Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart started 1-2 in Sunday’s Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and not even a fuel crisis, a wild jumble of divergent strategies or a crew chief with pneumonia could prevent them from finishing that way. “One hell of a day, boys—one hellContinue Reading
Bristol Motor Speedway, last week launched a social media contest in conjunction with its summer-long celebration of NASCAR’s most popular track and the venue’s 50th Anniversary. The contest — “50 Days of Giveaways” — invites Facebook fans to participate in a series of interactive promotions to win exclusive experiential prizesContinue Reading
Rookie Cole Whitt got back to what made him the youngest driver ever to lead the points standings earlier this season: logging laps. After the first eight NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events, the 20-year-old Whitt was the lone driver to complete all 1,301 laps. His average finish was 8.25Continue Reading
Sprint announced today the biggest promotion in its history as the title sponsor of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: the Sprint Summer Showdown presented by HTC EVO 3D. The six-consecutive-race series runs from Indianapolis on July 31 to Atlanta on Sept. 4 and puts a $3 million purse on theContinue Reading
Matt Crafton and the No. 88 Menards/Ideal Door Chevrolet team began the Coca-Cola 200 presented by Hy-Vee with one mantra: “today is the new tomorrow.” After four straight finishes outside the top-15 due to on-track incidents and an engine failure, the team was determined to turn around their luck inContinue Reading
Celebrating his 20th birthday by making his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) debut, Indiana native Dakoda Armstrong entered the Coca Cola 200 presented by Hy-Vee at Iowa Speedway with determination to run a competitive first race. Driving the No. 98 Ferrellgas/Agrisure Chevy Silverado for ThorSport Racing, he did justContinue Reading
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points leader, Johnny Sauter, battled back from an early right rear flat tire to power home in the fourth position at Iowa Speedway’s Coca-Cola 200 Presented by Hy-Vee. His fourth top five finish of the 2011 season and second since running second four racesContinue Reading
In winning the New England 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch became the third driver with 100 NASCAR national series victories. Busch also tied Mark Martin atop the all-time NASCAR Nationwide Series wins list, at 49. The Las Vegas, Nev. native has won 22 times in the NASCARContinue Reading
Matt Crafton won Saturday night’s Coca-Cola 200 at Iowa Speedway, holding off a determined Austin Dillon in the closing laps for his second career win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Crafton snapped a 79-race winless streak with his victory. His previous win came May 16, 2008, at CharlotteContinue Reading