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The NASCAR Week That Was: June 5-11

Fallout from the Richard Childress/Kyle Busch incident at Kansas last weekend dominated the news this week. NASCAR announced on Tuesday Childress would be fined $150,000, and put on probation through the end of the season. In other news it was announced this week Bobby Hutchens had been released from his role as director of competition [...]

The NASCAR Week That Was: May 29-June 4

The biggest news of the week is actually a developing story out of Kansas on Saturday. According to several reports, team owner Richard Childress, angry about a post race incident between his driver Joey Coulter and Kyle Busch, got into a physical altercation with Busch in the garage. NASCAR is investigating. In other news, Elliott [...]

The NASCAR Week That Was: May 22-28

In this second week in Charlotte it was an off-track issue that dominated the news. Kyle Busch was caught Tuesday doing 128MPH in a 45MPH zone on a rural highway in Mooresville, N.C. Busch apologized in a statement following the incident and then during media availability later in the week. In other news, Kimi Raikkonen [...]

The NASCAR Week That Was: May 8-14

The confrontation between Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch led the news this week. On Tuesday, NASCAR announced both drivers were fined $25,000 and put on probation for the next four races. The sanctioning body also announced changes to the way officials would be dispatched following the race in response to this incident. In other news, [...]

The NASCAR Week That Was: May 1-7

Feuds bookended the news this week. Juan Pablo Montoya and Ryan Newman were the much talked about topic after a spat at Richmond led to two wrecked racecars and two angry drivers. Last week’s winner Kyle Busch got into the act this week after he was involved in a wreck with Kevin Harvick that set [...]

The NASCAR Week That Was: April 24-30

It was young Trevor Bayne who led headlines this week after being hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic. Bayne exhibited bug bite like symptoms, but tweeted later it was not related to his hospitalization earlier this year. Jack Roush said nothing “sinister” had been found in tests. Chris Buescher filled in for Bayne in the Nationwide [...]

The NASCAR Week That Was: April 17-23

It was an off weekend for the Cup Series, but the boys in the Nationwide and Truck Series took to the track in Nashville. The weekend was swept by Cup regulars, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch. In other news, Hendrick Motorsports announced this week, Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson would be driving special cars at [...]

The NASCAR Week That Was: April 10-16

Hendrick Motorsports made big news this week as, for only the third time in the sport’s history, one team took the top four starting positions. Only Roush Fenway (2005) and DePaolo Engineering (1956) have done it before. In other news, NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France filed suit on Friday alleging extortion from twice ex-wife Megan [...]

The NASCAR Week That Was: April 3-9

Kimi Raikkonen again led the buzz again this week with talk about his future in NASCAR. According to reports Raikkonen had a promising test at Gresham Motorsports Park and is interested in moving beyond the Truck and Nationwide Series. In other news, NASCAR is working on the future of the Cup Series and the sport. [...]

The NASCAR Week That Was: March 27-April 2

Former F1 champ and current World Rally driver Kimi Raikkonen led the headlines this week after a Finnish newspaper reported he was heading to NASCAR with a Foster Gillett owned team. It was reported later in the week he would be in a Kyle Busch owned truck for a limited schedule this season. And finally [...]

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