Reading
I’m not saying my running buddies and I are shallow, but I’ll admit that we aren’t generally given to a great deal of philosophical discourse. As result, when someone does utter a pronouncement of any import, it is worth remembering. Case in point: Over lunch during a recent trip toContinue Reading
Beginning this weekend at Infineon Raceway, NASCAR officials have increased the caution car speeds by five miles per hour at all four NASCAR-sanctioned road courses – Infineon, Watkins Glen International, Road America and Circuit-Gilles Villeneuve. Pit road speeds also have been increased by 5 miles per hour at Watkins GlenContinue Reading
For the first time since 2009, Richard Childress Racing (RCR) and Rheem are teaming up on the race track and the partnership takes center stage this weekend in Sonoma, Calif., for the running of the Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway. Rheem Tankless Water Heaters will take over as theContinue Reading
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Carl Edwards, Joey Logano, Tony Stewart and Brian Vickers will pull double-duty of sorts, playing themselves in Sunday night’s episode of the popular A&E drama The Glades. Road-course action from Infineon Raceway kicks off a full day of NASCAR-centered television that ends with a newContinue Reading
Driver Justin Lofton and team owner Eddie Sharp parted ways following the 2009 racing season. At the time, there wasn’t much left for the two to accomplish. After all, they had just won the ARCA Racing Series championship in dominant fashion. Spanning the last year and a half since theirContinue Reading
Members from Richard Childress Racing’s No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet pit crew will throw out the first pitch prior to Sunday’s Winston-Salem Dash game at BB&T Balllpark, located in Winston-Salem, N.C. The game is scheduled to commence at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time against the Lynchburg (Va.) Hillcats. BassContinue Reading
Kyle “Rowdy” Busch won his second consecutive Rowdy 251 CRA Super Late Model race at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich. Wednesday night. Busch, driving the No. 51 Flexco Camry, pulled away from second-place finisher Johnny Benson during a five-lap shootout, which was set up by a late caution, to secureContinue Reading
Eddie Sharp Racing (ESR) owner Eddie Sharp announced Tuesday the relationship between the No. 46 Toyota crew and driver Craig Goess has been dissolved, effective immediately. Goess, who had driven for Sharp since 2008, recorded one top-10 this season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS). Sharp’s No. 46Continue Reading