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AutoRacingSport.com A former minority owner of Kentucky Speedway is suing the racetrack’s one-time majority owner, seeking to stop him from dropping an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR. A group of four trusts operated by Duchossois Group Chairman Richard Duchossois of Illinois filed suit Tuesday against speedway founder Jerry Carroll, saying Carroll doesn’t have the legal right [...]
espn.com No one else has won the IndyCar Series championship three times. But are Sam Hornish Jr.’s credentials enough to make him ESPN.com’s Driver of the Decade? Read the full story
espn.com No one else has won the IndyCar Series championship three times. But are Sam Hornish Jr.’s credentials enough to make him ESPN.com’s Driver of the Decade? Read the full story
AutoRacingSport.com Starbeast Motorsports wants to be a startup team plucking talent from around-the-world to tap into the interest of the international market. In doing so they’ve entered a technical alliance with JTG-Daughtery, which is, itself, aligned with Michael Waltrip Racing. Last weekend at the ARCA test at Daytona International Speedway, Starbeast imported two stars of [...]
AutoRacingSport.com Richard Childress Racing pit crew member Donald “D.J.” Richardson, Jr., passed away December 25 in a Massachusetts hospital from complications of the H1N1 virus. He was 37. Richardson, of Leominster, Mass., contracted the H1N1 virus over the Thanksgiving holiday. He was admitted to Health Alliance Hospital in Leominster for evaluation, where it was determined [...]
AutoRacingSport.com A high-ranking source has confirmed Kyle Busch is off the market. The source would not confirm when the extension was signed, but has knowledge of one that ties him to both Gibbs and M&M’s through 2011. Sources at Joe Gibbs Racing could not be reached for comment by press time, but it appears that [...]
AutoRacingSport.com NASCAR announced Wednesday a revision to the 2010 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona format that provides fans with a strong lineup of drivers highlighted by last year’s top performers and a collection of previous winners at the sport’s most-storied race track. The 32nd annual season-opening event launches Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, Feb. [...]
AutoRacingSport.com In an all-out effort to avoid bankruptcy, the joint owners of Motorsports Authentics (MA) are attempting to reorganize the troubled licensed merchandise company and settle the millions of dollars it owes several NASCAR teams. MA’s 50-50 owners, International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports Inc., have been in constant contact with the top teams since [...]