Posts under ‘NASCAR Week That Was’

Three weeks into the season and our reigning champ has shown once again he’s the man to beat. After a dismal run at Daytona, Jimmie Johnson has now captured two of three races – he’s fifth in the points. In other news, TNT announced this week veteran NASCAR broadcaster Adam Alexander would take the reigns [...]

Start-and-park teams were the talk of the week after NASCAR confiscated the #66 Prism Motorsports car for a post-race inspection. The sanctioning body inspected the car in the garage at Las Vegas to allow the team to qualify for Sunday’s race. In sponsorship news, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing picked up McDonald’s for 11 races this season [...]

Pothole-Gate and Jamie McMurray led the headlines this week after a wild Daytona 500. After two delays to repair a pothole between turns one and two and two G-W-C attempts, Jamie McMurray held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win his first Daytona 500. It was also the first 500 win for team owner Chip Ganassi. [...]

As I write this the countdown for the Daytona 500 is entering it’s final hours. While NASCAR’s biggest race has yet to begin, the week’s other events have provided an exciting lead-in. On Thursday, Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne won their respective duels to secure positions on the second row for the 500. The Truck [...]

The start of the 2010 season is finally upon us and you know what that means? It’s time for racing! This first week in Daytona brought us the Bud Shootout, Cup Qualifying and the ARCA race (otherwise known as Danica’s debut). On Saturday Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. put their Hendrick cars on the [...]

T-minus two weeks until the Daytona 500. Danica Patrick led the news this week as JR Motorsports released her 2010 schedule. Patrick is expected to make her first start at Daytona or California. In other news NASCAR confirmed this week a cut in purse payouts across all three series. The move is intended to save [...]

Just two and a half weeks left until Daytona and you know what that means? It was media tour time around Charlotte this week and the sport was buzzing. Through all of that NASCAR led the news with rule changes and the announced promotion of Cup Series Director John Darby. Among the changes, NASCAR made [...]

Roush Fenway Racing led the news this week as they worked out a deal to liquidate the #26 team. The deal with Vermont businessman Bill Jenkins gives him equipment, points and the number for a start-up team. Jenkins has named Frank Stoddard as crew chief. We also got quasi-confirmation of NASCAR’s anticipated switch back to [...]

Just over a month left to Daytona, things are beginning to fall into place across all three series. It was announced Ken Schrader would drive Team Red Bull Racing’s #84 for the Budweiser Shootout. Bill Elliott is rumored to be working on a deal to drive Roush-Fenway’s #6 car in the Shootout. Aric Almirola said [...]

Happy New Year everyone! Another holiday week meant another typically slow news week in this NASCAR off-season. Furniture Row and Front Row topped the headlines this week. Travis Kvapil announced Thursday he would drive full time for Front Row Motorsports in 2010. The team is also expected to field Kevin Conway as a Rookie of [...]