It is a Cup Series off weekend, but there was no shortage of news this week. After failing a NASCAR drug test earlier in the season, TV analyst and former driver Randy Lajoie was reinstated by NASCAR this week after completing the necessary substance abuse programs. Regan Smith signed a contract extension with Furniture Row [...]
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The NASCAR Week That Was: Aug. 15-21
It was back to the world’s fastest half mile this weekend as NASCAR inches closer to the start of the chase for the championship. It was more Silly Season news that led the headlines this week. Richard Petty Motorsports announced Tuesday Marcos Ambrose would be the driver of the #9 in 2011. Ambrose will be [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Aug. 8-14
NASCAR makes its second trip to Michigan this weekend as the Silly Season kicked into high gear. Hendrick Motorsports and Kasey Kahne led the news this week as they announced Red Bull Racing would be Kahne’s home for 2011. What car Kahne will be in, and who his teammates will be is not clear. In other news [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: Aug. 1-7
As NASCAR inches ever closer to the Chase for the Sprint Cup it was Silly Season and schedule news that led the week. AJ Allmendinger and Richard Petty Motorsports announced this week an extension on his deal to drive the famed #43. Allmendinger has been with RPM since 2008. In other Silly Season news, speculation [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: July 25-31
A busy news week led the sport into Pocono (and Iowa) this week. On Tuesday JTG Daugherty Racing announced the team would part ways with Marcos Ambrose at the end of the season. Ambrose is rumored to be heading to the #9 at RPM. The team announced Wednesday NASCAR champion Bobby Labonte would take over [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: July 18-24
NASCAR rolls into Indianapolis this week with some familiar storylines. For the third time in a year it was Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards that led the headlines. After conflict at the Nationwide race at Gateway NASCAR penalized Carl Edwards 60 driver points and $25,000, and Jack Roush 60 owner points. Both Keselowski and Edwards [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: July 11-17
The Cup cars are off this weekend, but there were plenty of fireworks on track. Kevin Harvick led a dominating performance during the postponed truck race (due to power issues) Saturday afternoon. It was the Nationwide race though that’ll have everyone talking next week. On the final lap, after battling for a portion of the [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: July 4-10
NASCAR, and its teams and drivers had the below the radar, big story of the week as they finally announced the formation of the NASCAR Teams Licensing Trust on Thursday. The trust streamlines licensing in the sport by putting it all under the authority of one agency. So far 11 teams, and more than 30 [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: June 27-July 3
Happy 4th of July! It was a familiar number in victory lane on Friday night as Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Nationwide race at Daytona driving a car with a special Wrangler #3 paint scheme in honor of his late father. Dale Jr. said both before and after the race that this would likely be [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: June 20-26
It was an old name that led the news this week. In it’s second major drug related penalty in a year, NASCAR suspended two-time Nationwide Series champion Randy Lajoie after he tested positive for marijuana. Lajoie immediately apologized for what he said was a one-time incident. In other news, Bobby Labonte left TRG Motorsports after [...]
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