With his win in Sunday’s Brickyard 400, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Paul Menard is qualified to be a finalist for a chance to earn a $3 million payout in the Sprint Summer Showdown presented by HTC EVO™ 3D. If Menard can also win the Advocare 500 at Atlanta MotorContinue Reading
If there was freshly sheared grass blowing across Indianapolis Motor Speedway during Sunday’s Brickyard 400, Trevor Bayne, along with many others had an unfortunate way of finding it. Three times during the running of the race, the first coming after just six laps, Bayne had to make an unscheduled pitContinue Reading
After finishing third in Sunday’s Brickyard 400, it is becoming apparent that Regan Smith and Furniture Row Racing like to perform on the big stage. Prior to the 2011 season neither Smith nor the Denver, Colo.-based Furniture Row team had a top-10 result. But that has changed this season in a big way.Continue Reading
Years ago, as a garage rat at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Paul Menard dreamed of winning a race at the vaunted Brickyard. On Sunday, the dream came true. In a season full of improbable first-time winners in NASCAR’s foremost races, Menard, 30, stretched his fuel mileage and held off charging JeffContinue Reading
Jason White was off to a strong start in Friday night’s AAA Insurance 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway (LOR), but heavy damage sustained on a lap-one incident handicapped the No. 23 machine, relegating Jason White and Joe Denette Motorsports to a 26th-place finish in what may be the 17th andContinue Reading
If it could go wrong, it did go wrong for Timothy Peters and the No. 17 Toyota Tundra team at Lucas Oil Raceway. Starting from the 16th position Peters methodically worked his way into the top-10. After choosing not to change tires under the second pit stop of the night,Continue Reading
Miguel Paludo made his first laps around Lucas Oil Raceway Friday, taking to the speedway immediately. Working his way through traffic late in the race Paludo had just enough fuel to make it to the end matching his career-best Truck Series finish with a fourth-place run. “What a great night,”Continue Reading
David Starr and the SS Green Light Racing team had their strongest run of the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season finishing third Friday night in the ASI Limited/Zachry Toyota in the AAA Insurance 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway. Starr’s SS Green Light Racing entry was solid right offContinue Reading
Brad Keselowski jumped ahead of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on a green-white-checkered restart Saturday night and went on to win the Kroger 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway. It was the second victory of the year for Keselowski, who won the series championship last season. James Buescher, whoContinue Reading