NASCAR’s Nextel Cup race at Michigan, the 3M Performance 400 will begin Monday at noon Eastern Time after the scheduled Sunday race was rained out. From Saturday evening through Sunday, Southern Michigan experienced constant rain. There was a brief lull that lured out the jet dryers, but they were chased away by a downpour that resumed the day of rain.
This is NASCAR’s fifth race this year which has been affected by rain. The Pocono race was shortened by rain and the races at (...)
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It may not be a matter of great suspense, but
Chevrolet has renewed its contract with Richard Childress’s racing enterprise, RCR. All of the Cherolet team contracts with the company for Nextel Cup expire at the end of this year.
Though Hendrick Racing and DEI-Ginn racing are expected to renew their Chevy contracts, as well, there’s question about the status of the fourth big Chevy team: Gibbs. Persistent rumors have Toyota courting Joe Gibbs and doing all it can to encourage (...
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Tony Stewart almost beat himself at the Watkins Glen NASCAR Nextel Cup road race on Sunday, but not quite. Leading, ahead of Jeff Gordon, with about 50 laps to go, Stewart wheel-hoped his Home Depot Chevrolet entering turn 1 and spun off the course. By the time he’d rejoined the field, he was 19th.
He won the race.
He got lucky. After working his way through the field, he was second to Gordon with two laps remaining.
And then Gordon spun going into turn 1.
So, Stewart won. (...)
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The Colombian driver Juan Pablo Montoya will compete at his final Busch Series race at Watkins Glen International due to the fact that his team wants to focus on the Nextel Cup for the rest of the season.Montoya competed so far 16 races of the 22 of the Busch Series.
Montoya’s team Chip Ganassi Racing has come to an agreement with team’s main sponsor Texaco/Havoline to focus on their Nextel Cup effort and transfer the remaining budget for the Busch Series into the Nextel Cup programme. (...)
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Stevie Wonder will serve as Grand Marshal of California Speedway’s Sharp AQUOS 500 which will be held on 2nd of September.This announcement was made by Speedway President Gillian Zucker.The artist will announce the, “Gentlemen, Start Your Engines” command to the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers in front of the live audience and millions of fans.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have a talent the likes of Stevie Wonder serving as our Grand Marshal,” said Zucker. “Stevie is one of the most influential (...)
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When the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series last raced two weeks ago, Casey Mears earned his third career pole position after turning a fast lap of 182.556 mph at Chicagoland Speedway.
Mears turned that qualifying effort into a fifth-place finish at the 1.5-mile oval, giving the 29-year-old driver four top-five finishes in his last eight Cup races. He currently sits 17th in points, 230 markers out of the final spot in this year’s Chase for the Championship.
Since winning the annual 600-mile race at (...)
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Fitzpatrick Uses Late Pass To Win in Edmonton
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Landon Cassill is an 18-year-old race car driver living the NASCAR dream.Saturday night at Gateway International Raceway, Cassill will pilot Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 24 National Guard Chevrolet in his first career NASCAR Busch Series race .
After being discovered through the GM Racing Development program in 2006, Cassill was signed by Hendrick Motorsports in December. In February, he graduated early and with honors from his hometown Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and made the (...)
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Fitzpatrick Edges Steckly in B.C. Dodge Dealers Dodge Avenger 300 at Sunvalley Speedway in Vernon, BC
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Casey Mears completed a lap at Chicagoland in 29.580 seconds with a top speed of 182 mph. These were the elements that helped him to win the pole position for Sunday’s Nextel Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway.This pole position represents the 3rd in Casey’s career of 163 Nextel Cup races.Looks like the 29 years old driver ,and newphew of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears, is improving his performances in the Nextel Cup.
Casey’s team-mates were also fast here at Chicagoland: Kyle (...)
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