Joe Gibbs Racing announces today that it has signed Ryan Truex to drive in six races this season in the organization’s NASCAR Nationwide Series program. Truex will drive the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing beginning in Atlanta on September 3. In addition Truex will be behind the wheelContinue Reading
Rick Ware Racing (RWR) is proud to announce that 2009 Trans Am Series Champion, and Rolex Grand Am Series and American Le Mans Series driver, Tomy Drissi is ready to take to the track at Watkins Glen. Tomy Drissi will make his organizational debut at Watkins Glen, followed by theContinue Reading
Ryan Newman struggled with a tight-handling racecar throughout Sunday’s Good Sam RV Insurance 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, but a strong restart on lap 184 vaulted the driver of the No. 39 Tornados Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) through the field and resulted inContinue Reading
Mary Hendrick, mother of Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick, passed away Monday afternoon at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Mrs. Hendrick, a native of Palmer Springs, Va., was 88. Fondly referred to as “Miss Mary,” Mrs. Hendrick was the car owner of the No. 25 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in theContinue Reading
Road course racing veteran Ron Fellows will get behind the wheel of the No. 36 Golden Corral Chevrolet for Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) at Watkins Glen International August 14th. Dave Blaney will pilot the No. 35 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet for the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen.Continue Reading
The Good Sam RV Emergency Road Service 125 event weekend at Pocono Raceway was an eventful one for Justin Lofton and the No. 6 CollegeComplete.com (http://www.collegecomplete.com) team, but when it was all said and done, they persevered to a 16th place finish. “We had a few challenges that’s for sure,” Lofton said. “But the guys didn’t giveContinue Reading
Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Sept. 2-4 AdvoCare 500 weekend will feature three nights of racing on the 1.54-mile high banks. NASCAR veteran Kyle Busch will enter all of them in an attempt for his second career three-race sweep at one track. Busch will pilot his No. 18 NASCAR Camping World TruckContinue Reading
Dave Blaney drove the No. 36 Golden Corral Chevrolet to the 21st starting spot and Tommy Baldwin Racing’s (TBR) best start of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season. Two pit road speeding penalties during the Good Sam RV Insurance 500 marred Blaney one lap down early in theContinue Reading
RCR teammates finished 10th (Paul Menard), 14th (Kevin Harvick), 17th (Jeff Burton) and 18th (Clint Bowyer). Menard had an average running position of 12.3 in the 200-lap event. The 2011 Brickyard 400 winner spent 176 of the 200 laps running in the top 15 during Sunday’s Good Sam RV InsuranceContinue Reading
Looking to continue the TriStar Motorsports team’s forward progression in the NASCAR Owner and Driver standings, Eric McClure returned to Iowa Speedway for the second time this season with high hopes. Unfortunately, his hopes were shattered as a hole in the secondary oil line forced the team to spend aContinue Reading