Strong, reliable horsepower gave 20-year-old sensation Trevor Bayne the momentum he needed Sunday to capture his historic Daytona 500 victory, picking up a victory for the fabled Wood Brothers and a MAHLE Clevite Engine Builder of the Race contingency award for Roush Yates Engines in the 53rd running of theContinue Reading
Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 Crown Royal Ford with Roush Fenway Racing, and his wife Katie welcomed a new bundle of joy into their family early Tuesday morning with the birth of the couple’s second daughter. Grace Katherine Kenseth was born February 22 at 3:49 a.m. EST weighingContinue Reading
Amidst all the excitement and ceremony of the season-opening “Speedweeks” in Daytona Beach, Fla., Travis Kvapil was already eagerly anticipating Race No. 2. Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway is a favorite of Kvapil’s and is representative of the type of tracks where Front Row Motorsports expects to improve greatly in 2011.Continue Reading
David Gilliland promises that his third-place finish in the Daytona 500 was not a fluke. After plowing through the pack in a fast No. 34 Taco Bell Ford last Sunday, Gilliland confidently predicted that Front Row Motorsports would be the most improved team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series inContinue Reading
2011 PASS South Series competition heats up with the introduction of Hamke Race Cars as an associate sponsor for the PASS South Series. Hamke Race Cars of Mooresville, North Carolina will award a bare Super Late Model standard chassis to the 2011 PASS South Series Champion. Robert Hamke has beenContinue Reading
Driven to Read (DTR), a reading incentive program designed to encourage youngsters to increase their reading proficiency through the power of NASCAR, announced today Las Vegas 5th grader, Juan Ochoa, winner of the 2011 DTR logo contest. DTR is aimed at elementary school age readers. Kids in the program mustContinue Reading
Turner Motorsports is pleased to announce the addition of veteran driver, Ryan Newman, to this season’s driver line-up. Newman will pilot the No. 30 Dollar General Chevrolet in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway on February 26. The No. 30 will feature a reverseContinue Reading
The third phase of construction began this week on the world’s largest high-definition video board, designed and created by Panasonic, that will debut during Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 2011 May race events. Installation is underway on the 500,000-pound steel frame that will support the 165,000-pound video board, by crews from GraniteContinue Reading
POS Driver Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 CARL EDWARDS 42 1 0 1 1 $1,155,142 2 DAVID GILLILAND 41 1 0 1 1 842,909 3 BOBBY LABONTE 41 1 0 1 1 716,321 4 KURT BUSCH 40 1 0 1 1 833,302 5 JUAN PABLOContinue Reading
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 1 53RD ANNUAL DAYTONA “500” DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Daytona Beach, FL – February 20, 2011 2.5-Mile Oval 200 Laps – 500 Miles Purse: $18,693,533 Fin Str Car Series Bonus Driver Leader Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Points Points Rating Winnings StatusContinue Reading