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By noreply@blogger.com (GREGM) Round number two of the 2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire series will take place Saturday, June 6th at Delaware Speedway near London, Ontario.  Other events this year will also include events at the Edmonton Indy weekend, the NASCAR weekend in Montreal and new tracks for this season, Auto Cleari...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) Right or wrong, this is the approach they have taken. It certainly suggests that Mayfield's name and part-time status played a role in this decision. Had the driver suspended been named Johnson or Waltrip, there is little doubt it would be a topic up for active discussion.

By noreply@blogger.com (GREGM) A columnist with Area Auto Racing News for some 28 years, Saxton has written or still writes for such varied publications as the Bucks County Courier Times, Inside Track Motorsports News, Stock Car Racing, NASCAR Magazine, Speedway Illustrated and National Dragster.

Discussing the difference between racers and drivers, Petty said, "All the drivers that make into (NASCAR Sprint) Cup racing, they're really good drivers or they'd never get there. A lot of them are not good racers; they're not winners. ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) Hill's official title currently is the Chairman and CEO of Fox Sports. He arrived at that company in 1994 and started the sports division from scratch, literally. NASCAR on Fox came about after a trip to the Lowe's Motor Speedway on race week and an introduction to Humpy Wheeler.

Brad Keselowski would like to race full time in the Cup series in 2010 Scene Daily Keselowski, a humble Talladega winner Motorsport.com Keselowski negotiating with Hendrick Motorsports The Associated Press Insider Racing News - autosport.com

Auto Racing Daily  DC By SCOTT ADAMSON, Scripps Howard News Service There will be a lot more wins and winners during the NASCAR Sprint Cup season, but you'll be hard-pressed to find one more popular than Mark Martin's last Saturday in Phoenix. The grand old man of stock car ...

Auto Racing Daily are frequently uttered by fans. But almost everyone -- from racers to fans -- is unanimous in declaring the four best words in racing this past week were "Mark Martin won again." That's because Martin is the most popular driver in NASCAR history. ...

By noreply@blogger.com (BruSimm) I remember Robby Gordon getting into a wreck at Richmond and spouting off what he's going to do to the guy who wrecked him, all the while his crew chief telling him to shut up. (In hopes of not drawing ire from the NASCAR trailer in case Robby did dump the guy.)

Auto Racing Daily By JEFF WOLF A second annual NASCAR Sprint Cup race isn't in Las Vegas' foreseeable future, but one of the sport's big events apparently is coming to town. NASCAR and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority have reached an agreement in ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) What a great tie-in to his struggles in the Sunday Sprint Cup Series race as those highlights would be the centerpiece of the two NASCAR TV shows on Monday. Since there was no Nationwide Series race, the Sprint Cup Series and the Camping World Trucks were the only game in town. This would be gre...

By noreply@blogger.com (GREGM) NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES Jimmie Johnson Press Conference // March 27, 2009 JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S IMPALA SS met with media and discussed his success at Martinsville, the testing ban, changes to the All-Star race, adding more short tracks to the schedule, and more. Full Transcript:

By noreply@blogger.com (GREGM) HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THEN FOR YOU AND THIS TEAM TO HAVE A GOOD RUN HERE IN DAYTONA?  “It really helps but in way, for someone trying to get into the Camping World trucks or Nationwide or anything like that, now is kind of the best time to get in but the sponsorship is getting hard to find so it kind o...

By noreply@blogger.com (GREGM) From Denny Darnell & Scott Sebastian Daytona Int’l Speedway Dodge Motorsports NASCAR Media Day Driver Quotes KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger) ELLIOTT SADLER (No. 19 Stanley Tools Dodge Charger) AJ ALLMENDINGER (No. 44 Valvoline Dodge Charger)

By noreply@blogger.com (GREGM) “The switch to Tony, Jr. (Eury). Tony, Sr. off the box, Tony, Sr. not my crew chief, Tony, Jr. my crew chief. Tony, Jr. not my crew chief. Rondo (Pete Rondeau) my crew chief. Switch the whole teams, all kinds of things that went on that probably just weren’t the best choices.”

