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May 14, 2008
Dale Jarrett to join ESPN
Jarrett’s newest ride as he heads into the next phase of his career around NASCAR racing will be in a TV booth for ESPN with fellow announcers Andy Petree and Jerry Punch, two old buddies from Newton.
May 13, 2008
Richard Childress drivers confident about Cup chances
The result of Childress reaching deep into his bank account and a more strenuous testing program is likely to put all three drivers back in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, despite what looks like greater competition
May 02, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads Sprint Cup practice at RIR
Dale Earnhardt Jr. posted the fastest lap during today’s practice session for NASCAR Sprint Cup teams as they prepared for tomorrow’s 7:30 p.m. 400-lap race at Richmond International Raceway.
Richmond NASCAR race may fail to sell out
Economic downturn, added capacity may be responsible for excess
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Maneuverability called key to success at RIR
Rusty Wallace found race didn’t always go to the swiftest
April 28, 2008
Soaring gas prices hit NASCAR fans
Parking the RV against the fourth-turn fence: $600. Extra charge for infield wristbands: $105 each. Fuel to get here: Think body parts.
April 26, 2008
Stewart wins Nationwide race at Talladega
Franchitti breaks his ankle and will miss Cup race Sunday. Stewart hopes to follow this win with a victory in the Aaron’s 499.
April 25, 2008
Junior, Gordon, Stewart winless
The focus may be moving toward Tony Stewart coming to a track where he has never won - suddenly the issue is not about Victory Lane but rather his next NASCAR contract.
April 24, 2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr. focused on consistency
If Dale Earnhardt Jr. is getting frustrated by his long losing streak—next week it will be precisely two years since his last tour win—he’s hiding it well.
April 10, 2008
Ryan Newman Wins Pole at Phoenix
Virginia native Elliott Sadler joins Newman on the front row after turning the second fastest lap Thursday.
April 04, 2008
Kahne hopes to recapture magic in Texas
Kasey Kahne knows his way around Texas Motor Speedway. In his first Cup start there, he finished second to Emporia native, and future teammate, Elliott Sadler. His third Cup victory came two years later on that same 1 1/2-mile surface, in the middle of his best season yet. He won six times that year.
March 30, 2008
Hamlin Gets Coveted First Win at Martinsville
Hendrick drivers led 146, 135 and 90 laps--but none of the big three could manage to win the race.
March 28, 2008
Sadler likely out of No. 19, for now, due to injury
Elliott Sadler is apparently incapable of sitting right now without extreme pain after a “sporting injury” suffered Wednesday. Because of that, Gillett Evernham Motorsports has lined up Craftsman Truck Series driver Dennis Setzer as a backup.
March 26, 2008
NASCAR and moonshine legend Junior Johnson to sign autographs in Martinsville March 28th
NASCAR and moonshine legend Junior Johnson to sign autographs in Martinsville March 28th
March 17, 2008
Hendrick again shut out again, as trend points to parity in NASCAR
Five races into the season, the team that won 18 of 36 races last year is still looking for its first victory. Yet to call it a Hendrick slump might be overstating what’s really going on right now in NASCAR.
March 16, 2008
Burton Steals Bristol Win
Burton steals win at Bristol after Harvick wrecks Stewart with 3 to go
March 15, 2008
Bowyer beats Kahne and the rain to win at Bristol
Clint Bowyer outraced Kasey Kahne and the rain to win the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway when it was stopped just past halfway.
March 12, 2008
Tony Stewart goes from driver to ticket seller at Martinsville
After voicing his complaints about Goodyear over the weekend, Tony Stewart showed a lighter side selling tickets Wednesday at Martinsville.
NASCAR’s defending champ off to slow start
Jimmie Johnson is off to a terrible start - for Jimmie Johnson, that is. The two-time reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion simply isn’t used to being ordinary.
March 10, 2008
Tires Remain Hot Topic After Atlanta
The NASCAR Cup Drivers were less than satisfied with the quality of tire that was provided for the Atlanta race. What’s new--is that the majority of drivers, not just an outspoken few-- were willing to criticize one of NASCAR’s long term contracted suppliers--Goodyear.
Petty Enterprises donates racecars to research lab
One of NASCAR’s most famous families want to make sure future generations of NASCAR fans can learn how to build and design better racecars.
Kyle Busch wins first race with new team, and takes Toyota along for a historic ride
The Japanese automaker became the first foreign winner in stock car racing’s top series since Jaguar in 1954, when NASCAR was still just a regional attraction not too far removed from its moonshining roots. Tony Stewart crossed the line second in another Camry to give the foreigners a 1-2 finish in the most red, white and blue of American sports.
March 05, 2008
NASCAR penalizes Carl Edwards for post Las Vegas race inspection failure
Edwards was docked 100 points. He also was stripped of the 10 bonus points he earned toward the championship chase
March 03, 2008
NASCAR commission overturns penalty against Rusty Wallace Racing
A NASCAR appeals committee on Monday overturned all the penalties levied against Rusty Wallace Racing for an infraction discovered on David Stremme’s car before the season-opening Nationwide Series race.
March 02, 2008
Stewart injured in hard accident at Las Vegas
Two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart bruised his foot, but was otherwise fine following a frightening crash Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
February 29, 2008
NASCAR Las Vegas
Vickers rolling, but still sweating out qualifying every week
February 25, 2008
Carl Edwards outduels reigning NASCAR champion to win in California
For Carl Edwards, it’s a signal. At least one NASCAR Sprint Cup team is ready to take on Hendrick Motorsports.
California race a learning experience for former open-wheel drivers
Juan Pablo Montoya, last year’s top Cup rookie, finished 20th, while fellow former open-wheel stars Dario Franchitti and Sam Hornish Jr. had considerably less success. Patrick Carpentier didn’t even get a chance to make the race when qualifying was rained out Friday.
Kyle Busch falls short of 3-peat
Busch finished behind race winner Carl Edwards and his former teammates at Hendrick Motorsports, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon
Daytona winner Newman finishes 10th at California
“The car was just OK,” Newman said. “At times we were a seventh-place car and, at other times, we were a 15th-place car. If you average it out, I think we did a little bit better than we could have.”