Driver edges Kyle Busch by a bumper in Pepsi 400, his 1st win in 166 races
Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin hardly acted like teammates Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.
First, they wrecked each other. Then, they blamed each other. Now, they have to deal with the fallout.
Stewart, the two-time defending Pepsi 400 champion, ran into the back of Hamlin on lap 14 and ended up knocking both cars out of contention at NASCAR’s most revered track.
Hamlin was leading the race and Stewart was right behind on a slippery track.
In unity, there is strength. Lee Spencer says the best way for mid-level Nextel Cup teams to survive is to join forces.
In an effort to put the best team forward, the No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing crew will pit David Reutimann’s car in tonight’s Pepsi 400.
NASCAR’s top series is changing its name for the second time in five years, switching from Nextel Cup to the Sprint Cup starting in 2008.
It’s only the third name change in NASCAR’s 60 years, but had been expected since Nextel merged with Sprint in August 2005. NASCAR allowed Nextel one name change in the 10-year contract it signed with the telecommunications giant before the 2004 season.
If Sebastien Bourdais goes to Formula One next season, the Champ Car World Series will have plenty of reasons to remember him.
The 28-year-old Frenchman, aiming for an unprecedented fourth consecutive Champ Car title, grabbed the pole for Sunday’s Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto by edging Justin Wilson with fewer than 10 seconds left in the final qualifying session on Saturday.
It is his third pole of the season and the 28th of his Champ Car career, now in its fifth season.
NASCAR’s top series is changing its name for the second time in five years, switching from Nextel Cup to the Sprint Cup starting in 2008.
NASCAR’s top series is changing its name for the second time in five years, switching from Nextel Cup to the Sprint Cup starting in 2008.
It’s only the third name change in NASCAR’s 60 years, but had been expected since Nextel merged with Sprint in August 2005. NASCAR allowed Nextel one name change in the 10-year contract it signed with the telecommunications giant before the 2004 season.
While I understand NASCAR’s next visit to Pocono Raceway isn’t until early August, I just wanted to alert readers to the next Nextel Cup race that the Herald will be covering.
Starting Friday, Aug. 3, the I’ll be reporting and blogging from Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., during the Pennsylvania …