Dale Earnhardt Jr. was surprised to learn that the Republican Congressman from Georgia sponsoring an amendment to ban military sports spending has not been to a NASCAR race. Now, NASCAR’s most popular driver — who is sponsored by the National Guard— is inviting him to one. Earnhardt spoke Friday, a day after the House Appropriations [...]
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What’s the best way to use Twitter to help the NASCAR viewing experience? If you asked most fans, they would probably give you one of three answers: • Follow select individuals whose tweets you enjoy; • Search the #NASCAR hashtag and see every single tweet related to the race; • Use your own NASCAR-related Twitter [...]
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Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 pit crew got its revenge. Johnson’s team won the NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge on Thursday night, avenging last year’s loss in the finals to Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 team. Hamlin’s team was the two-time defending champions coming into the event and cruised into the finals again this year, but lost [...]
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A major player in the IndyCar ranks is considering a jump to NASCAR’s top level…Oh, you thought that sad experiment ceased for the most part in 2008 when Dario Franchitti, Patrick Carpentier, Jacques Villeneuve, et al. tried and failed at it? If you put any stock into [...]
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Twenty years ago, Charlotte Motor Speedway did the unthinkable – light a 1.5-mile high-speed racetrack. The move helped revolutionize the sport and set the tone for more prime time races on the bigger tracks, including the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway. Speedway Motorsports, Inc. chairman Bruton Smith and track officials worked with MUSCO to build the [...]
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For Timothy Peters, it’s time to push “go.” But, in a Camping World Truck Series season that’s shorter by three races than last year, it’s almost always “go” time. Peters carries the series point lead into Friday night’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The race is the fifth of the season [...]
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. draped an arm across Cole Whitt’s shoulders after the pair unveiled a green-and-grey Chevrolet to the adoring throngs (“Junior, nice shave!” yells one fan) outside a Walmart. Standing several inches above the red-haired rookie who drives for Earnhardt’s JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series, NASCAR’s most popular driver jointly looked the part [...]
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Carl Edwards loves plenty of things about NASCAR’s All-Star week. One of his favorites, though, is seeing his crew members in the spotlight instead of himself. Edwards’ No. 99 team is among 24 Sprint Cup crews competing in the eighth NASCAR Pit Crew Challenge in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday night. Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 crew [...]
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Chevrolet will campaign its new Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2013 as the replacement for the Impala, the car manufacturer announced Thursday. The Chevrolet SS is a 2014 model built in Australia that will be the first Chevrolet rear-wheel-drive sedan for sale in the United States in 17 years. The limited [...]
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NASCAR suffered a rare loss in Congress Thursday — and worst yet, it came at the hands of a Republican from Georgia. Rep. Jack Kingston tipped the scales in the House Appropriations Committee, putting some Southern moxie behind what had been a losing cause until now: Rep. Betty McCollum’s campaign to end the Pentagon’s practice [...]
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