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fanhouse.com Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Sprint Cup LAS VEGAS — Dale Earnhardt Jr. jetted into Las Vegas Thursday to pick up his seventh consecutive NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award, but it was another driver — Danica Patrick — that quickly dominated the brief post-award interview session before he boarded his plane for the immediate [...]
AutoRacingSport.com Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports was honored with the Bill France Award of Excellence at the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony. The award was presented to Hendrick by Betty Jane France, wife of the late Bill France Jr., who guided the sport from 1971-2003. “I wasn’t expecting this one,” Hendrick said [...]
AutoRacingSport.com Jimmie Johnson, the first driver in Sprint Cup Series history to win four consecutive championships, is the Sporting News driver of the year, the magazine announced today. Chad Knaus, Johnson’s crew chief since Johnson became a full-time Cup driver in 2002, was voted the top crew chief. The voting was done by Sprint Cup [...]
AutoRacingSport.com Nationwide driver and former Sprint Cup Series driver, Bobby Hamilton Jr. took over Highland Rim Speedway in Greenbrier TN on Wednesday, December 2nd. Hamilton immediately announced that the 2010 season will get underway on March 13th, with a complete schedule to be released soon. Hamilton also stated that he intends to refurbish the aging [...]
Scenedaily.com Hendrick Motorsports’ Mark Martin never has been the kind of guy trying to grab credit for accomplishments. So it’s really no surprise that he involves his entire team when talking about his NASCAR Sprint Cup success this season. Read the full story
Scenedaily.com After starting the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season with a fifth-place finish in the rain-shortened Daytona 500 in February, Richard Petty Motorsports’ Elliott Sadler failed to record another top-five NASCAR Sprint Cup finish for the rest of the season. Read the full story
Scenedaily.com The 2009 NASCAR season featured some new winners and familiar champions. Read the full story