Winning the Coca Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway should boost Kasey Kahne’s confidence enough to seriously contend for the championship this year, according to several bloggers and NASCAR reports. Kahne contend for the championship? Please. No offense to Kahne, he’s a good driver. He has won eight races. But, can he contend on a [...]
Several major news outlets reported over the weekend that Belgium-based InBev is considering an unsolcitied takeover bid of Anheuser-Busch, former sponsor of what is now the Nationwide series. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the falling dollar may make the acquisition attractive. Commodities prices are also forcing beer makers to cut costs. If this takeover [...]
ESPN is running a story in which Haas CNC crew chief Bootie Barker said that his team has been running the same wing mount steup all season. The team’s No. 66 and No. 70 primary cars were confiscated from Lowe’s Motor Speedway on Saturday. While the cars passed inspections on Thursday, NASCAR director John Darby said: [...]
Kasey Kahne assumed the lead in the closing laps of the Coca Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, when Tony Stewart, who was leading by over five seconds following green flag pit stops, blew a tire and hit the wall with two to go. Kahne passed Stewart and never looked back. Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards [...]
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon drove his No. 9 Target car to victory in the Indy 500 ay Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
ESPN is reporting that Joey Logano, who is set to make his Nationwide debut at Dover International Speedway, is not being groomed to replace Tony Stewart at Joe Gibbs Racing. But, that may be out of J.D. Gibbs’ hands: We’re still just trying to feel out exactly where [Stewart] is and exactly how he feels. We want him to be [...]
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Kyle Busch survived a green-white-checkered to win the Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. A late caution set the stage for a green-white checkered finish with Busch leading, Denny Hamlin in second. Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr. running third and fourth respectively. Under the caution, Keselowki bumped Hamlin going into turn 1 [...]
Brian Vickers won the pole for the Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. David Ragan, Greg Biffle, Kasey Kahne, and Jason Leffler round out the top 5. Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Mike Bliss, Denny Hamlin, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. roll off in positions six – 10, respectively. Notable: Jeff Burton (11th), Brad Keselowski [...]
Qualifying is underway for the Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. So far, Steve Wallace got loose and into the wall. He’ll go to a backup car. Kevin Harvick also go loose and into the wall. He, too, will go to a backup car. David Reutimann got loose, but he was able to [...]
