On Monday, JR Motorsports announced the plans for its No. 5 Nationwide Series entry for the remainder of the 20009 season. The No. 5 Chevy will be split among team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr, all-time series wins leader Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, and Scott Wimmer. Jr will drive at Texas Motor Speedway in [...]
After four races, Hendrick Motorsports driver Mark Martin has to be the biggest shock of the 2009 Sprint Cup season. He sits 35th in points, nine points ahead of Aric Almirola and having to qualify for races on speed. Martin has experienced a ton of misfortune to start this season. He was running fourth in [...]
Next weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 500, which has to be a welcomed site for Penske Championship Racing’s Kurt Busch, driver of the Miller Lite Dodge. Busch has been on fire of late, sitting third in points and coming off his dominating win at Atlanta [...]
During last weekend’s Kobalt Tools 500 from Atlanta Motor Speedway, Jimmy Watts, gasman for JTG Daugherty Racing’s No. 47 Toyota, driven by Marcos Ambrose, ran after a tire that rolled onto the infield grass. He got about 70 feet from the track, forcing NASCAR to throw a caution. As a result, several cars were pinned [...]
Four races into the 2009 Sprint Cup season, Stewart Haas Racing owner Tony Stewart has to be pretty pleased with his results. The Old spice/Office Depot driver has finished on the lead lap in all four races, posting three top 10 finishes. In the one race he didn’t finish in the top 10, he was [...]
During Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 from Atlanta Motor Speedway, Jimmy Watts, gasman for JTG Daughtery Racing’s No. 47 Toyota, driven by Marcos Ambrose, ran onto the infield grass during the race to retrieve a tire that rolled away during a pit stop. The infield grass is a prohibited area, thus NASCAR threw the caution, pinning [...]
Kurt Busch had a dominant car all day and held off a late charge from Jeff Gordon to win the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Top 10: Busch, Gordon, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Brian Vickers, Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, and Martin Truex Jr. Notables: Dale Earnhardt Jr (11th), Matt Kenseth (12th), Denny [...]
Kyle Busch lost second and third gear in his Billy Ballew Motorsports No. 51 Toyota, but he still managed to win his second Camping World Truck Series race in a row, the American Commercial Lines 200 from Atlanta Motor Speedway. Busch dropped back on the final restart, but once his truck got going, he passed leader [...]
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing driver Martin Truex Jr was transported to an emergency room Saturday to be treated for kidney stones. Following final practice, the decision was made for Truex to go to the emergency room based on how he felt in the car during practice. At this time, he is expected to start the Kobalt [...]
Mark Martin won the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 from Atlanta Motor Speedway with a speed of 187.045, one tenth of a second faster that Kurt Busch who had the second fastest time. Top 5: Martin, Busch, Jamie McMurray, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Greg Biffle. Rounding out the top 10 starters are Denny Hamlin, Jimmie [...]
