As of Sunday, Hendrick Motorsports driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has gone one year without a Sprint Cup victory. NASCAR’s longtime most popular driver looked strong at Michigan International Speedway until the engine in his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet erupted on lap 131 of the 200-lap [...]
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Daytona International Speedway’s grandstands will be getting an overhaul. International Speedway Corp. on Tuesday approved a redevelopment plan for the 54-year-old track’s grandstands estimated to cost up to $400 million. What’s more, it is doing it without the aid of public funds. “The decision was made [...]
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For Danica Patrick, there is a simple answer to how well she runs in a Sprint Cup stock car. She just needs to feel comfortable. The Sprint Cup rookie got somewhat comfortable by the end of the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway Sunday as [...]
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Carl Edwards felt like his Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle should have helped him out on Sunday. Edwards was running second to Biffle with less than 50 laps to go in the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway when trash on the grille of [...]
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Rick Hendrick has big plans for Chase Elliott. But like any good car dealer, he’s holding back on the fine print. Elliott, 17, won his first ARCA race on June 8 at Pocono Raceway – in just his seventh start. And he’s competed in three NASCAR [...]
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Before David Ragan climbs into his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car for Sunday’s race at Sonoma Raceway, he’s going to climb into the driver’s seat of the 18-wheeled transporter that carries the race car 2,700 miles from North Carolina to California. The driver of the No. [...]
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The extra horsepower Toyota Racing Development provided Sunday compared to last weekend was evident to Martin Truex Jr. in his third-place finish in the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. TRD provides engines to Joe Gibbs Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing. TRD detuned its engines [...]
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Sunday was a rough day for Hendrick Motorsports. Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had promising rides derailed by car problems, and Hendrick teammate Jeff Gordon’s shot at winning at Michigan International Speedway ended less than 10 laps in because of a crash. Throw in a [...]
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Greg Biffle led the charge for Ford Racing’s comeback with the 1,000th win for the ‘Blue Oval’ brigade — a win at their home track, Michigan International Speedway — in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quicken Loans 400. After questioning where the Fords stood against the [...]
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Penske Racing boss Roger Penske is squarely behind his mercurial and often gabby NASCAR Sprint Cup champ Brad Keselowski. Keselowski, the hard-charging driver from Rochester Hills, found himself the center of controversy — and not for the first time — on Friday for accusing Hendrick Motorsports [...]
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