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Penske Racing’s Sam Hornish will be locked in the first five NASCAR Sprint Cup races with the points from the Bill Davis Racing No. 22 entry from last year, Penske Racing Vice President Jonathan Gibson confirmed Tuesday night.
Sixteen of NASCAR’s 36 Sprint Cup Series points races will start at 2 p.m., two fewer than last year, while six events will start earlier in 2009 as part of the schedule NASCAR released Tuesday.
Owner Jack Roush said he knows his team has what it takes to win a title. Why? Because he believes Roush Fenway racing had it last year, too, writes David Newton.
With the Daytona 500 less than two weeks away, three-time Cup champion and Fox Sports NASCAR analyst Darrell Waltrip shares his thoughts on the upcoming season.
The most overrated NASCAR record? Richard Petty’s 200 victories take that honor hands down, Terry Blount writes in his new book.
Brad Keselowski, driving for Phoenix Racing, is expected to be locked into the field for the Daytona 500, and there could be others also guaranteed starting spots in the opening NASCAR Sprint Cup races as various points transfers are being talked about as teams outside the top 35 in owners points try to secure those [...]
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team officials say they will face some tough choices when pitting this season because of a rule change that will force them to choose whether to take tires or fuel.
Jamie McMurray says he’s delighted to be reunited with crew chief Donnie Wingo and hoping that they’ll enjoy even more success in their new partnership at Roush Fenway Racing than they did when McMurray broke into the Cup ranks with Wingo at Chip Ganassi Racing.
Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Speedway Motorsports Inc., NASCAR Tracks
Friday afternoon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. graced the web pages of Sports Illustrated after writer Bruce Martin hung around with the driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet for a day’s-worth of commercial work recently.
The piece was mostly centered around Earnhardt Jr.’s status as a commercial icon and previewed an ad for sponsor GoDaddy.com that will feature fellow Hendrick/JR Motorsports driver Brad Keselowski, but as we’ve come to expect from Earnhardt Jr., the driver didn’t hold back when asked about some comments made during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Media tour just a few weeks back.
Those comments centered around Speedway Motorsports, Inc., chairman Bruton Smith claiming that the drivers need to do a little more to help sell tickets in the struggling climate that faces the 2009 season.
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