The Coca Cola 600 has been postponed until Monday at noon on Fox — weather permitting — due to showers that soaked Lowe’s Motor Speedway Sunday evening. This should make for an interesting race, as the cars are setup for a night race, but will be running in the middle of the day.
NASCAR has called a mandatory drivers meeting on May 26th at the Research and Development Center in Concord, NC. The meeting will be of the town hall variety and is said to be a discussion about the state of the sport. Most, however, think the meeting has to do with clearing up the confusion surrounding [...]
Jayski is reporting via ESPN Insider that JR Motorsports may move to cup in 2010, with Nationwide Series driver Brad Keselowski behind the wheel. In order for that to happen, Rick Hendrick would have to sell his ownership stake in the team, due to NASCAR’s car ownership limit, but that would be a formality. Keselowski [...]
NASCAR suspended driver Carl Long for 12 races, and fined his crew cheif Charles Swing a record $200,000 for using an engine that was too big for NASCAR’s specifications. The penalty was the largest in the history of the sport. Swing was also suspended, and Long lost 200 drivers and owner’s points, also a record. Danielle Long, [...]
Jeremy Mayfield has hired Bill Diehl as he prepares to fight his suspension from NASCAR due to failing a drug test. While Diehl is working with Mayfield, he said no suit has been filed. Diehl represented Elliott Sadler in his dispute with Richard Petty Motorsports after reports surfaced that AJ Allemdinger would replace Sadler in [...]
Saturday night’s All Star event provided excitement, daring moves, and great racing over the last 10-lap segment. As a result, Jeffrey Owens, of NASCAR Scene, wrote for FoxSports.com: [NASCAR could make races] shorter, turning the 500-mile races into 400 miles and the 400-milers into 300 miles. If you threw in a mandatory caution flag with [...]
As if you’re not sick enough of hearing the back and forth between Jeremy Mayfield and NASCAR officials, David Black, the doctor who runs the lab that conducts NASCAR testing said that he had a discussion with Mayfield about the banned substance he tested positive for. Black said: I spoke with him about his positive [...]
While watching the ongoing saga between NASCAR and Jeremy Mayfield over his failed drug test, I can’t help but find the whole situation odd. After Mayfield’s failed test was reported, he came out and said: In my case, I believe that the combination of a prescribed medicine and an over-the-counter medicine reacted together and resulted [...]
Tony Stewart passed Matt Kenseth in the closing laps of the final segment and began pulling away, winning the All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Jeff Gordon each won one of the first three segments. Sam Hornish Jr and Jamie McMurray won the Sprint Showdown and both raced their way [...]
Jayski is reporting via ESPN Insider that Aric Almirola, driver of the now-parked No. 8 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevy, is working to secure sponsorship for the second half of the Sprint Cup season. Almirola said that talks have been going well, but now he’s waiting for a sponsor to sign the deal. Since losing his ride, [...]
