Michael McDowell will return to the Sprint Cup Series with Phil Parsons Racing, formerly HP Racing. The team hasn’t announced a car number, but it has switched to Fords and will use engines from Roush-Yates Engines. The team has enough sponsorship to run the first fives races of the season. McDowell will also drive Joe [...]
Despite reports to the contrary, Kurt Busch will drive for the Sprint Cup championship in 2012, according to FoxSports.com. There had been speculation that Busch would run for the Nationwide Series championship. Under the rule instituted last year, drivers must declare the series in which they want to run for championship points. Drivers can not [...]
Long-time Nationwide Series team owner Jay Robinson has teamed up with Troy Blakeney to form Robinson-Blakeney Racing, which will field a Sprint Cup entry in 2012.
Front Row Motorsports has signed David Ragan to drive the team’s No. 34 Sprint Cup Ford. David Gilliland will drive the team’s second Sprint Cup entry, the No. 38.
Following the first day of preseason testing at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR has made some rule changes.
Richard Petty Motorsports has signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Smithfield Foods, the team announced. Smithfield will sponsor the No. 43 driven by Aric Almirola for 15 races, beginning with the 2012 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Helping Hungry Homes, a Smithfield initiative, will sponsor the team for the season opening Daytona 500.
TAG Heuer Eyewear will sponsor the No. 51 Phoenix Racing Chevy driven by Kurt Busch in 2012, the team announced. TAG Heuer will appear as primary sponsor on the car in the 2012 Bud Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. TAG will also serve as an associate sponsor during the 2012 Daytona 500 and the Kobalt [...]
Former NASCAR driver Bobby Hamilton Jr filed for bankruptcy in Tennessee, according to SceneDaily.com. Hamilton has liabilities of $1,293,543. More than $929,000 of the liabilities are property mortgages or loans, while he also lists owing the Internal Revenue Service $198,000 for 2005 taxes. In the filing, he listed assets of $551,825 .
Roush Fenway Racing will field a Sprint Cup entry for Ricky Stenhouse Jr in the 2012 Daytona 500. Stenhouse will drive the No. 6 entry driven by David Ragan last season. There has been no word on who will sponsor the team or who will serve as crew chief, as UPS moved its sponsorship from [...]
Mark Martin will drive for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series in 2012.
