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thatsracing.com NASCAR has announced a series of measures intended to give more freedom to Cup drivers and appease an increasingly fickle fan base. Read the full story
espn.com NASCAR plans to relax some rules this season and encourage drivers to be more aggressive and show more emotion. Read the full story
espn.com CONCORD, N.C. — It was time for one-on-one interviews at NASCAR’s Research and Development Center on Thursday and John Darby was nowhere to be found. “He’s probably out having a cigarette,” joked one reporter. Robin Pemberton, NASCAR’s vice president of competition, who was waiting to share the microphone with his longtime colleague, smiled and [...]
espn.com Hold on to your hats, folks. Sprint Cup drivers got the green light Thursday from Mr. France himself: “We are putting things back in the drivers’ hands. … We want to see drivers mixing it up.” Read the full story
espn.com Hendrick Motorsports has added a second airplane to the Haitian earthquake relief effort, with both planes making daily flights into the devastated nation. Read the full story
espn.com NASCAR has added a list of banned substances for its drug testing policy to the 2010 rulebook that all teams have been provided, the body’s vice president of racing operations said on Thursday. Read the full story
fanhouse.com Filed under: Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Sprint Cup, Danica Patrick CONCORD, N.C. — Not so long ago, NASCAR preseason interview opportunities used to consist of a few local Florida writers who roamed the Daytona International Speedway garages during winter test days and joined the drivers for lunch and informal chats in the back of [...]
fanhouse.com Filed under: Daytona Int’l Speedway, Chase for the Sprint Cup NASCAR announced Thursday that it will be phasing in a rear spoiler to replace the wing currently mounted on cars in the Sprint Cup Series and will relax its bump-drafting rules — moves that may prove popular among fans but could be greeted with [...]