July 24th, 2008
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway (aka: the Brickyard) is home of the Indianapolis 500 and is highly regarded as one of the most prestigious tracks in all of motorsports. After taking a week off, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will now return to the Brickyard for the fifteenth time in a race whose prestige to NASCAR […]
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July 23rd, 2008
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Joe Gibbs Racing has been left with a void to fill ever since a couple weeks ago when their franchise driver, Tony Stewart, announced his departure from the team following the conclusion of this season to venture into the realm of car ownership at the Sprint Cup level to become a 50% owner […]
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July 23rd, 2008
Going for his third Nationwide Series win at Gateway International Raceway this past weekend, Reed Sorenson came up a bit short with a little over 80 laps to go when his car got loose getting into Turn 3 and hooked onto the no. 29 car of Scott Wimmer. The two wrecked each other into the […]
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July 23rd, 2008
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Several sources are indicating that Tony Stewart and his newly formed Stewart-Haas Racing are expected to make an announcement this Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. While many people are quick to jump to the conclusion that this announcement will put a close to the highly anticipated second driver scenario, that does not appear […]
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July 22nd, 2008
Thanks to Richard Matson with SnagFilms for forwarding this video to me. This is a documentary dedicated to the career of racing legend, Rusty Wallace, former driver of the no. 2 car at Penske Racing and winner of the 1989 Winston Cup Championship. The documentary was filmed prior to the conclusion of Rusty’s racing career. Watch as […]
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July 22nd, 2008
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The NASCAR Commission heard the appeals from Dale Earnhardt Inc. and their no. 1 team on Monday, but ruled in favor of upholding the penalties issued to the team sustained following a rules infraction at Daytona earlier in the month. The team was found to be in violation of rules 12-4-A (”Actions Detrimental […]
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July 22nd, 2008
Jimmie Johnson finally won his first-ever ESPY award last Wednesday when he was voted as “the Best Driver,” beating out fellow race car drivers, Dario Franchitti, Kyle Busch, Tony Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, and Scott Dixon for the honors. Johnson has won back-to-back NASCAR Sprint Cup championships in 2006 & 2007 en route to winning the […]
By Tim Zaegel -- 6 comments
July 21st, 2008
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There’s only 6 races to go before we make it to Richmond, and then, after that 7th race is over, we’ll know once and for all who’s in and who’s out of the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. Historically speaking - since they first turned to […]
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July 21st, 2008
Back on July 6th, Do You NASCAR asked its readers where they thought Mark Martin would finish in the points standings in 2009, his first season with Hendrick Motorsports. Here’s how you responded:
A) Championship: 17%
B) 2nd - 6th: 29%
C) 7th - 12th: 26%
D) Outside of the Top-12: 29%
In comparison, if we would have asked whether […]
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July 20th, 2008
Ryan Briscoe earned his second IndyCar Series victory of the season for Penske Racing on Sunday, but the real story of the weekend was the controversy between Danica Patrick and Milka Duno. The previous day during practice, Danica tried on several occassions to get past Milka, whom had fallen off the pace, but Milka was […]
By Tim Zaegel -- 4 comments
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