Archives
AutoRacingSport.com The Wood Brothers [#21 Bill Elliott], who are again running a limited schedule of Sprint Cup events, are to use the new Ford FR9 engine at every race they’re in. But Ford execs say they still don’t have a firm timetable for the full rollout, though they say they’re looking at somewhere around Charlotte [...]
AutoRacingSport.com Pacing the field for the 2010 Daytona 500 on February 14th will be a specially prepared one-of-a-kind 2011 Mustang GT powered by the all-new 5.0-liter V-8 engine producing 412 horsepower. This will mark the first time in 40 years a Ford Motor Company product has paced the field at the Daytona 500. The last [...]
thatsracing.com Jimmie Johnson on Sunday was named the winner of the National Motorsports Press Association’s Richard Petty Driver of the Year Award, the fourth time Johnson has won the award. The late Dale Earnhardt holds the record having won the award fives times during his career. Read the full story
Nascar.com Gary Nelson, one of the “fathers” of NASCAR’s new car currently used in the Cup Series, and Jeff Gordon are among those who think the decision to abandon the car’s rear-mounted wing in favor of a traditional flat-blade spoiler is no big deal. Read the full story
Nascar.com The merger of Richard Petty Motorsports and Yates Racing still hasn’t been officially announced. But with two of its drivers, Paul Menard and A.J. Allmendinger, meeting media and fans during the weekend at the Preseason Thunder Daytona Fan Fest at Daytona International Speedway, things got more clear. Read the full story