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Raikkonen could race Nationwide at Charlotte
Kyle Busch fessed up.
Posted in Camping World Truck Series
Notes: Earnhardt determined to win Showdown
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is promising an all-out assault on Saturday's Sprint Showdown.
Posted in Sprint Cup Series
France explains ‘have at it’ after recent events
Even in this "have-at-it" era of racing, there are clear limits to what drivers can do to each other.
Posted in Camping World Truck Series
Wallace set to make 500th start in Nationwide
When Kenny Wallace first faced the notion that he'd be making his 500th Nationwide Series start some time this season, he wasn't sure what to think.
Posted in Nationwide Series
All-Star Race can pit friend, foe and family
Darrell Waltrip's love for the All-Star Race did not come at first sight. In fact, when he heard of the plan to have the first one back in 1985, he wasn't even sure he wanted to participate. A racing purist, he wasn't interested in putting on "shows."
Posted in Sprint Cup Series
Student Coulter learning on the go in Truck Series
Joey Coulter is doing more than his share of learning these days.
Posted in Camping World Truck Series
Smith replaces Bayne in burnout competition
Regan Smith will replace Trevor Bayne in Saturday's Pennzoil Ultra Victory Challenge, a contest to rate participants' best burnouts.
Posted in Sprint Cup Series
No. 11 team repeats as Pit Crew Challenge winners
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team, which pits the car of driver Denny Hamlin, became the first back-to-back winner of the Sprint Pit Crew Challenge, defeating the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team, which pits the car of five-time defending Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson.
Posted in Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR teams join new effort for tornado relief
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. -- A brand-new non-profit organization, Community2Community Inc., has partnered with five NASCAR teams for the upcoming races at Charlotte Motor Speedway to reach out to the tornado victims in Alabama.
Posted in Camping World Truck Series
Notebook: Showdown could be as competitive as main event
The format of Saturday's Sprint All-Star Race alone -- a 100-lap race with a 10-lap dash to the finish -- all but guarantees the sort of intensity we've come to expect from the non-points race for a $1 million top prize.
Posted in Sprint Cup Series
Spotlight: New car a ‘huge learning curve’ for RWR
After finally seeing some light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, last weekend's 5-Hour Energy 200 at Dover International Speedway was almost a microcosm of Rusty Wallace Racing's season-to-date.
Posted in Nationwide Series
Indianapolis expects more empty Brickyard seats
Ticket sales for this year's Brickyard 400 are lagging behind last year's pace, and race organizers worry it could produce a second consecutive record-low turnout for the July 31 race.
Posted in Sprint Cup Series
Logano to defend title in Ultra Victory Challenge
Pennzoil announced Tuesday the lineup of drivers who will compete in this year's Pennzoil Ultra Victory Challenge, set to take place at 6 p.m. ET Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway as part of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race pre-event festivities.
Posted in Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR approval for new drivers a long process
When Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen decided earlier this season that he wanted to race in NASCAR, he had to do one thing every prospective driver must do to get approval: He had to submit a resume to NASCAR's driver credentialing committee, chaired by Brett Bodine.
Posted in Camping World Truck Series
Auton takes Raikkonen’s adjustment personally
There may be only a handful of active drivers in the world with a resume as impressive as 2007 Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen. But when Raikkonen walks into the garage area at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend, it's as a Camping World Truck Series rookie.
Posted in Camping World Truck Series
Herring to drive No. 20 for JGR at Iowa Speedway
Joe Gibbs Racing announced Monday that Drew Herring will pilot the No. 20 Toyota in the Nationwide Series race in Iowa.
Posted in Nationwide Series
Tickets for Speedweeks 2012 are on sale
Tickets to NASCAR's biggest, richest and most prestigious race -- the 54th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 26 -- are on sale.
Posted in Sprint Cup Series
Vickers celebrates on emotional anniversary
A year ago this weekend, Brian Vickers sat in a hospital bed with IVs plugged into both arms, his future as a Sprint Cup Series driver the furthest thing from his mind.
Posted in Sprint Cup Series
Ambrose finds his groove on the concrete at Dover
Why some drivers do better on certain surfaces can lead to some abstract thinking. But in the case of Marcos Ambrose, the reasons for his third-place finish Sunday at Dover International Speedway are freshly cemented in his mind.
Posted in Sprint Cup Series
Injured KHI crewman returning home
DOVER, Del. -- Glen Wheeler, a Kevin Harvick Inc. mechanic injured by a flying rear spring during Saturday's last-lap wreck in the Nationwide Series race at Dover, returned home with the team on Sunday, team owner Kevin Harvick said.
Posted in Nationwide Series