There are just two races left until the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship field is set. As the Cup cars roll into Atlanta and battle against Tropical Storm Lee, it was talk about next season that led the news this week. Sports Business Daily reported Friday that UPS would be scaling back its NASCAR [...]
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NASCAR Week That Was: August 14-20
August 22nd, 2011 
Journo It was Clint Bowyer and Danica Patrick who led the news this week after Marcos Ambrose finally got his first Cup Series win last weekend at Watkins Glen. Reports out last week said IndyCar and part-time Nationwide Series driver Danica Patrick would formally announce her full-time move to NASCAR in 2012 next week. Reports indicate [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: August 7-12
August 14th, 2011 Journo NASCAR is going left and right this weekend as the Cup and Nationwide Series head to the Finger Lakes region of New York and Watkins Glen International. Joe Gibbs Racing led the news this week as they announced they would be combining engine efforts beginning in 2012. Toyota Racing Development will build all engines out [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: July 24-30
July 30th, 2011 Journo NASCAR headed to the land of open wheel racing this weekend for the Brickyard 400. It was Travis Pastrana who led the news this week after he broke his right foot and ankle in a motorcycle wreck games. The accident delayed Pastrana’s much anticipated NASCAR Nationwide Series debut this weekend at Lucas Oil Raceway Park. [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: July 17-23
July 23rd, 2011 Journo The Cup Series was off this week, but the sport was still rolling. Richard Petty Motorsports announced crew chief Mike Shipplet would be replaced by Greg Erwin. Erwin recently left the #16 car at Roush Fenway Racing. In other news, ESPN announced this week NASCAR TV veteran Allen Bestwick would takeover play-by-play duties for the [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: July 10-16
July 17th, 2011 Journo It was traffic that led the news early this week after issues at the inaugural Cup race at Kentucky. Track officials were roundly criticized for a break down in traffic control that led to hours long waits getting into and out of the track and fans getting turned away because of a lack of parking. [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: July 3-9
July 9th, 2011 Journo Changes to the Brickyard weekend next year led the news this week after NASCAR announced the addition of Grand-Am Road Racing and the Nationwide Series to Indianapolis in 2012. The move takes the Nationwide cars from the Lucas Oil Raceway Park, a place they have raced since 1982. In other news, Ford officials said this [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: June 26-July 2
July 3rd, 2011 Journo It was sponsors who led the news this week. Crown Royal announced on Tuesday that they would be ending their sponsorships of Roush Fenway Racing and NASCAR at the end of the season. The company said they would continue their sponsorship of NASCAR’s Richmond event. In other news, GoDaddy.com was sold this week. Despite the [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: June 19-25
June 25th, 2011 Journo The announcement on Tuesday that Red Bull would be exiting NASCAR a the end of the season dominated the news this week. Team Vice President and General Manager Jay Frye said they were seeking outside investors to take over. Without investors, the future of team driver Brian Vickers remains unclear. In other news, NASCAR announced [...]
The NASCAR Week That Was: June 12-18
June 19th, 2011 Journo The NASCAR Hall of Fame led the news this week as it announced its third class. Being inducted next year are crew chief Dale Inman, three-time Cup Series champions Darrell Waltrip and Cale Yarborough, team owner Glen Wood and modified champion Richie Evans. In other news, silly season started to heat up this week with [...]