With four races left in the Sprint Cup season, Carl Edwards was in fourth place and 198 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson. With four to go in the Nationwide Series, he trailed leader Clint Bowyer by 196 points. Tony Stewart completed a 10-year run with Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 20 car by gett...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) NASCAR fans got word that SPEED was re-working the longtime Inside Sprint Cup TV series for 2008 and would make some big changes. While the timeslot and the studio stayed the same, SPEED wanted to freshen-up the Monday franchise. After a rough start, it seems that SPEED has once again put tog...

NASCAR's research and development division began planning and designing the bigger, bulkier car shortly after the sport's biggest star, Dale Earnhardt, died in a crash during the 2001 Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt Jr., who has complained about the handling at times, said, "The car is defi...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) Apparently, there will be no end-of-season roundtables with NASCAR journalists, no final all-NASCAR Wind Tunnel special and no final grouping of the TV personalities who worked all season long to bring the fans NASCAR coverage.

By John Now the two-time Sprint Cup champion returns to Talladega ready to bookend that Nationwide Series triumph from six months ago with a win in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race. Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing:

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) The review of the Cup race from Kansas drew lots of great comments and analysis from all three panelists. Running through the Tony Stewart pit problems, the great save by Matt Kenseth and the banzai move by Carl Edwards, Bestwick drew-out the best from his participants and kept the energy l...

While Johnson and superstar teammates Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are all likely to make the Chase for the championship, all three have spent most of the season chasing series leader Kyle Busch and red-hot Carl Edwards. A little rhythm could go a long way toward Johnson making inroad...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) Responding to a caller who was talking about the wasted open-wheel talent currently struggling in NASCAR, Miller fired a closing salvo. "I think somebody should hire AJ Allmendinger and put him in an open-wheel car because that's where that kid belongs and he wins races," said Miller. An i...

By noreply@blogger.com (GREGM) NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES JEFF GORDON, DRIVER OF THE NO. 24 DUPONT IMPALA SS, met with members of the media and discussed Steve Letarte heading into the Chase, racing at Kansas, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman, and more.  Full transcript.

It has been 20 years since NASCAR returned to Watkins Glen International, a road course the stock car boys briefly sampled in the 1950s and '60s. Other top-notch road racers among the Cup stars include defending Watkins Glen champion Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kyle...

By noreply@blogger.com (Creek) PATRICK CARPENTIER IN THE No. 10 BERLIN CITY AUTO GROUP DODGE WON THE POLE FOR THE LENOX INDUSTRIAL TOOLS 301. · Carpentier won his first Coors Light Pole in his 17th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start. His best previous start was fourth at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway (race No. 10).

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) This left any breaking NASCAR news or updates to Mike and Mike in the Morning or First Take. Needless to say, both of these programs avoid NASCAR like Superman avoids Kryptonite. When Mike and Mike visited the Texas Motor Speedway last year, they had no NASCAR presence until the final twenty...

Chevrolet re-signed key partner agreements with Richard Childress Racing, which put Harvick, Jeff Burton and breakout performer Clint Bowyer in the Chase, and with Dale Earnhardt Inc., which compensated for the loss of Dale Earnhardt Jr. with a timely step-up by Martin Truex Jr.

By Daly Planet Editor Pockrass dismissed the chance of Montoya winning this season, and Petty told him the whole point of NASCAR was that any driver could win on any Sunday. Pockrass narrowed his eyes and asked "does that include you?" Fans were wondering what they would see when the show came back from commerci...

The Sprint Media Tour hosted by Lowe's Motor Speedway will begin Monday, and as usual the first day's schedule includes a visit to the NASCAR research and development center in Concord. Or it could say that any driver in the top 35 in owner points and therefore assured a starting spot in a Spr...

By Mike Patrick Carpentier-Carpentier is not as well-known or accomplished as his fellow open-wheel mates, but Carpentier has already made a quick adjustment to stock cars. He won the pole for the Busch race at Montreal and finished 2nd in his debut. Obviously a road course is the easiest transit...

By GREGM Dodge Motorsports Notes & Quotes NASCAR Pre-Season Thunder Daytona Int'l Speedway // Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 From Denny Darnell // Clear!BlueInside Track Motorsport News // www.insidetracknews.com // 'Canada's Source for Motorsports'

By 4ever3 As I've said in the past, the nation's self-proclaimed sports television network and U.S. based ESPN affiliate, TSN, is lacking in their coverage of NASCAR even though they are the 'official' broadcaster of NASCAR in Canada. Anyway you slice it, the media coverage of NASCAR in Canada, or at...

By Daly Planet Editor A - Andy, Carl Edwards and I get along nicely both on and off-air. He was driving in the Craftsman Truck Series the same year I was pit reporting there. We both moved over to NEXTEL Cup at the same time, so we have seen each other succeed in our own respective fields.

By Daly Planet Editor This Tuesday, that treatment will surface again. NEXTEL Cup driver Carl Edwards will walk away with the Busch Series trophy. Featured will be the NEXTEL Cup owners who "dabble" in this series, and the other NEXTEL Cup drivers who "have fun" Busch racing before they go to their "real job."

By Daly Planet Editor A - Jill, many people think it was Dale Earnhardt Jr. leaving for Hendrick Motorsports. My personal opinion is the Car of Tomorrow. It has had a huge impact on drivers, mechanics, crew chiefs, owners, etc... Quite frankly, it is still a big story.

By Mike During the Chase race at Dover, Carl Edwards won the race but failed post race inspection because his car was too low. A similar thing happened to Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch in 2005, except they had a trick shock package that was immediately ruled illegal by NASCAR. As a result he was fined 2...

NASCAR chairman and chief executive officer Brian France met with reporters Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Here are highlights from that session: BRIAN FRANCE: We started out the year with a couple of goals. Q: What is your vision for what will now be called the Nationwide Series?

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – NASCAR chairman and chief executive officer Brian France said Sunday that despite downward trends in television ratings and attendance, stock-car racing remains “a very strong sport with a very strong fan base.”

By GREGM Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus, No. 48 Lowe's Impala SS Post Race Winner's Transcript Checker Auto Parts 500, Phoenix International Raceway JIMMIE JOHNSON, Driver CHAD KNAUS, Crew Chief No. 48 Lowe's Impala SS Q. What did you not like on Friday (Indiscernible) JIMMIE JOHNSON: We got scared.

By Shaggy While there have been other games that attempt to recreate the NASCAR experience, NASCAR arcade is about as close as it gets to the real thing without actually doing it. Featuring 6 licensed tracks and all the well-known NASCAR drivers and their cars, players can get an experience unlike...

By GREGM Jacques Villeneuve NASCAR Truck Series Preview: Texas Motor Speedway Race/Date: Silverado 350k - Nov. 3, 2007 (NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series) Location: Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas Jacques Villeneuve on Texas Motor Speedway:

When reigning Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar Series Champion Dario Franchitti attempts to qualify for Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Martinsville Speedway (Saturday, 3 p.m. ET LIVE on SPEED™; pre-race show NCTS Setup 2:30 ET), he joins a pack of open-wheel standouts a...

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By Mike It’s not how Dale Earnhardt Jr races, but when he was running near Kurt Busch did anyone else think about how interesting the race to the Chase would be if he punted the #2 car? Earnhardt Jr runs well at both California and Richmond, but so does Busch. It will be really tough to make up 158 points...

By Daly Planet Editor Recapping the race includes interviewing and featuring Dale Earnhardt Jr. every time. Junior kidded ESPN for their rain delay luck, and then paid a great compliment to the whole DEI team. With ESPN obsessed with The Chase and not the race, Brad Daugherty appeared live from the track to addre...

By Daly Planet Editor The Busch Series highlights did not even appear in the first segment of this show. When they finally did, they did not feature a replay of the last four or five laps. The entire NASCAR Now highlight coverage of the big Busch Series night race at Bristol consisted of fifty seconds of highlights....

By Damian Penny I'm not a big NASCAR fan -- Formula One is my racing series of choice -- but I loved seeing Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, and the late Benny Parsons at the peak of their careers. The old stuff is great. The new stuff? Not so much. The on-screen factoids -- accompanied by annoying sound effects -- a...

By Tall Writer Electronic Arts continues a strong NASCAR racing series with a great choice of drivers, tracks and variety of driving scenarios and game modes. Other new elements include a roleplaying hero/villain type personality you can adapt through game play and driver options (rookie, veteran,...

By Brandon Valentine Be that as it may, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a great title, and the standalone concept of Will Ferrell playing a NASCAR driver is golden in theory.   However, Talladega Nights is not on par with Ferrell’s prior effort, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.  While both fi...